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 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.)

All "humanoid" companions (i.e. excluding Animals) have a Loyalty attribute that starts at 2 out of 4; if it reaches 0 the companion becomes Angry and may leave.

Note: In the tables below, Health and Dice face colors are for start Level 1, and "Ability X, +Y/promotion" means that "ability" 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.

Tavern Recruits

These characters can be recruited for free at the Boussole Cassée Tavern once before each trek. (Donkeys can also be found there.) All except the Missionary are also available as starting companions of various Leaders.

Class	Abilities	H
Sailor	Free Naval Flare each trek Naval Flare cooldown -2/promotion	60	2	0	2
Field Nurse	Heal Speed +20%, +15%/promotion	60	3	0	1
British Soldier	Firearms Strength +20%, +5%/promotion	50	4	0	0
Cook	Cooked meat Sanity = 3, +1/promotion	50	2	2	0
Missionary	Max Sanity +10, +5/promotion Free resting in Missions	50	2	0	2
Translator	Village resting Sanity per night +1, +1/promotion	50	2	0	2
Roma Trader	Trade cost -5, -2/promotion	50	0	1	3
Street Rat	Can steal from trading encounters	50	0	2	2
Travelling Quack	Free Elixir every 30 days, -3/promotion Not available in Tavern during Year 1	50	0	2	2
Hunting Dog	Free Raw Quail every 20 days, -2/promotion Animal with Beast equipment slot only (no saddles)	60	2	2	0

Club Recruits

These characters can be purchased from the Explorer Clubs for 10 Tickets each, once unlocked by reaching the required Rank with that club.

Class	Abilities	H				Club	Unlock Rank
Sikh Warrior	Melee weapons Strength +20%, +5%/promotion Can still fight at 0 Health	50	1	3	0	Avalon Society	2
Treasure Corgi	Reveals nearby buried treasures Can dig up treasure without a shovel Animal with Beast equipment slot only (no saddles)	50	0	4	0	Avalon Society	7
Engineer	Equipped Lux Labs items Level +1, +1/promotion	50	0	2	2	Lux Labs	2
Kinetographer	Free Film Reel x4 each trek Kino Film Fame +10%/promotion	50	3	0	1	Lux Labs	7
Academy Master	Free Scroll every 30 days, -3/promotion	50	0	0	4	Taishi Academy	2
Taoist Monk	Armor vs. Supernatural enemies 15%, +5%/promotion	50	0	3	1	Taishi Academy	7

Native Companions

Native companions can be recruited by request to the Ruler of a Village, which usually requires 3 Standing. They can also join through various random events, and can be hired from wandering Exposition Recruiters by succeeding a speaking challenge. Some village quests involve escorting a native who joins your party temporarily without taking up a character slot.

Natives hired from villages have a Local attribute that makes them reluctant to follow you after a trek. Keeping them will require a successful speaking challenge and the end of the trek, which will clear the attribute.

Note: some of the Native character classes have "Elite" variants with unclear effects.

Some Native classes are "generic" and can appear in any tribe:

Class	Abilities	H
Warrior	Sanity from combat +5, +2/promotion	50	3	1	0
Scout	View Distance +10%, +10%/promotion	50	2	2	0

Others are specialized classes, presented below.

Humans

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

Class	Abilities	H
Shaman	Sanity from Mushrooms +10, +5/promotion	50	2	0	2
Priest	Max Sanity +10, +5/promotion	50	0	0	4
Arbiter	View Distance +10%, +10%/promotion 1 extra die (3 Blue faces, never increasing) "Detests violence" Only available with Nahua Seeker at campaign start	50	2/0	2/0	3/3

Salamanders

Salamander natives are found in Archipelago maps. All are of non-binary gender. Non-generic Salamander classes have an "amphibious" ability that reduces water and swamp travel costs.

Class	Abilities	H
Sea Priest	Sanity from Mushrooms +10, +5/promotion Water/Swamp Tile Cost -2	50	0	0	4
Dowser	Water reveal chance 15%, +5%/promotion Water/Swamp Tile Cost -2	50	2	2	0
Guardian	Attention Chance -25%, -5%/promotion Water/Swamp Tile Cost -2	50	4	0	0
Prince	Melee weapons Strength +20%, +5%/promotion Water/Swamp Tile Cost -2	50	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	Abilities	H
Burrower	Free Mining Saw each trek	50	4	0	0
Tinkerer	Free Tinker Box each trek Tinker Box cooldown -2, -1/promotion	50	0	4	0
Headhunter	Trade cost -5, -2/promotion	50	2	0	2

Pack Animals

Pack Animals are Animal companions often selected for their increased carrying Capacity. They take up a character slot as normal but don't have a Loyalty attribute, and have a Beast/Pack Animal equipment slot instead of a Hand and Body slot. One pack animal per party can be ridden by your Leader using a Saddle (occupying 1 Capacity) to reduce travel costs and add a second combat die (shown as the second number in the dice face columns below).

Class	Abilites	H				Capacity	Found in
Horse		50	0/0	4/0	0/2	2 + Level	Drylands/Jungle villages
Donkey		50	4/?	0/?	0/?	2 + Level	Drylands/Jungle villages, Tavern
Parasaurolophus		60	0/1	2/0	2/0	2 + Level	Prehistoric villages, Baby Parasaurolophus
Giant Tortoise	Travel Start Cost +3	75	2/2	2/0	0/0	4 + Level	Archipelago villages, Baby Tortoise
Oryx	Waterfall/Oasis reveal distance 3 + Level	55	2/?	2/?	0/?	4	Drylands/Jungle Prey Animals
Red Elk	Standing +1 every 30 days, -2/promotion	65	0/0	2/2	2/0	4	Waterfall/Oasis random event