To befriend Virginia in Sons of the Forest and make yer like you as a companion requires you to actually do very little. It's more about what you don't do as standing still and putting away any weapons will slowly make her more comfortable around you. There are a few other things you can do, which I've outlined below, and over time she'll join your party, capable of using weapons to help fight enemies and bringing you supplies.
How to get Virginia in Sons of the Forest to join you
As mentioned, Virginia will join you in Sons of the Forest simply after enough time has passed, assuming you don't hurt or scare her. The process goes like this:
- Early on in the game, you may notice Virginia nearby.
- As time goes on she'll slowly approach you occasionally. Put away any weapons and allow her to approach, without making any sudden moves.
- This will happen a few times and she'll run off into the forest after a short while each time. Don't worry, that's normal.
- This pattern will repeat for a while, with her emerging and disappearing again. Never do anything aggressive in these moments.
- Eventually, Virginia will warm up to you and learn to trust you. She'll start bringing you food initially and eventually simply start following you. At this point, she is a companion you can have limited interactions with.
Once she starts to hang around you can do a few things that will sped up the process of making her like you, such as standing near her without a weapon drawn and watching her dance. If she's standing by an unlit fire you can light it to increase her affinity as well. She'll also grow to like you more if she eats any food from something you've built, like a drying rack. So make of few of those to draw her in.
For more details on what Virginia's capable of doing, we've got her details listed here in the Sons of the Forest companions guide, where you can find out the limits of her abilities, as well as how to give her weapons and clothing.
Does Virginia respawn?
If Virginia is killed she won't respawn. As per the Sons of the Forest respawn system, she's not coming back unless you start modding the game or changing saves. You'll have a chance to revive her if she takes too much damage and goes into a , but that's before she dies and while she goes into a downed state - if you don't get to her in time, or she takes further damage while downed, she'll die and there's no in-game way to respawn her within that save file.
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