Magical companion ammo is for use in companions' weapons in Fallout 4.
Characteristics[]
"Magical companion ammo" is the classification of ammo that a companion's default weapon uses, and is always used when not having any weapon equipped. This type of "invisible" (and infinite) ammo is called "magical companion ammo."
Active companions equipped with any melee weapon (their own or provided by the player character) do not consume any ammo at all. A companion can pick up a weapon and ammo on their own and use it when fighting.
The only way for a companion to spend "real" ammo is when all three of the following conditions are met:
- The companion has a weapon equipped in their inventory (a weapon that can be seen equipped in their inventory when trading with them).
- The companion has at least 1 (one) ammo that can be seen when trading with them used by the type of weapon equipped.
- The companion is the current active follower.
If all three conditions are not met, or at least one of those cease to be true, the companion will stop consuming "real" ammo, and as the active follower, will switch to their own default companion weapon that uses "magical companion ammo." But if not currently the active follower companion, they will carry on with the same game mechanics for weapon and ammo that apply to the settlers.
Settlers equipped with a gun by the player character will not consume any ammo, but in order to use that weapon, they need to have at least 1 (one) ammo in their inventory of the type that the equipped weapon uses. That single ammo will never be consumed and acts as infinite ammo.
So, if a weapon is given and equipped in the companion's inventory to use and actively following the player character, they will need to be supplied with ammunition for that type of weapon. If no ammo is supplied (or runs out when using it), the active follower companion will then switch weapons for another preferred weapon that they have ammo for. If no other better-preferred weapon is present, then they will switch to the default one (which magically never runs out of ammo despite not showing as having any at the companion trade screen).
If the companion is dismissed at a settlement, by activating another companion as a follower, or just by dismissing them to a settlement by chat options, they will turn to use the settler's/provisioner's weapon and ammo mechanics until they are set as the active follower companion again.
Active follower companions will use their own weapon (the ones in the list below) and will never run out of ammo (since they use the "magical companion ammo" that, as their own gun, does not show up on their inventory when on the trade screen).
Companion weapons using this ammunition[]
- Cait's double-barrel shotgun
- Codsworth's flamethrower
- Curie's laser gun
- Danse's laser gun
- Deacon's hunting rifle
- Hancock's double-barrel shotgun
- Ingram's laser gun
- MacCready's hunting rifle
- Piper's 10mm pistol
- Preston's laser musket
- Valentine's pipe revolver
- X6-88's Institute laser
- Old Longfellow's lever-action rifle
- Gage's handmade rifle
Locations[]
- In companion's weapons. Replenishes automatically.
Notes[]
- The preferred weapons are the ones the companion will auto-equip when the player character removes the currently equipped weapon from their inventory. Equipped weapons present a bold square icon next to the weapon name in their inventory.
- If one equips the active follower companion with a weapon, it will consume the ammo type that it normally will consume when the player character uses it, and the active companion will need them to provide that ammo to use.
- If the active follower companion runs out of ammo for the weapon that the player character equipped them within their inventory, they will stop using that weapon and switch to another one.
- Active follower companions are the only NPCs in the entire game that may spend player character provided ammo when shooting a weapon.
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