In Skyrim, companions will become your faithful helpers, able to greatly facilitate the litigation of heroic adventures. They will fight with you against numerous enemies, help in solving puzzles, and also give practical advice in a confusing situation. But in order for companions to be truly effective, they must be properly managed. How to do this correctly will be discussed later.
Orders
Companions are managed in Skyrim using the disposition menu. He, in turn, can be called up if you point the crosshair to a partner, press the action key, and select the option “I need something from you” in the dialog box. Then you can give the following orders:
- Attack the target.
- Interact with any object (activate all kinds of altars, open and close doors, pick up objects and so on).
- Wait at the indicated place. Note that the companion will not always sit in the same location. Exactly three days later, he will return to his standard location.
- Catch the soul of a creature in a soul stone (if there are corresponding items in the inventory).
In addition, you, as a vampire, can drink blood from sleeping companions, and also store some of your things in their backpacks. Also keep in mind that each partner has his own moral indicator, which does not allow him to fulfill certain illegal orders.
Own actions
Of course, companions in Skyrim can perform certain actions without a player’s order, for example:
- Use all kinds of potions to restore health or improve your own characteristics.
- Apply all kinds of staves and scrolls of spells.
- Change equipment, choosing the most suitable, in their opinion, equipment.
- Identify the vulnerabilities / immunities of enemies and use attacks of the appropriate type.
- Switch to stealth mode, as well as exit from it.
- Illuminate dark areas with a torch (if available in the inventory).
- Speak your attitude to locations, places and events.
Along with this, all companions have innate racial abilities that affect their characteristics.
Features
Almost all partners are tied in level to the player. Moreover, they most often “freeze” at the level that was generated for them at the time of the first meeting with the hero. However, the game has a special staff that allows you to "pump" companions.
This miracle item is called “Wabbajek”. Its main “trick” is the ability to turn targets (temporarily) into harmless animals, while “nullifying” their characteristics. If you apply this skill to a companion, his level will be reset, and then adjusted to the current level of the player.