Yao guai meat generally restores more Hit Points than other animal meats such as mole rat, brahmin or dog meat, but also gives of a proportionally larger amount of radiation that other meats. Yao guai meat also gives a 10% bonus to damage when consumed. This damage boost does not stack with each successive consumption; although it will increase the duration of the bonus.
Though no yao guai are present in the Mojave Wasteland, a single piece of yao guai meat can be found inside Legate's war tent, located in the Legate's Camp. It will be inaccessible if you are sent to kill Lanius.
In the Honest Hearts add-on however, yao guai are very common, so yao guai meat is plentiful. Once the add-on is installed, stores in the Mojave Wasteland will also begin to stock yao guai meat.
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