Possible Captives

In most cases, the only way to know exactly which creature you’ve captured is to open its cage. For example, opening a Deathclaw Cage can reveal anything from a standard specimen to a rare Mythic Deathclaw. The likelihood of capturing more powerful creature variants depends on your current level—the higher your level, the better your chances of trapping stronger creatures.

Small Cage Captives

Cat Cage

Cat Cages are only capable of trapping friendly cats, so a successful capture is guaranteed to yield a new pet for your settlement. House Cats are never aggressive and they possess no combat abilities.

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Dog Cage

An active Dog Cage can capture a variety of canines. Junkyard Dogs are always friendly, but opening one of these cages can also reveal a hostile mongrel. In combat, all dogs use biting attacks to damage their targets.

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Mole Rat Cage

This cage can capture a variety of mole rats, most of which have a chance to emerge with explosives strapped to their backs. Mole rats tend to burrow into the ground before ambushing their targets with biting attacks.

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Mutant Hound Cage

In addition to the standard Mutant Hound, this cage has a chance to trap the considerably more powerful Glowing Mutant Hound. Like standard dogs, these mutated canines utilize biting attacks.

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Medium Cage Captives

Feral Ghoul Cage

A Feral Ghoul Cage can capture a wide variety of standard ghouls, but it also has a chance to capture some Glowing One variants. Most feral ghoul attacks feature a combination of melee damage and radiation damage.

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Gunner Cage

Opening this cage always reveals a hostile Gunner. High-ranking Gunners tend to carry better weapons and armor than their subordinates.

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Insect Cage

This cage can capture a variety of radroaches, bloatflies, bloodbugs, and stingwings. Most flying insects favor ranged attacks, many of which inflict targets with some type of harmful effect. None of these creature types are hostile toward each other, so it’s possible to keep a variety of tamed insects within a single settlement.

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Raider Cage

Opening this cage always reveals a hostile raider. Low-level raiders usually carry crude weapons, but more formidable raiders often wield powerful ballistic guns.

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Super Mutant Cage

Opening this cage always reveals some sort of hostile super mutant. Low-level variants usually carry pipe rifles or makeshift melee weapons, but miniguns and missile launchers are often found on more powerful captives.

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Large Cage Captives

Brahmin Cage

Brahmin Cages are only capable of capturing friendly brahmin, so a successful capture is sure to yield a new beast for your settlement. Even when it gets attacked, a domesticated brahmin typically refuses to fight back.

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Deathclaw Cage

Even low-level deathclaws are formidable enemies, but this cage is capable of capturing some of the most powerful predators in the Commonwealth. Deathclaws can toss rocks for low-damage ranged attacks, but they’re extremely effective melee combatants.

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Mirelurk Cage

Opening a Mirelurk Cage can reveal anything from the standard crab-like specimens to hunters and kings. Different variants utilize different abilities, but hunters and kings tend to favor ranged attacks.

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Radscorpion Cage

This cage captures a variety of radscorpions. These large, mutated bugs often burrow into the ground before ambushing their prey with a combination of poison and melee attacks.

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Radstag Cage

Opening this cage will always reveal some sort of radstag variant, all of which utilize comparatively low-damage melee attacks. However, the Radstag Doe typically flees from battle, engaging in combat only when it’s cornered.

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Yao Guai Cage

This cage is capable of capturing a variety of yao guai. These mutated bears boast a combination of power and durability, making them very effective melee combatants.

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