Dogmeat

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Dogmeat

Race	Canine
Affiliation	n/a
Location	Scrapyard
Appearances	Fallout Fallout 2 Fallout 3
Drops	Items: Apparel: Weapons:

Dogmeat is a dog that can join you on your quests as a companion, provided you find him and save him. He's found in the Scrapyard; which is located South/South-East from Minefield. On the way there from Minefield, you'll come across a few raiders, and when you arrive at the Scrapyard it's a large area - easily recognisable by cement foundations and fencing all the way round. Dogmeat is found roughly in the centre of the Scrapyard; keep searching until you find him being tormented by some raiders. Kill the raiders, or if you're lucky, Dogmeat will have already taken care of them when you get there. Then you engage in a particularly one-sided dialogue with the canny canine; and provided you use the right dialogue, he'll join you, or you can tell him to get lost in which case he'll leave.

When he joins you he'll follow you wherever you go, although there is some terrains he can't manage to traverse, so you'll occassionally have to find the long way round. He'll fast travel with you to any locations you pick off the world map also. You can order Dogmeat to search for items, ammo or food by talking to him. You can also tell him to wait here for you; or go to Vault 101 and wait for you there. Dogmeat is quite tough but he can die, you can heal him with stimpacks if his health is low. If you want to keep him around for as long as possible, be careful around large pools of water, he has a tendency to go for a swim and drown, and try not to send him into heavy groups of enemies - he'll take most of them down but recieve heavy damage; Dogmeat is the only dog you can have in the game, so take care. Dogmeat will appear on Vats when targeting, so be careful when scanning the wastelands for enemies.