Their gradual spread throughout the wasteland raised awareness of their existence, until they entered common consciousness as a lethal predator – but a myth no longer. A lone deathclaw was also living near the Hub, with an unknown number of deathclaws experimented on and refined by the Master.
Initial spread was limited to isolated nests on the East and West Coasts, leading some to believe that it was just a rumor, a tale to scare children with, though the population of Boneyard was keenly aware of their existence, as a single pack mother and her offspring claimed the area between Downey and Norwalk around 2161, keeping the Gun Runners in a checkmate and terrorizing other communities in the region. After the Great War, deathclaws escaped into the wild through unknown means and gradually spread throughout the continent. The project was successful in creating a ferocious predator capable of surviving on its own in the wild, though no references exist to them ever being used in combat against the Chinese. To modify, please edit the source page.ĭeathclaws were engineered before the Great War, for use as cheap replacements for humans during close-combat search-and-destroy missions. The following section is transcluded from deathclaw.
