Talk:Dogmeat (Fallout 4)

bug to note

Bug that just occurred playing on XBOX1, while playing as the female character she referred to Dog by the name "Dogmeat" even though Mama Murphy hasn't told her the name yet. It occurred when opening the trade menu. figured I'd drop that note here for when somebody comes by to finish this page. 71.88.175.221 17:45, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Official confirmation

In case anyone's wondering where I got this: http://i.imgur.com/K05HKT8.jpg DRAEVAN13 14:56, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

It DOES NOT say Dogmeat in the E3 presentation it says "Dog" See here: https://youtu.be/cii0ckqyrb4 this title needs changing.

+1 98.233.35.252 19:59, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

It says both "Dog" and "Dogmeat", conflicting information. http://i.imgur.com/LDFnzC1.jpg DRAEVAN13 20:01, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

The dogs default name is "dog" so the article should be called dog. Greentoast11 23:37, June 16, 2015 (GMT)

Source? DRAEVAN13 22:42, June 16, 2015 (UTC)

His name is DOG! (and customizable)

Ok i know others have said this but in the e3 presentation his name is dog, later in the piece with the minutemen his name is dogmeat, so his name is dog upon discover and obviously can be customized.!!!!! --Masterire (talk) 11:58, June 19, 2015 (UTC)

So far we have Bethesda calling the dog both "Dog" [1] and "Dogmeat" [2], we should probably wait for release. DRAEVAN13 12:03, June 19, 2015 (UTC)

Recommending we recreate a page for this character

Based on all the evidence we have, it seems pretty clear to me that we have no reason to ASSUME this dog's name is "Dogmeat". In recognition of this, I am recommending that we create a new page with all references to "Dogmeat" being removed, including the title, and instead refer to it as either "Dog" or "the dog (fallout 4)". To appease those insisting that is MUST be named "Dogmeat", I suggest we keep some of the information in trivia section that explains the confusion. --Pvt sleepy (talk) 19:25, June 23, 2015 (UTC)

I'd agree if not for my character in game specifically calling Dogmeat by name 71.88.175.221 17:47, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Name

Shouldn't the name of the page be "Dog companion (Fallout 4)" since it appears that the dog's name is customizable? 71.220.183.142 06:37, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

I believe the official name was confirmed by Beth somewhere and we should have it sourced if so, but I'm not sure. --The Ever Ruler (talk) 06:51, June 25, 2015 (UTC)

Healing

I've had negative experiences with public Fallout wiki's in the past, so I'm going to leave this here and let someone else decide if its relevant.

I wanted to drop a mention in here that when the dog gets injured (from a fall etc), it may request that you heal the dog with a stimpak as part of the mini-tutorial system. However, if you are not in a battle, the dog will self-heal, no notification is raised, and no stimpak option becomes available.

As a result, you may find yourself searching for a way to heal the dog (when in fact, it cannot die, and no healing is required). 216.129.84.78

Todd Howard confirms the dog's name is Dogmeat

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uonUCBk70JA DRAEVAN13 20:40, September 21, 2015 (UTC)

Name not changed correctly - possible bug

There seems to be a glitch in the scripts that take care of the name change. When skipping talking to Mama Murphy in Concorde, the conversation tree root does not appear in her conversation menu when talking to her later in Sanctuary Hills. Dogmeat is called "Dog" for the rest of the game. (witnessed in the german version, fwiw) --130.180.103.198 18:43, November 11, 2015 (UTC)

Former Owners

In the trailer, you can see Dogmeat walking through a house, as it fades between pre-war and post-war as if he knows the house.--Tayd0gta (talk) 12:06, November 12, 2015 (UTC)

The house in that trailer is the The House of Tomorrow, and unless the house had occupants before the Minutemen and Sole Survivor arrive he is ownerless. The trailer was probably purely theatrical.Olofstrom (talk)

Gender Confirmation?

I'm noticing some of the parts of the article reference Dogmeat as female, I haven't found any evidence of such in-game. Could someone make the proper edits, or provide a source for this info?

Ditto here. I just noticed that while going through the notes. Will make the changes now. (Philbert) 72.128.208.82 03:26, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Note the "behind the scenes" mention of dogmeat being based on a female german shepherd owned by one of the Bethesda programmers. A bit arbitrary but OK. Nonetheless, the main page text referenced our favorite mutt as a male so I changed the Notes section to reflect that. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other but ALL of the page should reflect the same gender, not parts male and parts female. (Philbert) 72.128.208.82 03:34, November 17, 2015 (UTC)

Unless there is conflicting evidence, the fact that Dogmeat is modeled after a feamle dog suggest Dogmeat should be assmed to be female, and the text changed to reflect that.

"Hey boy" is what the Sole Survivor says to the dog in the initial encounter. Hence male, actually. ☢ Energy X ☣ 20:48, November 23, 2015 (UTC)

Question

Can it sniff out mines and other explosives and enemies? --Walker

   Enemies yes. As to mines/explosives/traps, she's more likely to set them off in your face instead. Also, while she will sneak with me, I have sneak 3, an agility of 7, and 2 covert ops magazines read and it's not uncommon for me to still be hidden and suddenly have her come under fire from someone.

Dealing with apparent "rage" edits

This page seems to be getting lots of edits where anonymous users just want to insert their biased opinions, can someone please restrict its editing to registered users? --Breakin'Benny (talk) 18:03, November 24, 2015 (UTC)