For players looking to get an edge in Fallout 4 then they can tackle some of the more difficult missions, they should consider earning one or more than of the Companion perks available in the game. These perks requite the Sole Survivor some kind of bonus, depending on the companion's skills, personality, and backstory.

All companion perks in Fallout four are earned by achieving maximum analogousness with a particular companion, and each one is unique. The player should talk to their companion one time the game indicates that that companion "idolizes you" to unlock the perk. Once the Sole Survivor has earned their perk, it's permanent; they can't lose it even if the affinity level with that companion changes or they accept another companion follow them.

Keeping Rail of Affinity

Unfortunately, a companion'south affinity level is hidden from the player and tin only exist seen through console commands. All the same, there are a few tools that can be used to go along track too. Usually, companions volition brainstorm with an affinity level of zero. The maximum possible affinity is 1000 points, and the lowest possible is -1000 points.

If the player isn't sure where they sit down on the Companion's analogousness scale, they can work towards earning affinity and wait for the game to let them know when they've hit a major milestone.

-m Analogousness: Hatred

  • The game says that the Companion "hates you"

-500 Analogousness: Disdain

0 Analogousness: Neutral

  • The game says that the Companion "tolerates you lot"

250 Affinity: Friend

500 Analogousness: Admiration

  • The game says that the Companion "admires yous"

750 Affinity: Confidant

one thousand Affinity: Infatuation

  • The game says that the Companion "idolizes yous"

When players know how much affinity they need to get, they tin can continue runway of said affinity through the Companion'southward reactions to what the Sole Survivor says or does.

  • The game indicates the Companion "liked that": +15 Affinity
  • The game indicates the Companion "loved that": +35 Affinity
  • The game indicates the Companion "disliked that": -15 Analogousness
  • The game indicates the Companion "hated that": -35 Affinity

Console Commands

If the actor can utilize console commands, they can use the "GetAV CA_Affinity" command to cheque and see where their Companion'south affinity is at. Players can also employ console commands to raise, lower, or reset a Companion'southward affinity, but should exist cautious — some panel commands tin can permanently impact or change the player's save file.

Accruing Analogousness

Fallout 4 One Punch Power Fist

The player can earn affinity with dissimilar characters by performing actions or choosing dialogue options that they concord with. Every activity or dialogue line, big or small, could have an upshot on the companion'southward opinion of the Sole Survivor.

A few things to keep in mind...

  • Romance: Flirting with the Companion will help increment their affinity, and the player can romance more than than ane Companion at a time
  • Speech: Having a high speech skill may help the actor flirt, get out of awkward situations, and more
  • Dialogue: Each dialogue option counts every bit its own action, and then each option over the class of a conversation can provide analogousness points
  • Cooldown: Some actions are "repeatable," so they'll earn affinity points every time the player does them (like healing Dogmeat, drinking alcohol, hacking, murder, lockpicking, and more), but they have cooldown periods, so they can't be repeated over and over again in one go
  • Modifiers: When a player receives or loses affinity points, the game may assign a modifier to information technology, meaning, for instance, when a Companion "liked" a player's actions, information technology may be slightly more than or slightly less than +fifteen analogousness — simply it's a adept judge if the player can't use panel commands

Cait - Trigger Blitz

Cait Speaking to Sole Survivor

Cait grew up in an Irish gaelic household and was abused past her family members. Cait'southward perk, Trigger Rush, is a skill that means the Sole Survivor'southward Action Points regenerate 50% faster whenever the actor falls below 25 Action Points. It's possible to earn maximum affinity with Cait subsequently her personal quest, Benign Intervention.

Earn Analogousness Past...

  • Being generally mean and violent
  • Threatening people
  • Deciding non to join the Brotherhood of Steel
  • Generally approving of alcohol and drugs
  • Choosing sarcastic dialogue options
  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Stopping the Institute
  • Taking odd jobs
  • Inciting, enjoying, and approval of chaos
  • Beingness brutally honest

Codsworth - Robot Sympathy

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Codsworth is a butler robot from the Sole Survivor's pre-war life. His perk is Robot Sympathy, which ways that the Sole Survivor gets +10 Damage Resistance against any mechanical enemy's energy attacks.

Earn Affinity Past...

  • Modifying weapons or armor at the workshop
  • Helping others (especially the less fortunate)
  • Preventing unnecessary death
  • Obeying the law
  • Acting responsibly
  • Finding peaceful resolutions to problems
  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Showing empathy to others

Curie - Combat Medic

Fallout 4 Curie

Curie is a state-of-the-art robot that was designed to protect Vault 81. The Combat Medic perk that she provides at maximum analogousness means that the player can heal 100 hit points once per day (equally long every bit their health is nether 10%). It can be unlocked after completing her quest, Emergent Behaviour.

Earn Affinity Past...

  • Resolving problems and arguments peacefully
  • Acting selflessly
  • Using a stimpak on Dogmeat
  • Passing speech checks
  • Existence honest
  • Expressing sympathy for others
  • Encouraging others not to lose hope
  • Helping others
  • Protecting human settlements and rescuing people

Paladin Danse - Know Your Enemy

Paladin Danse

Danse is the commanding officer of a unit in the Brotherhood of Steel. His perk, Know Your Enemy, means that the Sole Survivor will deal 20% more damage against ghouls, super mutants. To earn this perk, the player needs to consummate his personal quest, Blind Expose, as well as reach maximum affinity with him. If the player joins the Minutemen or the Railroad before completing Bullheaded Betrayal, the perk will be permanently locked.

Earn Affinity By...

  • Supporting the Brotherhood of Steel
  • Completing the repeatable quests from the Brotherhood of Steel
  • Being reasonable in conversations with others
  • Helping the less fortunate
  • Agreeing to get the General of the Minutemen
  • Being sarcastic with members of the Church of the Children of Cantlet
  • Asserting that a civilized world needs rules to office
  • Crafting weapon, armor, or power armor upgrades

Deacon - Cloak and Dagger

Fallout 4 Deacon

Deacon is an agent for the Railroad, an organization looking to liberate so-chosen "synths." His perk ways that the Sole Survivor has an extra 20% damage when sneaking, and whatever effects from Stealth Boys is increased 40%. This perk is known to have a few bugs associated with information technology.

Earn Analogousness Past...

  • Lock-picking
  • Hacking terminals
  • Bribing when needed to avert disharmonize
  • Promising to help others in need
  • Using a stimpak on Dogmeat
  • Successfully finding peaceful ways to solve disputes and problems
  • Helping synths
  • Talking positively about and vocally supporting synths
  • Joining the Railroad

Dogmeat - Assail Domestic dog

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Dogmeat is a German Shepard the Sole Survivor tin recruit in the Commonwealth toward the game's first. His perk, Assault Dog, is the only companion perk that must exist unlocked via leveling — all the others rely on analogousness. It should be unlocked through the player'south perk chart and has four ranks (the final one can exist unlocked at level 31).

John Hancock - Isodoped

FO4 John Hancock
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John Hancock is a ghoul, someone who has been mutated or otherwise affected by prolonged exposure to radiations. When the player unlocks his perk, Isodoped, their disquisitional hit value increases twenty% faster, and then long as they also have 250 Radiations points (about a quarter of the role player's health bar).

Earn Affinity By...

  • Using chems, and becoming addicted
  • Giving other people chems
  • Being nude
  • Delivering justice to (harming) those who deserve information technology based on their actions
  • Joining the Minutemen
  • Talking down potential killers
  • Advocating for rights for the ghouls
  • Defending innocent people
  • Disavowing slavery

Robert MacCready - Killshot

Smiling Robert Maccready
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Robert MacCready is a mercenary who used to be the mayor of a town called Little Lamplight. The role player can unlock his perk, Killshot, after completing his quest Long Route Ahead. Killshot means that the Sole Survivor has a 20% greater take a chance to strike the enemy's caput in 5.A.T.S.

Earn Analogousness Past...

  • Stealing things
  • Picking locks
  • Lying, threatening, or asking for more coin past passing a Charisma check
  • Behaving like a mercenary
  • Doing criminal actions
  • Choosing sarcastic, threatening, or contemptuous dialogue options
  • Taking bribes
  • Only working for money, never for free
Nick Valentine
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Nick Valentine is a individual detective and a synth who lives in Diamond City. To earn Close To Metal, Nick's perk, the player must accomplish maximum affinity with him and consummate his personal quest Long Time Coming. The perk means that the Sole Survivor will take an actress guess the punch the password into terminals, and the terminals take 50% less fourth dimension to reset afterwards a failed hack try.

Earn Affinity By...

  • Hacking reckoner terminals
  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Doing selfless or kind things for others
  • Not choosing the Institute at the end of the main quest
  • Refusing bribes
  • Sympathizing with others
  • Supporting the Railroad
  • Vocalizing back up for synths and comparing them to slaves
  • Killing super mutants threatening Diamond City
  • Abiding by the police force and encouraging others to practise so

Piper Wright - Gift of Gab

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Piper Wright is a journalist in Diamond City who runs her own newspaper, "Publick Occurrences." When the actor earns maximum affinity with her, they gain her perk: Gift of Gab. This doubles the amount of experience the Sole Survivor earns when they persuade someone or discover a new identify.

Earn Affinity By...

  • Helping innocent people
  • Joining the Minutemen
  • Recruiting others into the Minutemen
  • Picking locks, so long as they're unowned
  • Joining the Railroad
  • Sarcastic dialogue choices
  • Killing super mutants threatening Diamond City
  • Encouraging people to come together and fight for a better world

Preston Garvey - United Nosotros Stand up

Fallout-4-Preston-Garvey
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Preston Garvey is a leader in the Democracy Minutemen, a volunteer militia that defends the people in the Commonwealth. His perk is called United Nosotros Stand up. It increases the player's damage resistance past 20 points and causes them to deal 20% more damage when they're outnumbered (by at to the lowest degree 3 to ane).

Earn Analogousness By...

  • Evacuating the Institute survivors
  • Offering to help the less fortunate
  • Choosing sarcastic dialogue options (and so long every bit the player doesn't insult anyone)
  • Recruiting people for the Minutemen
  • Customizing weapons
  • Putting a Radio Liberty radio into settlements
  • Ending conflicts peacefully when possible
  • Helping Diamond City security officers
  • Never stealing
  • Letting Virgil live
  • Turn downward bribes

Strong - Berserk

Strong from Fallout 4

Strong is a super mutant, a person who developed huge muscles and has become immune to radiations or disease because they were exposed to the Forced Evolutionary Virus. When the role player reaches maximum affinity with Strong they receive his perk, Berserk. It means that the player deals 20% more melee damage if their health is less than a quarter full.

Earn Analogousness Past...

  • Killing enemies
  • Completing radiant quests (if the player chooses the lesser dialogue when accepting them)
  • Eating corpses
  • Threatening people
  • Never pickpocketing
  • Never stealing
  • Not using ability armor
  • Buying dogs, wolves, or mutant hounds from Erickson
  • Being generally trigger-happy and threatening
  • Killing the Railroad

X6-88 - Shield Harmonics

Fallout 4 x6-88

X6-88 is a synth working for the Institute that was specifically designed for loftier-risk missions. His perk, Shield Harmonics, increases the Sole Survivor's energy resistance by xx points.

Earn Affinity By...

  • Accepting side-missions from the Institute
  • Entering power armor
  • Helping Institute scientists
  • Hacking computer terminals
  • Modifying weapons and armor
  • Asking for more money from quest-givers via successful Speech cheque
  • Threatening others
  • Not killing Virgil
  • Not using chems or becoming addicted
  • Non entering Diamond City
  • Turning Acadia into the Institute

Old Longfellow - Hunter'due south Wisdom

Fallout 4 Old longfellow

One-time Longfellow is an experienced hunter living out of a motel well-nigh Far Harbour. When the Sole Survivor reaches maximum affinity with him they will unlock his perk, Hunter's Wisdom. It means that the energy resistance and damage resistance of all animals and sea creatures goes downwards past 25%.

Earn Affinity By...

  • Drinking alcohol (but not beer)
  • Requesting more coin from quest-givers
  • Not using chems, and stopping/discouraging others from using them
  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Doing good deeds
  • Not being a cannibal
  • Accepting Minutemen quests that aid out settlements
  • Ownership a baby-sit canis familiaris from Erickson
  • Existence sarcastic
  • Killing raiders

Porter Gage - Lessons In Blood

Fallout 4 porter gage

Porter Gage is a raider who grew upwardly on a pocket-size subcontract with his parents. The perk that Porter Gage provides at maximum affinity is Lessons In Blood, which means that the Sole Survivor gets an extra 10 points of damage resistance and earns 5% extra feel per kill. This perk is likewise associated with a few bugs in-game.

Earn Analogousness By...

  • Picking locks
  • Stealing items
  • Modifying weapons
  • Building settlements
  • Asking quest-givers for more than money
  • Choosing sarcastic dialogue options
  • Wiping out the Railroad
  • Killing synths
  • Being by and large violent
  • Refusing radiant quests from settlers
  • Not joining the Minutemen
  • Not using chems

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