How do you get a dog?

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How do you get a dog?

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And can you command him/her to stay in your house?
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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In that city built into the mountain side there's a guy you can buy a dog from (500gold). I'll see if I can find the name of the specific city.

Its in The Reach, by Markarth I think?
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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The mountainside town is Markarth.

You can also meet one by a shack out in the middle of nowhere, in The Pale, I think. And there's also chance encounter stray dogs.
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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barbas you can get outside of falkreath the blacksmith there gives you a quest to find him
he is related to a quest so
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he is clavicus' dog and invincible, cant die but he sucks for sneaking characters cuz he barks all the time
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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IN a hut near Solitude, there's a dog named Meeko whose owner died.
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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500 gold for the one in the Markarth stables. Warning: Dont tell the dog to go home, you'll end up having to buy him again.
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Re: How do you get a dog?

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Can they be used as pack mules?
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Re: How do you get a dog?

Post by OblivionDuruza »

I can confirm there are 3 dog companions available in game:
  • Vigilance, as I, and others, already mention (edit: that was actually a different thread I relaaise :lol:), who can be bought for 500 Septims at the Markath Stables from Banning.
  • Meeko, a dog found at Meeko's shack in Hjaalmarch, across the river from the Solitude Stables
  • And a Stray Dog met in a random "World Encounter", either Corpse in the Aftermath of a Dragon Attack or Dog Fending Off A Pair of Wolves


They cannot be used as pack mules to my knowledge.
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