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You can meet Ulysses in the Lonesome Road DLC, but the documented way to recruit him as a follower afterward requires the community-made Ulysses Companion Mod. Complete the DLC with Ulysses alive, then find his final message in the lockbox outside the Divide entrance and talk to him about “I found your final message.” This is a modded recruitment method, not a vanilla-game feature.
What happens in the unmodded game?
Ulysses is the original Courier Six and a central character in Lonesome Road, the add-on that takes you into the Divide. The official Steam listing for Lonesome Road describes that journey as one you make without your usual companions. It establishes a story encounter with Ulysses, not a method to recruit him as a permanent follower afterward.
If your goal is to have Ulysses travel with you after the DLC, you need the community mod described below. The add-on itself requires Fallout: New Vegas on Steam.
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How to recruit him with the Ulysses Companion Mod
- Have Fallout: New Vegas and access to the Lonesome Road DLC.
- Complete Lonesome Road and leave Ulysses alive. The mod listing says he must survive for its permanent-recruitment option to work.
- Install the Ulysses Companion Mod. Check its listing for the current installation and compatibility instructions; compatibility with a particular game setup is not established here.
- Find Ulysses’s final message in the lockbox outside the Divide entrance.
- Speak to Ulysses and choose the dialogue topic “I found your final message.” The mod listing identifies this as the recruitment trigger.
Which route should you choose?
| What you want | Route | What it provides |
|---|---|---|
| Meet Ulysses as part of the story | Lonesome Road DLC | The official story journey into the Divide; Steam says the add-on requires Fallout: New Vegas. |
| Have Ulysses follow you after the DLC | Ulysses Companion Mod | A community-mod recruitment method, provided Ulysses survives and you use the final-message dialogue trigger. |
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