Fallout Season 2 just answered a major mystery from the games about Deathclaws, details explored in-depth

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Fallout Season 2 solves a big mystery (Image via Prime Video)

Fallout Season 2 continues to make headlines as the new chapter moves forward after the explosive Season 1, and this time, the focus is on the Mojave region, including the ruins of New Vegas. The world feels bigger, and the problems feel more serious.

Instead of just trying to survive, the characters now want answers, justice, and control. The Vault-Tec company is also a big player in the series, as it is becoming clear how much this company was responsible for the nuclear disaster.

However, we won't be discussing these threats here. Instead, the focus right now is on a major mystery from the games about Deathclaws. Yes, about Deathclaws. For a long time, players of Fallout have believed that Deathclaws are the deadliest creatures in the wasteland.

And their role before the nuclear apocalypse remained unclear. The games confirmed that these monsters were created through U.S. government experiments and later escaped during the chaos of the bombings.

However, there's a big question that remained unanswered: Were Deathclaws ever actually used as weapons during the war? Or were they simply experiments that went wrong before they could be deployed?

So if you've been curious about this too, Fallout Season 2 finally has an answer that you can explore below.


Fallout Season 2 episode 4: The Deathclaws mystery is finally solved

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The flashback sequence occurs in Fallout Season 2 episode 4 during the Sino-American War and specifically on the Alaskan Front, which was one of the most brutal and strategic battle regions of that conflict. The war lasted for over ten years and eventually caused the nuclear destruction of our planet.

The flashback depicts Cooper Howard as an (almost) ordinary soldier and shows him in his combat Power Armor while fighting on the frontlines. It is important to understand this location, as it establishes a definite point in time that confirms the use of Deathclaws as creatures prior to the apocalypse.

As the fight goes on, Howard quickly finds himself without much hope. His equipment fails to work, his vehicle is destroyed, and he is vulnerable in enemy territory. At this point, an invisible but obviously ferocious beast is introduced.

This "beast" is never revealed entirely in Fallout Season 2, but the viewers are given enough information to guess about its frightening size and unreasonable strength. And this is also the moment viewers might realize that the creature is a Deathclaw, used directly in combat.

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Fallout Season 2 episode 4: How Deathclaws were used as weapons

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The moment in Fallout Season 2 becomes more important when the army announces that the enemy is retreating and credits the success to American forces. But Cooper knows that this isn't the full truth.

The enemy didn't pull back because of better weapons or strategy. They ran because they were scared. The Deathclaw's sudden appearance caused panic, and it explains that fear was used as the biggest weapon.

So, Fallout Season 2 connects this scene to what fans already knew from the games. Deathclaws were created by the U.S. government through genetic experiments meant to produce powerful living weapons.

The games showed that Deathclaws escaped after the nuclear disaster and took over the wasteland. They never confirmed if they were actually used before the world ended.

Fallout Season 2 episode 4 now makes it clear that at least some Deathclaws were sent into real battles during the war. This confirmation also changes how Deathclaws are viewed in the Fallout universe.

Not only were they accidents that got out of control, but they were also purposely created and allowed to run free by pre-war governments. This explains some of the fear and hatred felt toward the deathclaws in the devastated world after the bombs fell.


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Edited by Alisha Khan