Craig Boone

 is a companion who resides in Novac, located in the Mojave Wasteland. He specializes in sniper rifles and carries his own Scoped Hunting Rifle.

Background
Born in 2255, Boone is a town guard and former NCR sharpshooter in the 1st Recon Sniper Battalion, a unit which has a reputation for being the best of the best. He is bitterly whiling 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 between them. 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 having to kill 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. It is also revealed he was part of the NCR attack on Bitter Springs, where he and his squad were ordered to shoot members of the Great Khans, including women and children.

There are multiple possible endings for Boone at the end of New Vegas. One ending discusses how at some point after traveling with the Courier, Boone returned to California, killed the NCR officer who was in charge of the Bitter Springs attack, then killed himself. Another ending describes Boone as having found inner peace and re-enlisting with his old sniper battalion. A third ending states Boone found inner peace, and while wanting to re-enlist, he remained in New Vegas protecting trade routes, unable to depart from the city where he met his wife. Another, more tragic ending is where he becomes a ruthless mercenary, stating "No contract too violent, no person too innocent".

Quests

 * One for My Baby: Help Boone 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: Help Boone deal with the psychological trauma still haunting him. The successful completion of this quest upgrades his armor.

Inventory
Boone can only equip NCR or non-faction affiliated armor, and may use any melee weapons and firearms. He is very accurate and has a high critical hit head shot chance. Boone performs best when equipped with a powerful conventional rifle, though his default hunting rifle will still output immense firepower. After completing the quest "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" His armor will be upgraded to a "1st Recon survival armor" or a "1st Recon assault armor" depending on the player's choice of conversation.
 * The note For Carla can only be found on Boone's body upon his death after the completion of Forgot to Remember to Forget.
 * The note For Carla can also at times be found on Boone's body before the completion of Forgot to Remember to Forget.

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.


 * 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. If you drop the rifle, it appears on the ground as a an item that can be stolen, but you can never pick it back up.  He can also lose the rifle elsewhere, and it may not appear in the player's inventory.


 * If the player takes Boone's beret, then give it back to him, it may disappear from his inventory. If you give him the one remaining in your inventory, it will disappear upon transfer.
 * This can be done by giving to him Radiation suit. He'll also put his sunglasses off.


 * Boone has been known to disappear at random times, get stuck in rocks and other such glitches that require a reload to resolve (even after the patch).


 * If Boone is equipped with Nephi's Golf Driver for melee he tends to prioritize it as a weapon over his rifle, even when he is set to ranged attack. If you see him with the driver in hand or strapped to his back, beware as he will not change to his rifle and will go charging after ranged enemies. Accessing his options and quickly switching to melee then back to ranged again you will fix this and his character will show and use the rifle instead.


 * If you fast travel after earning enough history points to unlock the quest I Forgot to Remember to Forget, but before Boone asks you to return to Bitter Springs with him, Boone will not fast travel with you. You may correct this by loading the auto-save file if you have not changed the game's default auto-save settings.