Fallout 4: Bugged Non Flagged Companion Codsworth Fix for FO4 using Console Commands

A Guide explaining how to fix Codsworth being stuck in pre-companion mode.

The Bug

Many things in Vanilla especially DLC and Creation Content causes lots of coding behind the scenes.

Two Known ones are the Tunnel Snakes Creation Content and the Astronaught Power Armor Creation Content making Codsworth become bugged. People Do not know the exact coding on where or why it does it but this is Bugthesda we are talking about. Great games but loaded with issues that are visible unlike most game bugs hidden under the hoods.

Below is a quick Too long Didn't read solution to the bug problem. This will solve you having to start over and move files or uninstall files.

The bug occurs cause there are secret quests that do not show up but are activated. The quest in question with stages not being set is called Dialogue Codsworth Post War or the following

Dialoguecodsworthpostwar
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The Fix

Type the following in the console

showqueststages dialoguecodsworthpostwar

Then set the stages one at a time and exit the console then re-enter it to set the next one

setstage dialoguecodsworthpostwar (stage id)

It should say you have codsworth after making sure all stages are set as a companion around stage 300 but you have to make sure all are done or he will carry food along with him instead of holding a weapon if needed.


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How I found this

After having to look up a solution again and not wishing to start a new save like the 100th time, I decided I knew enough about the console from the years of playing to try and solve this.

The key was Codsworth so I typed "help Codsworth 0" in the console without quotes

This in turn showed everything related to him. I then scrolled to quests and started testing each one.

It was the post war one I found that solved the issue. The sturges one did not affect him being a companion and was mostly set for its stages.

After I solved this I figured it would be good to have online for others to be able to as well. I always do my creation club crap right in the beginning so i never have to do it again when I play with mods and this being broken was something I wanted to solve for my base game file I was making for when I used mods again.

TLDR Bugs and solutions without console

For Creation club breaking content, I learned it from this article on Gamestoday
Fallout 4 Vault 111 Bug[gamestoday.info]

i tested the horse one by itself and it breaks the door

Here is the short cheat sheet for the bugs

• Horse armor **Breaks** Vault Door
  
• tunnel snake **Breaks** codsworth recruitment
  
• pint **Breaks** codsworth recruitment and vault door
  
• astro **Breaks** raiders for museum of freedom from counting for kill to unlock door

Solutions without console

• Horse armor **Install** After your out of the vault at any time
  
• tunnel snake **Install** After you recruit codsworth and have him able to follow
  
• pint **Install** After you recruit codsworth and have him able to follow
  
• astro **Install** After you complete freedom with the museum in sanctuary

I was also just helped with the BA2 issues with a discord associate named Chef.
After you download your creation club content it would be best to make empty mods in MO2 and place them in each of their own mod. This will help avoid the BA2 Limit crash you can get from having all the creation club content installed.