Inez (Inez Silang) is a recruitable companion aligned with Auntie’s Choice. You’ll first encounter her at the Ministry of Accuracy on Paradise Island, west of Fairfield. After that run-in, head to the Fairfield Town Hall, where she’s negotiating with Minister Milverstreet; speak with her and offer help with her graft issue to bring her onto the crew.

Recruitment commonly flows from Paradise Island’s mainline objectives: quests that send you into the Ministry of Accuracy will put Inez on your path, and she appears in Town Hall once you return to Fairfield. It’s possible to lock yourself out of recruiting her if you wrap up the Paradise storyline without circling back, so add her to your roster before finishing late-stage objectives on the island.

Inez quick facts

Category Details
Faction Auntie’s Choice
First locations Ministry of Accuracy (Paradise Island), then Fairfield Town Hall
Starting weapon Inez’s Rifle
Starting armor Inez’s Body Armor
Companion ability The Magic Bullet (offense or support varies by graft)
Traits Combat Drugs; Unlicensed Chemist
Pros Field Medicine; Formidable Graft
Cons Didn’t take Hippocratic Oath

Companions react to your choices and may leave if they strongly disagree with your actions, so keep Inez’s Auntie’s Choice ties in mind during faction-critical decisions.

Companion quest: Better than Nature (graft choice)

After recruitment, Inez asks you to fix her defective graft. The companion quest “Better than Nature” sends you to collect a biological sample to build a replacement graft. You can take down one of two targets on Paradise Island:

  • Skeleton Crabble — yields an offensive graft that lets The Magic Bullet fire armor‑piercing attacks.
  • Raptidon Matriarch — yields a support graft that turns The Magic Bullet into a party heal via restorative mist.

You only need one sample; defeating both is optional and doesn’t stack effects. Pick based on your party needs: Crabble for more DPS, Raptidon for reliable healing and sustain. The Raptidon Matriarch resides in the island’s north near the Vox Relay, which may require story progress or alternate traversal to reach.

Inez scales with your level and gains perk points periodically. Her kit naturally supports two lanes: a defensive support who stabilizes the team, or an offensive support who buffs accuracy, rate of fire, and damage output.

Defensive support perk path

Level Perk What it does
5 Field Medicine Occasional med packs that reduce Toxicity build‑up and Crash duration.
10 Experimental Biomass Conversion Eating or drinking can sometimes yield Crude Biomass while she’s in the party.
15 Medical Graft Research Enhances the healing side of her ability; Raptidon mist lingers to keep healing, Crabble adds a healing canister on ability use.
20 Experimental Primer Research Crafts a low‑toxicity primer that grants a buff healing you on party kills.
25 Self Betterment Medical Inhaler restores +25% more Health; your party becomes undamageable for 3 seconds after using it.
30 Emergency Procedures Instantly clears all Toxicity and Crash.

Offensive support perk path

Level Perk What it does
5 Surgical Strike Boosts accuracy, targets weak spots, and periodically stuns her target.
10 Experimental Drug Conversion Eating or drinking grants a small amount of Inhaler charge while she’s in the party.
15 Lethal Graft Research Improves the damage output of The Magic Bullet based on the chosen graft.
20 Potent Biomass Adds a small baseline of Corrosive damage and boosts your Corrosive capabilities.
25 Extra‑Strength Injector Doubles Combat Drugs duration for Inez.
30 Drug Diffusion Modification On ability use, grants party +25% rate of fire, +25% reload speed, and −50% ranged spread for a short time.

Her Combat Drugs trait already spikes the rate of fire and accuracy at the start of fights; the offensive path extends that window and shares stronger buffs with the team.

Best equipment upgrades

Item Upgrade Why it helps
Inez’s Rifle Medical Bio‑Barrel Converts damage to Corrosive, aligning with biomass‑themed perks.
Inez’s Rifle Auto‑Loader Automates reloads to sustain fire during her Combat Drugs window.
Inez’s Body Armor Acid‑Resistant Materials Prevents corrosive side effects that can disrupt her frontline uptime.
Inez’s Body Armor Accuracy Drug Enhancements Boosts damage or accuracy while Combat Drugs are active.

You can swap mod kits freely while traveling, so tailor her loadout to the zone and enemy types you expect.

How Inez fits into your squad

The graft determines her primary role. With the Crabble graft, she functions as a medium‑to‑long‑range DPS who pressures armored targets when you trigger The Magic Bullet. With the Raptidon graft, she’s a support anchor who stabilizes the team with healing mist during tough pushes.

Her traits reinforce both styles. Combat Drugs front‑loads her combat impact with a burst of accuracy and rate of fire, while Unlicensed Chemist increases the Inhaler charge value you gain from drugs when she’s riding along. Either path benefits squads that like to engage at range while rotating inhaler usage and timed ability bursts.

Inez is most reliable when you recruit her during the Paradise Island arc, commit to a graft that matches your party’s needs, and invest in perks that amplify either sustained healing or teamwide damage windows. Keep her faction leanings in mind, and she’ll stay loyal—and lethal.