Craig Boone

 is a companion who resides in the Novac, located in the Mojave Wasteland. He specializes in Long range rifles (Namely Sniper Rifles) and carries one of his own, named Boone's Scoped Hunting Rifle.

Location
Craig Boone may be found on duty in the mouth of Dinky the Dinosaur from 9 PM to 9 AM in Novac. He can also be found wandering near or in his house from 9 AM to 9 PM. If spoken to during this time, he will instruct the player to talk to him while on duty because he needs rest.

Background
Born in 2255, Boone is a town guard and former NCR sharpshooter stationed in the 1st Recon Sniper Battalion, only the best of the best get accepted into 1st Recon. He is always bitterly whittling away the hours until he can find out who's responsible for the death of his wife, Carla, and kill them. Hardened and psychologically troubled from his time in the NCR military, Boone vacillates between being a stone-cold killer and a decent human being. Venturing out from the relative safety of Novac brings Boone into close contact with his old life until he is forced to deal with the tragic events that caused him to leave the military.

After completing several quests with Boone as a follower, it is possible to gain more information about Boone's wife. When she was kidnapped, he tracked down the slaving party in hopes of rescuing her only to find her being auctioned off with hundreds of other slaves to Legion soldiers. All he had was his rifle and the distance. Instead of subjecting her to the horrors of Legion slavery, he chose to take her life in a mercy killing. As a result of the psychological trauma of killing his own wife, he has become suicidal. He has no goal, purpose, or desire in life but to euthanize legionnaires (preferably by assisting with cranial perforation) until the legion finally catches up to and murders him.

Quests

 * One for My Baby: help Craig take care of the person responsible for his wife's kidnapping. The successful completion of this quest makes him available as a follower for the Courier.
 * I Forgot to Remember to Forget

Inventory
Boone can be equipped with Brotherhood of Steel T-45b Power Armor and the Anti-Materiel Rifle (may require his Lucky 38 rifle glitch to occur and remove it from his inventory initially) by placing both in his inventory along with some .50MG calibre ammo.

He is able to use other rifle-based weapons as well (Ratslayer, Cowboy Reapeater, Hunting Rifle and Brush Rifle tested) but sometimes may glitch and refuse to fire when in combat. To resolve this open the companion wheel and toggle him between melee and ranged modes, then passive and aggressive. He seems to start attacking as normal again after this. This is either due to not meeting strength requirements or just a random glitch, the power armor's +2 STR bonus may be what allows him to equip and fire the Anti-Materiel Rifle.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Due to a glitch regarding armor with stats, every time Boone switches equipment, the perception bonus from his beret gets added again and again, which leads to Boone having over 10 perception. This can be reset by taking his beret away, and then giving it back to him. (Use console and getav perception to verify).


 * Boone might lose his rifle upon exiting one of the casinos with the player character getting it instead, when accessing Boone's inventory screen you will not be able to give it back to him. He can also lose the rifle elsewhere, and it may not appear in the player's inventory. verified: workaround kill/resurrect per console seems to work.


 * Boone may periodically switch to melee mode without prompting. To correct this open up his companion wheel, initiate melee mode, then re-initiate ranged mode.


 * Boone may become glitched after talking to you about your involvement with the legion. He will start to talk to you as if you clicked on him saying, "What is it?" Essentially opening up the conversation window. He will do so every few seconds while you are near him.


 * Boone may vanish altogether if you send him to your suite at the lucky 38, appearing neither at lucky 38 or Novac. Sometimes He is still in the area. If you wander around you may find him)


 * If you send him back to Lucky 38 around Legionaries he will attack and may be killed


 * Boone might not upgrade his armor after completing One for My Baby for him.


 * If you take Boone's beret, then give it back to him, he will continue to request that you return it. If you give him the one remaining in your inventory, it will disappear upon transfer.


 * If you take Boone's beret and replace it with the generic NCR green beret(just labeled as "Beret"), he will not reply "I would like my beret back please". He will wear it as if it is his 1st Recon Beret. If you take that beret away, he will reply with "I would like my beret back please", as if it was his 1st Recon Beret.


 * Boone will sometimes get stuck staring at, or running into a wall. If you fast travel, he will fast travel with you, but continue to face the direction in the same direction, not moving. The spotter perk will still stay with you, indicating that the game still considers him an active companion, but if you are attacked he will not fight, even if he sees you being attacked. It is possible to travel large distances on foot and not realize Boone has become stuck. If you talk to him he will become unstuck. Just ask him a question, exit, and he should be back to normal.

Craig Boone