Fallout's Complete Scorpion Lore

[@DigitalApex]

This fandom is so starved for content, but RadKing is trying his best. Godspeed and thank you, sir.

[@balinhodge9803]

Absolutely my hero for this

[@LucyWest370]

How? We have fallout london, tons of updates in 76, etc. If you dont count those fine but dont say we’re starved for content lol

[@baldrian22]

and doubt we see any new game anytime soon, first will be es6 and then maybe a fallout game afther or they might do something else maybe starfield 2 or something like that then fallout 5

[@contentdeleted3198]

@@LucyWest370 Fr bro we are the opposite of starved. Every few months we get things like Dlc sized mods Sim settlements America reborn Fallout London Fallout 4 New Vegas And updates to fo4 and 76

[@DeathMetalDerf]

RadKing does a wonderful job with these videos, and I sometimes make a playlist of a whole bunch of RadKing's videos to fall asleep to.

[@jadezade5330]

At this rate Bethesda is going to be watching Radking’s videos to remember their own lore.

[@matttwigg9475]

... you really think Bethesda cares about lore?

[@Jodie-G198]

Heh, 'their own lore' is right. Doesn't seem like they care for either Interplay's or Black Isle's.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

After Starfield, i don't think their lead writer Emil has the mental capacity to navigate KZbin without help from his parents. Seriously, this game feels like as if it was written by a toddler.

[@Reddotzebra]

A scorpion this big you won't find curled up in your boot. AROUND your boot, sure, but not IN it.

[@davinogarcia5665]

You can any day be very unlucky to find a scorpion with 100 stealth just chilling in your booth 😅

[@chrisbutler8024]

You're wrong; in Fallout NV, you have to retrieve RadScorpion Eggs for Red Lucy, meaning the East and West both lay eggs.

[@miltoncarvalho1081]

That is

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[@abellabarbie]

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[@TheStygian]

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Stay strong!

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Hoping that Atoms blessing helps you out bro👌☢️ Get well real soon!!

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

You got this!

[@concept5631]

Wish you the best

[@tOGGLEwAFFLES]

I like to think that the burrowing attack sometimes launches or kills radscorpions because of the speed, they accidentally impale themselves on something underground or hit another scorpion so hard that it's knocked upwards.

[@LucyWest370]

LOL

[@BenjaminIzquierdo-nb6tq]

Makes sense

[@BoisegangGaming]

Ah yes, Bethesda physics.

[@DigitalNomad88]

"It just works!" 😂

[@davel9252]

Sounds like tremors when the graboid crashes through the concrete wall

[@1110jesse]

You missed the best, the robot scorpions from big MT. Sure they might be just robots created by mad scientist but they are cool and I like em the best.

[@Jacket_50_Blessings]

"Them quack doctors can say what they want about all the radscorpion stings that done pierced my skull. I know what I seen."

[@karenbaldwin2867]

Brother, what have you witnessed?

[@Lp-gn5hx]

It would also make sense that the Albino Scorpions you encounter would be such threats. As they are mutated to now lack any and all camouflage, they are constantly under threat and easy targets. ANY Albino Scorpion that can survive to that stage in life is either beyond lucky, or a real powerhouse.

[@l0sts0ul89]

The latter, those peeps are invincible

[@baldrian22]

something i find strange is there is no spiders in fallout unless in the games i havent played. Spiders have existed for some 400 millions year if not more (might have been slightly less, but still a damn long time) so spiders have defenitly been able to survive a multitude of devestating mass extinctions, including the extremly deadly one that hit in the time period called Perm (the one befor the Triatic period when the first dinosours started to apear) and is belived to have been the most devestating mass extinction event of all, so they would probably be able to survive in some form during a nuclear holocost like we see in fallout.

[@zlostnypopolnik]

There are many theories as to why there are no spiders in the FO world, mine is simple, apparently the authors didn't want to scare people with arachnophobia.

[@brettlovell8281]

​@@zlostnypopolnikpretty sure that's it.

[@MedicWaffles19]

@@zlostnypopolnik Honestly scorpions are like 1000x scarier but hey im glad they considered us lol

[@jackshenton4392]

@@zlostnypopolnik as someone who has arachnophobia, I'm so glad they're not in fallout, the one bad thing about jedi fallen order are the massive spiders lol

[@MichaelRainey]

In _Clash of the Titans,_ Perseus fights scorpions formed from Medusa's blood. It could all be a big Ray Harryhausen Easter egg.

[@noahingram8052]

Not even a mention of dr.mobius robo scorpions huh

[@diodoxystar]

You're not very bright are you? Looks like the Doctors at big MT got to your brain already. I'll like your comment out of pity however

[@smallkidneyjoe4046]

they may not be radscorpions but they sure as hell are RADICAL scorpions!

[@Jodie-G198]

​@@smallkidneyjoe4046 Dang right, real radical. 😎

[@leelucas8657]

Very happy to have a new RadKing video. You're very good at picking interesting topics and going deep into them in ways others don't

[@DeathMetalDerf]

You are indeed correct, in real life the vast majority of them have a blue-tinted blood. The hemocyanin is was does that. I'm totally speculating here, but I think evolving to use red blood instead of blue blood would be advantages because of their massively increased size compared to their real world cousins. That would mean they use an iron-based blood, which may be a heck of a lot better at transporting oxygen to where it needs to go when you're much, much larger. The book lungs they have might not be able to absorb enough oxygen during simple respiration either, so they may have lungs more similar to other mamals. I could be way off, again, just speculating.

[@popoha4380]

Adam help up one day soon we can study giant mutated arachnid.

[@bloodlictor5402]

My head cannon is OG radscorpions were mutated by radiation to be slightly larger but were influenced with FEV, given their location. Since then they've continued to mutate and adapt due to radiation and varients of FEV. This would explain pretty much every difference and discrepancy of them. Especially the Commonwealth versions, being heavily mutated almost alien scorpions.

[@terrydavis5924]

FEV does not respond well to the presence of Radiation, producing outright magical effects when the two are combined. It's a consistent explanation for basically all of Fallouts weird creatures. Both are now endemic natural hazards, so they're going to interact whether you want them to or not

[@flakbait5771]

...scorplings. Oh my goodness. x D simultaneously adorable and hilarious

[@jourcontre-jour1286]

One note, a radscorpion tail and an antidote do not have the same weight and value in fallout 1. A radscorpion tail weights 20 pounds and is worth 5 caps, as opposed to the antidote's 1 weight and 50 caps worth.

[@diddydonk5255]

You should do this again but for rad roaches. If anything I'd like to see it for all enemies in the game.

[@Werezilla]

Then there's Fallout Shelter, where radscorpions are at their absolute worst. Nothing drains my dwellers health and irradiates them faster. It's even worse when they invade the Vault and they burrow between different floors.

[@justsomedude7747]

Omg new video thanks ! I watched 90% of your videos atleast 3 times over. I love the lore and after learning the lore I like to fall asleep to your voice just loud enough to drown my thoughts and sooth me. Thanks for helping me with my sleeping issues I used to stay up for 3 days totally sober now I can sleep.

[@johngavin2570]

46:55 So digging is a learned behavior, and here's my theory why the DC area scorpions don't dig: If you put a bunch of fleas in a sealed jar, they will jump and hit the lid because they know they can jump higher than the lid. When time passes, and a new generation is born, the new generation will see all the other fleas jumping just under the lid and will only jump as high as their peers. I believe that due to the massive amount of foundations and concrete of DC, they "forgot" how to burrow as a means of attacking, it is likely easier for them to Leroy Jenkins their prey than navigate foundations, rubble, and fallen concrete that they wouldn't be able to burrow through. If they can still burrow, it is likely slow because of how urbanized and full of concrete most of the area is. If they can't dig through rock, they can't dig through a foundation. If they can't dig through a foundation, they won't be able to dig through most of the rubble present in FO3. When the third of fourth generation of scorpions was born in the Capitol Wasteland, they have simply not learned the learned behavior because they never saw any of their peers hunt by digging.

[@LucyWest370]

You should do a video on the tribals of fallout! Blackfoots, punga worshippers, etc

[@brettlovell8281]

With an entire separate video for the tribes of Zion!

[@whiterabbit4945]

radscorpions are amazing i love keeping some in fallout 4 cages from the wasteland workshop DLC if something attacks your settlement while youre nearby they quickly teleport over and be done with it in seconds

[@Zthewise]

4 and 76 scorpions because they teleport. You can see one several yards away, but within seconds they burrow to you.

[@spartanspyke]

My friend has the luck that in fallout 4 or 76 if there is a radscorpion within 10 square miles of him it will ambush and maul him. Best time was he was literally chased across the map on 76 by a death skull and murdered. To this day he has trauma from it.

[@BoisegangGaming]

I wonder if the red blood of radscorpions is the result of horizontal gene transfer from radiation or FEV. It's also likely that "radscorpion" doesn't refer to a single species but is rather a colloquial term like "mirelurk", which would explain the large difference between portrayals.

[@Smokeydrag669]

Praise be to Atom

[@joeburch6754]

I don't know if I'm surprised or unsurprised that you can steal the intelligent mini radscorpion's glasses.

[@iamlegend6837]

Its good too see the Iradiated king is back.

[@joemelvin1869]

I have a feeling some scorpions escaped from a FEV testing lab in the mountains of DC at the same time the bombs fell. Happens a lot in Florida

[@Seammus1]

My favorite upsized critter of Fallout!

[@Sike_Ward]

Was just thinking about how much i like the radscorpions, absolutely crazy timing

[@siliciaveerah9327]

i would be terrified if there was a radscorpion queen variety that had its young ride it

[@KyleLarsen-bw5hw]

I’m so glad you point out that it should be a venom gland not a poison gland.

[@MattnessLP]

Radscorpions in Fallout New Vegas have always been among the most terrifying foes to me, especially where and when you encounter them. And I'm not only talking about Goodsprings Cemetary, I'm referring to the road South of Primm towards the Monave Outpost. One moment you're taking potshots at single naked ghouls, the next there's 2 or more of these tanks skittering towards you, completely eating any kind of ammo you send their way. Edit: Scorpion Gulch is another of these areas, though by then you kinda know what to expect from the game. Still though, just imagine you're in that ravine, happily smashing Bark Scorpions like ripe pumpkins, then turn a corner and got one of these nasty giants clawing at your face.

[@scarletrain2818]

I have to say, I do have to give Bethesda props with Fallout 4, they managed to make what is considered a general nuisance in previous games were made to be an actual threat and actually really terrifying.

[@souplike.homogenate]

I didn't know I needed this video until I read the title. Then it was all YES YESSSS

[@dendren1]

I like to go with the FEV explanation when it comes to explaining their size. Bugs and Arachnids have an open circulatory system tha basically means theyre organs are baithing in blood soup, meaning they can be very big due to a poor oxygen delivery system. So them evolving a closed circulatory system would make sense to allow the size increase and maybe even the change in blood color from blue to red/green.

[@mcsmash4905]

hate the one-two punch they tend to do in fallout 4 , and by hate i mean i like it , and one can make an argument that all of the mutated creatures like the deathclaw or scorp have become more unsettling in overall appereance and combat than in previous titles

[@justinmacdonald2102]

Almost an hour of radioactive scorpion lore. I'm in.

[@WeNeverHadForever]

I'm not too sure as it's been a while but if I remember correctly there is a correlation between pincer size and venom load. The bigger the pincers the weaker the venom, and vice versa.

[@xxelitewolfxx1337]

Wait so shady sands is actually a place in the game series? Damm I need to get back in touch with fallout lore I miss it sm

[@UnkieNic]

The (rad)king returns 😌

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Eeeehm, let me but it this way: Here I am! Rock you like a hurricane!

[@LeonardAndHisBiscuit]

I think we can all agree that the best implementation is in Fallout 4. Technically 76 by proxy since they're the same thing, but with MMO style stat scaling differences weighing them down in comparison (Thanks for the 'live service', Bethesda). Not only are they much deadlier for their iconic appearances, they're also much different to fight than other types of enemies in the game.

[@valor1omega]

Man this was a fun watch and I enjoy reading the comments with interesting thoughts on them.

[@MayaWu44]

Wow, never heard about Black Scorpion movie. Now I'm intrigued. I have to see it!

[@XSilver_WaterX]

If anyone wondering about the loot of the 76 Scorps, they are the same from 4 and some of their stingers and meat is needed for those weekly and monthly quest for our favorite Mutant Merchant, Grahm. Also 2- and 3-star legendry Scorpions are very buggy(pun yes) on their god-drops as they do NOT drop the appropriate level and stared loot for the player. Just focus on the meat week part.

[@AurmazlZudeh]

I'm a scorpio fallout fan so naturally I love this 😂

[@lordbrit4630]

this is one of the best things i've seen on the internet in my life i love u rad king

[@dafl1sh]

I'm replaying fallout 4 right now and right after this video started I traveled back to base and a radscorpion random encounter happened, what are the odds?

[@Omnomphone]

The Albino Radscorpion was terrifying when I first saw it years ago. First saw it trying to get to the Enclave base where they blow up Liberty Prime, and it was a damn nightmare to kill, costing most of my ammo. Second time I saw it was in Deathclaw territory somewhere up north, where it took on 6 deathclaws, and then came after me, still with 15-20% of its HP. Always fun to lead them into Deathclaw, Enclave, or Mutant patrols, though, and watch them just tear everything apart for me.

[@RuvynZ]

Much like the Appalachian Radscorpion, I, too, like the toxic glow of the Toxic Valley.

[@DCBiscuit]

We’re hung up dry for Fallout content and RadKing poured some water in our mouths. I can’t wait until we get to the point of covering Atlantic City and the other 76 raids. Or even just covering The Glowing Sea and everything out there.

[@DWilson66]

Always great work my friend 🙌

[@austinmeans7294]

Now this is epic

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

SCORPIONS, YEAH!!!!!!!! Wait, I didn't watch this until a month later. 1:06 wait a minute, is that where the bad karma sound effect is from? INSANE REFERENCE 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@arby64]

Do you think carrying a uv light around the wastelands could help you avoid radscorpions? Normal scorpions glow under a uv light. Might make it harder for them to ambush

[@5TailFox]

I have only 4 words of advice when it comes to dealing with high level Fallout 4 Radscorpions: Advanced. Explosive. Combat. Shotgun.

[@Twist-The-Friendly-Hunter]

Ah rad scorpions HERE I AM, ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE! Sorry old habit.

[@SidNYoly6438]

Another amazing vid keep it up radking

[@benjthorpe]

Started up a new permadeath playthrough, on my way to Abernathy Farm and BAM one-shotted by a radscorpion that just popped up and killed me

[@themaddoctor1741]

I may be a psychopath but I honestly like the albino radscorpion. While both them and the super mutant overlord are somehow more balanced than reavers, albinos seemed more fair. Like once u can take them out u know ur a practical god

[@MattnessLP]

To answer your final question: my least favorite type of scorpion is... the Robo-Scorpion from Old World Blues. Well maybe because my latest courier was a melee build, so those post-mortem explosions were especially annoying. Apart from those, my least favorite actual scorps are the Giant ones in New Vegas, for the reasons I stated in my other comment. They don't need any fancy (and buggy) digging strats, they're just an unstoppable tank, heading straight for your throat.

[@bocktordaytona5656]

I always assumed that blue radscorpions from fO 3 where blue as an adaptation to blend with the corvega cadillac like cars of the capital wasteland.

[@TheStygian]

That's kinda cool... I like to imagine some of them hiding among old cars. Doesn't work well on humans, but many animals wouldn't think twice, maybe?

[@karenbaldwin2867]

Albino death skull radscorpion empress I needed it and I need it now!! Think of the hit points the poison damage the absolute bullet sponge capacity it will be glorious!!

[@dcross6360]

My favorite CC

[@sergeantT-90]

I don’t know if you have make a Video about this before, but it would be interesting to see a video talking about the settlement of fallout (from fallout 1 to NV and fallout 4). The main idea is to talk about the settlement economy and lore, like where do they get food and water for it settler, what resources do they have, how was/ when did the …. Settlement founded, did they build their settlement with rusty metal sheet, brick,… or was the settler live in a bunch of pre-war building that somehow stand for over hundred of years since the Great War, …..

[@MattnessLP]

Would be funny if, after you kill that jumpscare scorpion, the shack becomes home to a trader that sells home electronics. Because, ya know, Radio Shack

[@michaelbondt8202]

the "mythical" American Emperor Scorpion is probably a "Pet Safe"(tm) variety or subspecies found in all those pet stores mentioned

[@joshchandler13]

Dude, I walk around wanting to get stung by a bark scorpion. “Take drugs, kill a bear”. 🤣🤘🏼🍻

[@dcross6360]

Another great video

[@Dave5281968]

Now that you've mentioned the detail about how real scorpions give birth, we'll likely be getting hit with queen scorpions that are COVERED in dozens of extremely small, fast, and deadly offspring if Bethesda ever gets around to developing Fallout 5. Thanks!

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

In real life antivenoms are distribued based on which kind is in the area. And we have modern luxuries to help production and transporation. I imagine its like that in Fallout but with much more scarcity due to how difficult it is to produce proper antivenom, keep it viable and transport it safely

[@MattnessLP]

My take on the radscorpions in Fallout 1 and 2: The antidote had just been developed, so people didn't fight them and instead opted to avoid them at all costs. That lead to the scorpions populating the area like crazy, making it such a common encounter for the fearless Vault Dweller. 80 years later, the antidote is now widely available, so people dare to engage the scorpions instead of keeping their distance, leading to a decrease in the scorp population. Also, maybe the geckos are another reason for the radscorpions' decline. Maybe those lizards are an invasive species coming from the North, maybe they're even resistant to the scorpions' venom and have a taste for bug meat (just like real geckos)

[@Alienator35]

I don't even care about fallout, I just like to listen to those videos when falling asleep cuz I know there won't be any loud noises suddenly. Much love ❤

[@jeremyofficer5038]

You're going to talk about fallout scorpions and not even give an honorable mention of roboscorpions

[@Sirfinchyyy]

36:30 Ahh yes, that would be known as the Toaster Scorpion😂.

[@TheLostWastelander]

Tried to play Fallout 1 a few months ago and gotta say I'm scarred for life even tho I barely left Shady Sands lol

[@thehighlander333]

Hope to see your pet glowing radscorpion in future videos 👍🏻🦂

[@john_blues]

Scorpion Lore? Why not, I'm here for it!

[@corpsewytchdannii]

"A talking spore plant called Seymour"... 😂

[@sopadumacacoumadelicia5]

I do wonder if KZbin user radiation king will talk about the mythical scorpions that fall through the map every time, specially in NV

[@mediicice5862]

One time I was walking up to good springs cemetery and couldn’t find that little bark scorpion, sure as shit vats it under the map 😭

[@shig.bitz.3205]

oh man that fallout 4 radscorpion jump scare had me stuck in a deathloop for a while cuz I was super low level and tried to run away Also the naruto running on that fallout brotherhood character looked so goofy

[@nathanarmfield399]

Hey RadKing you should do a video on the fallout 4 mission speak of the devil, where you get a set of X-02 power armor.

[@Invisfire777]

A dubiously canon source for sure but the vault 77 comic depicts a massive rad scorpion the size of a truck. I only bring it up because the vault 77 suit in paradise falls to me makes that comic potentially canon

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Ah yes, memories of starting Fallout 1 with low luck and getting rad scorpions at first random encounter on the overworld.

[@JackKirbyFan]

The deathclaws never scared me like the radscorpions. They terrify the crap out of me.

[@dazzaMusic]

Take a trip to Dead Wind Cavern you might change your mind

[@JackKirbyFan]

@@dazzaMusic OMG. I totally forgot about that. I remember that quest so well. That scared the crap out of me!

[@cherry9787]

​@@dazzaMusic Shotgun build 👌

[@alfredvonfleisch]

Brotherhood of Steel's greatest sin was bringing Slipknot into the Fallout franchise.

[@katrinagray855]

@@alfredvonfleisch can you explain please? How did they bring slipknot into fo?

[@Bothrops_Asper_89]

@@katrinagray855 Slipknot is in the soundtrack. They tried to go full 90s cool edgelord mode, and it came out being a complete mess.

[@katrinagray855]

@@Bothrops_Asper_89 lmao that must have been hilariously and disturbingly jarring. Like hearing the mysterious stranger has a real name

[@lordadamant8182]

6:53 I'm reminded of a comic where someone is selling health potions and when a guy comes up to buy one she's like "pulp or no pulp?" and the dude looks so concerned lol

[@popoha4380]

Adam help us one day soon we can study a real giant mutated arachnid.

[@sovietmaori]

saw the thumbnail and knew i had to get over here

[@johnsims5330]

By The Division! I cant believe you forgot about the tek variants 😮

[@miltoncarvalho1081]

Thank you

[@kd7411]

Love the content

[@doombox1211]

6:49 Prime content there lol Still watching the Video as of this comment, just thought it was funny

[@BLK_MN]

I was just watching a video about Bark Scorpions in Fallout New Vegas earlier today.

[@OXY187]

you can find them in the desert because it is a videogame and they are early game enemies.

[@chilldude30]

In my dream last night there was a loudspeaker in the street saying "gardener Minshu simp"

[@brulpy6366]

Honey wake up, new radking video just dropped

[@hadleyeby6065]

I have a question about fallout prisons and if anyone lived in them before the bombs and keep up the good work and I love your videos