i have no idea personally the rest of the eneimies u can tell like rad scorpiens mireluks but what are deathclaws

Some chameleon.

but the looks NOTHING alike

Nope, but neither do Mirelurk Kings look anything like either Mirelurks or Crabs.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Deathclaw.

EDIT: I stand corrected, they are in fact heavily modified Jackson's chamelions. Whatever one of those is.

I've been racking my brain for the answer too.

If you take a close look at Deathclaw's, you'll notice they have horns, a large protruding underbite/jaw, and long arms and legs. No living creature fits that description, my guess is that its a genetically engineered creature, who made the damn things in the first place I'll never know. Maybe some veteran Fallout characters can shed some light.


Oh hey, after reading Attenater's post that makes a lot of sense (what it says on the wiki page)

It says that some Deathclaw's who were given the FEV ended up having the intelligence and speech capabilities of an 8 year old. Wouldn't it be awesome that if in Broken Steel we got a semi-intelligent Deathclaw companion, but make him sound kind of stupid. Like a scary as hell little kid following you around, that'd be awesome.

Deathclaws are genetically engineered creatures. They were meant to be "Super Soldiers" that would replace humans in the war.

Well the realy dropped the ball with that experiment didnt they.

It is in fact a mildly mutated form of OP's mom. OH SNAP!

lol I love "your mom" jokes, no hard feelings to OP

I always figured them to be radiation mutated lizards like Godzilla. I didnt know they were meant to be super soldiers. Thats pretty cool and opens a wonderful can of worms for other monster types in future DLCs and Expansions etc.

Looking at Fallout's history and the Fallout Wiki they seem pretty unexplained, I guess it adds to their creepyness. E.g:

Mirelurk runs at you: 'AAARGH! A giant mutated crab!'

Deathclaw runs at you: 'AAARGH! A giant... a... OMG! WTF IS IT!?'


EDIT: Well, looking at the Wiki it seems the above posters are pretty much all right, they're genetically engineered Jackson's chameleons who were intended as Super Soldiers to replace humans in close combat missions during the Great War.

I take it you never played the first two Fallouts.

No clue, I just remember when I saw one in the first Fallout I said to myself, "holy hell wtf is that!?!?" I thought I could take it, but oh was I wrong..

I just think it looks like this.


http://thegalleryofmonstertoys.com/90swing/gino1.jpg

DeathClaws are (as was mentioned) derived from http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/040.jpgDNA. (and I really expected them to have 'Active Camouflage' like in Halo ~or passive camouflage).

Dude, you beat me to it!

On Topic, if they are geneticaly engeneered, the dudes who made them are a) stupid, or b ) retarded. :slap:

I really don't see the resemblance to the Jackson Chameleon aside from the horns. Given that anybody can write/edit a wiki site, I would need a more concrete (e.g. from the developer) explanation before I believed any one argument.

Maybe a bear, a wolverine, and a rhyno all got it on in a pool of atomic sludge. *shrug*

Many deathclaws were intelligent and wanted no harm for humans.

If you read it more closely, you'd notice that the wiki has references to specific in-game dialogue, namely:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ocjoseph.msg



(He's speaking about the ones further mutated by the Enclave).

Information about them being genetically engineered and not a natural mutation comes from the official Fallout 2 guide, written by Matt Norton, the lead designer of FO2.

Even some used to protect humans for shelter in return.

I would much rather have a Deathclaw follower than Fawkes but oh well. I like Fawkes but he gets annoying and he looks well hes a Super Mutant. Sorry a Mega-Human *cough* Bull-s*it *cough*.

you mother in law

Not questioning the deathclwaw?s intelligence. I?m talking about the people who made them.
I mean, could the screw up be any worse? They let loose hundreds of hostile and extremely dangerous beasts into the world!
Dont the people have enough trouble as it is? :shakehead:

Whats a Deathclaw...? Nobody cares long enough to think about this because as soon as you pause in thought your already dead... :cryvaultboy: