Can companions leave or attack you?

[Moongurt]

I was goind the quest for the Ghouls to get the Nightkin out of the basement. Since they do lots of damage I used Rex as dummy so they attack him while I threw gernades at all of them, can this make Rex attack or leave me?

[Enlil]

While in your group if you attack their factions(NCR, BoS...), they will become hostile immediately.

[PostDeath 2002]

No, companions are not hostile to you and will only leave if you request them to.

[StaxXx]

youre doing the quest wrong - u dont have to kill any nightkin

[White Knight]

Originally posted by mistertropical:

youre doing the quest wrong - u dont have to kill any nightkin

Don't ever listen to anyone who says stuff like this.

I tend to avoid shooting my friends or throwing grenades at them for that matter but I would be shocked and disappointed to learn that they wouldn't attack you for doing that to them.

[Moongurt]

Originally posted by mistertropical:

youre doing the quest wrong - u dont have to kill any nightkin

I only attack guys who attack me.

[StaxXx]

if you go find the dead she-goul for the sniper-ghoul, he'll let you pass and you can track down the stealth boy shipment for the super mutant and his alter-ego - upon doing this they agree to leave

thats the nice way of doing it

as for companions, i think they can leave you if you go against their allegiances e.g. The Brother of Steel - i've never had it happen, but i have had veronica turn me down when i asked her to follow me, as i was killing BoS knights prior to meeting her

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Moncole:

Originally posted by mistertropical:

youre doing the quest wrong - u dont have to kill any nightkin

I only attack guys who attack me.

In this quest, the Nightkin are hostile at the start, and you need to sneak past them if you'd rather not massacre them.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

To actually answer the question outside of the first reply, they can leave you based on rep...for the faction-related ones, anyway. Basically, Boone, Veronica, and probably Arcade will leave if you hit the higher infamy levels with their respective factions. Other than that, Raul, ED-E, Rex, and Lily don't leave you permanently based on Karma or Rep.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

To edit that without editing it, Arcade leaves if you get high rep with the Legion, not by gaining infamy with the Followers.

[Goblichadnezzar]

In this situation, no companion will leave. If this was Skyrim Rex would, however it is not so, the anwser is not. A note is that a companion will leave you if you do dubious deeds such as gaining a good rep with the legion causes Boone and Arcade to dislike you and refuse to serve under you.

[DeathClaw]

There is NO right or wrong way to do that quest. If I am impatient I just kill all the Nightkin, if I am being nice I'll sneak pass them and talk to the leader.

Originally posted by mistertropical:

youre doing the quest wrong - u dont have to kill any nightkin