---
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--companion-rapport
lang: en
title: Individual NPC relationships
summary: >-
  Repeated actions change an individual character's trust, unlocking reactions,
  services or quests.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport/'
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  https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport.json
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  https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport.md
aliases: []
tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - 'Companions, pets and mounts'
sourceIds:
  - source-0b3f08065b5619f3
  - source-478907b8b62d0628
sources:
  - id: source-0b3f08065b5619f3
    title: 'The Elder Scrolls Online: Companions'
    url: >-
      https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/53198/~/companions---the-elder-scrolls-online
    verifiedAt: null
  - id: source-478907b8b62d0628
    title: Potionomics
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/'
    verifiedAt: null
relations: []
placements:
  - catalogId: rpg-grind
    id: companion-rapport
    title: RPG grinding
    url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/rpg-grind/#companion-rapport'
    categoryIds:
      - companion-progression
supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Individual NPC relationships
    description: >-
      Repeated actions change an individual character's trust, unlocking
      reactions, services or quests.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/dialogue-potionomics-05.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Potionomics
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1874490/ss_1a48567b697d25dee05de6d998e8946ec5ff0ca1.1920x1080.jpg?t=1750960791
      credit: 'Voracious Games / XSEED Games / Marvelous USA, Inc.'
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
        Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: Saffron responds positively during a conversation
      alt: Saffron responds positively during a conversation
      markers:
        - x: 18
          'y': 63
          label: The response signals a change in personal affinity
    tips:
      - Connect trust to consistent actions and specific relationships.
    examples:
      - title: Potionomics
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/'
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/rpg-grind
---
# Individual NPC relationships

id: rpg-grind--companion-rapport
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--companion-rapport/

Repeated actions change an individual character's trust, unlocking reactions, services or quests.

## At a glance

![Saffron responds positively during a conversation](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/dialogue-potionomics-05.webp)

[Potionomics](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The response signals a change in personal affinity

- Connect trust to consistent actions and specific relationships.

- [Potionomics](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/)

## How it works

Repeated actions change an individual character's trust, unlocking reactions, services or quests.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="companion-rapport-options"></a>

- Perform actions the character approves of. <a id="companion-rapport-option-1"></a>
- Give suitable gifts with bounded repeat effects. <a id="companion-rapport-option-2"></a>
- Complete shared quests for relationship milestones. <a id="companion-rapport-option-3"></a>

## Design example

Helping an archivist with rare manuscripts unlocks a personal story and collection access.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [The Elder Scrolls Online: Companions](https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/53198/~/companions---the-elder-scrolls-online) (id: source-0b3f08065b5619f3)
- [Potionomics](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/) (id: source-478907b8b62d0628)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors