Fallout – Do companions have S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats

Do companions have S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats?

Yes, they do have S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats.

You can work out a companion's stats on PC by opening the console, clicking on the companion or other entity (Bethesda refers to them as 'actors') and utilising the console command getav <stat>

For example:

I also performed player.getav Strength so I could compare the stats and ensure that I was in fact getting Cait's stat, not my own.

As you can see, my own personal Strength stat is 7, whilst Cait's is 5.

Companion Carry Weight is a calculated value that can also be checked. Cait again as our test example, has 150, whilst I currently have 350:

Do companions benefit from S.P.E.C.I.A.L. increases?

Let's find out! We can use setav <stat> <value> to set the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats to whatever we want:

By setting Cait's Strength to 10, we can see that this also raises her Carry Weight to 200.

Do companions benefit from S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bonuses from equipped items?

Yes!, take Army Fatigues for example, which provide +1 Strength when equipped:

I've removed everything else from Cait's inventory for this test to avoid any other equipment messing with the stats. I ran the getav command for Strength and Carry Weight before and after equipping the Fatigues:

As you can see, Cait's Stats raise from 5 Strength, 150 CarryWeight to 6 Strength, 160 CarryWeight:

Are there any stats more useful to buff than others, for certain characters?

• Strength for Carry Weight is probably the biggest one.
• Endurance does not seem to have an effect on health (I ran resethealth in case it had set the maximum but not the current health):