So now ED-E turns hostile after you try to recruit him after finishing Dead Money.

What is it about this character that's always causing problems? There was a brief, shining moment between the release of the current patch and the release of Dead Money that finally found him working properly. But it was too good to last.

I don't suppose anyone has some sort of work around in place, do they? Or am I going to have to wait another month or so for a patch before I can finish my current game.

My Problem with him is that after doing the part of the quest "There Stands the Grass" where you ingnite the gas he has dissapeared but strangley it says he is still at Vault 22 :/

yeah I was really pissed when I got done Dead Money and went to get Ed-E and now he is hostile to me. :banghead:

This is a glitch b4 dead money

i have never had this happen before. I have seen Ed-E become hostile towards other NPCs but never towards me. I can no longer talk to him in order to get him to rejoin me. He just shoots lasers at me.

I had lost Ed-e before the patch, lord knows where, but it was scripted that he returned to Primm went I went to sierre madre. I go to Primm after DM, and he's not there. I don't know which is worse, not finding him or finding him hostile?

I know how annoyed you are dude, ive been researching this for myself cos the same has happened to me. I cant rerecruit ede after dead money cos he goes nuts in primm and tries to kill me and nash!
Apparently this has always been an issue with ede, if you leave him for too long at any point in the game after you recruited him, he will eventually just turn hostile randomly. Trouble is, I left all my best weapons and armour with ede, and my character was designed with NO perception skill so i could take advantage of edes perk and use those points elsewhere, but now i cant get ede back im basically crippled, and i have accidentaly copied over my save from before dead money.
I have been patient with this game and stuck with it through all its issues, but this really has made me mad, after about 350 hours, I want to DEMAND that this be fixed SOON, or its getting traded in post haste. But I know that isnt really fair to demand, but really, shouldnt this sort of thing be an important bug fix/check anyways? Especially if its an issue that has been around for a while.

FINALLY FIXED IT!!!!
It is possible to re-recruit ED-E before he turns hostile. Save before entering the Nash residence where ED-E normally is. Use a stealth boy just to be safe, but not 100% required. Enter, quickly press the VATS button, and look at ED-E while still in VATS mode. Quickly disengage VATS mode and talk to ED-E. If done right, you will have entered a normal conversation with him and can choose to recruit him as a follower again.

"I have been patient with this game and stuck with it through all its issues, but this really has made me mad, after about 350 hours, I want to DEMAND that this be fixed SOON, or its getting traded in post haste. But I know that isnt really fair to demand, but really, shouldnt this sort of thing be an important bug fix/check anyways? Especially if its an issue that has been around for a while."


Thatll realllly show 'em. You bought the dlc after having problems and also invested 350 hours....yes, trading it in will really hit 'em hard!

Oh dear, you seem to have made a mistake and forgotten to read the rest of my post, in which I state that I wouldn't actually want to demand on them because thats not fair, plus who would listen. However, I would have quite happily traded the game in because I personally was so frustrated. Then in my next post, I stated I had found a way to fix it, because I like the game so much, I spent ages trying to fix it because I don't want to have to miss out on the bright spots because of some massive failures. Hopefully my above post can help others. Your comment, not really constructive in comparison is it. I am not interested in causing ructions, but I do wish the dev's had bug tested this game.
Why did you even comment anyway?

tried numerous times, does not work

God-bless you you magnificent bastard! Worked second time. :celebration:

You need to make sure that you start clicking the bumper to activate VATS during the loading screen, so it activates on the moment you enter the game, you should be able to select EDE then, and the moment you exit VATS, start trying to initiate conversation immediately (also check to make sure you arent crouching so you dont try to initiate a pickpocket attempt.)

confirmed, this does work

Ed-e attacked me when i went to get him after dead money. I adore him, never had any problems with him and now he tries to kill me! BASTARD!

Just a tip couldn't get this to work at first, it seems to only works if your VATS are centered on ED-E's body, tried for ages, then targeted the body and worked first time..

Big thanks to metalshade01

Had the same problem. But when I played dead money again...sent ED-E back to "BASE" which was the lucky 38 presidential suite before entering Abandoned BoS bunker.After dead monet I returned and he is friendly and following as a companion again...

Glad to see that worked. I know our team is looking at some of the issues with ED-E. If fixes get rolled into a game update, we'll let you know.

i tried this fix listed for ed is there any other thoughts i want edie back dam ittttt

Fantastic! Thanks! Worked like a charm. It did take 2 tries, you have to hit A fast, but now I have my trusty floating footlocker back! I found using a Stealthboy had no effect, I didn't have it in use when I got it to work.

i have tried this many times i saved before i go into the store hitting the vats as i enter the loading screen this is what i get vats locks on the store clerk then i change it to ed put it on his main body then i exit vats he still turns red ?? what am i doing wrong? i even went as far as printing this fix out i have tried it many time any help with this would be great??

I have lost ED-E also now to the hostile bug, please fix this