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“ Swear I heard one of them brahmin speak. "Moo, I say," or somesuch.” |
Brahmin or brahma are mutated cattle with two heads found all over the post-War United States of America.
Background
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Brahmin serve a vital environmental niche in the Fallout world -- they form the foundation of survival for many species; most notably, humans. They also form the backbone of the New California Republic economy and of the New Reno "NCR brahmin rustling" economy.
Brahmin can pull carts, old cars, plows, and dead bodies. Brahmin can be driven into herds then used as stampedes on rival tribal villages. Brahmin droppings are great fertilizer and fuel for campfires - the fumes from their feces are also used to synthesize jet.
Their skulls are dotted all over the desert landscape. Their hide can be used to make tents, clothing, belts, saddle bags, shoes, leather armor, leather jackets, or a bizarre brahmin-looking disguise.
Brahmin are the mutated descendants of pre-War cattle. The cows that survived have given birth to mutated offspring. They've attained a second head, and abnormal growths. They also have eight stomach compartments, twice as many as normal cows. Brahmin Bulls have four testicles, and the udders of female brahmin have increased in size. They are of a toasted brown/orange color, and attack by head-butting or trying to gore someone with their horns.
Brahmin meat is delicious - if only when compared to other post-apocalyptic food. Brahmin are a source of milk similar to real-world milk, yet strangely different; it has even been said that brahmin milk may help cure radiation sickness.
Occasionally, a brahmin is born with a single head - essentially, a regular cow. Ironically, these single-headed brahmin are considered to be "mutated".
The standard, docile variant found throughout the wastelands.
Mad brahminEdit
The hostile variant found in the Capital and Mojave wastelands that attack on sight.
Wild brahminEdit
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Behind the scenesEdit
- One brahmin appears as an easter egg in Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, shown in a freak show and described as coming from "a far away wasteland".
- The use of the name "brahmin" was banned in Indian versions of Fallout 3, due to cows having a religious significance in Hinduism.
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(Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas) | | Alien · Bighorner (Bighorner bull, Bighorner calf) · Bloatfly · Brahmin · Cazador (Young cazador, Legendary Cazador) · Centaur (Evolved centaur) · Coyote (Coyote alpha male, Coyote Den Mother, Coyote pup) · Deathclaw (Baby deathclaw, Young Deathclaw, Blind Deathclaw, Deathclaw alpha, Mother deathclaw, Talking deathclaw, Legendary deathclaw) · Dog (Cyberdog, Legion mongrel, Vicious Dog) · Floater · Fire Ant · Gecko (Hunter Gecko, Fire Gecko, Golden Gecko, Little Gecko) · Ghost People (Ghost Harvester, Ghost Seeker, Ghost Trapper) · Ghoul (Feral Ghoul Roamer, Feral Ghoul Reaver, Glowing one, Feral trooper ghoul) · Giant worker ant (Giant soldier ant, Giant ant queen) ·Fire Ant Worker (Fire Ant Soldier) · Giant catfish · Giant rat (Mole Rat, Pig Rat) · Human (Dwarf) · Lakelurk · Lobotomite · Mantis (Giant mantis, Giant mantis nymph, Giant mantis female) ·Marked man · Nightstalker (Young night stalker, Den mother, Legendary night stalker) · Radroach · Radscorpion (Bark scorpion, Bark scorpion hunter, Small Radscorpion, Giant Radscorpion, Radscorpion Queen) · Raven · Slags · Spore carrier (Spore carrier savage, Spore carrier brute, Spore carrier runt) · Spore plant · Super Mutant (Super Mutant Master, Nightkin) · Wanamingo · Tunneler · Wolf · Yao guai | | East Coast
(Fallout 3, Fallout Tactics 2) | | Abomination · Alien · Alien squid · Alien worm · Bloatfly · Brahmin · Centaur · Deathclaw · Dog · Fire ant · Ghoul (Feral ghoul, Feral ghoul reaver, Feral ghoul roamer, Glowing one, Swamp ghoul) · Giant ant (Giant ant queen) · Giant catfish · Human · Lamprey floater · Manowar tendril floater · Mirelurk (Mirelurk hunter, Mirelurk king, NukaLurk, Swamplurk, Swamplurk Queen) · Mole Rat · Mutant crocodile · Mutant Wanamingo · Needle Tooth Floater · Radroach · Radscorpion (Albino Radscorpion, Giant Radscorpion) · Super Mutant (Super Mutant Behemoth, Super Mutant Brute, Super Mutant Master, Super Mutant Overlord) · Swampfolk · Trog · Yao Guai | | Midwest
(Fallout Tactics, Van Buren) | | Boom Bug · Brahmin · Dog · Electro-beetle · Endless Walker · Gehenna · Ghoul (Born Ghoul, Feral Ghoul, Glowing one) · Giant albino ant (Giant albino ant queen) · Giant leech · Giant rat · Giant wasp · Hairy deathclaw (Baby hairy deathclaw) · Human · Komodo Dragon · Molech · Mutant cannibal · Raccon · Radroach · Radscorpion · Radtoad · Trog · Super Mutant · Wolf | | Texas
(Fallout: BoS, Fallout: BoS 2) | | Brahmin · Coyote · Dog · Experimental deathclaw (Baby experimental deathclaw) · Ghoul (Glowing one) · Giant rat (Mole rat) · Human · Radbug · Radscorpion (Glowing Radscorpion, Spitting Radscorpion, Unique Giant Radscorpion) · Super Mutant | | | Project V13 | | Ghoul · Human · Mutant mantis shrimp · Super Mutant |
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