Companion Karma Rationalized
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- ✅ Updated 333 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
- 🏆 #81 of 147 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
With this mod companion hiring and rehiring karma requirements are less strict and more logical.
Jericho - No karma requirement. You have to buy his services at an expensive price anyway, meaning he's basically a mercenary.
Sergeant RL-3 - No karma requirement. Same as above except the vanilla requirement is even more ridiculous for RL-3 because, you know, he's a robot.
Clover - No karma requirement. Why would a slaver care who he sells his slave to?
Fawkes - Neutral or above required. Basically as long as you're not evil I don't see why Fawkes wouldn't follow the player, especially given that he owes you his life.
Star Paladin Cross - Neutral or above. Again, as long as you're not an explicitly evil person she should be willing to follow you, especially because she asks to follow the player in the first place. (Fun fact: Cross had the most strict karma requirement before this mod as she required Very Good karma to be rehired.)
Butch - Anything above Very Evil. Butch will now follow you as long as you're not monstrously evil. He is an impressionable Vault Dweller after all.
(Note: this mod doesn't prevent companions from complaining about your karma in idle dialogue.)
Compatibility/Load Order
Compatible with anything that doesn't change companion hiring or rehiring dialogue.
Place this mod below mods which change the dialogue of the same NPCs, unless you want to make absolute certain that the dialogue from the other mod will play.
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Companion Karma Rationalized by Dieselface adjusts Karma requirements for companions in Fallout: New Vegas, making them more logical and less punishing. With 249 endorsements and over 12,000 downloads, this compact mod is for players who find the original companion Karma gates frustrating.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 249 endorsements and 12k downloads.
- Directly addresses a common frustration with companion Karma gates.
- Simple, focused mod that doesn't overhaul other systems.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated May 2025, so may not be compatible with future patches.
- Requires you to know your current Karma to see the effect.
For Fallout: New Vegas players who want to recruit companions without grinding Karma or being locked out due to moral choices. Skip if you enjoy the Karma system as-is or want more comprehensive companion overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check your current Karma in the Pip-Boy (Stats > Karma) to see if it affects companion availability.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex, install this mod and let it handle load order—it's a simple ESP.
- This mod doesn't require FNVEdit, but you can use it to see the exact Karma thresholds if you're curious.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 3 Mods
- Author
- Dieselface
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 12,138
- Endorsements
- 249
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 5/24/2021
- Updated
- 5/3/2025
🧩 Commonly Used Together
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