How to Check Companion Relationship Levels in Starfield
In your travels across the galaxy in Starfield, having companions you trust and rely on can help make the journey easier, a little less lonely out in the great void, and all the more fulfilling. As you interact with various NPCs in different worlds and make consequential decisions, your companions take note and their Affinity level will either increase or decrease. However, it can be hard sometimes to tell exactly how a companion is feeling about you, and much of the time it’s an educated guess. If you’re wondering if there’s a way to know, here is our handy guide forhow to check companion relationship levels in Starfield.
How to Check the Affinity of Your Companions in Starfield
As you go on adventures with your chosen companion, theirAffinity leveltowards you will fluctuate based on decisions you make and certain actions you take. This contributes towards developing a either a strong friendship or aromantic relationshipwith them, depending on what you’re looking for. It also goes towards getting the‘Starcrossed’ achievement, in which you must the maximum level relationship with a companion.
The thing is, there is no clear indicator in the game that you can check that tells you what your Affinity level is with a given companion. Rather, it’s an invisible guessing game that you have to gauge by your companion’s responses and actions towards you. Either they’ll‘like’something you do or say, or‘love’it on the positive end, or negatively they’ll‘dislike’or‘hate’it. Each response has a hidden numerical value, and the more points you gain, the more loyal a companion will become. Vice versa, the more you lose, that contributes to an‘Anger’meter and the more likely they are to disband from you. There are 4 different levels of Affinity that the game uses, and as you gain or lose points, the level they’re at will adjust:
However, if you want an actual, technical way to check and even alter a companion’s Affinity level, the only way to do that is viaConsole Command Toolson thePC versionof the game. It’s not doable on Xbox consoles. It’s relatively easy to do, but BEWARE that this command qualifies as acheat. That means that yourability to earn and store achievements for the game will be disabled.
If you still want to take the risk, here is how to check your companion’s Affinity:
If you want to edit any of those levels, here are the commands to do so:
This concludes our guide forhow to check companion relationship levels in Starfield. We hope you found this helpful, and let us know if you decided to do this and how it affect the game for you.
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