Companion Perk Freedom

Description

By default, you can only unlock one perk per tier for each companion. This mod lets you unlock the other perk of the same tier and also gives you 2 perk points per 5 player levels (alternate file without 2x perk points available too). Perk points are granted retroactively too after installing.

The "freepick" version, ignores requirements that usually apply to perks (can unlock lvl 30 perks early, etc.)

Only install ONE version.

Works directly on mutually exclusive perks, by marking them and pressing 'E' (no additional confirmation) or in a hybrid way, by marking mutually exclusive perks and regular perks, applying perks the regular way (with confirmation).

Caveats

To update the UI, the mod automatically switches to the Journal tab and back to refresh the icons after applying perk points, when a mutually exclusive perk was applied.

Despite my best efforts, at times the UI may get out of sync (wrong perk point count, etc.), simply switch between companion tabs or to a different main tab and back to refresh it.

Installation instructions

1. Install UE4SS for The Outer Worlds 2 first.

2. Run the game once with UE4SS, if you have not already

3. Extract the CompanionPerkFreedom folder to: \steamapps\common\TheOuterWorlds2\Arkansas\Binaries\Win64\ue4ss\Mods\

Uninstallation

Delete the CompanionPerkFreedom folder