Deathclaw Pro Hunter is a three-star (★★★) challenge added with the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.
Challenge requirements[]
“Kill 5 adult Mojave Wasteland deathclaws with .22 Pistols, Switchblades, Boxing Tape, Recharger Rifles, or Dynamite.”— Challenge description
The Courier must kill 5 adult deathclaws in the Mojave Wasteland using a silenced .22 pistol, switchblade, boxing tape, recharger rifle or dynamite.
Effects[]
This challenge grants the following upon completion:
- 1000 XP
Notes[]
- This challenge is not repeatable.
- The inclusion of the switchblade as a required weapon for the challenge is a call-back to Doc Mitchell's comment during character creation, if Strength was chosen as the extreme high SPECIAL stat: "Surprised anybody'd want to tangle with you. Heck, you could go deathclaw hunting with a switch."
- Progress toward the challenge is only counted if the killing blow is done using one of the required weapons, so it is possible to use any gun or energy weapon to bring an enemy to low health, then equip the required weapon of choice to finish them off.
- Despite the description indicating that any fully-grown deathclaw found in the Mojave will count, due to a bug, some sources of adult deathclaws do not actually progress the challenge:
- The alpha male deathclaw, deathclaw mother, and regular deathclaws in and around Quarry Junction will count.
- Those encountered on Interstate 15 between Sloan and the Junction 15 railway station will count.
- Deathclaws that spawn in The Thorn arena during the unmarked quest Fight Night will count but the ones residing in the animal cages will not count.
- The blind deathclaw found at Primm Pass will count.
- The alpha male deathclaw and the deathclaw mothers found at the deathclaw promontory will count but the other regular deathclaws there will not count.
- The deathclaw mother & the legendary deathclaw inside Dead Wind Cavern will count but the other regular deathclaws outside and inside will not count.
- Blind adult deathclaws at the Gypsum train yard when first encountered will count but any non-blind regular deathclaws will not count.
- Those roaming south of Vault 19 between there and the Great Khan encampment will not count.
- The challenge will only count deathclaws killed with the required weapons in the Mojave, and will not count deathclaws from the Divide.
- If one chooses to use dynamite to kill deathclaws in The Thorn, caution must be taken as catching Thorn guards or Red Lucy in the blast will likely turn them hostile.
Bugs[]
Following a patch, most Mojave deathclaws have been altered to Quarry Junction's special deathclaws (identifiable by their 500HP), and will not count towards the challenge. Deathclaw mothers and alpha males will still count towards the challenge, as well as the adult deathclaws in Quarry Junction and those that fight in The Thorn. [verified]- If you kill a deathclaw with the recharger rifle, its kill count towards this challenge may stop at around three. [verified]
- If you kill deathclaws with the silenced .22 pistol, the challenge will stop at 4/5. [verified]
