Despite its name displaying on the world map, ED-E is nowhere in sight. I've used prid (reference id) moveto player, but it still doesn't appear next to me. It has a very special suit of armor and energy weapons in its inventory which I can't retrieve due to this bug. What can I do with the console to make ED-E reappear?

Things to try:
1) Fast travel
2) Enter a building
3) Use the magic elevator in Vault 22

He's probably stuck under the ground. He does that.

Have you been to the Lucky 38 yet? He often returns there or Primm.

um if you went to norman fort and ed starting talking to you they have him and u will get him back in three days he ends up in the wastes even when it tells u hes in norman fort in freeside

Of course. I told ED-E to wait near the dilapidated house near Red Rock Canyon and when I went back to tell it to follow me, I could see it flickering in and out of existence above me. I've been unable to communicate with it since then. As I said, its name appears on the world map where I am when I use the prid console command. I've used 'tcl' to turn collision off and see if it's under ground, but it's not there either. I figured I could wait it out and ED-E would return to Primm eventually, but it just sits where I called it last for countless in-game days. I have no idea what's going on.

None of those options work because I told it to wait and then it disappeared.

Save first and then try a player.placeatme whatevertheformID is and see if that works. It will make a duplicate Ed-E but your stuff might be on it. Since you've tried the moveto command, I can't think of anything else.

No, the 'placeatme' command spawns a copy. Not the one you've been using. You won't get your stuff back.

Have you upgraded him yet? There's 3 Ref ID's for him, depending on if he's upgraded, which one you chose or if he isn't.
To get your stuff back, even though it may not bring him back, type this:

prid 1732d1
openteammatecontainer

1732d1 is his default ID.
1732D0 weapon upgrade
1732CF armor upgrade

If you've upgraded him use one of the those other ID's with PRID.

Edit: You may also be able to set him to not waiting, then he may catch up when you next fast-travel or go through a load door. I haven't done it with vanilla followers, just my custom ones, but if you want him to catch up again, it'd be prid RefID [Enter] set waiting to 0. NV followers seem to have pretty much the same basic scripting as FO3 followers.
If it doesn't work at least you have your stuff back from the previous commands

You go girl! I love it when you talk console commands! :wub: