How to Eliminate the Deathclaws at Quarry Junction in Fallout: New Vegas

Last Updated: September 15, 2021

Quarry Junction. It's hard to miss. It's the only place crawling with Deathclaws in Fallout: New Vegas! How do you get rid of them? Read on to find out.

Steps

1
Gather any supplies you might need. Stimpacks, Doctor's Bags, Med-X, and as much food as you can carry. If you haven't even passed Quarry Junction yet, listen to the advice the workers give you: go around and start stocking up on supplies once you reach New Vegas.
- Try to stock food and drink, such as Purified Water, that won't give you any rads.
2
Equip your best armor. You'll want something heavy, like power armor. Make sure it's fully repaired. Try to include a helmet, if you have one.

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3
Get some good weapons. At least 2 are needed. Good choices would be the Alien Blaster, the Gobi Campaign sniper rifle, Gauss rifles, heavy incinerators, etc.
4
Get a full party (two companions). Good choices are Boone, Veronica, Rex, and Lily.
5
Travel to Quarry Junction. Save before you enter.
6
Take down the two young Deathclaws at the entrance. Pilfer the dead Powder Ganger if you feel like it.
7
Save again, and continue on. Stay up on the ridge. As you get close, crouch until you are hidden, then start firing.
8
Shoot until you see the mother Deathclaw. Avert all your fire to the den mother. This is the most powerful Deathclaw, and you need to kill it as soon as you see it.
9
Once it's dead, forget the others. Get out of there! If you have companions, they will hopefully distract any remaining Deathclaws long enough for you to escape.
10
Save once you reach a safe position. The Deathclaws will no longer respawn once killed.

Warnings

You can only have one humanoid companion and one small companion.

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If your companions faint (instead of dying if you're not on Hardcore mode), they will not get back up until the fight is over.

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