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General information
Creatures include animals, humans and their mutated counterparts encountered in the Commonwealth and surrounding areas.
Legendary creatures
Most creature types have a chance to spawn as a legendary variant, as well as tiered named variants leading up to the legendary creature. A legendary creature will almost always drop a weapon or armor piece with unique modifiers (marked in the Pip-Boy inventory with a star). For more information on these modifications, see legendary weapon and legendary armor effects.
In combat, legendary creatures are very powerful, as they are stronger than their non-legendary counterpart (see below for specific differences). They are often among the highest-leveled variants the Sole Survivor will run into at their particular level. For example, at level 30 it seems more likely to encounter a legendary super mutant brute (approx. level 22) than a legendary super mutant (approx. level 10), but the lower-level encounter is still possible.
If the damage from a weapon is not high enough to kill a legendary enemy and they survive a hit with less than 50% of their health remaining, they will mutate. This causes them to regain all health. A mutated legendary enemy gains a glowing aura to show that it has mutated.
Spawn chance table
The standard base chance of a creature spawning as Legendary increases with player level (managed by the LegendaryChanceQuest):
| Player Level | Normal Legendary Chance % |
|---|---|
| 0 - 5 | 0% |
| 6 - 20 | 10% |
| 21 - 30 | 12% |
| 31 - 40 | 15% |
| 41 - 50 | 18% |
| 50+ | 20% |
The chance of a creature spawning as Legendary increases with a harder game difficulty setting. The default difficulty is always Normal.
| Difficulty | Multiplier |
|---|---|
| Very Easy | 0.25 |
| Easy | 0.5 |
| Normal | 1 |
| Hard | 1.25 |
| Very Hard | 1.5 |
| Survival | 1.5 |
Variants
Ghouls
Super mutants
| Named | ||
|---|---|---|
| Big Mack | Brian Virgil | Hammer |
| Dead Eye | Strong | Swan |
| Fist | Crag 
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Rage
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Erickson 
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Grun
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Brahmin and gazelles
| Brahmin and gazelles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pack brahmiluff
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Brahmiluff shorthorn
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Brahmiluff longhorn
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| Ol' Girl | Clarabell | Idiot |
| Spot | Gazelle | Pack gazelle
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Dogs and hounds
| Dogs and mutant hounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack dog | Junkyard dog | Pack dog
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Glowing mutant hound |
| Named | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dogmeat | Duke
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Kate |
| Kyle | Teddy | Gracie
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Mongrels and wolves
| Named | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alissa | Ruby | Shug | Wounded dog | Mishka |
Cats and gorillas
| House cats and gorillas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pack cat
|
Ashes | Dora | Emmett | Katana
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| Luna
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Maisie | Scruffy
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Tink
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Toro |
| Ghoulrilla
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Ghoulrilla king
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Pack ghoulrilla
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Vermin
Radstag and yao guai
Deathclaws and gatorclaws
| Deathclaws and gatorclaws | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alpha deathclaw | Glowing deathclaw | Quantum deathclaw
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| Deathclaw matriarch | Savage deathclaw | Albino deathclaw |
| Chameleon deathclaw | Mythic deathclaw | Albino gatorclaw
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Bugs
Bloodworms
| Bloodworms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bloodworm larva | Venomous bloodworm larva | Glowing bloodworm larva |
| Venomous bloodworm
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Bloodworm queen
|
Glowing bloodworm
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Aliens
| Alien | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alien | ||
Birds
| Birds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crow | Radgull | Rad chicken
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Maritime
| Fish and anglers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish | Lantern angler
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Glowing angler
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Albino angler
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| Venomous angler
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Barnacle | Ghoul whale 
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Phytoplankton 1
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| Geoduck 1
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Lobster
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Great white shark 1
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Swordfish 1
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| Belcher's sea snake 1
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Scorpaenidae 1
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Lionfish 1
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Catfish
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| Starfish 1
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Puffer fish 1
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Gulpers
| Gulpers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulper newt
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Young gulper
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Glowing gulper
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Gulper devourer
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Concept art
Notes
- In the Fallout 4 base game, there are 28 types of creatures.
- The Far Harbor add-on adds 8 types.
- The Nuka-World add-on adds 7 types.
