Cherry Follower - Rehire Cherry
⚪ Last updated 2010⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 5.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #118 of 147 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Cherry Follower - Get your Cherry back v0. 9. 6 INTRODUCTION-------- Hire Cherry as a follower after you drop her off at Rivet City. NEW VERSION 0. 9. 6 Added new stealth device. Added Clothes Changer. Additional waiting package - Stealth. Several updates. DETAILS------------ Talk to her anytime after you have received the Karma reward. The cost to hire her is 1000 caps, but you can hire her for free in you pass a speech check. Also, a high barter skill will allow you to hire her for 500 caps. FEATURES----------- -Cherry does not count towards Follower total, so you may hire her regardless of Follower count. -Sandbox / Guard / Stealth package for the wait command. Set via dialog. -Cherry\'s confidence will be leveled up after you hire her. She will no longer run away during combat. -Trade menu enabled. She can carry equipment; she can wear all types of armor. -Alternating commands including: -Weapons out/away. -Follow Distance: Short / medium / far. -Combat Style: Melee / Ranged. -Essential On/Off. -Add/Remove Unlimited Ammo Weapon . -Change Hairstyle. Several styles to choose from. -Clothes changer. Enable/disable through dialog. Armor/sleepwear. When disabled she will wear whatever is in her inventory. -Turn ON/OFF stealth device after giving her a Stealth Boy. -Home Menu. Fire Cherry, relocate her home to anywhere, relocate her home back to Rivet City Via Dialog. -2-way communicator. Call Cherry, ask her to come to your location. ETA depends on her distance to player. CHANGELOG--------- v0. 9. 6... Added new stealth device. Requires giving Cherry a Stealth Boy through dialog topic . You must have a stealth boy in your inventory to see the dialog topic. Device only active when crouching. Added a clothes changer, activate through dialog . Use it to have her Equip a cleaned up version of Talon armor, or her trademark sexy sleepwear. Deactivate through dialog to have her equip clothing from her inventory again. Added new waiting package for use with the stealth device. Tell her to hide and she will wait stealthed, only entering combat if she is directly attacked. Limited idle dialog. She shouldn\'t be such a chatterbox anymore. Improved menu dialogs/responses. Relocated distance menu to tactics menu. Added dialog response for headset in the case that Cherry is enslaved to Paradise Falls . v0. 9. 4 Repaired Broken Fire package. She should now fire correctly when you move her home away from Rivet City. Changed Wait dialog, now an option to have her guard or sandbox is available. Added new idle dialog. v0. 9. 3 Corrected minor error that was causing Cherry to warp unexpectedly to the player. Small update to magnum quest. v0. 9. 2 Fixed issue with essential switch when waiting. Switch should work correctly now. Added topic to Head
This small Fallout 3 mod lets you rehire Cherry as a companion after you've dropped her off at Rivet City. It's a simple fix for a common annoyance, with 392 endorsements and last updated in 2010.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solves a real annoyance—no more losing Cherry permanently after a quest.
- Lightweight and to the point, does exactly what it says.
- Decent community support with 392 endorsements.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2010—may have compatibility issues with modern setups or mods.
- Only affects Cherry; other companion quirks remain untouched.
For Fallout 3 players who like Cherry as a companion and hate that you can't rehire her after the Rivet City drop-off. If you're a completionist or roleplayer who wants to keep your crew together, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't use Cherry or prefer more comprehensive companion overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to load this mod after any other companion mods to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, just drop the file into your Data folder or use the manager's install feature.
- Test rehiring Cherry at Rivet City to confirm the mod works before relying on it in a long playthrough.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 3 Mods
- Author
- Gregfed
- Version
- 0.9.6
- Downloads
- 7,559
- Endorsements
- 392
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 5/28/2010
- Updated
- 11/15/2010
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