all companions?

[nightshade nocturne]

what are the ways of getting each companion? how many can you get in total on one file? (i've seen people say you can't get all of them on one file.) i was surprised there isn't a guide for this yet. so far, across two save files, i've met gabby, molly (was that her name?), alphonse, and barker.

[Du-Vu]

5 per file, 7 in total.

Gabby joins automatically and Molly is available you as long as you agree to work for the Mob.

Obie, the clarinet-playing hobo from Goldthwait Park, can be recruited at the hobo camp. Like all the hobos, this depends on you not having level 3 Shadow Taint and helping them get where they're going in the first place.

One companion is based on your major at SIT: Barker for Botany, Simone for Robotechtronics, and Professor Adams for Chemistry.

Alphonse tracks you down in the Big Moist if your Shadow Taint level is high enough.

[UndeadAbuse]

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

5 per file, 7 in total.



One companion is based on your major at SIT: Barker for Botany, Simone for Robotechtronics, and Professor Adams for Chemistry.

I think it should be relevant to anybody viewing this thread to know that you have to give Barker a dog dish filled with plant juice in order to recruit him. Fighting will only make him disappear from the game for good.

Yep, I made that mistake and now I'm sad I missed out on the plant doggo.

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

Alphonse tracks you down in the Big Moist if your Shadow Taint level is high enough.

no way, i got him in my first file and had nothing to do with the shadow stuff then. second file i'm at 3 shadow taint and nothing, LOL.

[DingustheArtist]

I'm pretty sure that you need to have the shadow crystal from the Zimmer house and a high enough shadow taint to get Alphonse. Also I swear chemistry was a minor but whatever.

[Du-Vu]

Not sure what you need for Alphonse in that case, but I've got Alphonse on a playthrough where I didn't take the crystal out of Zimmer House. Not sure if taking it out of the rift and only destroying it right at the front door made any difference, but yeah.

[nightshade nocturne]

i can't believe i have to commit a murder to get alphonse. (makes sense though)

[Azrage]

As far as I can tell, you won't be able to get Obie if you use the cursed fedora to remove him from the park. He just seems to disappear completely.

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by Azrage:

As far as I can tell, you won't be able to get Obie if you use the cursed fedora to remove him from the park. He just seems to disappear completely.

how do you actually get Obie? I think I paid him to leave in my first playthrough, but never got him as a companion

[Mauman]

Originally posted by nightshade nocturne:

i can't believe i have to commit a murder to get alphonse. (makes sense though)

eh....more like manslaughter....and technically, cello guy probably doesn't die...maybe...he's just in another dimension :P

[Du-Vu]

If my save is anything to go by, you don't have to kill him. I broke the crystal at the last possible opportunity, right before I left the house. Zimmer's alive, the house is still there, and Alphonse still showed up, for what that's worth.

Originally posted by nightshade nocturne:

how do you actually get Obie? I think I paid him to leave in my first playthrough, but never got him as a companion

If he left the park on good terms with you, he should just show up at the hobo camp playing clarinet. You talk to him and you get the chance to recruit him.

[weirdee]

Originally posted by nightshade nocturne:

Originally posted by Azrage:

As far as I can tell, you won't be able to get Obie if you use the cursed fedora to remove him from the park. He just seems to disappear completely.

how do you actually get Obie? I think I paid him to leave in my first playthrough, but never got him as a companion

The way I did it was that I met Obie before taking on the job to get him to move and donated the max amount of money, then afterwards when you do need him to move, he'll consider it a favor repaid and be available for recruitment at the camp.

[The Golden Knight]

Originally posted by UndeadAbuse:

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

5 per file, 7 in total.



One companion is based on your major at SIT: Barker for Botany, Simone for Robotechtronics, and Professor Adams for Chemistry.

I think it should be relevant to anybody viewing this thread to know that you have to give Barker a dog dish filled with plant juice in order to recruit him. Fighting will only make him disappear from the game for good.

Yep, I made that mistake and now I'm sad I missed out on the plant doggo.

I killed the plant-dog because 1) crime against nature and 2) human master race. But in hindsight, I had no idea it could be recruited, or else I would've gone that way.

Ah well, there's always next time.

[Knight9910]

There's a bit of confusion about Obie, but we determined in another thread that he will only show up at the hobo camp if you convince him to leave "as a favor to me." Any other way and he won't show up there.

As for Alphonse, I think it's EITHER take the Rift Crystal OR have a high Shadow Taint.

[Knight9910]

So, total, I believe it's...

Gabby - Joins you by default at the end of the prologue.

Obie - Convince him to leave Goldthwait Park "as a favor to me" and he'll show up at the hobo camp, where he can be recruited.

Molly - Agree to do contract work for the mob and she'll be waiting for you outside the antique store.

Alphonse - Take the rift crystal out of the rift in Zimmer's house (you can destroy it at the door if you want) and then reach The Big Moist.

Simone - Study robotechtronics at SIT.

Barker - Study botany at SIT.

Professor Adams - Study checmicals at SIT.

EDIT: Changed the requirements for Alphonse.

[nightshade nocturne]

Originally posted by 76561198038659734:

As for Alphonse, I think it's EITHER take the Rift Crystal OR have a high Shadow Taint.

Unless Shadow Taint lvl 7 isn't 'high', I don't think Alphonse shows up unless you took the rift crystal. (For clarity, you don't have to take the crystal out of Zimmer's house, you can destroy it at the front door, but you do have to take it out of the shadow rift.)