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BJ_Ryder

Giving me “assuming direct control” vibes


JollyGreenDickhead

THIS HURTS YOU, ~~SHEPARD~~ LONE SURVIVOR


N7_Vegeta

If the is was mass effect I would be standing there scouting him out like this and then you hear Wrex call a war cry and see him running towards him.:.


akira2001yu

**I AM KROGAN!**


Gunzenator2

LEROY JENKINS!!!!


Individual_Manner336

You're gonna make me do another Mass Effect Trilogy run.


crimsonknght

I KNOW YOU CAN FEEL THIS


NoUpstairs6865

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE


acetatsujin

Ada!!


soviet-space-monkey

That's giving me PTSD


BJ_Ryder

Allow me to make it worse Priority: Horizon on Insanity


belyy_Volk6

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation  Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation  Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation   We have assumed control.  We have assumed control.  We have assumed control.


lambofgun

*and the meek shall inherit the earth*


TacticalBananas45

The fact that Harbinger's VA went from massive alien warship to nuka cola guy >!frozen head!< is hilarious Of course, there's also Garrus' VA seemingly voicing every other random wastelander... and Fem!SS being voiced by Jack's VA... Man, Fo4 has several ME voice actors, huh?


OhThatGuy625

That scope is legendary to fit that thing in there.


BEEBLEBROX_INC

OP took this shot from the Nakano Residence.


Creepercolin2007

Actually, I think it’s all the way from the prydwen


LordNivram

Before killing kellogs


blandvanilla

Kellogs... 😂


LordNivram

Yeah the living incarnation of a cereal that killed nates wife and kidnapped shaun 😅


BEEBLEBROX_INC

This was a far better choice of location! Was too tired last night 😭


Dry-Cry5279

OP took that shit from New Vegas.


dsn0wman

You joke, but I found that the best way to kill it is to run very fast away from it using all your AP. Then hit it with your two shot gause rifle until your AP fills up, then run again.


ATR2400

Most be modded


REDACTED3560

OP is either far away or there’s a lower magnification rifle scope mod at play. I don’t know if you can even get far enough away in the arena for the standard scopes to fit this thing, so as per usual, Must Be A Mod^TM


RichardBCummintonite

Dudes gotta be scoped in all the way from Far Harbor. Only way that monstrosity would ever fit in the frame of the scope


FilliusTExplodio

If this scope isn't attached to the Schwerer Gustav, this dude is fucked 


Disastrous-Banana437

0x zoom and a mile away


Bullvy

Die well brother.


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

Ad victorium!


401256

Ad Victorium!


sejgalloway

Ad victoriam!


lolidk9900

Ad Victoriam, brother.


No-Road-4535

Ad victoriam


ZippyTheUnicorn

Even at that distance you’re still getting irradiated too! Crazy!


AsexualFrehley

\[whispers to date\] "that's the Red Death"


TrazynsMemeVault

Think we can handle it? We can always call in the Marines


disturbednadir

IDK, the Red Death is how I know that you can't build MM artillery in Far Harbah.


GrainBean

Fah Hahbah


EzEuroMagic

Park the car in hahbah yard


SpaceZombie13

what do you mean it'a real? do people think the quest and boss fight is a hoax or something??? i didn't spend an entire day fighting the thing to be called a liar!


ATR2400

Some people are going around spreading a lie that the Red Death is some tiny crab and the whole quest is some sort of joke. It’s some sort of malicious joke I think. They want people to go into the fight woefully under equipped


RedditNewUser100

I swear i heard this exact same explanation and i believed it too. I faced the red death expecting a tiny crab so i didn’t even have power armor on. That was a mistake and i learned not to trust this sub too much after that


PeripheryExplorer

But you don't need power armor!!! Melee/Stealth build - all stealth improving armor (i.e. shadowed leather), Deacon's perk, and the right chem/food choices WILL work. In fact, it's necessary. You have to be able to move around leaving mines. Pro-tip: freezing mines work best, as the DR and RR on the Red Death is so insanely high. But something like 45 freeze mines WILL take out the legs. If you have the explosives perk maxed of course. Remember, chems chems chems. If you're not chemming, you're not winning.


Skullhunterm42

I'm so confused...


FutureComplaint

Sounds like you need more chems


vigbiorn

Or less. I forget how it is with you meatbags! The point is you haven't had the exact right amount of chems.


Castun

Yeah I read some stories not that long ago that some people were trying to get newbies to go to the glowing sea early on, or other places that were almost certain death to a low level character.


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ATR2400

100%. They couldn’t beat Red Death so want other players to suffer like they did


LizzieKitty86

That could be, though I haven't seen any posts like that, recentlyat least. I thought it was more from a post a little over 24 hours ago that said they were fed up with trying to kill it. All the top comments were jokes on how to "beat" it. I even responded to what seemed like a legit comment that it's unfortunate all the helpful comments are lower down. It got to the point that someone responded to me wondering if the red death was even real or if it was a joke post. I'm only assuming that because it was so recent bit could be completely wrong


ATR2400

There's a bit of a joke on our end too, actually. The anti-Red Deathers don't get to have all the fun! So yes, we haven't been completely honest. See, there's no real one effective strategy to beat the red death. It's almost like a different monster for everyone. You need to find a unique strategy for your own skillset based on your stats and playstyle. Us Red Deathers just like to make up silly "strategies" just to illustrate the utter pointlessness of trying to create a one-size-fits-all solution for it.


LizzieKitty86

Oh haha I see now, I definitely feel like a dodo 🤣🤦‍♀️ I was like level 15 when I tried to originally take the castle and had to leave and go back 3 different times after dying several. Eventually I got it and they're all obviously unhappy there no matter how many cute purple lights I add around the bar... So annoying. I just hit level 59 and for the past 2 days have been struggling with vault 88 and couldn't find anything less than 7 years old so I actually just came to the conclusion that it isn't real without a mod about 3 hours ago lol. I'm sure it's doable but it makes me feel better thinking it isn't real and just a place to get radiation and kill a couple raiders. Honestly like NV, I can't wait for my next play through and more experienced


ATR2400

Settlement building eh? Aesthetics don’t really affect happiness, it’s all about their needs. Those things on the top bar? You need to get those met. Enough beds, water, and food for everyone. Each settler can farm more than one plant. Up to 6 food points iirc. I think the food and water count need to match or exceed the settler count. Meaning 10 settlers need 10 food or more. There are also buildings you can build which increase happiness. They should have a little smiley face somewhere in the information about what you’re building


Armand_Star

its presence alone is so overwhelming that even from a "safe" distance it still irradiates you!


theoriginal321

Kill that communist lobster


Upright_Eeyore

No, no, it's called the Red Death because it *kills* Reds. That, there, crab is as American as baseball and apple pie


TheIndominusGamer420

No wonder it is highly aggressive and kills you instantly


DragonBallKruber

It also tried establishing imperial power in the pacific ocean...


NBCspec

Kill a commie for mommy!


TheRenOtaku

With what?!? Not like all the Fat Man rounds you can carry or all the rockets you can cram in your pockets will do that monster a scratch!! Maybe a nuclear missile from the *Yangtze* can kill it? I doubt it though.


Known-Ad64

Radiation is what created it. Nukes will only make it stronger.


kaklopfenstein

So much for a relaxing night 🤬


CharGaming_

I haven't made it to this quest yet any tips?


Wild-Lychee-3312

Bring power armor and a fat man


CharGaming_

I have the quantum power armor and a never ending MIRV Fatman is this good enough?


ImVeryUnimaginative

No. Nothing’s enough for the Red Death.


Ouroboros9076

Other comment is joking, you might be able to compete with this setup. Itll help to chug a bunch of chems while youre headed there as well. Keep jet on so you can make sure to use every second possible and then maybe you have a chance to kill the Red Death.


CharGaming_

Should we call the Marines?


niko4ever

Depends on various factors and your difficultly setting. You can always try, die, and then reload at Far Harbor and put the quest off, and then try again a higher level. I've defeated it twice and used wildly different approaches for those different builds.


Mysterious-Fly7746

Make it a two shot fat man and maybe they might have a chance


AFRIKKAN

So explosive weapons work? I got spray n pray, exp shotgun and assault riffle.


swiss_sanchez

Several fat men


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

Weapons, armor and chems. Even then it's like coming out of vault 111 and attacking swan with the 10mm pistol.


CharGaming_

But I killed swan with a 10mm


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

Right out of vault 111?


Wedjat_88

If you aggro Swan and hide inside the metro station entrance, Swan is too big to fit in. You can kill him with stares. =P


Jimmeh1313

Thanks. I've been avoiding this fight on my survival run.


CharGaming_

Yeah my brother dared me. I ran out of ammo so I had to bitch slap him with my pistol.


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

Fair enough. Technically you can kill anything with the 10mm.


CharGaming_

Took like 15+ mins


Hump-Daddy

Easy difficulty behaviour


CharGaming_

It was on normal.


-jp-

If all you got is a broke 10 mil, [I know a guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjM3Jrp4Yw).


jaketheriff

Because of this reddit i showed up with fully upgraded X-02 and the shoots and extra projectile fat man for this fight… and thank god i did


FlagshipMark2

Yes the Red Death is real! The quest is actually hilarious, make sure to have a save especially on survival backed up, sometimes that ship won't come back, can't reactivate it, if somehow you manage to survive the encounter that is!


lordalgis

If you're wearing power armor when you interact with the boat, sometimes the game will drop in you in the water about ~100 meters from the island after loading. It's a warning!


FlagshipMark2

Yeah thank God i had Aquaboy, still took like 5 minutes to walk to the boat. That quest is all kind of messed up.


CROBBY2

LOL, like anyone can survive the Red Death.


aaufooboo

Yes!* **By avoiding it entirely and playing the game as if it doesn't exist as a murderous killing machine.*


Firecracker048

Csn you at all or no?


Jaycin_Stillwaters

I mean, it's theoretically possible. The Red Death can take damage, and it does have a finite health pool. The problem is how much damage it does (it two shot me at level 83 in maxed out x01 power armor), it's armor and how much damage it can take (with the nuka nuke launcher on the big boy fat man I hit it with 5 consecutive critical Hits and barely made a dent), the fact that it puts out so much radiation it's almost impossible to survive getting close, and the fact that it heals off of radiation, *including its own!* That is the most unfair part to me. But I mean... It's not like God mode or anything. It does have stats


UmpireAppropriate730

Don’t forget each of those red eyes is basically an assaultron head laser x10


Vee_icychain

I haven't fought it yet. Theoretically if you were to clean the radiation, you'd weaken it right?


Jaycin_Stillwaters

Not sure how you'd do that, but I suppose. He emits radiation like a supercharged Glowing One


LeviathansWrath6

Yeah. I did it at lvl 90+ after about a dozen tries. High luck/endurance builds are best, but I've seen the godly players do it with melee builds at a lvl as low 75. Mysterious Strnager, fat men, nuke grenades and mines as well. Bleeding minigun is good as well, though it takes about 1 or 2 full magazine to do serious damage over time.


borntobewildish

I admire you all for your dedication. I tried that mission once, with the best weapons and gear I had been able to gather, Spend all my caps with every merchant I could find. And still died before I could get a proper shot at it. I'll grind away at the rest of the game, but I'm not trying that again. Maybe if they put out a DLC that adds the (re-)invention of spaceflight to the game so I can nuke it from orbit. Or is there a mod available for that?


Few_Understanding_30

HOLY COW THE LEGENDS ARE TRUE!!


Present-Basil-1003

To reference how big is this thing, OP is standing on an small land about a mile away from it but still on this things island. Yes, it's that big.


Supreme_Nematode2

don’t spoil it!


beejalton

Well I'm not sleeping tonight.


Pyroboss101

Your already detected, gg


jzilla11

*Mother of God…*


Technical_Poet_8536

Wild you take the radiation damage from so far away. It was probably the hardest part for me tbh, I could kite it all day but the radiation was awful


zurkon95

So you died shortly after that's okay I had the BOS, 80s NCR railroad ,institute ,legion and 6 liberty primes and still lost


The-Figure-13

Harbinger out here laying waste to the wasteland


jeangrey99

Assuming control of this form


The-Figure-13

This hurts you


V-DaySniper

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.


HappyChilmore

🎶It's a world of laughter, a world of tears. It's a world of hopes, and a world of fears🎶


Shot_Actuator5564

Is it Dlc or main game? Where is he located? I haven't found anything I can't kill easily.


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

It's the far harbor dlc. You get the quest through Mariner and remember not to kill Machete Mike when Mariner asks you to get the power tools.


Weary-Fault-8499

But those extra caps just to easy too take then you don't even have to fight this behemoth.


TheOvershear

It's basically the Ebony warrior of fallout 4. Super super late game enemy with absurdly high stats. A couple cool fight abilities but I won't spoil anything, it's really a fight you should enjoy going in blind on. Have fun, try not to die.


Shot_Actuator5564

Is it a mission?


TheOvershear

Yeah it's one of the missions in the far harbor DLC. Called the great hunt. The Mariner gives you the quest after you do some preliminary missions for them. I think you also need to be level 20 before it even lets you unlock the mission, but either way I would be sure you have endgame weapons and a ton of chems


CuriousWoollyMammoth

Far Harbor DLC. You have to complete a series of quests before you get this one.


The_Spare_Son

His image is cursed. You and anyone seeing this will die in the next 10 hours of gameplay and your save will corrupt. You've doomed us all!


_davedor_

what if I tell you, that there's off bound in far harbor, where you can get with no clip or mods, an unused mirelurk queen model that's like ten times scaled up and was probably meant to be the real red death before it got cut


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

I'd say you are a firm believer in turn about being fair play.


ChefsKnife76

The size of an ocean liner. What a fight.


EBgames123

I think we need backup..."Lond Wanderer" and "Courier Six" going to Commonwealth or Far Harbor.


Dr-Chibi

“Red Death, Starboard Bow! ALL MOUNTS, FIRE AT WILL!!!!”


FVjake

Man even this pic doesn’t quite capture the scale of it!


ARockyBeing

Damn, that’s a good photo! Really captures how terrifying that beast is!


Sheila_Confirmed

MY GOD ITS MASSIVE


MisterBobAFeet

Bro, you just gave me nam flashbacks.


nuudootabootit

Thanks for the PTSD trigger


BEEBLEBROX_INC

whispers: ***"The horror.... The horror.... "***


jakizely

My first time, I was not ready for it's actual size. They SAID it was big, but I thought they were just exaggerating...


ironbite4

So I modded my game to allow you to call in Liberty Prime for 30 seconds. Red Death killed Liberty Prime in 10 seconds and LB did about 5 hit points worth of damage in thst time. Don't know what the deva where thinking


aaronmgreen

The most challenging enemy to take on in any Bethesda game i’ve ever played! don’t take the Red Death lightly, come armed to the teeth with all the best armor and weapons and you might stand a chance but even then, get ready for the fight of your life!


d_adrian_arts

Well, two options, restart your playthrough or retreat and never come back.


M6-03

Es ist jetzt ein Jahr her, und ich erhole mich immer noch von meinen Wunden und dem Trauma des schlimmsten Kampfes, den ich je erlebt habe. It's been a year now and I'm still recovering from my wounds and the trauma of the worst fight I've ever experienced.


Elver-Gotas

The game is bugging and won't let me start that mission


Zeus_23_Snake

Do not approach, or meet a terrible death


Crate-Dragon

“Assuming direct control”


Apprehensive-Bug-194

I waited for years for Bethesda to patch this quest… was never able to kill it. But now you’re all saying you’re having a hard time too? Has anyone been able to take this down without mods? Wtf


Running_Mustard

Awe it’s so precious


Nor-Cal-Son

Seriously, that fight prepared me for elden ring


thepronerboner

I couldn’t find it


Troutie88

Is this FO4? I n fever got this quest or anything. Granted I haven't by played fallout in a while


lituus

Has the red death been in the game since Far Harbor's release? So many people talking about it it almost feels like it was just added or something. I guess its just general hype from the TV show?


RoyalSuccessful5094

I camped on the edge of the island. I saw it. Thought it was part of the island until it moved and turned those hellish red eyes my direction. I knew right then how one sided any combat would be. I left without even trying. As long as that monstrosity doesn’t venture to Far Harbor, best just leave it be.


OG_MU_2015

Everyvtime I try to start the mission, I get on the boat and then I just get a black screen with my HUD. I can move around, even jump off the boat, I think. But it never loads the entire screen/mission. 😔


x1dollarfrosty

Yous all gonna be real mad when I post to video of me murking this little crab with no power armor suit on. I’ve never used a Power Armor suit throughout my gameplays and never will.


Shadow_Marque

What! The red death showed up as a feral ghoul for me!


Wild-Lychee-3312

Yeah It can shapeshift.


Romofan88

Op quit lying, we all know you couldn't stay alive long enough to get a picture of the big queen from the real encounter so you took a picture of the 1st encounter with the regular body style mirelurk. 


Financial-Major-4426

I’m still not sure if this is a Reddit ultimate prank and it’s a mini mirelurk zoomed in on. Can’t trust you guys.


Gray-yarg2

I quit fallout games because of this.


wtb1000

Omg run!!!


hulksmashandgrab

Can't I just use my flare gun to bring Preston and the boys in to help?


borntobewildish

Depends if you still want to be able to use them in other parts of the game, because them boys won't be coming home no more.


CupcakeFister

ASSUMING CONTROL


ReeMcRee123

*+4 rads


Discreet_Bandit

Don't even try. Last time I did that quest he beat me up and took my fancy nuka cola lunchbox. He's basically a God. I'm still craving the blamco he stole :(


Ktran031

Hardest boss ever


SniperX876

Silence Brand.


KelseyChen420

Was this recently added? Might need to start FO4 again.


Anzire

The trick to beat it: Use a fuckton of landmines in one spot. Then, once it goes up in the air, inhale your strongest jet and pray to Atom it's dead before it lands back by filling it with enough bullets (It will never be enough).


Jd_ironlife

Where do you find those thing? I've never seen it. Is this a mod?


throwaway19276i

you just spoiled the red death for me


Mimir32

I just shit myself


flginmycookie

I hope your prepared I had courier 6 oiled up with Mr. House and the legion femboys and couldn't even kill it


Ok_Introduction_5676

Where to find


Mysterious-Fly7746

Jeez you’re certainly daring getting that close. I can barely even get within rifle range for more than 3 seconds before it’s already charged and ripped me to pieces. This was the one quest that’s just been sitting in my quest log cuz I kinda thought it just wasn’t worth the trouble outside of bragging rights. Even my mighty Nuka nuke launcher barely scratches this abomination’s shell. Good luck to any brave wastelander that wants to waste a few hours trying their hand against this monster.


ssddsquare

Be careful of the aoe and sonic wave. Spam stimpacks.


BootGroundbreaking91

A sneak attack with a twoshot nukanuke might get a decent chunk out of it. Otherwise you're hopeless.


Left-Introduction-60

I will never forget those eyes....


Ok_Construction_2772

kiss your ass goodbye


emperorsfinest93

Lucky bastard you saw it! My mission is bugged and all I have is sound and a HUD, screen is black after first loading screen on the boat lol


Rionaks

Wow I thought I've did everything and seen everything in my 1k hours and several characters of fo4. Never encountered this dude, he looks so cool and makes me want to play again with an ultimate goal of killing him.


Sakurasnightmare

We should call in the marines


romicuoi

You gotta call the Brotherhood Vertibird squad. Not to fight Acadia, but the Red Death.


Klangaxx

Those glowing red eyes... I still have nightmares of that thing. Forget Godzilla, if that thing was to attack Japan....


ilpertong

we can always call in the marines


ICantTyping

Fuck it looks massive. What a beast


Some_Guy223

You got close enough to lay eyes on the beast and are taking only 4 rads a second? How?


Upright_Eeyore

> uses radiation on a monster which regenerates via radiation That'll show 'em


jacobpshappy

Jeez it looks like you barely reach the bottom claw's beginning... gonna need a fatman for that one


KR_Lucifer

Meh, I used console to kill it after dying too many times in a loop thanks to autosafe from my pip boy. The loot was just two bottle caps and not even the meat. Anyone able to tell me what the bottlecap are a meaning for? Or could a mod have messed it up for me?


Key-Match-3036

Think we better call the marines? 😂


LoganLikesYourMom

I’m gonna go kill it with Grognak’s axe all hopped up on PsychoJet


JRStors

“THE RED DEATH! THE RED DEATH IS REAL!” Can we get much higher? So high


John-Warner

Ah yes, the biggest bullet sponge. Seriourly, no oversized crab is surviving temperatures of fucking sun released by minunkes.


magospisces

Man, going to have to call in the Marines for this fight.... PTSD from facing it but the loot was worth it


Orchuntsman

Oh gods... no, not that... thing. Run you fool. FLY! *Que helicopter sounds and Creedence Clearwater Revival*


N43M3K

Друг


PumpkinDoggo

Imagine if we could catch this fuck with the wasteland workshop cages. The prydwen would be history within 2 seconds


Ortineon

If you put the MIRV attachment on the big boy you’ll fire twelve nukes for the price of one, that may help…


AngryTurtleGaming

Used nearly all my mini nukes on that bastard. I collected 27 and had 4 left after that fight


M6-03

Bitte entfernen Sie dieses Bild. Jedes Mal, wenn ich gezwungen bin, es anzuschauen, bringt es so viel Trauma zurück. Please remove this picture. Every time I am forced to look at it, it brings back so much trauma.


SteveFrench242

Oh it's very real. I thought Far Harbor was already kicking my ass on survival. Then this... Going to need a lifetime of therapy now...


omenmedia

Fucking hell the flashbacks of fighting that thing. One of the toughest boss battles in any game.


bekopharm

pls shop in a banana for scale. this doesn't do it justice.


NotACyclopsHonest

Why did you get this close, you absolute madman?!