Changes: Wasteland 3 companions

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This page covers Wasteland 3 companions AKA recruits. You can have four Rangers and two additional companions (the aforementioned recruits) in tow. Recruits aren't technically Rangers, but they want to assist you all the same.

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).

List

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

Name	Attributes	Σ	Lvl	AP	CON	CON Lvl	Background	Skills	Σ	Gear	Location	Availability
Darius Kwon	4 Coordination 2 Luck 4 Awareness 4 Strength 3 Speed 2 Intelligence 4 Charisma	23	4	8	94	6	Peacekeeper +30% Initiative	5 Automatic Weapons 3 Sneaky Shit 3 Kiss Ass 1 First Aid	14	The Convincer	Ranger HQ	After completing Home Away from Home
Lucia Wesson	2 Coordination 3 Luck 6 Awareness 1 Strength 4 Speed 5 Intelligence 2 Charisma	23	4	7	55	0	Gunslinger +5% Strike rate	5Small Arms 4 Weapon Modding 2 Barter 2 Survival	16 (-1)	Lucia's Revolver	Colorado Springs	During Cornered Rats
Jodie Bell	4 Coordination 3 Luck 6 Awareness 2 Strength 2 Speed 4 Intelligence 3 Charisma	24	5	8	75	3	Driver +1 Quick Slots	5 Sniper Rifles 5 Mechanics 3 Animal Whisperer 2 First Aid	18 (+2)	Ol' Rusty	Ranger HQ	After completing Big Trouble in Little Vegas
Scotchmo	4 Coordination 5 Luck 6 Awareness 4 Strength 5 Speed 2 Intelligence 1 Charisma	27	8	8	133	6	Hobo +10% Status effect resistance Way of the Squeezins	7 Small Arms 4 Lockpicking 4 Sneaky Shit 2 Melee Combat	25	Hobo Shotgun Road Sign Cleaver	Ranger HQ	After hiring a cook for Ranger HQ
Ironclad Cordite	8 Coordination 1 Luck 2 Awareness 6 Strength 6 Speed 6 Intelligence 2 Charisma	31	12	10	203	9	Warlord +4 Armor	9 Brawling 5 Leadership 4 Explosives 4 Mechanics	39	Nothing	Old Survivalist Bunker	During Lords of War quest
Fishlips	4 Coordination 2 Luck 3 Awareness 8 Strength 8 Speed 4 Intelligence 2 Charisma	31	12	10	249	12	Scrapper +40% Critical damage	8 Melee Combat 7 Armor Modding 4 Toaster Repair 3 Mechanics	38	Last Stop	Union Station	Defeating him in combat
Victory Buchanan	6 Coordination 2 Luck 9 Awareness 4 Strength 4 Speed 6 Intelligence 6 Charisma	37	18	9	193	6	Psychopath +5% Critical chance	10 Small Arms 8 Big Guns 7 Hard Ass	58 (+1)	Vic's Piece	Aspen / Little Hell	After completing Raising a Little Hell
Pizepi Joren	4 Coordination 2 Luck 8 Awareness 4 Strength 4 Speed 8 Intelligence 6 Charisma	36	17	10	187	6	Researcher +25% Cold resistance +25% Energy resistance +25% Fire resistance	10 Automatic Weapons 7 Nerd Stuff 7 Weird Science 2 First Aid	56 (+1)	Atomizer	Aspen / Little Hell	After completing Raising a Little Hell

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.
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.
Brave Little Toaster	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.

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 ==List==
+* [[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===
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+|During [[Cornered Rats]]
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 ;Driver: {{QuickSlotsBonusWL3}}
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 ;Hobo: {{StatusEffectResistance|10}}
 ;[[Way of the Squeezins (Wasteland 3)|Way of the Squeezins]]
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+|7 [[Small Arms]]<br/>4 [[Lockpicking (Wasteland 3)|Lockpicking]]<br/>4 [[Sneaky Shit]]<br/>2 [[Melee Combat]]
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-|After hiring a cook for Ranger HQ
+|[[Peterson Air Force Base|Ranger HQ]]
+|After hiring a cook for [[Peterson Air Force Base|Ranger HQ]]
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 |39
-|Nothing
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+|[[Old Survivalist Bunker]]
 |During [[Lords of War]] quest
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 ;Scrapper: {{CritDamage|40}}
-|[[Melee Combat]] 8<br/>[[Armor Modding]] 7<br/>[[Toaster Repair (Wasteland 3)|Toaster Repair]] 4<br/>[[Mechanics]] 3
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+|[[Union Station]]
-|Defeating him in combat at US.
+|Defeating him in combat
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-|Aspen / Little Hell
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 ;Psychopath: {{CritChance|5}}
-|[[Small Arms]] 10<br/>[[Big Guns]] 8<br/>[[Hard Ass (Wasteland 3)|Hard Ass]] 7
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-|After completing [[Raising a Little Hell]] in Aspen
+|[[Aspen]] / [[Little Hell]]
+|After completing [[Raising a Little Hell]]
 |-
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 ;Researcher: {{ColdResistance|25}}<br/>{{EnergyResistance|25}}<br/>{{FireResistance|25}}
-|[[Automatic Weapons]] 10<br/>[[Nerd Stuff]] 7<br/>[[Weird Science]] 7<br/>[[First Aid]] 2
+|10&nbsp;[[Automatic Weapons|Automatic&nbsp;Weapons]]<br/>7 [[Nerd Stuff]]<br/>7 [[Weird Science]]<br/>2 [[First Aid]]
 |56 (+1)
 |<center>{{Ficon|T_W_Atomizer_Unique.png|Atomizer}}</center>
-|After completing [[Raising a Little Hell]] in Aspen
+|[[Aspen]] / [[Little Hell]]
+|After completing [[Raising a Little Hell]]
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-*<s>[[Jane Doe]]: A companion from the [[FADER]] collective at [[Cheyenne Mountain]].</s> (cut content)
-* [[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]].
 ==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.