This page covers Wasteland 3 companions AKA recruits. You can have 6 total party members with a minimum of 2 Rangers required, and a maximum of 4 Rangers allowed. Any party spots not filled by Rangers can be filled by companions, up to a maximum of 4 companions. Recruits aren't technically Rangers, but they want to assist you all the same. A party of 6 members must include 2 companions due to the 4 Ranger limitation on teams.
Allegiance
Ranger Allegiance may change and is rated on the following scale:
- Rebellious
- Disgruntled
- Uncertain
- Loyal
- Steadfast
Levels of new recruits somewhat scale to the level of the party (e.g. when Scotchmo is hired while most party members have lvls 12-14, his level is automatically increased to 12 with extra stat points available for distribution).
Companions
- Fishlips: A cannibal and raider warlord.
- Pizepi Joren: A mutant researcher from Darwin.
- Ironclad Cordite: Former leader of the Scar Collectors.
- Jodie Bell: Ranger companion and the only competent driver this side of the Rockies.
- Marshal Kwon: Patriarch's Marshals companion.
- Lucia Wesson: Hundred Families companion.
- Scotchmo: Well, he's Scotchmo.
- Victory Buchanan: Found at Aspen. A terrifying psychopath and disgraced son of Saul Buchanan.
A single companion was planned and cut, Jane Doe, from the FADER collective at Cheyenne Mountain. Gone together with the rest of the location.
Detailed breakdown
Ranger recruits
Can be hired at Ranger HQ by speaking with Sergei Greatski after completion of Home Away from Home quest.
- The level of recruited characters depends on the maximum level in the group and the number of free points can vary depending on the level.
- Note that all numbers here are for level 3.
- You can have maximum of 4 Rangers in the group.
Followers
Apart from recruits that you can control, different followers can join you throughout the course of the game. The are akin to animal companions but don't provide any bonuses and are recruited when you finish certain quests (whether explicit or unmarked). CON of all followers is fairly high and more or less the same.
| Name | Characteristics | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| Clone | A blue humanoid that fights with fists and deals little damage. | Completing Don't You Be My Neighbor side quest and inviting Irv to work for you in Ranger HQ. |
| Uber-Clone | An upgraded clone. | Inside Cheyenne Mountain Research Level, purge the cloning machine's biomass hopper and combine pink goo with a vial of advanced DNA. Subsequent Uber-Clones can be created from purple goo which is dropped upon the upgraded clone's death. |
| The Provost | A mysterious man in a suit that only speaks in Latin. | Follows you after finding him behind a locked door that's also been frozen in the Prison Block in the Warrens of the Bizarre. |
| Party Pal | A disco bot with decent ranged energy attack and healing darts. | Joins you if you finish Reagan Reborn in favor of Machine Commune. |
| Poultron | A robot with decent armor and weak melee damage (possibly due to bug). | Joins you during Scar Collectors' attack on Ranger HQ if you previously collected all 4 Cyborg Chickens across Colorado Springs and led them to Ranger HQ. |
| Courageous | A golden toaster with fairly low ranged fire attack. | Repairing toasters all across Colorado, finding pieces of a golden toaster, putting it together and then getting it to the Toaster Repair Academy. |
| Советский робот (Soviet Robot) | A robot with ranged attack. | Activating it in Yuma County, Scar Collector Mine. |
| Young Man Vinters | A young man in a bear costume. A tanky bruiser who can bash enemies in combat, but tens to cower to increase evasion. | In Steeltown's Scrapyard, must pass Animal Whisperer 2 & 10 to recruit. (Kiss-Ass 4(?) and Hard-Ass 5(?) checks also available) |
| Di | A robot with Disruption pulser and very low amount of action points (attacks once per turn). | Follows the Rangers during main quest line in Steeltown. Sticks to the ranger who spoke with Abigail Markham. |
| Night Terror | A mutant imprisoned in the Security Level of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Very tanky and has very special interactions. | Can be freed by passing a Nerd Stuff 10 skill check. After being discovered follows the Rangers and cannot be dismissed. |