During a battle some baddie apparently disarmed Cait and a little while later I noticed she was participating in fights with harsh words and little else. No problem, I'll go to the wiki and find the code for her shotgun and zap her up a new one! Imagine my surprise to find out that the wiki didn't have a special code for her stupid shotgun. [Please don't bore me with negative comments about her shotgun as I all ready know how to give her a different gun (which I did) but find the game more interesting when my companion has their original weapon].

So, great gurus of the game, is there a way I can get Cait her 2 barrel pos shotgun back?

I don't know,but you need to gear up your companions because after level 30 they are useless with their basic gear.

Oh I so disagree, I'm at level 60, play on very hard, and Cait does a wonderful job. Understand, I don't expect her to go one on one with overlords and other tough characters (she can go toe to toe with raiders and ferals thought). My expectations are more "reasonable" than many players who would be happy to have a companion do much of the fighting. The reason I don't want to give her a super weapon is so the game doesn't become easier than it all ready is. So, her unlimited ammo shotgun was doing just fine by me. Of course, I take a pretty big beating at times but that is exactly the challenge I want from the game.

Forgot, she does get the fully upgraded silver shroud armor and a +2 End cap and sunglasses.

I kept her with melee weapon just so I wouldn't have to deal with ammo and stuff for her.

Not Danse. He's a tank.

Cait uses double-barrel shotgun as default weapon. All other weapons have to add bullets as well. She uses kind of close combat unlike Piper (her default weapon is a pistol, but long range rifles do more dmg).

-Klevs

heh I had curie and she started using weapons she had no ammo for( I gave them to her to carry). not to mention melee weapons. She even picked up a bladed tire iron from a raider and beat the crap out of a super muntant. I've also notice her using pipe pistols that I have given to her. macready even started using weapons I had given to him just to hold.

I have never equipment any weapons to my companions. Just give them a mix of weapons and see what happens. no ammo needed.

on the xbox one if you are wondering.

Curie for some reasons like melee combat. She is a synth, but is able to fight well. When I travel with her, I always check in inventory, because she may gather some nice weapons I probably missed.

Cheers,

-Klevs

Agreed, although I think I've only gone to Lvl 50 or something like it. She has her default corset/shotgun and she is far from useless.

1. Do a hard save.


2. Load a save from before she lost her weapon.


3. Open the Trade screen and remove everything from her inventory.


4. Open the Console, click on Cait, and type "showinventory". This will show a list of all items in her inventory, and include IDs for each item. Make a note of the ID for her shotgun.


5. Reload the save you made in Step 1.


6. Click on Cait again, then use the ID from Step 4 to add another copy of her shotgun to her inventory.

Been using Nick a lot lately and his default weapon is a pipe pistol, which is kind of useless. However lately he's been looting corpses for weapons and ammo. One minute he's using a sub-machine gun, the next he's got a scatter laser rifle. He really has no problem swapping weapons out in the field without my help. Every time I get home with him I have to remove a half dozen weapons off him. The problem is he's grabbing the ammo also and then using it up, and that's something I'd prefer to use for myself.

SWK, that's a fine idea, thank you!