Fallout 4 companions: Dogmeat, Codsworth, Preston, Piper and Nick
Locate useful early companions and understand recruitment and relationship basics.
Unmodded Fallout 4 base campaign, using standard non-Survival rules. PC publisher screenshots show the original game. Far Harbor, Nuka-World, Automatron, workshop DLC, Creation content and Fallout 4 VR are not required; DLC-specific differences are labeled. Survival has separate saving, travel, hunger and ammunition-weight rules.
6 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.
Characters
Sole Survivor
Emerges from Vault 111 and searches the Commonwealth for a missing family member.
Preston Garvey
Leads the group trapped in Concord’s Museum of Freedom and introduces settlement assistance.
Piper Wright
Runs Publick Occurrences and can become a companion after her introductory interview.
Nick Valentine
A detective connected to Diamond City and the main investigation.
Quick notes
- Recruit Dogmeat near Sanctuary. Dogmeat waits at the Red Rocket truck stop on the road toward Concord.
- Return to Codsworth after exploring. Codsworth is first encountered in Sanctuary and helps search the neighborhood before pointing you toward Concord.
- Meet Preston through the museum rescue. Preston Garvey leads the survivors in the Museum of Freedom and helps establish the Minutemen settlement route.
- Find Piper and Nick through Diamond City. Piper’s introduction at Diamond City leads to the Publick Occurrences interview, after which she can travel with you.
The base game normally allows one permanent companion at a time; mods that add extra followers change that rule.
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