Learning goals
- Understand what companions are.
- Understand that companions are equipped in the Arsenal.
- Understand that only one companion is equipped at a time.
- Understand that companions use mods, precepts, abilities, and sometimes weapons.
- Learn why companions matter for utility, farming, and combat support.
Explanation
Companions are personal allies that follow you into missions. They can support you with utility, damage, survivability, scanning, status effects, farming help, or special abilities depending on the companion. You equip companions through the Arsenal and usually bring one companion at a time.
What should I do?
When choosing a companion, ask what job you want it to do, whether you need loot help, scanning, status priming, damage, survivability, or comfort, whether it is robotic or beast, whether it uses a separate weapon, whether it is modular, and whether you own the mods to support it.
Common mistakes
Avoid these companion mistakes before spending resources, Forma, mods, or farming time.
- Ignoring companions completely.
- Choosing only by appearance.
- Assuming all companions are damage pets.
- Forgetting companion mods.
- Forgetting companion weapons.
- Investing before knowing the companion role.
- Copying a recommendation without understanding why it is useful.
Key Takeaways
- A companion is part of your loadout. It should have a job.
Practical task
Your current companion should have a job in your loadout.
- Open your Arsenal.
- Write down your equipped companion.
- Identify its category if you can.
- Check whether it has mods installed.
- Check whether it has a weapon or claws.
- Write what role you think it currently fills.
You can explain what your current companion is supposed to do.