Fallout New Vegas: How To Find All Companions?

Rose Of Sharon Cassidy

• Unique Weapons: Cass’s Caravan Shotgun and Cass’s Combat Knife.
• Perks Given: Whiskey Rose, Calm Heart, and Hand of Vengeance.

In the southwesternmost part of the Mojave Wasteland, there is an NCR base named the Mojave Outpost. No quest will draw players to this location, but the entrance of the base is marked by two giant statues shaking hands. This is known as the Unification Monument.

Rose of Sharon Cassidy, or Cass for short, can be found in the barracks here. In order to recruit Cass, players need to start a conversation with her, after which she will direct them to the Crimson Caravan Company and begin the quest ‘Heartache by the Number.’

Play through this quest until you get to the point where you have to convince Cass to sell her caravan company. To successfully do this, you have to pass one of four different skill checks.

After the quest is completed, Cass becomes available as a companion and can always be found in the Mojave Outpost’s barracks.

Craig Boone

• Unique Weapons: Boone’s Scoped Hunting Rifle and Boone’s Machete.
• Perks Given: Spotter.

As part of the main story, players will visit the small town of Novac. What makes this settlement stand out from all of the rest in Fallout New Vegas is the giant Dinky T-Rex monument. You can enter this structure and head up to its mouth, which essentially acts as a sniper’s nest.

Boone is on duty here from 9 PM to 9 AM, during which time the player can talk to him and ask him about his wife. After a bit of dialogue, you can agree to help him discover his spouse’s fate and start the quest ‘One for My Baby.’

Now talk to one of the inhabitants of Novac named No-Bark Noonan, who will tell you about the shady things happening in the motel lobby. Following this conversation, go to the lobby yourself.

Once the deed is done, you can talk to Boone once again to complete the quest and convince him to become your companion.

Veronica Santangelo

• Unique Weapons: Veronica’s Power Fist and Veronica’s 10mm Pistol.
• Perks Given: Scribe Assistant, Bonds of Steel, and Causeless Rebel.

A bit after players leave the town of Novac; they should arrive in a location known as Boulder City. The first main quest of the game that started in Goodsprings comes to a conclusion here.

After you’re done with the quest, follow the road heading directly northwest of the town until you arrive at a small NRC settlement called 188 Trading Post. Veronica can be found wandering here alongside a bunch of other NPCs.

She is the most effortless companion to recruit in the game because all you have to do is talk to her and not be aggressive. There are no skill checks involved during the conversation.

Once the conversation ends, Veronica becomes available as a companion.

Arcade Gannon

• Unique Weapons: Arcade Gannon’s Plasma Defender and Arcade Gannon’s Ripper.
• Perks Given: Better Healing.

After finally reaching New Vegas for the first time, you can visit a number of different locations in the slums surrounding the area. This is known as Freeside, and it contains a few new factions that players can interact with and do quests for. It should also be noted that none of the locations here have map markers.

There are a few different ways that you can convince this character to join you as a companion.

If the player has an Intelligence of 3 or lower while talking to Arcade, he will notice this and decide to join you out of pity. If your Intelligence stat is a few points higher than 3, you can use alcoholic items like the Large Wasteland Tequila to reduce it temporarily.

If all else fails, you can always take the Confirmed Bachelor perk to persuade him into becoming a follower.

Once any of these conditions are met, Arcade Gannon will be available as a Fallout New Vegas companion.

Rex

• Unique Weapons: None.
• Perks Given: Search And Mark, Faithful Protector, Unshakeable Tracker, and Blood of The Legion.

If you ignore the Old Mormon Fort and keep going straight after entering Freeside from the north gate, you will come to a gate that lets you enter the inner part of the slums. Here, you can find the King’s School of Impersonation building.

This location is run by a gang of Elvis impersonators known as The Kings, and players can talk to their leader to get the ‘G.I. Blues’ quest. Once it has been completed, talk to the leader once more and ask him about his robot dog to start a new quest called ‘Nothin’ But a Hound Dog.’

Players are given Rex as a companion automatically as soon as this new quest starts, but they can also see it through to the end to fix their new cyberdog companion and give him some additional buffs. You can choose between increased damage, speed, or health points.Once the quest is finished, and Rex has been fixed up, he can always be found at the King’s School of Impersonation. He is the second and final of the non-humanoid companions in Fallout New Vegas.

Lily Bowen

• Unique Weapons: Lily’s Vertibird Blade and Lily’s Assault Carbine
• Perks Given: Stealth Girl.

Players who decide to complete the ‘Nothin’ But a Hound Dog’ quest mentioned above will eventually visit a secluded location called Jacobstown. It’s a small settlement in the mountains populated by Super Mutants and Nightkin.

The biggest building here is the Jacobstown lodge, inside which you can find an NPC named Doctor Henry. Talk to him to get the quest ‘Guess Who I Saw Today,’ which allows you to talk to Lily and then bring her along as a companion.

Lily is the only mutant companion in Fallout New Vegas.

Raul Tejada

• Unique Weapons: Raul’s .44 Magnum Revolver and Raul’s Lead Pipe.
• Perks Given: Regular Maintenance, Full Maintenance, and Old Vaquero.

Raul is the final companion on this list, and getting to his location is the most challenging task out of all the other companions. I do not recommend that you try and reach him if you are not sufficiently leveled up and equipped with heavy weapons.

To recruit him, players first have to make their way to the Black Mountain, directly in the middle of the Mojave Wasteland. When they are in the vicinity of the location, the Black Mountain Radio signal will show up on their Pip-Boy, guiding them to the area.

After Raul has been freed, he will ask to join the player on their journey.

However, keep in mind that Raul is the only one of the Fallout New Vegas companions who does not stay in the location you found them in. Instead of heading back to the Black Mountain when dismissed, he will go to his shack to the east of New Vegas.