
You soon come across an abandoned garage named Red Rocket. You first leave the Vault and stumble about the world (blinded as hell by the sun). Finding Dogmeat in Fallout 4 is as easy as following the main quest.

Luckily, Bethesda has learned that dogs are everything and this was utter bullshit. Dearly missed, because who would ever want to go through the adventure without an awesome canine pal? Some of us poor souls even went the entirety of Fallout 3 without ever finding him. Dogmeat has been a staple of the franchise and can be missed. This seems like the normal reaction, but a) he didn't return with anything, and b) the length of time he was gone seems excessive.As is customary with wasteland tales of a lone wanderer traversing a harsh, post-apocalyptic world, you get a dog in Fallout games. I think that roughs up to about 1 in-game week, with all the fast travelling and waiting involved.Īs mentioned previously, I had sent him off to look for ammo, and when he reappeared, I entered into the dialogue with Dogmeat, as if he had returned. So my only hope of finding Dogmeat is, well, finding him.ĮDIT: Dogmeat has reappeared, after a few more hours of playing (I had just written him off as glitched out at this point) outside of Craterside Supply.

Needless to say, the save where I sent him off has long since been deleted. I went back to Megaton, waited a bit longer, but still nothing. I fast-travelled to Vault 101, where he usually waits when you dismiss him, or if he dies and you have the "Puppies" perk (Get a new Dogmeat).

I decided to wait a full 24 hrs (another Autosave), but still he didn't return. In the meantime, I entered Craterside Supply (Autosave 1), left again (Autosave 2), and then fast travelled to a different location (Autosave 3), and finally entered a new building (Autosave 4 - automatically deleting my first Autosave).Īt this point, I started to wonder where Dogmeat was, as he had not returned. I shook my head at Fallout 3's amazing AI mechanics, but did nothing else otherwise. I asked him to go fetch me some ammo (while still in Megaton) and he immediately wandered of into a guardrail. I was wandering around Megaton, when I decided to put Dogmeat's fetching skills to good use.
