Forum:ED-E disappeared

I traveled to Cottonwood cove as part of the Left My Heart quest, and ED-E is suddenly gone. I looked around, went to Primm, Novac, and the Lucky 38, but can't find him. Anyone have this happen to them? If so, where did you find him? I'm on the xbox, so console commands aren't an option.

This seems to be the best option:

The following fix seems to work when you lose one or both companions and are unable to find them at either your Lucky 38 suite or in their original home locations. Confirmed to work multiple times on PS3, also confirmed on XBOX 360.

Go to Vault 22 and use the central elevator (which you may need to repair at a skill level of 50). Choose to go to Level 5 - Pest Control. Your missing Companion(s) will be waiting there at the exit of the elevator. You will need to use the Companion wheel to tell them to follow you again as they will be in "Wait Here" mode. It appears that the game does some sort of companion check when using this elevator, and will move your companions here regardless of their status. Credit to Evolus05 on the Gamespot forums at this thread for the fix.

2. the elevator trick didnt work.ps3

Did not work for this ps3 either.

This "trick" apparently only works if you have accidentally forgotten where your companion was told to wait. Another way to find them would be to go to lucky 38, and travel to the penthouse. All companions are set to wait when you travel there. Then wait 7 days and they will return to their respective places. Except... this won't work with the ED-E glitch - you will still show the "enhanced sensors" perk, and still not have ED-E (a human companion will return to their origin). This not only prevents you from using Rex, it breaks the game as you can't have your companions wait to enter Caesar's tent. Hopefully, the upcoming patch will address this, because for now the only confirmed "fix" is to loose your progress and roll back to a save prior to ED-Es disappearance.

I 'lost' ED-E some time ago, but randomly returned to me near the strip with the Brotherhood/Followers Quest. Another time, ED-E was lost on the west side of the map and appeared in the Vault 22 Pest Control Room after I had travelled there, left the room and returned again. (PS3)

Just a word of warning--the same thing can happen to Rex, when visiting the lucky 38, if you don't tell him to wait before entering the penthouse. I did that once, and he dissapeared for a LONG time. I searched everywhere, and even fast-traveling didn't help. He FINALLY did reappear, out of friggin nowhere, but I have no idea why. This is just FYI. I've yet to have ED-E vanish, but Veronica bugs often with me, getting that damned pistol. --SergeantDornan 09:00, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

3. Dead Money

None of those earlier tricks worked for me. This is what FINALLY DID IT: Install "Dead Money", start the quest. As soon as you get knocked out, you get a message saying that you've lost your companions' perks and they've returned to their respective homes. INCLUDING ED-E! Glory, glory hallelujah and it only cost $10.

4. Honest Hearts

The Honest Hearts DLC is another potential fix for this probem. Either travel there to start/complete the DLC or travel after completing the DLC (as you can return at anytime). At the end of the cave it automatically returns any companions to their defualt starting area. However ED-E (and I assume Rex), will remain invisable and you will be unable to interact with them.