Mutant hounds are creatures found in Appalachia.
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Background
Mutant hounds are dogs that have undergone a major mutation after being contaminated by the Forced Evolutionary Virus. Usually, they are accompanied by super mutants although wild packs can be encountered in Appalachia.
Characteristics
Mutant hounds will alert if enemies approach too close to them. In this case, they will attack. Their bite can inflict serious damage on low-level player characters, and luminescent variants inflict a large amount of radiation.
Variants
Mutant hound
A normal variant.
| Name (Form ID) | Abilities | Items | |
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| Mutant hound 00090C37 EncMutantHound01 |
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Glowing mutant hound
A mutant hound that has become inundated with radiation to the point that it emits a bright green glow.
| Name (Form ID) | Abilities | Items | |
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| Glowing mutant hound 0012240D |
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| Fierce mutant hound 003F38AA |
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| Savage mutant hound 003F38AB |
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| Vicious mutant hound 003F38AC |
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| Venomous mutant hound 003F38AD |
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| Deadly mutant hound 003F38AB |
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Scorched mutant hound
A mutant hound infected with the Scorched Plague. All regular hound variants have a corresponding Scorched variant with the same stats, abilities, and items. They may become Scorched when attacked by scorchbeasts or the scorchbeast queen, becoming allies with other Scorched creatures. Some may spawn in already Scorched, and will turn on their super mutant masters.
| Name (Form ID) | Abilities | Items | |
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| Scorched mutant hound 003AFDD1 LvlMutantHoundScorched |
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| Scorched glowing mutant hound 003AFDD1 |
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Locations
- Mutant hounds often accompany super mutants.
- A few can be found in and around the West Tek research center, Huntersville and National Isolated Radio Array.
Appearances
Mutant hounds appear in Fallout 76.
