Preston Garvey

Fallout 4 / Fallout Shelter / Fallout: The Board Game / Fallout: Wasteland Warfare character
Preston Garvey
Lore
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Jet Black
Affiliation	Commonwealth Minutemen Sole Survivor (optional)
Role	Senior officer Companion
Family	Sole Survivor - significant other (optional)
Gameplay
Location	Quincy ruins (formerly) Lexington (formerly) Museum of Freedom Sanctuary Hills (optional)
Quests	When Freedom Calls The First Step Taking Independence Old Guns The Molecular Level Ghoul Problem Greenskins Kidnapping Raider Troubles Clearing the Way Taking Point Resettle Refugees Defend the Castle The Nuclear Option Open Season
Other
Dialogue	PrestonGarvey.txt PrestonGarvey.txt/COM (companion dialogue)
Voice actor	Jon Gentry
Appearances	Fallout 4 Fallout Shelter Fallout: The Board Game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare
SPECIAL	5 ST, 10 PE, 7 EN, 9 CH, 8 IN, 10 AG, 8 LK 3 ST, 9 PE, 8 EN, 6 CH, 5 IN, 6 AG, 3 LK
Actual	5 ST, 11 PE, 8 EN, 6 CH, 7 IN, 8 AG, 3 LK
Level	10→
Misc stats	Hit Points: 185+ ([Player Level - 10] x 5) Carry Weight: 165 .lbs Damage Res.: 5%
Rarity	Legendary
Combat
Faction	MinutemenFaction
Combat style	csPreston
Aggression	Aggressive
Confidence	Foolhardy
Assistance	Helps Allies
Form ID	00019FD9
Ref ID	0001A4D7
Editor ID	PrestonGarvey
GECK race	HumanRace
Physical traits
Hairstyle	Heavyweight
Other	Lazy morning

 

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“I had to put on a brave face as long as there were still people counting on me. That's the only reason I kept going.”

Preston Garvey is a senior officer of the Commonwealth Minutemen, a volunteer defense militia operating in the Commonwealth in 2287. He is also available as a companion of the Sole Survivor.

Background

Early life

Preston Garvey originally enlisted with the Minutemen under Colonel Hollis at the age of seventeen. An avid believer in the espoused justice of the Minutemen cause, Preston joined the Minutemen under the direct command of Hollis himself. Things began to change for the worse when settlements under the protection of the Minutemen grew complacent. Freed from the greater concerns of the erstwhile dangers of the Commonwealth, settlements increasingly neglected their obligations to the collective in favor of petty self-interests.

Quincy Massacre

In 2287, Sturges, an inhabitant of the influential trading hub at Quincy - requested the aid of the Minutemen after having heard one of Mama Murphy’s visions, which foresaw the town being surrounded and massacred. Although the majority saw Murphy as a burned-out chem addict, Sturges went behind his fellow citizens to invoke the protection of the Minutemen. Preston joined Hollis on a mission to rescue Quincy, where they found the Gunners besieging the town.

The Minutemen dispersed the Gunner lines and were welcomed by the citizens of Quincy while the Gunners temporarily retreated. An ex-Minutemen officer named Clint had revealed himself to Colonel Hollis as the leader of the invading force. Hollis felt extreme anger at this betrayal. The citizens expressed confusion and frustration. Clint sought to establish terms of surrender for Quincy and its defenders; these terms were summarily rejected by Hollis.

While the subsequent events are not explicitly recorded in text, the outcome for the Minutemen is broadly established by dialogue with Preston and various other wastelanders: the Minutemen requested support, which did not arrive; the Gunners overwhelmed the defenders and murdered nearly all of the civilians; Col. Hollis, the linchpin of the long-dwindling Minutemen cause, died fighting. The event is known as the Quincy Massacre and it catalyzed the disintegration of the remaining settlements under Minutemen protection.

Post-Quincy

Consequently, Preston gathered the few remaining Quincy civilians and loyal members of the Minutemen and fled. Several of the refugees lost their lives at the hands of the Gunners before the group shook their pursuit at Jamaica Plain. The refugees next moved to Lexington. Regrettably, as Preston testifies, Lexington was filled with feral ghouls; the hardships of the town gradually whittled the group's numbers down to just over ten. Eventually the group moved to Concord where they took shelter in the Museum of Freedom, only to find themselves under the constant predation of raiders, who unbeknownst to the group are under orders from their leader, Jared, to acquire Mama Murphy

By the time the Sole Survivor arrives to help Preston, he is leading the last pocket of people under the protection of the Minutemen. His group numbers only five - a mere fraction of the original twenty who escaped Quincy under his guidance. If Preston Garvey is saved he will mention he is the last Minuteman standing, and he also mentioned he was not literally as there were many former Minutemen out there who gave it up in disgust or turned away from the ideals (Examples of this being Clint, James Wire, Ronnie Shaw, and possibly Colonel Marbury).

Interactions with the player character

Fallout 4

Interactions overview

Interactions
	This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
	This character is a permanent companion. They grant the United We Stand perk.
	This character is a temporary companion.
	This character starts quests.	When Freedom Calls The First Step Taking Independence Old Guns Open Season
	This character is involved in quests.	The Nuclear Option (Minutemen)
	This character is a prostitute.	Requires romance

Quests

• When Freedom Calls: Preston asks of the Sole Survivor to equip properly and clear out Concord so he and his people can move away to a safer place.
• The First Step: Preston asks the Sole Survivor to help out a settlement. If this quest is completed, Preston will become available as a companion.
• Taking Independence: Preston asks the Sole Survivor to help take back The Castle (Fort Independence) previously occupied by the Minutemen.
• The Molecular Level: If the Survivor chooses to build the relay interceptor with the Minutemen, Garvey will tell them to ask Sturges for help, since he's the best engineer he's ever met.
• Defend the Castle: If played as part of the Minutemen questline, Garvey will assist in defending the Castle from the Institute attackers.
• The Nuclear Option: Garvey, along with Sturges and a few other members of the Minutemen, will assist the Survivor during their attack on the Institute. Garvey will also be present when the Survivor sets off the nuclear blast from atop the Mass Fusion building.
• Radiant Minutemen quests: Garvey will assign the Sole Survivor up to three radiant quests every time he is spoken to, provided none of the quests mentioned above are currently active.
• After appointing the Sole Survivor as the new general of the Minutemen, he assigns quests that slowly extend the influence of the organization by capturing new territory and defending the settlements already loyal to the cause.

Effects of player's actions

• When reaching the highest affinity with Preston, he grants the United We Stand perk, which increases damage dealt by 20% as well as increasing damage resistance by 20 points when facing 3 or more enemies at once.
• If the player character attacks a member of the Minutemen, Preston will instantly and permanently disassociate from the Sole Survivor as a companion.
• Preston can be romanced.
• When the Sole Survivor becomes the overboss of Nuka-World, Preston Garvey becomes angry at the player character, asking them to repent their actions and to leave the Nuka-World raiders. If the Sole Survivor ignores the request, the Minutemen will turn hostile; if the player character accepts, he will simply no longer be an available companion. He will temporarily revert back to being friendly during any main quests involving the Minutemen.
  • Preston Garvey will remain friendly (as will the rest of the minutemen) if he is not present during Taken for a Ride. However, establishing a raider outpost and planting the flag for a raider gang will immediately drop his affinity to the lowest level, even if he is not present.
  • However, should the Sole Survivor become the overboss of Nuka-World prior to becoming the general of the Minutemen, Preston will not drop his affinity to the point he will be unattainable as a companion since he was not recruited yet. Instead, the next time Preston is spoken to, he will be upset at the Sole Survivor for supporting the Nuka-World raiders. He will ask them to repent their actions and eliminate the gang, saying that "the last thing the Commonwealth needs is another gang of Raiders." Regardless of accepting or ignoring his request to leave the raiders, Preston will simply tell the Sole Survivor that in order to work with the Minutemen more, they must eliminate the Nuka-World raiders first, thus blocking further access into the Minutemen questline.
    • Accepting Garvey's request to eliminate the Nuka-World raiders will start the quest Open Season, where the Sole Survivor has to execute the Nuka-World raider gang leaders and fight a massive horde of other raiders to free Nuka-Town's traders from slavery. This is the same quest the Sole Survivor gets when they meet Mackenzie Bridgeman.
    • Even though Preston Garvey orders the player character to eliminate the raiders, they do not have to be eliminated. The player character must become an enemy of the Nuka-World raiders, and doing so returns Preston's dialogue back to normal.
    • If the player character becomes overboss and completes Open Season prior to meeting Preston, he will never mention anything about the past actions.
• If the game is completed without evacuating the Institute, the next time when the Sole Survivor speaks to Garvey he will scold them for not evacuating Institute survivors before blowing up the Institute.

Range of interests

Approvals

Disapprovals

Likes Offering to help during quests. Sarcastic but not insulting dialogue options. Helping settlers and other "honest people" trying to get by and recruiting supporters for the Minutemen. Placing a Radio Freedom radio in settlements. Weapon customization. Telling Wolfgang that he is a scumbag during Order Up. Telling Wolfgang about talking to Trudy during Order Up. Peacefully ending the confrontation between Trudy and Wolfgang by convincing her to pay. Apologizing to Mister Zwicky for interrupting. Telling Travis Miles “it's not your fault”, “we'll be fine” and “you did well” (3 likes) during Confidence Man. Telling Moe Cronin how baseball was really played. Telling Desdemona the truth about what happened during Tradecraft. Choosing the “Slavery is wrong” and “I'd risk my life” dialogue options when first meeting Desdemona during Road to Freedom. Securing Taffington Boathouse for the Railroad. Asking Chambers to spare Amelia Stockton in Human Error. Telling the first mate on the USS Constitution to "calm down" upon first boarding the ship. Siding with Ironsides during Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution. Agreeing to help Bobby De Luca get clean during Dependency. Convincing Darla to return home during Unlikely Valentine. Letting human Art kill synth Art. Passing the speech check to convince McDonough to hand over the key to Kellogg's house. Choosing positive/optimistic answers in the Story of the Century. Convincing Vault-Tec rep to live in Sanctuary Hills. Protecting the settler at the rotten landfill from mole rats. Telling Initiate Clarke the ferals must be killed because they're monsters during Duty or Dishonor. Passing the “back off” speech check when talking to Finn, upon first entering Goodneighbor. Selecting the “Glimmers of hope” option while introducing to Kent Connolly after you tell him that you come from the past in The Silver Shroud quest. Saying “Good for you” to Kent as he comments his plan. Threatening Brother Thomas during Emogene Takes a Lover. Aiding Diamond City security officers in killing super mutants outside the city. Loves Agreeing to help settlements under Minutemen protection Convincing Mama Murphy to stop taking chems (requires a very difficult speech check). Giving Sheffield a Nuka Cola. Telling Mayor McDonough to stand trial during In Sheep's Clothing. Test firing the reacquired artillery during Old Guns. Rejecting Chambers' offer in Human Error. Giving Austin the full Vault 81 cure in Hole in the Wall. Going to Quincy and killing the gunner leaders Baker and Clint. Telling Billy that he will be brought home during Kid in a Fridge. Express disgust after asking Bullet how much a ghoul child is worth during Kid in a Fridge. Telling Blake Abernathy that his daughter's locket will be brought back to him in Returning the Favor. Turning down Gabriel’s bribe of loot to leave during Synth Retention. Freeing the caravan worker prisoners in East Boston Preparatory School. Siding with the Railroad when speaking with Desdemona in End of the Line. Destroying the Prydwen in With Our Powers Combined. Giving Danny Sullivan a stimpak at the beginning of In Sheep's Clothing Convincing Paul to lower his gun on Cooke in Diamond City Blues. Agreeing to help Supervisor White and beginning the quest Troubled Waters.

Dislikes Asking money for doing favors. Cannibalism. Entering the Covenant after passing the S.A.F.E. test. When the Sole Survivor takes chems. Agreeing to find chems for Mama Murphy. Giving chems to Mama Murphy. Returning the pristine deathclaw egg to the nest in The Devil's Due quest. Completing The Gilded Grasshopper. Freeing Lorenzo Cabot during The Secret of Cabot House quest. Threatening the first mate during the Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution Getting the report from Mayor McDonough in Political Leanings. Going with Deacon's lie during Tradecraft Agreeing to help Bobbi No-Nose during The Big Dig Persuading Supervisor Greene to give you extra caps at Graygarden. Joining the Brotherhood of Steel. Humor Kent Connolly while meeting him during the Silver Shroud quest. Replying "I can see that" to Arthur Maxson when he says he cares about the people of the Commonwealth. Agreeing to execute Paladin Danse during Blind Betrayal Accepting The Heretic quest. Choosing negative parameters on each of the experiments. Offering to help Ada in defeating the Mechanist. Hates Murder. Stealing. Killing Ashes during the Here Kitty, Kitty quest. Destroying the Railroad. Destroying the Institute without issuing an evacuation order. Completing Synth Retention. Killing the Cabot family at the end of The Secret of Cabot House. Abandoning Shaun (synth) during The Nuclear Option. Agreeing to replace Tektus with a synth. Establishing raider settlements in the Commonwealth. Collaring scavengers in Nuka-World.

Fallout: The Board Game

The following is based on information from Fallout: The Board Game.

Preston Garvey can be found randomly when taking a card from the loot deck. While Preston is the active companion, the player character can exhaust him to ignore the movement penalty of walking through difficult terrain.

When the player character performs the camp action, he will become unexhausted. However, if there are any Vault 84 or Vault 109 quests currently active, he must be discarded.

End of information based on information from Fallout: The Board Game

Inventory

Fallout 4

Apparel	Weapon	Other items
Colonial duster Minuteman hat	Preston's laser musket	Minuteman outfit

Fallout Shelter

	Outfit
	Minuteman uniform
	Weapon
	Laser musket

Notes

• If taken to Nate/Nora's corpse in Vault 111, he will say, "Is this...? Oh. I'm sorry, General. Take all of the time you need."
• If the player character refuses to become the general of the Minutemen, he still gives out the occasional quest about settlements asking the Minutemen for help.
• Settlers will sometimes recognize Garvey as a Minuteman and give him a few caps or other supplies.
• Max affinity with Preston will reveal that he was actually dealing with depression when the Sole Survivor found him in Concord. He says he would just not care about living if the Sole Survivor didn't help them as they did.
• Preston's colonial duster and Minuteman hat can be obtained from the level 4 clothing vendor Anne Hargraves at any allied settlement, who will sell these items when assigned to any Level 3 clothing stand.
• Preston will be disgusted with the player character if they finish The Nuclear Option with the Brotherhood of Steel or the Railroad but did not activate the evacuation notice, stating that the player character not allowing Institute civilians to evacuate is mass murder.
• Preston's colonial duster and Minuteman hat can be obtained an infinite number of times, i.e. If one equips him with any other outfit and takes his duster and hat then dismisses him, his clothes will respawn in his inventory after some time.
• When inside settlements, settlers will sometimes chat with Preston, give him caps and saying "I know it ain't much, but we support the Minutemen's cause." The Sole Survivor can take these caps from Preston's inventory.
• Although Preston is a fairly passive companion when asking him his thoughts when at Quincy or any other Gunner outpost he will show much aggression (example "Gunners are scum that don't deserve to live"). This is due to the fact that the Gunners are the main reason the Minuteman fell at Quincy.
• Preston's concept art shows him with a hood or cloth wrapped around his head and a star on his hat. It also states that he got his coat from a revolutionary war museum. His icon in When Freedom Calls also appears to look more like his concept art than his final in-game appearance.
• Once the Taking Independence quest has been started, one will not be able to initiate dialogue with Preston to recruit him as a follower until that quest has been completed.
• Various Minutemen will sometimes have a conversation with Preston, with Preston asking them for status reports.
• Preston dislikes using the Fat Man.

Notable quotes

• "A month ago, there were twenty of us. Yesterday there were eight. Now, we're five."
  

  

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• "Man, I don't know who you are, but your timing's impeccable."
  

  

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• "Protect the people at a minute's notice."
  

  

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• "The one good thing about being the last Minuteman is there's no one to argue with me when I say you're the new General."
  

  

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  Preston Garvey TheOneGoodThing.ogg
• "I just saw you go toe-to-toe with a twenty foot tall irradiated lizard. You telling me you can't keep an open mind after that?"
  

  

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  Preston Garvey 20ftTallIrradiate…
  - After doubting Mama Murphy's powers following the deathclaw fight.

• "I had to put on a brave face as long as there were still people counting on me. That the only reason I kept going."
  

  

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• "At least it's not raining."
  

  

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• "There's another settlement that needs our help. I hope you can get to them quickly. We need to show people that the Minutemen are back."
  

  

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  Preston Garvey MinutemenAreBack.ogg
• "This is going to be a black mark on the Minutemen forever. As glad as I am that the Institute is gone, this wasn't the plan. Dammit, General. You've dragged us down to their level. It didn't have to be this way." – Completed The Nuclear Option (Minutemen) without sounding the evacuation alert.
• "As if we didn't have enough problems without the damn Brotherhood making things worse."
  

  

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  Preston Garvey DamnBOSThingWorse…
• "Damn right. You don't go killing your friends without some better reason than they "might" be a synth."
• "These guys know how to make an entrance, no doubt about that. I wonder what they want?" – Upon witnessing the Brotherhood of Steel's arrival in the Commonwealth.
• "I kind of doubt the Brotherhood's intentions are peaceful." – When asked about the Brotherhood of Steel's presence in the Commonwealth.
• "Is this...? Oh. I'm really sorry, General. Take all the time you need."
  

  

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  Preston Garvey TakeAllTimeYouNee…
  - when taken to Nate/Nora's corpse in Vault 111.
• After romancing him:
  • "I'm not sure if Minutemen regulations cover our situation."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey RegulationsCover.ogg
  • "I'm just glad we found each other."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey FoundEachOther.ogg
  • "It's a little distracting, having you so close all the time."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey LittleDistracting…
  • "I never expected to fall in love with my commanding officer."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey FallInLoveOfficer…
• Upon activating Lover's Embrace:
  • "I was having the best dream."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey HavingBestDream.ogg
  • "That was nice."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey ThatWasNice.ogg
  • "Good morning, love."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey GoodMorningLove.ogg
  • "Time to get back to the real world, huh?"
    

    

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    Preston Garvey GetBackToRealWorl…
• Not joining the Minutemen:
  • "Selfish Bastards. They don't care about anybody except themselves."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey SelfishBastards.ogg
• Swapping Preston for:
  • Codsworth: "Hey Codsworth. Take over keeping an eye on him/her for me?"
    

    

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    Preston Garvey CodsworthEyeOnHim…
    To which Codsworth replies: "Yes of course, Mister Garvey."
    

    

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    Codsworth OfCourseMrGarvey.ogg
  • Cait: "All yours, Cait. Take care."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey AllYoursCait.ogg
    To which Cait replies: "You really know how to make a girl feel missed, handsome."
    

    

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    Cait MakeAGirlFeelMissedHandsome…
  • Danse: "Remember... the Commonwealth belongs to all of us, Paladin Danse."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey BelongToAllOfUsDa…
    To which Danse replies: "Don't worry, Garvey. There shouldn't be a problem... as long as the Minutemen don't get in my way."
    

    

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    Danse MinutemenDontGetInMyWay.ogg
  • Hancock: "Don't let him talk you into anything you'll regret later."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey YouWillRegretLate…
    
    To which Hancock replies:
    "What? You jealous?"
    

    

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  • Nick Valentine: "I know I'm leaving him/her in good hands, Nick. Be careful out there."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey LeavingInGoodHand…
    To which Nick replies: "I'll keep out of trouble if he/she does."
    

    

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    Nick Valentine OutOfTroubleIfHeD…
  • Piper: "Piper, you listen to him/her now. He/She'll keep you out of trouble."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey PiperKeepOutOfTro…
    To which Piper replies: "Outta trouble? Pfft. Where's the fun in that?"
    

    

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  • MacCready:
    "Good luck out there, MacCready."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey GoodLuckOutThere.ogg
    
    To which MacCready replies:
    "Still wasting your time trying to save the world, huh Garvey?"
    

    

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    MacCready SaveTheWorldHuhGarvey.ogg
  • Strong: "I sure hope you know what you're doing."
    

    

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    Preston Garvey KnowWhatYouDoing.ogg
    To which Strong replies: "Strong always know what Strong doing. Human not worry about me."
    

    

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    Strong HumanNotWorryAboutMe.ogg

Appearances

Preston Garvey appears in Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter, Fallout Shelter Online, and Fallout: The Board Game.

Behind the scenes

• While designing Preston Garvey, character artist Dennis Mejillones used several film characters for reference, including the scientist Miles Dyson (played by Joe Morton) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
• In promotional content for Fallout 76, a hostile player with the nickname "PGarvey" can be seen, a reference to Preston Garvey.

The following is based on unverified behind the scenes information and may be inaccurate.

• Preston (along with Sturges) is named after the famous American playwright, screenwriter, and film director Preston Sturges.

End of information based on unverified behind the scenes information

Bugs

• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One When destroying the Institute with the Brotherhood of Steel and when talking to Preston, he will keep saying the that the Institute is gone and one could have helped the innocent unless there is a settlement in need or reporting that a settlement has been helped. ^[verified]
  • This can be fixed by opening the console, selecting Preston Garvey and typing setav MQ302Companion 1.
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One Preston may become unavailable to recruit before the siege on the Castle. If the Castle is then retaken, he will no longer engage in dialogue past a greeting or a settlement quest. ^[verified]
  • This can be fixed by selecting him, then using the console command removefac 00075d56.
• Playstation 4 Xbox One Preston may pick up and equip nearby weapons, even if they are weaker than his default laser musket.^[verified]
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One If the player character destroys the Institute without issuing the evacuation order, Preston's dialogue will always be his immediate reaction to seeing it go up. One will be able to have a conversation with him repeatedly with no way of moving on. Though the final quest can be concluded by fast traveling elsewhere, the Sole Survivor will not be able to recruit Preston again. The player character will be able to do minutemen missions, however. ^[verified]
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One There is a known bug where after the quest to reclaim the Castle it becomes impossible to get him as a companion. ^[verified]
  • This can be fixed on PC by opening the console, selecting Preston Garvey and inputting removefac 00075d56.
  • A possible fix for this is to have Preston as a companion while initiating the assault on the Castle.
  • Another possible fix is if the Sole Survivor sides with The Minutemen against the Institute in the endgame. After activating the bomb in The Nuclear Option, Preston will talk and can be asked to follow the Sole Survivor.
  • Another possible fix is if one attaches a generator to the conduits and wires already set up in the castle the power requirements will turn green in the workshop menu and he will be able to act normally again.
  • Preston's perk can be obtained without being able to get him as a companion. Assign him to an Artillery piece so he stays put, then build a Weapon Bench nearby. Modify a weapon at the bench and one should see the message "Preston liked that". Quicksave the game, load the quicksave and modify a weapon again. Repeat the Save/Load/Modify sequence until he idolizes the Sole Survivor, then go over and speak with him to get the perk.
• PC Xbox One If ordered to use a suit of power armor and either dismissed or if he leaves due to quests requiring him to leave (e.g. meeting at the Castle), it can disappear, with Garvey later found no longer wearing it. ^[verified]
• PC Xbox One If after choosing the Brotherhood ending and destroy the institute, to collect the holotape for Sturges from Proctor Ingram Preston may be "stuck" in the Museum of Freedom in Concord and enemies will continue to spawn inside. There is no known fix for this issue.^[verified]
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One Once the highest affinity level with Preston is reached, and the romance option is not chosen in the corresponding dialogue, the same "last talk" may pop up from time to time, especially if Preston is dismissed and re-recruited or spoken to a few days later.^[verified]
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One After the player character gains max relationship with Preston he will stop offering new radiant quest and he will keep looping the last affinity speech over and over every time the player character returns to Sanctuary; this will also happen with every male companion the player character has full affinity without choosing the romance option.^[verified]
• Playstation 4 Xbox One When equipped with a piece of clothing, after a certain amount of time he will take it off and equip the colonial duster without being instructed to.^[verified]
• PC In rare cases Preston may not have any dialogue options to discuss options to build the signal interceptor during the Molecular Level even though the quest marker indicates him as a quest target. This is a hard bug that cannot be fixed by console commands or any other means other than restarting the entire quest.

Gallery

Preston Garvey render frontal view, by Dennis Mejillones

Preston Garvey full profile

Garvey in the launch trailer

A Brotherhood paladin, the male Sole Survivor, Dogmeat and Preston Garvey

Preston Garvey announcement in Fallout Shelter

Preston's icon from the When Freedom Calls quest

Preston's model for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

Preston's hero card in Fallout Shelter Online

Preston's maxed hero card in Fallout Shelter Online

References

Major characters in Fallout 4 Major factions Player Character Sole Survivor (Nate · Nora) Brotherhood of Steel Elder Maxson · Paladin Danse · Lancer-Captain Kells · Proctor Ingram · Proctor Quinlan · Proctor Teagan · Scribe Haylen · Knight Rhys The Institute Father · Kellogg · X6-88 · Dr. Madison Li · Dr. Allie Filmore · Dr. Justin Ayo · Dr. Clayton Holdren · Dr. Evan Watson The Railroad Desdemona · Deacon · Glory · Doctor Carrington · Tinker Tom · Old Man Stockton · High Rise · P.A.M. Minutemen Preston Garvey · Mama Murphy · Marcy Long · Jun Long · Ronnie Shaw · Sturges Minor factions Unaffiliated companions Codsworth · Cait · Curie · Dogmeat · Piper Wright · Robert MacCready · Nick Valentine · Strong Minor faction leaders John Hancock · Mayor McDonough · Gwen McNamara · Mother Isolde · Kessler · Jacob Orden · Zeke · Bedlam Other characters Doctor Amari · Big Mack · Brian Virgil · Vault-Tec rep · Jack Cabot · Shaun (synth) · Captain Zao Add-ons Automatron Ada · The Mechanist Far Harbor DiMA · Grun · Kasumi Nakano · High Confessor Tektus · Old Longfellow · Olympia Avery Vault-Tec Workshop Valery Barstow Nuka-World Mags Black · William Black · Nisha · Mason · Overboss Colter · Porter Gage · Dara Hubbell

Companions in Fallout 4 Permanent Cait · Codsworth · Curie · Danse · Deacon · Dogmeat · John Hancock · Nick Valentine · Piper Wright · Preston Garvey · Robert MacCready · Strong · X6-88 · Ada  · Automatron  · Old Longfellow  · Porter Gage Temporary Allie Filmore · Arthur Maxson · Billy Peabody · Bobbi No-Nose · Paladin Brandis · Cito  · Glory · H2-22 · High Rise · Honest Dan · Proctor Ingram · Jack Cabot · Knight Lucia · Mel · Pearl  · Rex Goodman · Sonya · Travis Miles · X4-18

Characters in Fallout Shelter Originated from Fallout 3 Abraham Washington · Allistair Tenpenny · Amata Almodovar · Colonel Autumn · Bittercup · Mr. Burke · Butch · Cromwell · Cross · Eulogy Jones · Harkness · James · Jericho · Moira Brown · Dr. Li · Lucas Simms · Elder Lyons · Sarah Lyons · Scribe Rothchild · Three Dog · Sierra Petrovita Originated from Fallout 4 Bottle · Cappy · Old Longfellow · Preston Garvey · Piper Wright

Major characters in Fallout: The Board Game Base Game Companions Cait · Codsworth · Curie · Deacon · Dogmeat · Eyebot · Hancock · Loadlifter · MacCready · Nick Valentine · Paladin Danse · Piper · Preston Garvey · Protectron Characters Fawkes · Overseer Hayes · Liberty Prime · Doctor Merkins Fallout: New California Companions Goris · Harold · Ian · John Cassidy · Lady Butterheart · Marcus · Tycho

Concord Locations Concord Church · Concord Civic Access · Concord Savings and Loan · Concord Speakeasy · Fallon's · Hardware store · Museum of Freedom · Northwest house · Pinelli's Bakery · Walden Drugs · Workhouse · Wright's Inn Characters Preston Garvey · Jun Long · Marcy Long · Mama Murphy · Sturges Quests Out of Time · When Freedom Calls