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Fallout 2Giant ant
Fallout 3Giant ant
Giant ant queen
Giant soldier ant
Giant worker ant
Invader ant
Mutated forager ant
Fallout: New VegasGiant soldier ant
Giant worker ant
Giant ant queen
Nuka-WorldAnt
Small forager ant
Small soldier ant
Small glowing ant
Forager ant
Soldier ant
Glowing ant
Overgrown forager ant
Overgrown soldier ant
Overgrown glowing ant
Flying ant swarm
Flying soldier ant swarm
Flying glowing ant swarm
Fallout 76Ant
Small forager ant
Small soldier ant
Small glowing ant
Forager ant
Soldier ant
Glowing ant
Overgrown forager ant
Overgrown soldier ant
Overgrown glowing ant
Scorched ant

Giant ants are hostile creatures commonly found in the wasteland, including the former state of California, the Capital Wasteland, the Mojave Wasteland, the Commonwealth and Appalachia.

Background[]

These mutated arthropods, of order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, and genus Camponotus were exposed to large levels of radiation, growing larger.[1][2][3]

Variants[]

Ant[]

Fo4NW ant
Gameplay articles: Nuka-World, Fallout 76

Large and small forager ants make up the bulk of these ants' colonies, while soldier ants guard them to apply defense. Small, flight-enabled swarms also exist and act together as if by a hive mind in the group. Ants are not a serious threat, only being dangerous when swarming the player character due to encroachment of their territories.

Giant ant[]

Fo2 Render Ant
Gameplay articles: Fallout 2, Fallout 3

Giant ants are large insectoids inhabiting the area earlier known as Northern California and Oregon, and tend to live in dark places, such as caverns, and can be found in Arroyo and Broken Hills. As they are insects they have three pairs of legs, and a powerful exoskeleton. They are also prone to turn into a frenzy, should their primary sense organ, their antenna, be damaged.[1]

Giant ant queen[]

Giant ant queen
Gameplay articles: Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas

The heart of the swarm, a giant ant queen is significantly larger than drones and soldiers and capable of spitting acid at attackers. However, her large size renders her largely immobile, while the wings are little more than a vestigial limb, capable of threat displays, but little beyond that. The queen is roughly four to five times larger than the average giant ant. When threatened, she buzzes her wings and will hiss at the enemy. She will then proceed to spit an acidic saliva at the enemy in an attempt to ward them off. She cannot move much, so avoidance is easy, especially in smaller spaces.

Giant soldier ant[]

Giant soldier ant
Gameplay articles: Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas

These are the colony's main defense against intruders. They are plentiful and can often overwhelm an enemy by either running it off or killing it. This ant can often be found accompanying smaller ants as they forage.

Giant worker ant[]

Giant soldier ant
Gameplay articles: Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas

As their name suggests, these ants do most of the work around the colony.

Invader ant[]

Giant soldier ant
Gameplay article: Fallout 3

Two of them may be found attacking the mutated forager ants in Shalebridge tunnels.

Mutated forager ant[]

Giant soldier ant
Gameplay article: Fallout 3

They are friendly and won't attack, even if they are attacked.

Appearances[]

Giant ants appear in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, the Nuka-World add-on for Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Fallout Shelter, and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Enclave field research terminal entries; Enclave field research terminal, Field Entry: Giant Ant
  2. Vault 101 terminal entries; overseer's terminal, Report 2241-02-10
  3. The Chosen One: "{101}{}{Whoa. That's a big fuckin' ant.}"
    (Hcant1.msg, Hcant2.msg)
    "hcAnt1.int; Standard Broken Hills Ant # local_vars=0"
    "hcAnt2.int; Broken Hills Ant/ Missing Persons Quest # local_vars=0"
    (SCRIPTS.LST (Fallout 2))

Non-game

  1. Fallout Bible 1, Fallout Bible 0: "3. Are the radscorpions a product of the FEV virus? When you talk to the doctor, Razlo, in Shady Sands, he tells you that they were once American Emperor Scorpions but that he has no idea how they mutated because radiation alone couldn't have done it. For that matter, what about all of the other creatures of the wasteland? Which ones have been mutated by FEV and which ones haven't? Maybe in the bestiary each creature could have a stat that shows it's level of FEV infection."
    "Answer: FEV-Infected Critters in the wasteland include almost all the ones you've seen in F1 and F2: Mantises. Most species of rats. Gecko lizards. Brahmin. Scorpions. Ants. Creatures not mutated by FEV probably did not survive the aftermath of the Great War, with the possible exception of cockroaches... and perhaps normal ants, though there are FEV-infected versions of these species."
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