I don't imagine that they start showing up at the beginning as they are a [censored] to deal with. I had a Mole Rat attack today and it wiped out like 10 of my Dwellers(I had 31 total) so I'm just wondering what causes them to start showing up. Is it time? How many Dwellers you have? The level of your highest character? I'd like to know so that I can work around it and not start running into Death Claws which I'll have trouble dealing with even more.

I'm not sure when Molerats start showing up, but DeathClaws start showing up when you hit 61 dwellers.

okay so its based on Dweller numbers, got it. I just won't Take any more Dwellers than necessary until I've levelled up all my other characters/increased my SPECIAL stats, and/or got more guns(currently I only have 5)

Can anybody tell me when the other enemies that you come across are unlocked?

death claw seem to appear around 65 dwellers. tip to avoid them is to manage the resources above the minimum requirement line and manage the training dwellers and turn off the app ASAP lol or you could just equip the dwellers in the 1st and 2nd floor with a serious fire power. if you reach certain level they dont die and death claw's habit is to move around whether dweller's die or not. use that to your advantage. when they move inject them with a stimpack and move them to the room where death claw's are bound to attack. i greet them with my 2 fatman power armor guards and top 2 floor is packed with dwellers with fire power and certain level. they never go past 2nd floor (88 dwellers and top 2 floor average level is 30-ish with all SPECIAL trained above 8)

That still doesn't answer the question on when the Mole Rats start coming.

I've heard 35 dwellers for molerats, but there's no official word.

Then again, I've heard deathclaws show at 50, 60 or 70 dwellers. No one can agree and Beth isn't talking.

mole rats wasn't really much of a threat for me so i dont really remember the specifics. i think it is really different from people to people. weapons or legendary dweller might be a factor. only bethesda will know the specifics. and they wont be giving answers so

I seriously hope that it doesn't say 'You've reached threshold for [X] enemy to appear, so it will now always appear' because I just had the same thing happen. I went from 38 dwellers to 24 because the game kept moving the [censored] screen instead of grabbing and dragging people I was clicking to try to contain it in the room it started in.


I'm kinda pissed, but now that half of my damn people died, I really hope the OP molerats stop spawning.