Avowed: How To Make The Companion Exclamation Mark Go Away

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Obsidian Entertainment's RPG is appreciated for its accessibility, which can be seen in its combat, gearing, crafting, and various other systems. Certainly, if something like is a bit too rich for your blood, provides an easier entry point into the genre. Not all of its features are so user-friendly, however, and require some explanation.

Very early in you'll acquire a couple of trusty companions in Kai and Marius. Not long after that, you'll notice an exclamation mark next to the icon that represents them in the bottom left corner of your screen. Said icon will also appear above their head. So, what is this mysterious exclamation mark for? You can't actually click or interact with the mark to make anything happen, as intuitive as that would be. Rather, you'll have to resort to other measures.

The companion exclamation mark, simply put, means a companion wants to have a conversation with you (no, the romantic kind isn't a thing in ). Unfortunately, your character seems to be shy in the overworld, so if you want to chat them up and make that pesky exclamation mark go away, you'll have to head to camp.

Avowed gives the player a lot of opportunities to role-play as their character and make choices, but how much do these choices impact the game?

To head to camp, simply open your map and select one of the pink and purple tent icons, then click the fast travel button. Of course, you could run there, but it's not necessary. If you're at the very beginning of your adventure, you can find one right away a short way west of Shantytown (Paradis). However, there are camp sites all around Paradis and beyond, so you won't have to go far to find one wherever you are.

Make your choices in companion conversations wisely, as there's no way to change the permanent attribute buffs they give you.

Once at camp, chat up whichever companion had an exclamation mark, and has one now above their head. Since you're at camp, the conversation will trigger as you'd expect. Sometimes you'll simply