Companions

“	“My heart pounded with anticipation of the fame and glory that lay before me. But first I would need to hire some assistance...”

Companions or Recruitable Characters will join your party in various ways, most commonly by recruiting them in Paris or in native villages. Your party can have a maximum of 4 companions in addition to your Leader; any extra characters must be dismissed before moving. (Some special temporary companions are an exception to this.)

Note: In all the tables below, Health and Dice face colors are for start Level 1, and "Bonus X, +Y/promotion" means that "Bonus" starts at X at Level 1 and increases by Y for each additional level from 2 onward.

European Companions

European companions can be recruited in the Paris hub in-between treks, or occasionaly found in other locations.

Tavern Recruits

These characters can be obtained in:

• Leader-specific starting parties (except Missionary)
• Tavern (except Travelling Quack during first year)
• Mole Villages (except animals)
• Ice Caves (except animals)

Class	Traits
Sailor	Starts each trek with Naval Flare Naval Flare cooldown -2 days/level-up)	60	2	2	0	2
Field Nurse	Heal Speed +30%, +10%/level-up	60	2	3	0	1
British Soldier	Equipped Guns damage +15%, +5%/level-up	50	2	4	0	0
Cook	Cooked Meat/Fish/Quail Sanity & Value +1, +1/level-up	50	2	2	2	0
Missionary	Max Sanity +10, +3/level-up	50	2	2	0	2
Translator	Village Rest nightly Sanity +1, +1/level-up	50	2	2	0	2
Roma Trader	Trade Value +5, +2/level-up	50	2	0	1	3
Street Rat	Can Steal from Trade locations Stealing Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	50	2	0	2	2
Travelling Quack	Provides random Elixir every 30 days, -2/level-up	50	2	0	2	2
Donkey	Capacity +1/level-up	50	3	4	0	0
Hunting Dog	Provides Raw Quail every 25 days, -2/level-up Hunting Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	60	2	2/2	2/2	0/0

Club Recruits

These characters can be obtained in:

• Club Shops for 8 Tickets (regardless of level)
• Tavern for free (from a random selection)
• Mole Villages (except animals)
• Ice Caves (except animals)

Class	Traits						Club	Rank
Sikh Warrior	Equipped Melee Weapons damage +15%, +5%/level-up Can still fight at 0 Health	50	2	1	3	0	Avalon Society	2
Treasure Corgi	Reveals nearby Buried Treasure and digs without a Shovel Search Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	50	2	0/0	4/4	0/0	Avalon Society	8
Engineer	Equipped Lux Labs item Level +1, +1/level-up	50	2	0	2	2	Lux Labs	4
Kinetographer	Starts each trek with 4 Film Reels Kino Film Fame +15%/level-up	50	2	3	0	1	Lux Labs	8
Academy Master	Provides random Scroll every 30 days, -2/level-up	50	2	0	0	4	Taishi Academy	2
Taoist Monk	Armour vs. Supernatural enemies +15%, +5%/level-up	50	2	0	3	1	Taishi Academy	8

Native Companions

Native companions can be recruited by request to the Ruler of a Village. They can also join your party from certain special locations, encounters or random events.

They can be obtained in:

• Leader-specific starting parties
• Native Villages
• Exposition Recruiter
• Ice Caves

(Note: the Salamander Prince can only be obtained in the Mole Village of the Act II story expedition.)

Humans

Human natives are found in Drylands, Jungle and Prehistoric maps. Some also appear as starting companions of certain Leaders.

Class	Traits
Native Shaman	Mushroom Sanity +10, +3/level-up	50	2	2	0	2
Native Warrior	Combat victory Sanity +5, +1/level-up	50	2	3	1	0
Elite Warrior	Combat victory Sanity +5, +1/level-up Combat actions Level +1	55	2	3	1	0
Native Scout	View Distance +15%, +3%/level-up	50	2	2	2	0
Arbiter	View Distance +15%, +3%/level-up Loyalty -1 when initiating combat	50	2	2/0	2/0	0/3

Salamanders

Salamander natives are found in Archipelago maps. Most of them benefit from reduced Water and Swamps travel costs.

Class	Traits
Sea Priest	Mushroom Sanity +10, +3/level-up Water/Swamps Travel Cost -2	50	2	0	0	4
Dowser	Waterfall/Oasis Reveal Distance +1, +1/level-up Water/Swamps Travel Cost -2	50	2	2	2	0
Arbiter	View Distance +15%, +3%/level-up Loyalty -1 when initiating combat	50	2	2/0	2/0	0/3
Guardian	Attention Chance -10%, -2%/level-up Water/Swamps Travel Cost -2	50	2	4	0	0
Elite Guardian	Attention Chance -10%, -2%/level-up Water/Swamps Travel Cost -2 Combat actions Level +1	55	2	4	0	0
Salamander Prince	Equipped Melee Weapons damage +15%, +5%/level-up Water/Swamps Travel Cost -2 Combat actions Level +1	60	2	4	0	0

Mole People

Mole People natives are found in Caverns maps. They are purchased as mercenaries from Mole Outposts, not Villages. Mole villages instead offer non-Mole characters (Europeans, Human Natives and Salamanders) for purchase.

Class	Traits
Tinkerer	Starts each trek with Tinker Box Tinker Box cooldown -2 days/level-up)	50	2	0	4	0
Burrower	Starts each trek with Mining Saw	50	2	4	0	0
Headhunter	Trade Value +5, +2/level-up	50	2	2	0	2

Animal Companions

Animal companions are non-humanoid trek members. They take up a character slot as normal but don't have a Loyalty attribute, and have a single special Equipment slot instead of Hand and Body slots. Unlike with humanoids, you can recruit several animals of the same class in your party.

Pack Animals

Pack Animals are often selected for their ability to be ridden and/or their increased carrying Capacity . They have a combined Beast/Pack Animal equipment slot. One pack animal per party can be Mounted by your Leader using a Saddle (generally occupying 1 Capacity) to reduce travel costs and activate the mount's second die.

They can be obtained in:

• Leader-specific starting parties (Donkey, Horse)
• Tavern (Donkey)
• Villages (Donkey/Horse/Oryx in Drylands/Jungle, Giant Tortoise in Archipelagos, Parasaurolophus in Prehistoric lands)
• Hatched and grown from Mysterious Eggs (Giant Tortoise, Parasaurolophus, Raptor)
• Tamed Prey Animals (Oryx)
• Rare variants of Waterfall/Oasis (Red Elk)

Class	Traits
Donkey	Capacity +1/level-up	50	3	4	0	0		-1	0	2	0
Horse	Capacity +1/level-up	50	3	0	4	0		-1	0	0	2
Parasaurolophus	Capacity +1/level-up	60	3	0	2	2		-1	2	0	0
Oryx	Waterfall/Oasis Reveal Distance +1, +1/level-up	55	4	2	2	0		-1	0	2	0
Red Elk	Provides Standing +1 every 30 days, -2/level-up	65	4	0	2	2		-1	0	2	0
Giant Tortoise	Capacity +1/level-up Travel Start Cost +3	75	5	2	2	0		-1	2	0	0
Raptor	Provides Raw Quail every 25 days, -2/level-up Hunting Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	60	2	0/0	2/2	2/2			2	0	0

Beasts

Beasts are smaller animals that cannot be ridden or use larger equipment. They provide a second die without requiring anything to activate it, and also a bonus die for specified non-Combat challenges. However they have a Beast equipment slot only, and cannot equip Pack Animal-specific items such as Saddles (unless they are also Pack Animals, such as the Raptor).

Class	Traits						Found in
Treasure Corgi	Reveals nearby Buried Treasure and digs without a Shovel Search Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	50	2	0/0	4/4	0/0	Avalon Society shop, Tavern
Hunting Dog	Provides Raw Quail every 25 days, -2/level-up Hunting Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	60	2	2/2	2/2	0/0	Big Game Hunter start, Tavern
Raptor	Provides Raw Quail every 25 days, -2/level-up Hunting Challenge bonus die with 1 colored face, +1/level-up	60	2	0/0	2/2	2/2	Hatched Mysterious Egg