Fallout 3 companions

This page lists the available companions or joinable non-player characters in Fallout 3.

Unlike previous Fallout games, the followers don't gain experience independently but are scaled to the level of the player; the player receives a debatable amount of experience while dealing damage alongside a party member.

Also when you are captured by the enclave, you lose your followers. But I think that if you let them wait in lets say megaton or any other town, they will be waiting for you when you come back. Anyway im working on that now.

Two Party Members
Normally it is only possible to have one follower, the exceptions being detailed below.

It is possible to have two followers if one is Dogmeat.

It is also possible to exploit a bug in the game by having a player with good Karma acquire Charon as a follower, then advance in the Main Quest to the point where Star Paladin Cross offers to join you. Using this technique it is possible to have the two most powerful companions in the game at the same time until captured by the Enclave (true?). Furthermore, this exploit is somewhat of a game-breaker, since for all but the hardest enemies the player can simply sit back and allow his companions to do all of the fighting, provided they are well-supplied with Stimpaks.

A player who first buys RL-3 while neutral can also have Star Paladin Cross join, giving a party of 3: Dogmeat, RL-3, and Star Paladin Cross.

It is also possible to acquire two followers if you are evil: first obtain Jericho then go buy Clover.

You can also recruit more than one follower by having a follower with you, then recruiting and killing Dogmeat, opening up his slot for a second follower of your choice. It is unknown if you can drop that follower for a different one later on.

It is also possible to have four permanent followers (including Dogmeat) at the same time by getting one of any followers first (except Clover and Sergeant RL-3). Charon is a good choice as he has no karma requirements. After getting the first follower, bring him to Paradise Falls. Find Eulogy and fire the current follower. Talk to Eulogy and buy Clover. At this point, do not talk to Clover but ask the fired follower to join back before he walks away. Now you can have two permanent followers. After this, you can go to RobCo Factory. Fire one of your followers and talk to Tinker Joe and buy Sergeant RL-3. Again, do not talk to Sergeant RL-3 and ask the fired follower back. You can get Dogmeat any time you want as it won't affect the followers cap. By doing this, you can have four permanent followers at the same time. If you want to change any of your followers, just fire him/she and ask the new one to join. But do not fire two followers at the same time as this will decrease the followers cap back to one only.

Permanent followers

 * Butch DeLoria (neutral)
 * Charon
 * Clover (evil)
 * Dogmeat
 * Fawkes (good)
 * Jericho (evil)
 * Sergeant RL-3 (neutral)
 * Star Paladin Cross (good)

Temporary followers

 * Red
 * Shorty
 * Sticky
 * Sydney
 * Initiate Pek and Hoss