how do i defeat the deathclaw in the hub cave?

[xcrazydave]

i need to know how to defeat this guy. what weapons do i use? what strat do i use?

[COINCELPRO]

the same strategy you use to kill anything in the game
just do it more

[babuk.fracal]

What weapons can your character use ?

[Madruded]

Use the Sniper rifle sold in the Hub and maintain the damage on the Deathclaw, use the load game as many times as necessary to beat him

[kud1]

What bulid? What weapons?
Try shooting him in the legs so that if you're lucky, he'll fall over. If that doesn't do anything, aim for his eyes for a better chance of a crit. If you have a companion with you then arm him with some good weapons, and the deathclaw can focus his attention on him instead of you.

[A Can of Bees]

load up on companions. By the time I got to the gave I had three (dogmeat, Ian, and the desert ranger guy) It's really up to luck and how many crits you can land before it gets you. Also aim for the eyes in vats

[xcrazydave]

build is as follows. metal armor. not military armor, that laser gun you get from crashed ufo, desert eagle, combat shotgun, and submacine gun, and spear. 1 companion, named ian. i have no idea how to get other companions and i really need help on how to get the desert ranger guy and dogmeat.

[xcrazydave]

also, is it possible to beat deathclaw without any of your companions dying?

[babuk.fracal]

Originally posted by xcrazydave:

build is as follows. metal armor. not military armor, that laser gun you get from crashed ufo, desert eagle, combat shotgun, and submacine gun, and spear. 1 companion, named ian. i have no idea how to get other companions and i really need help on how to get the desert ranger guy and dogmeat.

If you have enough skill in energy Weapons, use the alien pistol
It has low range but a ton of damage.

Submachine gun could be useful if it get to close, you can try to use burst at point blank.

Shotgun could work if you shoot in the eyes.

A sniper rifle can be pretty good to shoot in the eyes at long range
If you have loot to sell, try to barter that.

Dont hesitate to place a few flares before fighting it, its dark in the cave.

What weapons skills is your character more skilled with and did you take any traits when you made it ?
For exemple, if you took fast shot it becomes a whole other story since it doesn't let you do aimed shots.

Originally posted by xcrazydave:

also, is it possible to beat deathclaw without any of your companions dying?

As long you do enough damage to it, it shouldn't attack companions.

[kud1]

also, is it possible to beat deathclaw without any of your companions dying?

Of course.

What skills are you developing?
The alien blaster is one of the best weapons in the game... As long as you develop energy weapons. Combat shotgun from the small guns category is also very good, but not that good.
Generally, the idea is that you have a relatively well-developed skill related to the weapon of your choice to have a good chance of hitting, and aim for weak points such as the head, eyes, legs. If you get seriously hurt, the first thing you do in your turn is open your inventories and heal yourself as much as possible.

The number of companions you can have with you depends on your charisma.

[babuk.fracal]

Originally posted by kud1:

also, is it possible to beat deathclaw without any of your companions dying?

The number of companions you can have with you depends on your charisma.

Thats Fallout 2

Fallout 1 in vanilla let you have all the companions no matter your charisma.

[kud1]

Indeed. I haven't played vanilla in a long time. I created a character with charisma 2 and joined two companions without any problems.

[=CrimsoN=]

Did you get the .223 pistol yet? You can get it by clearing the farm house of raiders for one of the NPCs in the market area (to the south). Talk to him. Clearing the farmhouse isn't too bad. Get the .223 pistol and give it to Ian. Use the Alien blaster yourself if you have the energy weapons skill to use it. Give Tycho a shotgun or sniper rifle (the latter if you can afford it). Dogmeat is utility. Don't expect him to do damage, but he can trip the deathclaw, enabling you and the rest of your companions to do some serious damage on a crippled deathclaw.

[Maestro Rugosa]

Metal armor or Combat Armor is good, but the most important defense is to take the drug Psycho before facing the Deathclaw. Or take 2 doses of Psycho to be sure. It's possible to become addicted so you might want to Save Game first.

Since getting the Alien Blaster is very random, get hold of an Assault Rifle and blast the Deathclaw with Burst after Burst. This should do the trick. The Assault Rifle is very expensive in the Hub, but you can find a free one in Smitty's bookshelf in Adytum. (You can get to Adytum Boneyard with one of the Caravans.)

The Deathclaw won't do much damage unless it gets a Critical Hit. If it Crits, you will need to heal with Stimpacks.

[Dumah]

Just shoot it in the head or eyes enough times and it is dead. Also Death Claws vulnerable to fire damage, you can easily fry it with flamer. Have just beaten it with ease as default character Max Stone, Ian, Tycho and dogmeat. Played on hard/rough.