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[] Permanent companions

All 8 Fallout 3 companions

There are 8 permanent companions available to the player in Fallout 3. Most have a Karma requirement that must be met if the player wishes to enlist that companion (listed here in parentheses).

Pictured, left to right:

If you ever tell a companion to wait, and do not remember where they were left, Travel to The Pitt. This will send your companion home. (Does not work with Point Lookout, unknown for other addons.)

The player can have up to two companions in their party which consists of Dogmeat plus any one other companion, barring certain .

[] XP

Unlike previous Fallout games, companions don't gain experience and notoriety independently but are scaled to the level of the player.

The player earns full XP if able to do the majority of the damage that kills the opponent (you get zero XP for a kill unless you manage to do at least 30% of the damage). A killing blow is not necessary to get XP but you will not be given XP if too little damage has been done.

[] Combat

and Dogmeat

Companions come with their default weapons and armor and will use these, depending on what role you ask them to play (melee or ranged). They will also wear any weapons or armor they are given that is superior to their standard equipment. All human or ghoul are capable of wearing . Armor and weapons worn by companions never degrade with use.

Companions have unlimited ammunition for their standard weapon (With the exception of Butch), but you'll have to supply them with the appropriate ammunition for any other non-default ranged weapon.

If a companion is given several weapons and the appropriate ammunition, they will generally choose a weapon based on the range of the projectile, then on either damage per round (DPR) or damage per second (DPS) but not by the in-game interface's DMG stat. For example, if you equip Star Paladin Cross with a , she will first attack with her default because her target is out of the flamer's range. She will move towards the target to get into the 's range and then switch to it. There are exceptions, however. For example, Charon will always use (a unique laser pistol) over the , despite its reduced range AND damage per round rating.

Some companions will use any weapon if you give it to them (provided they have appropriate ammunition for it). There are some exceptions however, for example companions cannot use the Gauss rifle rewarded upon completion of the Operation: Anchorage add-on, but can utilize the sim-only version obtainable through glitching or console.

Companions have significantly more health than other non-player characters.

Enemies are able to shoot your companions weapons out of his hand (except default weapon), so take care if you give him any unique weapon.

Companions are restored to full health at the end of combat, after all nearby enemies are dead. However, if you zone out during a fight and they follow while injured, or if they are injured outside of combat (e.g. a booby-trap), they do not heal (until after the next combat). They can also use in their inventory in the middle of battle, if you gave some to them earlier. Dogmeat can't carry stimpaks, but you can speak to him in the middle of combat to heal him manually. You can check companions' health by viewing them in mode, or moving far enough from them to see their HP bar. Companions are not considered 'vital' non-player character's, so they will die if their health is fully depleted, there is no way of reviving them, unless using the 'resurrect' command via console targeted on their corpse.

Some companions will enter sneak mode when you enter sneak mode, and end it when you do. They may also randomly enter sneak mode during combat, presumably to avoid enemy fire or to gain better aiming.

[] Statistics

Companion Karma Requirement Default Armor Default Ranged Weapon Default Melee Weapon Tagged Skills Carries
Neutral 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 , , 193.5
None 6 7 5 3 3 6 5 , , 183.5
Evil (acquire), None (rehire) 6 4 4 6 4 6 5 , , 194.5
None N/A N/A Teeth 7 8 7 6 2 8 3 N/A N/A
Good Ripped Vault 87 Suit 9 3 8 5 3 5 5 , , 229.5
Evil 6 5 4 3 3 6 5 , , 183.5
Neutral N/A , N/A 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 N/A 197.5
Good 7 7 6 4 3 4 4 , , 168.5
  • For a detailed list of the companions' equipment, see .
  • Carrying capacity will be, e.g., 50 pounds less if given (45 for armor, 5 for helmet). Capacity is determined by: (Base of 150) + (10 * Strength) - (Weight of ) - (Weight of anything else, including replacement armor or weapons)

[] Firing permanent companions

In most cases, companions can be dismissed/fired, and can later be found and rehired. In most cases, when fired they always travel to a specific spot, usually not the same spot they were hired. In some cases, they can always be rehired by simply finding them and asking them to rejoin you. In some cases, there will be Karma or other requirements. For example:

  • Fawkes: If fired, Fawkes will travel to the where he will wait for you just inside the front door. You can rehire him any time so long as your Karma is good. No charge or other requirements to rehire him.
  • Sgt. RL-3: If fired, will travel to the entrance to (at the traveling merchants' stop near the trees), where he can be rehired so long as your Karma is neutral. No charge to rehire him.
  • Star Paladin Cross: If fired, returns to . Can be rehired any time, but only if Karma is Good.
  • Butch: If fired, returns to in . Can be rehired any time, but only if Karma is neutral.
  • Dogmeat: Isn't really "fired," he waits by as ordered.
  • Jericho: If fired, returns to , he is found inside , unless you have blown up , then he just waits at the ruins. You must have evil Karma to re-hire him.
  • Charon: If fired, he will return to . He can be re-hired anytime regardless of karma.
  • Clover: If fired, she will return to in (even if the player has killed and abolished slavery by wiping out everyone in ). She can be rehired regardless of Karma.

[] Temporary companions

Temporary companions are companions that will join you during a quest. Most of them will follow you indefinitely until you complete their related quest, but not all. Unlike permanent companions, they do not heal automatically at the end of a battle but must be given through reverse pickpocketing or healed through dialog (still requiring a stimpak from your inventory). Most of them can use weapons and armors. And because they are non-player character, they can use weapons forever with only one bullet. There are some hostile non-player characters which could become not hostile to player and Permanent Companions, but they still attack Temporary companions.(like , in ). And traps of allies like Mines in still hostile to Temporary Companions. So you should take care of that non-player characters and traps first, then you can travel with Temporary Companions more safety.

Of the listed temporary companions, only Red, Shorty, and Sticky have dialogue options which allow the player to give them weapons or other inventory items.

is scripted as though he were a permanent companion; for example, he uses up ammunition on playable weapons, something only permanent companions do. However, his package is "escort" instead of "follow", so he can't be taken places like a normal companion can be.

[] Operation: Anchorage only

  • .
    • Strike Team Grenadier.
    • Strike Team Infantryman.
    • Strike Team missile Unit.
    • Strike Team Mister Gutsy.
    • Strike Team sentry bot.
    • Strike Team Sniper.

[] Mothership Zeta only

[] Notes

  • To have your companion heal themselves, simply give them a few stimpaks. Companions only heal when they are behind cover. The only companion that will not use stimpaks is as he repairs himself after combat. The player must apply stimpaks to since he's a dog and has no way of doing it himself.
  • Most companions will turn hostile if you have inflicted damage 4 times in a row, but if you wait a while the process will restart. Once turned hostile, you can talk to them for some last words (most of the time it will be their own last words) for example, says "I'm sorry it had to come to this friend".
  • Companions cannot jump.
  • It is possible to obtain all 8 followers at the same time (you require to get all 8). First of all you have to get (preferably before being captured and taken to ) and if you don't already have good karma get it before going into . Once you get out of you will see shooting at some , wait until they're all dead so you can then fast travel to the to pick up Charon before Fawkes talks to you. Now that you have Charon, fast travel back to and Fawkes will join you despite you already having Charon as a companion. Next up is . Fast travel to , she can be usually found in the laboratory. Unfortunately you require to get her to join you after completing . Now drop your karma to neutral and fast travel to the right next to . Find and fire Charon and quickly buy from him, then rehire Charon. To get Butch DeLoria you must have completed with any ending that leaves open. Once you have done that go to the and get Dogmeat. Kill Dogmeat and go get Butch from in . Butch will join you because killing Dogmeat opened up a companion space. Now drop your karma to bad and fast travel to and find Eulogy Jones. Fire Charon then buy off of Eulogy then rehire him. Get Dogmeat from outside of and kill him again. After killing go get in as a companion. Finally, go yet again to pick up Dogmeat from outside . Now you have all 8 companions at once.
  • The ( on corpse) perk and the ( on corpse) perk are not in effect for your companions. When your companion kills a human enemy, there will not be an or on the corpse. However, when your companion fights , they do drop after completing the add-on.
  • Regardless of hiring Dogmeat as a companion anyway, at the end of Fallout 3's storyline (Excluding DLC) Dogmeat will still appear as the Wanderer's companion.
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