Where to find the dog

[Paulo Brificado]

I've seen a lot of people talking about a dog companion. Is he somewhere specific or is it a random encounter? Thanks in advance.

[Billyjoel]

You get the encounter randomly. I find it's based on high luck in my characters.
You will come across a man and his dog in a fight with some bandits you can help the man and dog if the man dies then you can loot the mans dog collar and use it on the dog a high survival also helps to gain the dogs trust.

[overlordkratos2017]

Originally posted by Billyjoel:

You get the encounter randomly. I find it's based on high luck in my characters.
You will come across a man and his dog in a fight with some bandits you can help the man and dog if the man dies then you can loot the mans dog collar and use it on the dog a high survival also helps to gain the dogs trust.

how much skill is needed?

[veryinky]

Around 45 to be able to give hte dog orders.

[Jeff]

I just ran into the dog event. If the guy lives, which is random, you cannot get the dog. I just saved at the start of the encounter and it can go either way.

When he lives, you can pickpocket the collar from the guy, but you cannot use it on the dog. You can attack the guy, but it causes the dog to attack you also. The only way to get him is for the guy to die in the fight.

It is funny that the dog gets a unique skill tree but it still has normal human skills on the other page like tinkering, gambling, & automatic firearms. I don't know if any of those points matter at all. I would think martial arts maybe, but it says only punching & kicking apply which a dog doesn't do.

[caverat749]

Originally posted by ysnyder77:

I just ran into the dog event. If the guy lives, which is random, you cannot get the dog. I just saved at the start of the encounter and it can go either way.

are you playing on normal or easy - the devs wrote on this topic - easy settings will make it more difficult to get the dog due to his owner surviving the encounter

[Jeff]

easy

[caverat749]

well there's your problem, but you can either restart the whole game, try again until you mange to get the dog or just enjoy a wandering wasteland adventure without a flea bag, that now can carry a bit of your stuff and pay its keep with the dog fights in Peregon

ummmm EDIT: he still has the bad route planning/choices when in combat, so he'll end up "avoiding" enemies by going close to them or within their range, even if there's a lot of paths that clearly avoid them

[Jeff]

It's not a problem, I got the dog on the second try. I quicksave before every encounter. It's basically whoever gets the first knockdown will win, the thugs or the dog owner.

[Cpt_Weisemann]

Be careful about the dog encounter. If the dog runs from combat, it gets bugged. Mine dog doesn't move from map entrances. It joins the fights if enemy is close but doesn't follow me out of combat.

[jojobe]

I want to play on a hard challenge but you cant save the dam game. I accidentally moved to far because of my gun range and zoned, there was no do you want to zone or leave message so no dog. This game mechanics are just not there.

[Star Platinum]

For anybody looking for the console command to meet the dog use "encounter Wolfter" then you get straight to the battle