Jersey Devil

The Jersey Devil is a cryptid found in Atlantic City . Its offspring are known as Lesser Devils. The Jersey Devil itself appears as part of the quest Sins of the Father.
==Background==
The Jersey Devil was originally a creature of myth, an old folk legend tied to the Pine Barrens. The legend states that a woman named Leeds (Jane Leeds) cursed her thirteenth child in pregnancy, frustrated by her ever-expanding family. She said that the child would be the "devil." As the legend states, she actually gave birth to a dragon-like abomination, which promptly fled away from its mother into the wilds of the Pines.Vault 76 dweller: "What is the Jersey Devil, exactly?"Antonio Russo: "It's an old folk legend from the Pine Barrens. Goes back hundreds of years. Legend has it that a broad by the name of Leeds was pregnant with her thirteenth child. Well, she wasn't happy about it. She cursed the child before it was even born, saying it would be the "devil." So when she gave birth, this handsome schmuck came out of her. A monstrous dragon-like abomination with a face only a mother could love, 'cept she didn't. The Devil fled into the Pine Barrens, and basically became the stuff of legend. That's the tale, if you believe it. I don't care if he came from Mars so long as he makes me some caps."(Antonio Russo's dialogue) 
The legend persisted and the devil was depicted on the collectible card released by Grey Tortoise to promote its cigarettes. The tale provided a readily available name when a dragon-like mutant did appear in the Pine Barrens area. While myths about it being an actual incarnation of Satan, together with the usual stories of pacts and boons, the Devil was just a horribly mutated and incredibly dangerous wild animal.Vault 76 dweller: "What does this all have to do with the Jersey Devil?"Antonio Russo: "Espetta, kid, I'm getting there! Concerta wanted to sabotage me at every opportunity, and I had to get a leg up on her. I'd heard the legends my whole life about the Devil. Every tyke in AC did. So's I went to the Pine Barrens looking to strike a deal with him."Vault 76 dweller: "Then why did you kill it?"Antonio Russo: "Well, as it turns out, he's a fucking Devil when he's biting your ankles, but the thing's just a damn animal. No intelligence there. So I had no choice but to whack him. Figured I could get quite rich off of its corpse, so I took it to Gene to get it embalmed. And that, is where we learned of the potency of his blood. This is where Devil's Blood was born."(Antonio Russo's dialogue)
===Biology===
The Jersey Devil and its offspring, known as Lesser Devils, have a unique feature: their blood. Antonio Russo learned of this when he and Gene analyzed the body of a Lesser Devil that Antonio killed. Antonio made a mistaken attempt to seek out the Jersey Devil and sign over his soul, at first under the impression the Jersey Devil would be intelligent. However, he had no choice but to kill the Lesser Devil when it turned out to be a hostile animal. The blood is incredibly potent and addictive, with Russo and Gene turning it into the Devil's Blood, a highly addictive, incredibly rare and prohibitively expensive narcotic for Atlantic City high rollers.Vault 76 dweller: "What does this all have to do with the Jersey Devil?"Antonio Russo: "Espetta, kid, I'm getting there! Concerta wanted to sabotage me at every opportunity, and I had to get a leg up on her. I'd heard the legends my whole life about the Devil. Every tyke in AC did. So's I went to the Pine Barrens looking to strike a deal with him."Vault 76 dweller: "Then why did you kill it?"Antonio Russo: "Well, as it turns out, he's a fucking Devil when he's biting your ankles, but the thing's just a damn animal. No intelligence there. So I had no choice but to whack him. Figured I could get quite rich off of its corpse, so I took it to Gene to get it embalmed. And that, is where we learned of the potency of his blood. This is where Devil's Blood was born."(Antonio Russo's dialogue)
However, Antonio was unaware that the Lesser Devils emerging from the Pine Barrens near Atlantic City were actually juveniles. The Lesser Devils are offspring of the real Jersey Devil, which has even more potent blood, strong enough to produce an antidote for the Devil's Blood chem. The Devil's Blood continues to be produced from slain Lesser Devils who wander into the city, while the real Jersey Devil still lies in wait in the Pine Barrens.Antonio Russo: "Can we maybe speed up the process here?"Abbie Russo: "Dad! Just wait..."Gene: "Uh..oh. Uh oh. No. This isn't good. This is the opposite of good. What is that? Bad. Right. Bad"Antonio Russo: "What's the problem here?"Gene: "I-I wasn't expecting this. This has PROFOUND implications a-and I don't know WHERE-"Antonio Russo: "Just spit it out already! My daughter is dying and we don't have the TIME for you to have your little eureka moment!"Gene: "The sample you brought me isn't pure enough to make an antidote with."Abbie Russo: "What?!"Antonio Russo: "That's the heftiest load of bullshit I've ever heard! That came from the Jersey Devil himself! How can you get any fucking purer?!"Gene: "You're not going to believe me, but… That wasn't the real Jersey Devil. This is juvenile blood. The one you killed was just a child."Antonio Russo: "What? So you mean the ones we see coming out of the Barrens are just its...children?! Then...how big's the father? Or...mother? Hard to tell with these things."Gene: "I don't know. No one's ever seen it before. And lived to tell about it, t-that is. But if there's a juvenile, that means there's a parent. An adult would have blood potent enough to craft an antidote."Antonio Russo: "So you're saying you want us to go into the Pine Barrens and kill an adult Devil? Just trying to see if I'm the one who's gone nuts, or if it's still you."(Antonio Russo, Abbie Russo and Gene's dialogue)
One way to lure it out is to use pheromones; the Devil reacts strongly to pheromones its species emit, enough to draw one from the Barrens into the flooded city center of Atlantic City.Gene: "T-that I can help with! We've got enough here that I can make f-fake Devil pheromones. If y-you can bring the pheromones to h-high points in the city center... Maybe the s-scent will draw the Devil out of the B-Barrens!"(Gene's dialogue)
==Characteristics==
==Locations==
The Jersey Devil appears only as a boss fight during the quest Sins of the Father. After its Hit Points are depleted, the player has a choice on what to do with its blood, at which point the Jersey Devil will fly away and escape. The Jersey Devil will not actually die but the player will still gain Experience Points for defeating it in battle. 
==Notes==
Prior to being added to the game, the Jersey Devil was depicted in cartoon style on the gameboard of Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt, the twelfth in-game season.
==Appearances==
The Jersey Devil appears only . The cryptid itself was first mentioned with the Jersey Devil card in the Once in a Blue Moon update. With Expeditions: Atlantic City, the Jersey Devil was mentioned in and its offspring (Lesser Devils) appeared in Boardwalk Paradise, while the creature itself was introduced as a boss fight in-game in America's Playground.
==Behind the scenes==
The Jersey Devil is based on New Jersey folklore, like other cryptids . The specific version of its legendary backstory is based on the Leeds Devil tale, rather than the Lenape people's myth of M'Sing, the winged deer spirit.
==Gallery==
In-game
FO76AP Antonio and Vault Dweller fight Jersey Devil.png|In combat with Antonio Russo and a Vault Dweller
FO76AC Jersey Devil 02.png|In combat with Antonio Russo
FO76AC Jersey Devil 03.png|Jersey Devil
FO76AC Jersey Devil 04.png|Jersey Devil
FO76AC Jersey Devil 05.png|In the church
FO76AC Jersey Devil 06.png|On fire
FO76AC Jersey Devil 07.png|Defeated
FO76AC Jersey Devil 08.png|Close-up
FO76AC Jersey Devil 09.png|Defeated, from the side
FO76AC Jersey Devil 10.png|With Antonio Russo posing
Concept art and other depictions
FO76AC Jersey Devil devlog concept.png|Jersey Devil concept art shown in Boardwalk Paradise developer diaryFallout 76: Atlantic City - Boardwalk Paradise Developer Diary Part 2
FO76MI Jersey Devil.jpg|Cartoon version of the Jersey Devil seen on the Rip Daring and the Cryptid Hunt scoreboard
F76 Jersey Devil CC1.png|Cartoon version of the Jersey Devil seen on a collectible card 
==References==
Non-game
Category:Boardwalk Paradise creatures
Category:America's Playground creatures
Category:Cryptids
ru:Дьявол из Джерси