Marigold Ant Queen
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The Marigold Ant Queen is the queen of the Fire Ants that have been harassing Grayditch. She was mutated by Doctor Lesko in an attempt to create smaller ants with a chemical mutagen that would be injected into the Queen ant, but instead fire-spitting giant ants resulted.
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[edit] Biology
The Marigold Ant Queen is a very large ant. She is about the size of two Super Mutants. Instead of spewing fire, she will project green, radioactive, ant spit at the Lone Wanderer, much like those Centaurs will spit, although this spit is bigger so its harder to avoid.
[edit] Related quest: Those!
During the Those! quest, Doctor Lesko will ask you to kill the Fire Ant Nest Protectors that are guarding the Queen so that he may get to the her and fix the faulty mutagen. After doing so, all of the fire ants that were terrorizing Grayditch will start fighting each other, and upon your arrival to the surface; they will all be dead or neutralized, not attacking the player but still showing up red on the radar.
[edit] Location
[edit] Notes
- She is protected by five Fire Ant Nest Protectors.
- During Those!, Dr. Lesko asks you not to harm the Queen in any way. However, any followers you may have will automatically attack her, it's best to leave them outside the chamber while you go about your business.
- It is possible to complete Those! without ever encountering the Queen.
- Ironically, you only receive 25 XP for killing her.
- If you kill her, you will receive good Karma.
- In order to save time the Ant Queen Pheromones can be looted from the corpse and given to Angela Staley to seduce Diego in Rivet City.
- She is apparently not hostile against Dr. Lesko.
[edit] Bugs
- A glitch may occur where once you kill the Nest Protectors and leave, the Ant Queen will glitch/crawl through a wall near the exit and stand in your way, trying to attack you. with some effort you either can jump over her legs to the side and escape (or, of course, kill her)
