Clover

Clover is a possible companion in Fallout 3.

Clover is a female slave bodyguard working for Eulogy Jones, the leader of the slavers in Paradise Falls. If the Lone Wanderer's karma is evil enough, a dialogue option with Eulogy becomes available to inform him that the player is in the market for a bodyguard. Eulogy suggests Clover, insisting that she's "the craziest girl he's ever seen" and that she'll do anything for whoever holds her leash. He offers to sell her to the player for 1000 caps (or 500 caps with 50 in Barter skill).

Even though the player must be evil to obtain Clover as a follower, she will remain loyal, though bored, regardless of subsequent changes to karma.

If fired, Clover returns to Eulogy's Pad in Paradise Falls, even if the player has killed Eulogy and abolished slavery by wiping out everyone in Paradise Falls. She can be re-hired at any time, regardless of Karma, without having to pay an additional fee.

Equipment
Clover's default equipment includes a Dirty Pre-war Spring Outfit, a Sawed-Off Shotgun with unlimited ammo and a Chinese Officer's Sword. Like with all other human NPCs, her default weapons and armor are not accessible to the player.

Clover can wear Power Armor, and is proficient with all weapons. However, she will not use a weapon with a lower damage rating than her default weapons. Because of this, and her low energy weapon rating, she will not use Hunting Rifles, including Ol' Painless, 10mm Pistols, 10mm SMG or basic Laser Pistols but she will use more powerful weapons.

She will pick up and equip weapons on her own, including a Fat Man if she sees one. In this case, it would be wise for the player to "trade" with her and take it away before she finds ammunition for it, otherwise she might end up killing herself and the player with it. Be advised that even giving her a Fat Man will not quench her thirst for 'a better gun.'

She loves the Shishkebab; if equipped with the Shishkebab, she will use it exclusively, regardless of more effective weaponry in her inventory.

Clover can carry a total of 194.5 pounds.

Quotes

 * "Bottlecap for your thoughts."
 * "Can I do anything for you? Or ... to you?"
 * "Can I have a better gun?"
 * "I wonder what Eulogy is doing."
 * "This place sucks."
 * "I'm bored."
 * "Aww. Aren't you cute?"  (to dogmeat when he is in the party)
 * "Holy shit!" (If a grenade lands close to her)
 * "Good riddance."
 * "Glad that's over."
 * "Better her than me."

Trivia

 * Crimson and Clover is a song by Tommy James and the Shondells, and this may be a reference.

Bugs

 * On the PS3, Clover can spawn shotguns such as the Combat Shotgun and the Terrible Shotgun. She will then fight with a shotgun in each hand. This may be a glitch; if the player attempts to trade the spawned Terrible Shotgun away from her, it will disappear. A spawned Combat Shotgun may be traded away. Clover will only wield both if she spawns them herself; she will not wield both if she is traded two shotguns by the player.


 * If you kill her while exterminating the slavers in Paradise Falls (before you recruit her) you will be unable to pick up the Chinese Officer's Sword she carries when you try to loot her corpse.


 * Many people experience a glitch in the game where Clover will never use any weapon but her sword regardless of modifications to her tactics. This can sometimes be remedied by telling her to switch to a melee weapon, then telling her to switch back to ranged weapons.


 * She may drop the weapon she has equipped and switch to another. Although you can pick up her dropped weapon and give it back to her, it can be easy to miss; it would be wise not to trust her with any rare weapons. (This likely happens when a weapon breaks; keep an eye on her weapon condition to prevent this).


 * If you finish the Rescue from Paradise quest (before you recruit her) you will be unable to recruit her. But this possible bug still needs to be confirmed for all platforms. (Confirmed for PC and sometimes PS3). On Xbox 360 this did not happen 10 out of 11 times.


 * Sometimes Eulogy Jones and his crew get stuck in Cutter's Clinic. If you can't find him (and his girls), check in there.


 * At one point during the game after obtaining her as a follower, she may fall to the floor as if she had died. The option to search her is given, although she is still alive and her eyes are moving/blinking.


 * If Clover dies you will sometimes get a message saying she has returned to Paradise Falls. She hasn't though... (PS3 & 360)


 * When being abducted from Vault 87 with Clover as a follower, she may be returned to Eulogy's Pad and can't be taken back as a follower. She will tell you that you already have a follower and "Three's a crowd".


 * Clover will occasionally make references regarding Eulogy as if he was still alive when she is tagging along with you, even if Eulogy is dead and she witnessed his dead or caused it.
 * (XBox, needs confirmation) Trading a Stormchaser Hat will cause her to wear it, but it will vanish from her inventory and become a "default" piece of gear. Other headgear may be given to her to replace it and they will show up properly in her inventory, but removing all headgear from this point will default her back to the Stormchaser Hat. There is no way to have her wear no headgear after this occurs.