Herbie The Crab Companion

Adds a new animal companion complete with a small quest, new perks, new items, and an optional boss fight!

This mod adds a new companion to the game: Herbie, the Hermit Crab! Herbie is a vanilla-style companion, complete with the abilities to trade, wait, and be commanded while hired, and to be dismissed to any Settlement you currently own. Herbie also has several unique quirks and abilities that put him a step above regular old vanilla NPCs.

Hiring Herbie

Herbie can be found on the island containing the "Longfellow's Cabin" Settlement (meaning you MUST have the "Far Harbor" DLC to use this mod!), in or near the small outbuilding next to Longfellow's house. Talking to Herbie will start a small quest called "Hiring Herbie", which will require you to read up on the (not very good) lore explaining Herbie's origins, then learn how to make him his favorite food, Crab Chow! Once you've completed the quest, you will be able to recruit Herbie as your companion.

Feeding Herbie

One of the more unique aspects of this mod is Herbie's ability to eat. There are two types of food you can feed Herbie: Crab Chow and Irradiated Crab Chow. Both can be made at any Food Station, as long as you have the proper ingredients.

Crab Chow Recipe:

• []2 Dirty Waters []1 Mirelurk Meat []1 Mutfruit []1 Tato

Irradiated Crab Chow Recipe

• []2 Dirty Waters []1 Mirelurk Meat []1 Mutfruit [] []5 Nuclear Materials []1 Tato

Herbie will become hungry every 8 in-game hours, so be sure to talk to him fairly often! You can choose which type of food to give him, based on which ones you currently have in your inventory. Feeding him 5 Irradiated Crab Chows will cause him to start to grow, and feeding him 10 regular Crab Chows will cause him to give you a perk.

Finding Herbie

If you ever lose Herbie during your travels, or if you dismiss him to a Settlement, and then can't find him, or if maybe he's just not following fast enough for your liking, you can instantly teleport him to you using the "Herbie Summoner" item that's given to you at the end of his quest.

Herbie's Growth Cycle

As stated above, giving Herbie 5 bowls of Irradiated Crab Chow will cause him to start to grow. You'll know you gave him enough bowls when you receive a message saying that he's growing. You