The Mojave's Legendary Creatures

Fallout New Vegas has an abundance of fauna. Creatures, animals and humanoids to both fight and befriend. While I may cover the extensive list in another video, today we're going to be exploring the five legendary creatures in New Vegas. The rarest, biggest and most lethal of all, beginning with the legendary fire gecko. Now according to the official game guide, all fire geckos come from Fire Root Cavern, including the legendary fire gecko. This location has two entrances, and inside and out are several noteworthy things. A hollowed out rock with random leveled loot, an evil gnome hiding among the foliage, a dead prospector with a fat man, several ordinary fire geckos and most importantly, the legendary fire gecko. It is roughly twice the size of a normal fire gecko, twice as strong, more perceptive and can take over twice the damage before dying. Despite it being bigger and more powerful, its fire breath is no more potent than your average fire gecko. And just like them, it does have a 20% chance to drop a fire gecko egg, which can be used towards completing the Bleeds Me Dry side quest. This next creature is a lot more dangerous and can be found inside Deadwind Cavern, northeast of Nipton and southwest of the Repcon test site, where a pack of deathclaws have turned the cavern into their new home. You can find the entrance of the cave at the end of a long, shallow valley, where a small pack of deathclaws have gathered. Much like before, there's a hollowed out rock with random loot. Not much else to say regarding the outside, but inside, things go from bad to worse. Several adult deathclaws, a hatching area containing a mother deathclaw and a few of her young, along with many, many eggs, also used for the Bleed Me Dry side quest. Navigating through the tunnels and defeating the numerous claws of death, you are greeted by more deathclaws, and the leader of the pack, the legendary deathclaw. This is the most dangerous kind of deathclaw, an alpha male that's lived long enough to fully mature, although this specific alpha male is slightly weaker than the one found at Quarry Junction. They look different to standard deathclaws in many ways. Larger, darker, huge forward-facing horns and obsidian claws, sharp enough to rip through power armour. In fact, nearby is a dead Brotherhood of Steel paladin, wearing T-45 power armour, although that wasn't enough to keep them safe, and the 40mm grenades and Mercy, a unique grenade machine gun, couldn't save them either. If you're quick enough, the armour and weapon can be used to defeat the legendary deathclaw, kind of payback for the paladin. However, with twice the attack power and double the health of the ordinary deathclaws, this beast makes for a challenging fight, and you best enjoy it, because the legendary deathclaw is the only deathclaw inside Deadwind Cavern that will not respawn. The freakiest but also the weakest creature on the list is the legendary nightstalker, found in Bloodborne Cave, west of Bitter Springs. You might have noticed a running theme, and once again there's a hollowed-out rock with random levelled loot. Yay! Inside the cave is a large amount of NCR currency, a small amount of Legion coin, and a pile of nightstalker eggs. Like the other nightstalkers, the legendary was created before the Great War by Dr. Boris at Big Mountain, using a combination of coyote and rattlesnake DNA. The precise reason for creating the hybrid is unclear, though according to the creator it was either to preserve the DNA of rattlesnakes, or because Dr. Callus dared him to make them. In any case, the creature exists, and after the Great War they escaped and spread across the Mojave, with records stating they made it as far as Baja, California. In appearance, the legendary coyote-snake hybrid is visually identical to the other nightstalkers, only differing in size, though it does have four times the health and deals over double the damage. Additionally, it has a perfect 10 in perception, so sneaking is out of the question when it comes to fighting the creature. However, with the animal friend perk, you don't have to fight, making it the only legendary creature in Fallout New Vegas that you can technically turn into a companion, unlike this next legendary creature who's anything but friendly. There is no creature more iconic in New Vegas than the Cazador, or Cazadore, Spanish for hunter. They are greatly feared in the Mojave for their strength, erratic behavior, and deadly venomous sting, and out of all Cazadors, the legendary is by far the worst. The mutated insects, much like the nightstalkers, were created before the Great War by Dr. Boris at Big Mountain. According to records at Big Mountain, the creatures were lab-grown in 2003, and were supposed to be securely contained and unable to breed. However, by 2281, Cazadore have not only reached the Mojave, but their numbers have also increased. They have made their homes all over the Mojave, near Goodsprings, Lake Mead, and inside the Silver Peak Mine, which is where you can find the legendary Cazadore itself. Entering the cave through the small shack outside, you'll be greeted by swarms of common Cazadore, and further inside you'll see the great chamber where the legendary Cazadore spawns. Unlike the legendary deathclaw, which is pretty much the same as an alpha deathclaw, the legendary Cazadore is one of a kind. Nearly twice as strong, more perceptive, and takes twice as much damage to bring it down. It does, however, do the same amount of poison damage, and drops the same loot as your average run-of-the-mill Cazadore. While difficult, it's not impossible to kill, and once the cavern is cleared you can find the rare Remnants Power Helmet at the back of the cave, behind a fence on the upper level. A worthy reward for facing such a fearsome creature, though the worst has yet to come. You might have noticed that half of the legendary creatures have come from Big Mountain, as a result of Dr. Boris' reckless experiments. Fortunately, he isn't responsible for this creature, not directly anyway, but this time you do have to go to Big Mountain in order to see it. This oversized bug can be found southeast of the Forbidden Zone, inside the mysterious cave. Despite the darkness of the cave, the bloatfly is easy to see thanks to its glowing light. Even so, ranged weapons are pretty much required to kill the creature, as it tends to fly up high, and it doesn't need to come down to attack either. What sets this bloatfly apart from the common bloatflies, other than its large size and green glow, is the fact that it can use its stinger like a plasma rifle, firing down from above, and the damage is immense, killing most players in two to three hits. And that's not all. The legendary bloatfly has 2,000 health points, equal to 133 bloatflies, or two alpha deathclaws. It deals more damage than the legendary deathclaw in both melee and ranged attacks, and to make things worse, upon death, the bloatfly explodes like a plasma grenade. What makes this fight pointless, though, is the lousy reward you get for killing the strongest creature in the game, 50 pieces of bloatfly meat and a bunch of chems. Sadly, that's the last of the legendary creatures in New Vegas. They don't always give great rewards. Some do, others don't, and I'm quite surprised there's not more of them for us to find. A legendary mylerk, or legendary radscorpion, for example. Still, they're some of the toughest fights in the game, and a good reason to explore parts of the map most players never see.