Fallout 3 / Characters

Fallout 3 characters: James, Megaton residents and finding Dogmeat

Understand the early story contacts and recruit Dogmeat without confusing base-game companion rules.

Edition covered

Original 2008 Fallout 3 base campaign with official patches. Broken Steel, other DLC, mods and mechanics from New Vegas or Fallout 4 are outside this guide. Pictures come from the original Fallout 3 Steam listing.

5 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Characters

Player character

Lone Wanderer

A Vault 101 resident whose SPECIAL attributes, tagged skills and later perks shape life outside the vault.

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The player’s father

James

James leaves Vault 101, prompting the search that connects the family story to the Capital Wasteland’s future.

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Megaton sheriff

Lucas Simms

Simms greets newcomers and is closely connected to the town’s dangerous unexploded bomb.

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Craterside Supply proprietor

Moira Brown

Moira sells supplies and commissions field research for the Wasteland Survival Guide.

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Canine companion

Dogmeat

Dogmeat can be found at the Scrapyard and recruited regardless of karma; in the base game he can die.

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Quick notes

Follow James’s trail. James is your father and the reason the Lone Wanderer leaves Vault 101.
Meet Lucas Simms in Megaton. Lucas Simms is the sheriff who welcomes the player to Megaton.
Find Moira’s practical side quests. Moira Brown runs Craterside Supply and works on the Wasteland Survival Guide.
Recruit Dogmeat at the Scrapyard. Look for Dogmeat fighting raiders at the Scrapyard, south of Minefield.

FIELD NOTE

Dogmeat’s toughness and replacement options change with Broken Steel; do not assume DLC advice protects him in an unexpanded game.

Picture details

Game artwork belongs to its respective rights holders.

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