All Companions in The Outer Worlds 2, explained

Like its prequel, The Outer Worlds 2 will have six companions you can recruit to your Rift-closing inquisition. The original game had a serviceable neo-Fallout-esque companion system, with a few romanceable companions, no less. However, the new title is making them a much more important part of the main plot, similar to how Baldur's Gate 3 does it. Which, on a side note, is a far cry from Obsidian's last game, Avowed.

Companions are "integrated into the storyline much more" than in the first game, to the extent that not maintaining companion relationships will lead to a bad ending. Furthermore, each companion will also represent a different faction in Outer Worlds 2 (excluding the token floating robot). This will affect the thematic picture of their companion quests.

In this guide, we'll go over all the details that have been revealed so far about the companions in Obsidian's upcoming sci-fi RPG shooter.

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Everything known about the six Companions in The Outer Worlds 2

Niles

Niles (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - Earth Directorate, the self-appointed space sheriff

Much like your protagonist in The Outer Worlds 2, Niles is an Earth Directorate Agent whose story arc revolves around whether he wants to be a loyalist to the faction or turn renegade. It's also heavily implied that he's skilled at Engineering.

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VAL (or Valerie)

ED-E (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - Earth Directorate (but as a technicality)

Valerie, an AutoMech support drone, is Niles' helper. Not much is known about the story beats of this companion, but as expected of a support drone, it's a godsend if you want a healer with damage-reduction perks in The Outer Worlds 2.

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Marisol

Marisol (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - Order of the Ascendant, i.e., the science-people who want to solve the world's problems through math

Other than being a mathematician of the Order, Marisol is also an aging assassin, who "may or may not have some unfinished business" to attend to. Specialty includes "torpifying" enemies, i.e., checking the crowd-control box.

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Aza

Aza (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - The Glorious Dawn, a psychotic sub-faction (meaning it will probably not be a faction you can join and end the game as)

Aza is a devout member of The Glorious Dawn, a cult that worships the Rifts. Aza's companion arc involves some black-and-white set of paths: will you feed her cultish bloodlust, or civilize them to the certainly-not-cruel ways of the Directorate? That being said, her skillset is also geared towards DPS.

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Inez

Inez (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - Auntie's Choice, the multi-system corporate conglomerate

This combat medic is one of the few survivors of an Auntie's Choice secret bio-experiment to graft animal parts onto human mercenaries (the forefathers will bear witness). Her character arc involves, of course, fixing her werebeast woes. Other than being a field medic in a more traditional sense than Valerie, Inez is also skilled at "primordial craft".

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Tristran

Tristran (Image via Obsidian Entertainment)

• Faction - Protectorate, an isolationist military faction that demands all of their subjects' freedom as the cost of protection

Tristran is a Protectorate Arbiter (someone who both judges and executes), with their trademark sense of military authoritarian justice. His character arc involves questioning the meaning of justice, and his wavering (or cementing) value system after his time with you. Tristran is the resident heavy armor-clad blunt instrument specialist of The Outer Worlds 2.

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That's everything we currently know about the companions in The Outer Worlds 2. More details will follow leading up to the game's release on October 26, 2025. Until then, stay tuned for gaming news and updates on Sportskeeda.