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Preston Garvey
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Perk United We Stand
Location Sanctuary Hills
Romanceable Yes

Preston Garvey is a Companion in Fallout 4. He is also known as the last of the Minutemen. Companions are the different characters you will encounter while exploring Locations in the game who you can recruit to join you during the campaign. They have their preferences and character alignment which affects their Affinity Level. Raising their Affinity Level to the maximum will reward players with a unique Companion Perk. Preston Garvey is a romanceable character.

 

Man, I don’t know who you are, but your timing’s impeccable. Preston Garvey, Commonwealth Minutemen.

 

How to Recruit Preston Garvey in Fallout 4

To unlock or recruit Preston Garvey in Fallout 4, you have to do the following:

  • First, locate him at the Sanctuary Hills and help him rescue the Minutemen at Concord, then bring them to the Sanctuary Hills. After completing this side quest, you can now recruit Preston Garvey. 

Where to Find Preston Garvey in Fallout 4

Preston Garvey is located at the Museum of Conquer. Requires to complete Quest: When Freedom Calls.

 

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey Information

Preston Garvey is recognized as the last of the Minutemen until its collapse following the Quincy Massacre. The once-reveled group of volunteer civilian defense militia was nearly wiped out after its own members betrayed each other and the people they were supposed to protect. Now, it’s just Preston Garvey who is actively fulfilling the role of the Minutemen. He seeks to protect settlements and their civilians to bring them to safety.

 

Preston Garvey Starting Gear

Preston Garvey starts with the following item/s upon recruiting them:

  • Colonial Duster
  • Minutemen Hat
  • Preston's Laser Musket

 

Preston Garvey Companion Perk

  • United We Stand: Gain an additional +20% damage and +20 damage resistance when facing three or more opponents at once.

 

All Preston Garvey Quests

The following Quests listed below are related to Preston Garvey in Fallout 4:

 

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey Romance and Affinity Guide

Preston Garvey offers a unique companion perk that players can earn upon reaching the maximum affinity level with him. He reacts to the Sole Survivor’s actions and dialogue choices, directly affecting the affinity. By making sure that you do things in favor of Preston Garvey, you can earn United We Stand which grants Increased Damage Resistance and output if facing three or more opponents at once and also a chance to romance him. 

The maximum affinity level is 1000 points, and it begins at 0 and you have to work your way up. You will see a bubble whenever certain actions or dialogues affect Preston Garvey. He prefers it when the Sole Survivor is acting generous, peaceful, or mean, and dislikes it when the player is selfish, or violent. Aside from that, Preston Garvey also likes it when you modify your Weapons, which you can do several times until your affinity is maxed out.

His general affinity is aligned with good morals so he’s a good companion to take with you if you’re roleplaying as a kindhearted Sole Survivor

 

Preston Garvey Character Alignment in Fallout 4

Generous Selfish Nice Mean Peaceful Violent Chem Use Chem Addiction Donating
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Consume Alcohol Eat Corpse Give Item Hack Computer Heal Dogmeat Modify Weapon Murder Non-Hostile Naked Pick Lock (Owned)
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Pickpocketing Speech Success Theft Use Power Armor Use Vertibird        
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How to Increase Preston Garvey's Affinity

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey's Likes 

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  • Assisting with quests, especially non-hostile characters.
  • Choosing sarcastic dialogue options without being insulting.
  • Supporting settlers and other honest individuals, aiding them in their struggles, and recruiting Minutemen supporters.
  • Installing a Radio Freedom device in settlements.
  • Customizing weapons.
  • Labeling Wolfgang as a scumbag in Order Up.
  • Informing Wolfgang about the conversation with Trudy during Order Up.
  • Resolving the conflict between Trudy and Wolfgang peacefully by persuading her to make a payment.
  • Expressing apologies to Mister Zwicky for the interruption.
  • Encouraging Travis Miles with phrases like "it's not your fault," "we'll be fine," and "you did well" during Confidence Man.
  • Explaining the true nature of baseball to Moe Cronin.
  • Providing Desdemona with an honest account of events during Tradecraft.
  • Opting for the "Slavery is wrong" and "I'd risk my life" dialogue choices when initially meeting Desdemona in Road to Freedom.
  • Securing Taffington Boathouse for the Railroad.
  • Pleading with Chambers to spare Amelia Stockton in Human Error.
  • Advising the first mate on the USS Constitution to "calm down" to defuse the situation upon boarding the ship.
  • Supporting Ironsides during Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution.
  • Agreeing to assist Bobby De Luca in overcoming his chems dependency.
  • Persuading Darla to return home in Unlikely Valentine.
  • Allowing human Art to kill synth Art.
  • Successfully passing the speech check to convince McDonough to hand over the key to Kellogg's house.
  • Opting for positive and optimistic responses in the Story of the Century.
  • Encouraging the Vault-Tec rep to move to Sanctuary Hills.
  • Protecting the settler at the rotten landfill from mole rats.
  • Instructing Initiate Clarke to eliminate the ferals as they are considered monsters during Duty or Dishonor.
  • Successfully passing the "back off" speech check when talking to Finn upon entering Goodneighbor.
  • Expressing approval by choosing the dialogue "Good for you" as Kent discusses his plan.
  • Issuing a threat to Brother Thomas during Emogene Takes a Lover.
  • Assisting Diamond City security officers in taking care of super mutants outside the city.
  • Accepting the Hazardous Material quest.

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey's Loves

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  • Agreeing to assist settlements protected by the Minutemen.
  • Persuading Mama Murphy to stop using chems (through dialogues).
  • Providing Sheffield with a Nuka Cola.
  • Conducting a test fire of the reclaimed artillery in Old Guns.
  • Declining Chambers' proposal in Human Error.
  • Administering the completed Vault 81 cure to Austin in Hole in the Wall.
  • Traveling to Quincy and eliminating the gunner leaders Baker and Clint.
  • Assuring Billy that efforts will be made to bring him home during Kid in a Fridge.
  • Expressing disapproval after querying Bullet about the value of a ghoul child during Kid in a Fridge.
  • Rejecting Gabriel's offer of loot to depart during Synth Retention.
  • Liberating the caravan worker prisoners in East Boston Preparatory School.
  • Aligning with The Railroad while conversing with Desdemona in End of the Line.
  • Dismantling the Prydwen in With Our Powers Combined.
  • Persuading Paul to lower his gun on Cooke in Diamond City Blues.
  • Agreeing to aid Supervisor White and initiating the Troubled Waters quest.

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey's Dislikes

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  • Requesting caps for doing favors and quests for non-hostile characters.
  • Engaging in cannibalism or the act of consuming human flesh.
  • Joining the Covenant after successfully passing the S.A.F.E. test.
  • When the Sole Survivor uses chems.
  • Consenting to provide chems for Mama Murphy.
  • Providing Mama Murphy with chems.
  • Returning the deathclaw egg to its nest in The Devil's Due quest.
  • Successfully finishing The Gilded Grasshopper.
  • Liberating Lorenzo Cabot during The Secret of Cabot House quest.
  • Issuing a threat to the first mate during the Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution.
  • Receiving the report from Mayor McDonough in Political Leanings.
  • Opting for Deacon's deception during Tradecraft.
  • Agreeing to assist Bobbi No Nose in The Big Dig.
  • Persuading Supervisor Greene to offer additional caps at Graygarden.
  • Becoming a member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
  • Responding with "I can see that" when Arthur Maxson expresses his concern for the people of the Commonwealth.
  • Consenting to execute Paladin Danse during Blind Betrayal.
  • Choosing dialogues that persuade Virgil to take his own life.
  • Accepting The Heretic Quest in the Far Harbor DLC.
  • Choosing negative dialogues for each of the experiments in Vault-Tec Workshop.
  • Offering assistance to Ada in defeating the Mechanist in the Automatron DLC.

Fallout 4 Preston Garvey's Hates

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Preston Garvey Fallout 4 Notes & Tips

  • Fallout 4 Preston Garvey notes and tips go here.
  • Preston Garvey is the de facto leader of the Minutemen and you encounter him early on. Saving him and his group is your introduction to Settlements in the game, and he offers several quests to help you expand your settlement network and establish trade routes.
  • Uses a laser musket in battle and is a sturdy support companion with his perk, making you an effective pairing against groups.

 

 

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