Player's partners
Companions are always helpful during challenging adventures in the Wasteland, but some players feel more comfortable completing quests alone. Here are the pros and cons of playing with a companion, as well as detailed information about the main companions:
Pluses
1. They don't die!
2. Can carry a lot of items if you reach their weight limit.
3. Can provide fire support.
4. Can use their default weapon without using ammo.
5. Can equip a wide variety of other weapons. (You must also provide them with ammo.)
6. Can wear armor and clothing.
7. Can wear Power Armor without using Fusion Cores.
8. Can romance you if you do enough things the companion likes and have a high enough Charisma to flirt when the time is right.
9. Can hack terminals and pick locks you normally can't. (Nick Valentine and Kate)
Minuses
1. Will unintentionally expose you more often, especially while stealthed.
2. Trigger traps and bombs that are otherwise easily avoided and/or disabled.
3. If teammates are equipped with weapons other than their default, they will consume ammunition.
4. Lines and dialogue become repetitive after a while.
Cait
- Type Human
- Where to find Combat Zone
- How to hire Kill all raiders in Combat Zone
- Primary weapon Double-shot shotgun
- Skills Lockpicking (upgrades to Master - requires lockpicks)
- Novel Yes
Like
- Chemical dependency (before Benign Intervention)
- Use of chemistry (before Benign Intervention)
- Sacrifice of items (after "Benign Intervention")
- Alcohol consumption
- Dogma treatment
- Burglary
- Lock
- Walking around without clothes
- Selfish decisions
- Violent decisions
Don't like
- Chemical dependency (after "Benign Intervention")
- Use of chemistry (after "Benign Intervention")
- Sacrifice of items (before "Benign Intervention")
- Eating corpses
- Generous solutions
- Average solutions
- Killing non-enemies
- Peaceful solutions
Codsworth
- Type Robot
- Where to find Sanctuary
- How to hire Available automatically through the storyline
- Primary weapon Knives / Flamethrower
- Skills Gives Purified Water
- Novel No
Like
- Donation of items
- Generous solutions
- Good decisions
- Dogma treatment
- Power Armor Modification
- Weapon modification
Don't like
- Use of chemistry
- Chemical dependence
- Killing non-enemies
- Locking the locks
- Theft
- Selfish decisions
- Theft of items
- Successful trade in bottle caps
Dogmeat
- Type Dog
- Where to find Red Rocket
- How to hire Automatically available through the storyline
- Primary weapon Teeth
- Skills Find and retrieve items, find and hold enemies
- Novel No
Basically, Dogmeat loves you for who you are, regardless of your actions and decisions.
Nick Valentine
- Type Synth
- Where to find Diamond City (Vault 114)
- How to hire Available automatically through the storyline
- Primary weapon Revolver
- Skills Hacking (upgrades to Master, or cannot be permanently blocked)
- Novel No
Like
- Donation of items
- Hacking terminals
- Dogma Treatment
- Average solutions
- Good decisions
Don't like
- Locking the locks
- Killing non-enemies
- Peaceful solutions
- Pickpocketing
- Theft of items
- Violent decisions
Piper
- Type Human
- Where to find Diamond City
- How to hire Available automatically through the storyline
- Primary weapon 10mm Pistol
- Skills Gives food once a day
- Novel Yes
Like
- Donation of items
- Generous solutions
- Dogma Treatment
- Burglary
- Average solutions
Don't like
- Breaking other people's locks
- Killing non-enemies
- Peaceful solutions
- Selfish decisions
- Theft of items
- Violent decisions
Preston Garvey
- Type Human
- Where to find Concord
- How to hire Automatically available through the Minutemen storyline
- Primary weapon Laser musket
- Skills Sometimes you can get stimulants from the exchange
- Novel Yes
Like
- Construction of buildings in the settlement
- Donation of items
- Generous solutions
- Average solutions
- Weapon modification
- Peaceful solutions
Don't like
- Chemical dependence
- Eating corpses
- Breaking other people's locks
- Killing non-enemies
- Pickpocketing
- Selfish decisions
- Theft of items
- Violent decisions
Synth X6-88
- Type Synth
- Where to find Institute
- How to hire Automatically available on line for the Institute
- Primary weapon Institute Rifle
- Skills Grants Nuclear Charges occasionally
- Novel No
Like
- Hacking terminals
- Power Armor Modification
- Weapon modification
- Peaceful solutions
- Selfish decisions
- Successful trade in bottle caps
Don't like
- Use of chemistry
- Chemical addiction
- Donation of items
- Generous solutions
- Dogma Treatment
- Good decisions
- Walking around naked
Source: www.gamefaqs.com, PartiallyRoyal
See also:
Power Armor on the Map
Perk System (Dexterity)
Chapter 2: Sanctuary