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In "Starfield", I've completed the companion quest for two of my companions: Barrett and Sarah Morgan. Once I completed each quest, a small message displayed saying that the companion was now my ally.

I can't seem to figure out if this means anything, though. The 'status' page doesn't seem to indicate anything tied to this new state. And googling 'starfield ally' seems to bring up compatibility q&a's regarding an ASUS handheld unfortunately named 'ally'.

Since a message is displayed, I'm inclined to believe there's some sort of benefit inherent in being an ally with a given companion character -- possibly similar to Fallout 4 where different characters, once you maxed out their regard for you and became their ally, gave you special benefits (eg. extra damage against robots, that sort of thing.) What, if anything, is the benefit to being an "ally" with a companion, and are those benefits displayed somewhere?

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    I don't know about ally, but being romantically [Committed] increases the XP boost of resting from 5% to 15%.
    – Mufasa
    Commented Sep 22, 2023 at 4:10
  • also, after the rest, the allied character will be laying on the same bed with you and make comments insinuating stuff happened
    – Icebone1000
    Commented Oct 11, 2023 at 18:00
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    No that's only if you're in a relationship (eg have been flirting) @Icebone1000 ; if you're just friendly that doesn't happen.
    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    Commented Oct 11, 2023 at 21:57
  • I don't think there is a mechanic change. I think it's just vestigial and the game devs forgot to flesh it out. It seems to be right below Committed. Maybe it's the top level for companions you can't romance, but they left it in for the romanceable ones? I haven't delved too deeply into it to test.
    – TylerH
    Commented Sep 4, 2024 at 21:54

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Seems like Ally status is only used to mark the branching point between a base companion vs. on the romance path.

Your mentioned Barrett and Sarah Morgan are two of the Main Companions listed here:

https://starfield.wiki.fextralife.com/Companions

With only the robot being the 5th and unromancable companion.

The romanceable companions have quests to unlock the romance path, and being able to start romancing them means being an Ally first, apparently, given what's said on reddit: Companion "ally" status

[–]Necandus [...] Sat Sep 9 18:03:11 2023 UTC
As far as I can tell nothing other than the ability to romance them for an exp buff

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  • The question isn't about romance ... Just whether the "Ally" state gives some benefit.
    – Roddy of the Frozen Peas
    Commented Oct 6, 2024 at 6:36
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    @RoddyoftheFrozenPeas - Just in case editing my answer doesn't notify you, I added my conclusion at the top of my answer.
    – Malady
    Commented Oct 6, 2024 at 12:19

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