What does it take to kill a death claw?

[bam13302]

shot it with something big an nasty multiple times in the head
then keep shooting it
then reload and shoot it some more
A good sneak attack critical headshot with an antimaterial rifle (use handload rounds if you can, ap usually works well too) takes most of them down in one shot though
oh, and stealth, use it, cuz you dont want the whole swarm trying to shake your hand at the same time

 

[Dragonsummoner]

I cleared the quarry at level 7, but then again I had snuck through it using a stealthboy to get to the Khan camp, then rained down death with an incinerator (much like skulltaker101). Only had ED-E with me, and was on normal difficulty. Howver, unless you've pumped the energy weapons skill and have a lot of flamer fuel, it is unadvised. It also takes a very long time.

 

[DyqstARD]

Its quite simple, obtain an anti materiel rifle and 10-30 both incendiary and usual bullets (Which are .50 MG)
You will need a few stealth boys, get those.
Atleast a riot shotgun. atleast 50 shots for that.
A level with at the VERY LEAST 50 guns.
Medical supplies.
The necessary stat boosting drugs such as Med-X and Psycho

Pick of any deathclaws outside from a further range with regular .50mg bullets. If they manage to get close to you (And i mean short-extremely short range.) Pull out the riot shotgun and blast them. Use the stealth boys to sneak in undetected, make your way to the edge on the right eliminating any deathclaws silently with the incendiary ammunition. Then from there if you can spot the Alpha male or the mother deathclaw burn then to death with the rifle. If any deathclaws approach you, try and snipe them as they come up. If that fails bring out the shotgun again. Be sure to reserve ammo and make shots count. Be very wary of the higher level deathclaws, they can cripple you easily and will catch up in no time. If you plan on fighting them at short range, cripple both of their legs.

Happy hunting

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

A lot more than level 2. At least lvl 8-10 to stand a chance, higher to be sure. I would try longer range weapons like sniper rifle or powerful ones like a shotgun. I would offload a few shells to the head in VATs, it's usually enough.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I went into the Deathclaw Sanctuary with Boone, Rex, and a Matter Modulator Plasma Rifle.

Killed all them bitches.

 

[Seives-Sliver]

For me it went like this.

Sneak around using a Stealth Boy and pick them off with The Machine.

Plant C-4 charges and mines ontop of one another for a crippling hit.

Use heavy weapons often and aim for legs so you can have a chance of outrunning them,.

Kill their Matron and Patron fast, ans use the deep water often since Deathclaws can't swim.

 

[BenzSmoke]

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[MetaKnight19]

I would advise levelling your Gun handling/Explosives attribute quite a bit, then just get a powerful shotgun/machine gun and you're set. I personally prefer the Big Boomer (even if it does need constant reloading), but seriously get a lot of guns/grenades if you're going into that quarry and preferably have Boone as a companion.

 

[Qitz]

The Alien Blaster (with Wild Wastelander on) does wonders against these guys. I was able to drop the Legendary Deathclaw with only 2 shots from it. Granted I was able to use my companions as meat shields (hell they can't die, so why not) and "kite" it around.

Or anything with high DAM and / or Armor Piercing. They have some good armor so being able to bypass that is great.

That said, I did the EXACT same thing you did. I've never played a Fallout game before that so I had no idea what the hell a Deathclaw was. So when he said "Don't go that way, there's dangerous Deathclaws" I shrugged it off and figured "I just cut my way through a bunch of boomers, I can handle something with that goofy a name."

I was WROOONG!

 

[EndOfDaWorld]

1 Press the pause button.
2 Go to options
3 Go to Gameplay
4 Change difficulty to easy
5 Take over the world

Or you could find a way to import the deathclaw control device from Fallout 3 (assuming your in Vegas)

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

A Gauss Rifle round or two to the face usually works for me.

 

[Illusio]

Simply get to at least level 18, at that point you will have plenty of caps to buy turbo and fixer to get rid of the unavoidable turbo addictions you will get. Watch as deathclaws are reduced to nothing and your character goes through serious dizzy spells. This strategy works great with most weapons on any difficulty.

 

[Herbsk]

Personally, I just hid in the trailer that was around the entrance to the quarry and took pot shots out the windows when the deathclaws came nearby - and then I found a nice bug that allowed only their heads to appear inside the trailer itself.

Then I just kept taking pot shots at their heads until they died....and it still took like a day and a half (and a lot of bullets) to kill them all. It was satisfying though!

 

[SiegeJack]

Option 1 is to go to Contreras and get 'This Machine", option 2 is to avoid the area like it's got the plague and option 3, is to take mine homemade mines the powder gangers use and lure the deathclaws into them.

Pick option 3. It's what I do.

 

[Lucane]

Go to minefield
Pick up all the mins
Put them there
Attract deathclaw

Minefield is in Fallout 3 He's in New Vegas because he has a "Cowboy Repeater" Rifle but good advice if he wasn't level 2

I'd say avoid the area for a good while Death Claws have the some of the thickest skin your gonna find in the game since they do all their damage close quarters.

 

[Quellan Thyde]

Plasma, plasma and more plasma. I've also had success with landmines on relatively low levels (15ish) thanks to the blinkered melee mob AI. Supposedly missiles work but I've never been able to get off more than two before the thing rips me in half.

(BTW, if you think the vanilla deathclaws are bad, you might want to steer clear of Mart's Mutant Mod. Deathclaw Mariarchs and cyber-Deathclaws are not friendly things to run into even when you've got decent gear.)

 

[0mn1p0t3ntg6y]

I don't know if this was a glitch but when I went in, I found that climbing the conveyor belts with buckets at the top was a good idea, because none of them followed me up.

 

[John the Gamer]

Snipe it. A scoped laser rifle (preferably with all 3 upgrades)-shot in the head usually works. You could also cheat and give yourself 50000 meleedamage or something.

Spoiler

player.setav meleedamage 50000

 

[rythter]

what happened to me was i had my companions unconscious body stop the enemy from getting to me and emptied as many sniper rounds into its head

 

[Battenbergcake]

Big hairy balls and alot of fire power.