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Fallout 4: How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels

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Fallout 4 has a ton of gameplay, we all know that. But among all the wilderness adventuring, you’re even able to make some friends and lovers. Fallout 4 has a multitude of companions that will accompany you on your travels through the wasteland. Here’s every companion and how to max out relationship levels with each of them.

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How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Piper

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Piper can be found in Diamond City, and reaching the max relationship with her will give you the Gift of Gab perk. This perk doubles the experience gained upon discovering new locations and passing speech challenges.

Likes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • A bit of meanness here and there
  • Picking (non-owned) locks

Dislikes:

  • Selfish and violent behavior
  • Eating corpses
  • Murdering non-hostiles
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Preston

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Preston can be found at the Museum of Freedom, and maxing out your affinity with him will give you the United We Stand perk. This perk 20% extra damage and damage resistance when fighting 3 or more enemies

Likes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • A bit of meanness here and there
  • Peaceful behavior
  • Weapon modification

Dislikes:

  • Selfish and violent behavior
  • Eating corpses
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Valentine

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Nick Valentine can be found at Vault 114, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Close to Metal perk. This perk gives you %50 faster terminal hacking and an additional guess.

Likes:

  • Nice behavior
  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Hacking computers

Dislikes:

  • Eating corpses
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Cait

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Cait can be found at Combat Zone, and reaching maximum affinity with her will give you the Trigger Rush perk. This perk allows your AP to regenerate faster when below 25% health

Likes:

  • Selfish and violent behavior
  • Chem and alcohol consumption
  • Picking locks
  • Pickpocketing and theft

Dislikes:

  • Generosity and peaceful behavior
  • Eating corpses
  • Murdering of non-hostiles

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Macready

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Macready can be found in the Third Rail at Goodneighbor, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Killshot perk. This perk increases your V.A.T.S. headshot accuracy by 20%.

Likes:

  • Violent behavior
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Speech success
  • Pickpocketing and theft

Dislikes:

  • Nice and peaceful behavior
  • Murdering of non-hostiles

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Codsworth

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Codsworth can be found at Sanctuary, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Robot Sympathy perk. This perk gives you +10 damage resistance against energy weapons

Likes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Nice and peaceful behavior
  • Weapon and armor modification

Dislikes:

  • Selfish behavior
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Pickpocketing and theft
  • Speech success

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Hancock

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Hancock can be found in Goodneighbor, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Isodoped perk. This perk allows you to gain criticals 20% faster when your radiation level is at 250 or more.

Likes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Peaceful behavior

Dislikes:

  • Mean and selfish behavior
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship Levels in Fallout 4

Danse

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Paladin Danse can be found at Cambridge Police Station, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Know Your Enemy perk. This perk gives you an additional 20% damage against synths, ghouls, and super mutants.

Likes:

  • Nice behavior
  • Armor and weapon modification
  • Usage of power armor and Vertibird

Dislikes:

  • Mean behavior
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Picking (owned) locks
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship in Fallout 4

Deacon

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Deacon can be found at Old North Church, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Cloak and Dagger perk. This perk gives you additional 40% Stealth Boy duration and additional 20% sneak damage.

Likes:

  • Nice and peaceful behavior
  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Hacking computers
  • Picking locks
  • Speech success

Dislikes:

  • Violent behavior
  • Chem and alcohol consumption
  • Eating of corpses
  • Murdering of non-hostiles

How to Max Out Companion Relationship in Fallout 4

Curie

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Curie can be found at vault 81, and reaching maximum affinity with her will give you the Combat Medic perk. This perk gives you 100 HP once per day if your health falls below 10%.

Likes:

  • Nice and peaceful behavior
  • Generosity and giving away of items

Dislikes:

  • Selfish behavior
  • Murdering of non-hostiles
  • Pickpocketing and theft

How to Max Out Companion Relationship in Fallout 4

Strong

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Strong can be found at Trinity Tower, and reaching maximum affinity with him will give you the Berserk perk. This perk gives you additional 25% melee damage when your health falls below 25%.

Likes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Violent behavior
  • Eating of corpses

Dislikes:

  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Picking locks
  • Speech success
  • Using power armor or Vertiberd

How to Max Out Companion Relationship in Fallout 4

X6-88

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X6-88 can be found at the Institute, and reaching maximum relationship with him will give you the Shield Harmonics perk. This perk gives you extra energy resistance.

Likes:

  • Peaceful behavior
  • Selfish behavior
  • Hacking computers
  • Armor and weapon modification
  • Speech success
  • Using power armor

Dislikes:

  • Generosity and giving away of items
  • Chem and alcohol consumption
  • Healing Dogmeat
  • Using the Vertiberd

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Zhiqing Wan
Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.