Affinity Freedom - No Negative Affinity and Cooldown
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ 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
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #42 of 75 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Inspired by the classic No Negative Affinity and No Affinity Cooldown mod by Ricky Horror, this recreation is built from scratch as an ESP and ESL FOMOD installer and is fully compatible with Fallout 4 Next Gen, whereas Ricky's mod works only with the pre-Next Gen version.
This recreation only includes the 5 main affinity changes:
Created three options for Affinity changes:
1. No Negative Affinity – Removes all negative affinity effects, making disliked actions neutral.
2. Negative Affinity Is Positive Affinity – Converts negative affinity reactions into positive ones. "Disliked" becomes "liked," and "hated" becomes "loved."
3. No Negative Affinity No Hate Given – Removes all negative affinity effects. Leaves the "disliked" and "hated" messages but adds "but no hate was given" to them.
4. Instantly Lovable – Increases affinity to the point of instant love from a signal interaction. All messages reflect "loves you more than ever!".
5. Super Affinity – Increases affinity gains 10x and changes negative or indifferent reactions into positive ones. All messages reflect this boost in affection.
For Cooldown options, you can choose from:
1. No Affinity Cooldown – Removes the affinity action cooldown time entirely.
2. Half Affinity Cooldown – Reduces the affinity action cooldown time by half.
3. Double Affinity Cooldown – Increases the affinity action cooldown time, making it longer.
4. Short Affinity Cooldown – Sets the affinity action cooldown time to the shortest possible duration.
It will also effect custom companions!
In order for this to work you would have to pick the ESP version of the plugins which will allow you to move and sort your load order.
Sort these plugins at the bottom which will overwrite any custom companions that have a custom affinity quests.
Installing: 💿
The easiest and fastest way to install the mod is through Mod Organizer 2
Uninstalling: 🗑️
To remove the mod, use the "Remove Mod" feature in Mod Organizer 2
Affinity Freedom removes all negative affinity changes and eliminates affinity cooldowns for companions. This simple quality-of-life mod is for players who want to avoid companion disapproval and spam affinity actions without waiting. With 485 endorsements and 32,371 downloads, it's a popular choice for those seeking a more forgiving companion system.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 485 endorsements and over 32k downloads.
- Simple and effective: no more babysitting companion approval.
- Removes the cooldown so you can spam gifts or dialogue without waiting.
⚠️ Cons
- Makes companion approval meaningless—no risk of consequences.
- May break immersion if you enjoy managing relationships.
- No detailed documentation on which specific actions are affected.
For players who find companion affinity systems tedious and just want to play without worrying about disapproval. Also great for roleplayers who want to make choices freely without penalty. Skip if you enjoy the challenge of managing companion relationships.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod removes negative affinity, you can safely make choices that would normally upset companions—experiment freely.
- If you're using a mod manager, make sure to load this mod after any other companion-related mods to ensure it takes effect.
- Check the mod's comments section for any reported conflicts with other popular companion overhauls.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Thrillvilled
- Version
- 3.0
- Downloads
- 32,371
- Endorsements
- 485
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 3/5/2025
- Updated
- 8/6/2026
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