12. Lone Wanderer Perk Still Works With Dogmeat As A Companion
Although the text reads "Who needs friends anyway?" and your canine companion is clearly man's (or woman's) best by default, Dogmeat simply doesn't count as a full-on companion like the others. So, if you tend to think of Fallout as a fairly solo experience anyway - and who can blame you, when the companion A.I. is about as likely to get stuck in a door as fire a shot to save your skin - snap up this perk. You'll need Charisma level 3 to get it, which at its first level will get you 15% reduced damage and 50 more carry weight before being over-encumbered. Afterwards, at level 17 that percentage of damage reduction changes to 20% as carry weight goes to 100, before level 40 nets you a tasty 25% damage boost across all weapons.
