Things You'll Need
Instructions
Dogmeat
Go to the Scrapyard. It is found to the south of Minefield. Moria Brown marks the location of Minefield on your map if you do the "Wasteland Survival Quest" quest for her. Dogmeat is fighting a group of raiders inside this area.
Kill all of the raiders. You should avoid using explosives or inaccurate, automatic weapons. If you hit Dogmeat during the fight he turns hostile and becomes impossible to recruit.
Talk to Dogmeat after the fight. Ask him to come with you to add him to your party. There is no karma requirement for Dogmeat. He is the only party member that can be recruited if you already have any other NPC follower.
Butch DeLoria
Complete "Escape!" without Butch dying. This is one of the first quests in "Fallout 3." Butch is not a hostile NPC during this quest. There is little chance of him dying during this quest unless you actually attack him yourself. Killing the radroaches near him guarantees he survives.
Complete the main story questline until you finish "Waters of Life."
Return to Vault 101. Your Pipboy picks up a new radio signal. Listen to this radio signal to get the code for the door.
Enter Vault 101 to get the quest "Trouble on the Homefront." It does not matter how you complete this quest.
Go to the Muddy Rudder on the bottom level of Rivet City. Talk to Butch to recruit him. You must have neutral karma for him to join you.
Charon
Enter the Museum of History. Walk through the door with the skull over top of it directly in front of you to enter Underworld.
Talk to Ahzrukhal inside the Ninth Circle in Underworld.
Ask to purchase Charon's contract to recruit him. It costs 2,000 caps to purchase the contract. The price is reduced to 1,000 caps if you have a Barter skill above 50.
Clover
Go to Paradise Falls. You must enter this town without making the residents hostile. If you already have an evil karma rating, which is required to recruit Clover, you may enter without paying the bribe, completing "Strictly Business" or completing "Head of State" by helping the slavers.
Talk to Eulogy Jones.
Ask to purchase a bodyguard from him. He sells you Clover for 1,000 caps if you have an evil karma rating. The price is reduced to 500 caps if you have a Barter skill of 50 or greater.
Fawkes
Complete the story quests until you enter Vault 87 for "Finding the Garden of Eden."
Release Fawkes from his cell.
Complete the story quests until you escape from Raven Rock during "The American Dream." Fawkes is outside. He agrees to join you if you have a good karma rating.
Go to the Museum of History if you do not recruit him outside Raven Rock. He is right inside the lobby. You must have a good karma rating for him to agree to join your party.
Jericho
Go to Megaton.
Talk to Jericho. You can ask him to join your party if you have an evil karma rating.
Agree to pay him 1,000 caps to get him to join.
Sergeant RL-3
Go to Tenpenny Tower.
Walk towards the RobCo Facility until you encounter Tinker Joe.
Talk to Tinker Joe. He offers to sell Sergeant RL-3 to you if you have a neutral karma rating. He costs 1,000 caps to purchase. The purchase price is reduced to 500 caps if you have a Barter skill of at least 50.
Star Paladin Cross
Go to the Citadel. You cannot enter the Citadel until the end of the "Waters of Life."
Talk to Star Paladin Cross.
Choose any dialogue options during the conversation, as long as you do not insult her or your father. Insulting either of them makes it impossible to recruit Star Paladin Cross.
Ask Cross to join you. She agrees as long as you have a good karma rating.