Can Preston Garvey's perk still be obtained if he cannot be your companion?

I've unfortunately fallen into the glitch scenario with Preston Garvey, described in a few other questions, where dialogue can't be initiated, and therefore he cannot be my companion. I don't have any viable pre-Castle mission saves to revert back to.

However, I've noticed that if he is nearby when doing weapon modifications, I'll still see a "Preston liked that" notification, so I'm seemingly still gaining affection with him. Doing this enough times should max out affection, so would his perk be obtainable in this glitched state? Perhaps by:

Obtaining it when his affinity maxes out, even though he is not my active companion, without the need to have the 'idolized' affinity conversation?
Allowing an affinity dialog to occur between affinity levels, even though all other dialog is not working with him?

Can you get Preston Garvey's perk, even if he is dialog-glitched and cannot become your companion?

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Best Answer

No he can't. Preston must be your active companion. Only then he can talk to you about your relationship. You still can get notifications like:

"Preston tolerates you"

"Preston admires you"

"Preston idolizes you"

But affection events are triggered only when character is your active companion.

For PC players, you can try console command to make target your companion:

setplayerteammate 1

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How do I get Preston garveys perk?

Preston Garvey's affinity will instantly drop to "Hated" if you take over a settlement for raiders during Home Sweet Home. It is not necessary to romance companions to gain the respective perks for reaching maximum affinity.

Do you have to romance Preston to get his perk?

Use Strong or X6-88. You can actually finish Nuka World all the way through Power Play, finishing the NW main quest line, and then do the Freedom Museum, and sending Preston to Sanctuary. Once he gets there, he won't be hostile, but will talk to you, and you can then do Open Season to get him to trust you.

How do I keep Preston after Nuka world?

The First Step: Preston asks the Sole Survivor to help out a settlement. If this quest is completed, Preston will become available as a companion.

A Profile of Preston Garvey - Who is He Anyway? - Fallout 4 Lore

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