Learning goals
- Understand companion role categories.
- Choose companions for utility, damage, priming, farming, survivability, or comfort.
- Understand why role matters more than popularity.
- Connect companion weapons and mods to companion role.
- Avoid using one companion thoughtlessly for every job.
Explanation
Companions can fill different jobs. Utility companions support scanning, loot radar, pickups, buffs, or quality-of-life behavior. Damage companions help kill. Priming companions spread status or support damage setups. Farming companions help with loot or resource goals. Survivability companions can support healing, protection, revive help, or status utility. Comfort companions make missions smoother or easier to read.
What should I do?
Choose a companion by asking what problem you want solved, whether this companion is good at that role, whether it needs a companion weapon, whether it needs specific mods, whether it can survive, and whether the mission is farming, Steel Path, casual play, scanning, or boss content.
Common mistakes
Avoid these companion mistakes before spending resources, Forma, mods, or farming time.
- Choosing a companion because it is popular but not useful for your goal.
- Building damage when you need utility.
- Building utility while the companion dies instantly.
- Ignoring status priming.
- Ignoring farming companions.
- Using one companion for every job without thinking.
Key Takeaways
- A companion is a tool. Pick the tool for the mission goal.
Practical task
Companion choice starts with the job you need done.
- Pick one current mission goal.
- Choose one companion role: utility, damage, priming, farming, survivability, or comfort.
- Pick one companion category that could fit.
- Write why that category fits.
- Mark one mod or weapon topic you need to learn next.
You can choose a companion based on a job.