How to Unlock All Companions in Outer Worlds 2

The in-depth companions system was one of the highlights of the original The Outer Worlds. In The Outer Worlds 2, companions return with new abilities, passive bonuses, and unique character storylines.

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By Erik Petrovich

There are six companions in Outer Worlds 2. Two of these companions are available by default, but you must find and unlock the other four. This guide explains how to get every companion in Outer Worlds 2 and provides a brief summary of each companion's unique abilities.

How to Recruit Niles in Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: Earth Directorate

Special Companion Ability: Spread Out, I'll Hold Em
- Effect: Niles taunts all enemies in an area around him. After, he fires three shots at the target, dealing increased damage.
Other Special Abilities: Gives you the ability to access the full Crafting menu when not at a Crafting Bench. Talk to Niles and ask to use his Engineering talents to craft while out in the world.

Niles is available as a companion from the start of the game and will automatically join your party upon your first venture onto Paradise Island.

How to Recruit V.A.L.E.R.I.E. In Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: Earth Directorate

Outer Worlds 2 All Companions Valerie Val

Special Companion Ability: Emergency Protocols
- Effect: VALERIE fires a volley of syringes with healing drugs at you, applying a strong heal-over-time effect and granting massive damage reduction for a short duration.
Other Special Abilities: Will heal party members (including you) when they get low on health, and can prevent you from consuming Bypass Shunts when you Hack while she is in the party.

VAL is available as a companion from the start of the game and will automatically join your party upon your first venture onto Paradise Island.

How to Recruit Inez in Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: Auntie's Choice

Special Companion Ability: The Magic Bullet
- Effect: Inez gets into position and launches a volley of hot plasma at the target, dealing heavy damage to them.
Other Special Abilities: Has a customizable grafted appendage that can be used for defense or offense, and grants you extra Inhaler Charge percentage from Drugs while in the party.

To recruit Inez as a companion, Outer Worlds 2 players must go to the Ministry of Accuracy on the far western coast of Paradise Island. Go northwest from Fairfield until you reach this location - if you reach the Skycutter power plant, you've gone too far north.

Make your way through the compound, defeating Raptidons that infest the facility, until you enter a room where you will find Inez. Talk to Inez, then continue through the Ministry of Accuracy until you reach a terminal. Access the Mental Refreshment notes here, then exit the facility.

Return to Fairfield, and Inez will appear, say she no longer wants to work for Milverstreet, then join your side as a companion.

How to Recruit Aza in Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: Rift Cult

Special Companion Ability: Spread the Message
- Effect: Aza uses her wrist-mounted explosive agent, firing an explosive charge in a cone towards the location. Enemies hit take heavy physical damage and are staggered.
Other Special Abilities: Can hold up to two Companion Ability charges at once, and raises the bounty requirements to be considered an Outlaw while in the party.

To recruit Aza as a companion, Outer Worlds 2 players must go to Golden Ridge after they decide what to do with the Vox Relay, then make their way to the Decommissioned Autonomous Extractorium. This is located on the west side of Golden Ridge, south of the N-Ray range in the top-left of the map.

Enter the large warehouse and defeat every Rift Cult member within. It's highly recommended to save your game before entering the facility.

After killing every cultist, make your way to the top level of the west side of the building to find and rescue Aza from imprisonment. Agree to help her hunt down the leader of a renegade cell of the Glorious Dawn cult, and she will join your party as a new companion.

How to Recruit Marisol in Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: The Order of the Ascendant

Special Companion Ability: Torpifying Blast
- Effect: Using a gadget of her own design, she shoots energy at a specified target, stunning and shwoering them with magnetic energy. While the effect lasts, the target cannot move and all attacks against the target are critical hits.
Other Special Abilities: Restores Gadget Energy whenever you (or a companion) kills a target, and displays additional information about enemies while targeting them with the N-Ray Scanner while she is in the party.

To recruit Marisol as a companion, Outer Worlds 2 players must follow the main quest on Golden Ridge until the Abbott gives you the task to investigate a situation at a nearby Zyranium factory. When you arrive in Golden Ridge for the first time, you will see a huge Zyranium warhead explode over a nearby Auntie's Choice settlement – your goal with this quest is to figure out who launched this missile from this factory, as it was not sanctioned by the Order of the Ascendant.

Head to the location marked on your map, to the north of the refugee camp and Monastery, then convince the Order authorities inside to let you speak to Alva, an initiate who has apparently turned rogue. Get to the bottom of the factory, then speak to "Alva" through the glass window. Choose friendly options that indicate your trust in her side of the story, complete her requests around the factory, and eventually she will reveal what really happened.

Team up with her to enact vengeance on the real culprit, then Marisol will offer to join your party as a new companion.

How to Recruit Tristan in Outer Worlds 2

Associated Faction: The Protectorate

Special Companion Ability: Judgement
- Effect: Tristan charges at his target, ending the charge with a powerful blow. The target and enemies nearby take massive damage from the hit and are knocked away. Additionally, all enemies in a moderate range around Tristan are taunted by him.
Other Special Abilities: May randomly reveal hidden objects that would normally be concealed (without the Observation skill) while he remains in the party.

To recruit Tristan as a companion, Outer Worlds 2 players must receive the coordinates for Free Market Station, the headquarters of the Sub Rosa faction. To do this, work with Emeline Galloway in the greenhouse in Fairfield, complete her request to delete Sub Rosa records from a nearby terminal, then she will give you the coordinates.

Find Tristan inside the 2nd Choice bar, located in a direct line forward along the path from the landing pad that leads into the central market area. You will see Tristan arguing with a bartender. Talk to Tristan and the Bartender, then convince him to let you and Tristan talk to the Broker. To do this, you will have to complete the bartender's request to investigate a camp on Golden Ridge.

Travel to the camp marked on your map and meet up with Tristan just outside. Investigate the camp, using your skills to discover details on the attack that happened, then meet back up with Tristan and discuss your findings. Return to the bartender, then go downstairs and talk to the Broker.

After completing this dialogue, you will be able to invite Tristan to join your party as a companion. Be warned, though: as a member of the Protectorate, Tristan will not be very well liked by most of your companions on The Incognito.

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