Leaders

“	“Gathering together the most accomplished explorers in Paris, I looked closely at each. Who would become my new right hand?”

The Leader Selection screen with six of the eight leaders unlocked.

The Leader or Explorer is the player's chosen avatar and head of the party. Leaders are chosen at the beginning of the Campaign and cannot be changed or removed as long as they remain alive.

The Big Game Hunter and Anthropologist are available immediately, while the others are unlocked by completing specific achievements. It's also possible to unlock all Leaders at once using a cheat, by toggling "Instant text" in the Options menu 10 times in a row.

Leader characters

Each Leader has unique traits and stats that encourage certain play styles. They also have exclusive Perks available after each trek in addition to the standard perks.

Leaders start with more Health than Companions, and have a Capacity of 4 instead of 2. They start the campaign at Experience Level 2.

Note: In the table below, Health and Traits are based on Level 1. Since Leaders start at Level 2 they will have +5 Health, and one level-up increase already applied to traits.

Class	Traits
Big Game Hunter	Free Ambush attack when initiating Combat	75	4	1	2	1	3
Anthropologist	Starts each trek with Anthropological Studies Anthropological Studies Fame +20%/level-up Village reveal Fame +25	60	4	0	2	2	5
Plunderer	Starts each trek with Plunderer's Kit Plunderer's Kit usage Sanity +50%, +10%/level-up Shrine robbing Sanity +15, +3/level-up Cannot rest in Villages	60	4	0	4	0	5
Cartographer	Starts each trek with Cartographer's Kit Cartographic Studies Fame +10%/level-up	60	4	0	2	2	5
Taxonomist	Animal Trophy/Butterflies Fame +40%, +10%/level-up	60	4	2	0	2	3
Shennong Herbalist	Can get Medicinal Herbs from Native locations Herbs Health , Sanity , Fame +20%/level-up Immune to Poison	60	4	1	2	1	5
Red Flag Pirate	Starts each trek with Plunderer's Kit, Treasure Map and Shovel Plunderer's Kit usage Sanity +50%, +10%/level-up Buried Treasure Jewels +1, +1/level-up Cannot rest in Villages	60	4	3	1	0	5
Nahua Seeker	Starts each trek with Cartographer's Kit Cartographic Studies Fame +5%/level-up Attention Chance -15%, -5%/level-up	60	4	0	0	4/4	5

Starting parties

Each Leader starts with one pre-determined Level 1 Hand Item and two pre-determined Level 1 Companions.

Note: In the table below, numeric columns combine numbers from the leaders themselves, their starting companions, and their equipment. Dice face numbers are in decreasing order for column sorting, so the ordering of dice does not match across columns.

Leader	Equipment	Companions
Big Game Hunter	Hunting Knife	Field Nurse Hunting Dog	200	8	3/2/2/2/1	2/2/2	1/1
Anthropologist	Spear	Translator Islander Shaman	165	8	2/2	2/2	2/2/2
Plunderer	Whip	Street Rat Donkey	165	9	4	4/2/2	2
Cartographer	Machete	Roma Trader Islander Scout	165	8	2	2/2/1/1	3/2
Taxonomist	Ornamental Revolver	Cook Horse	165	9	2/2/1	4/2	2/1
Shennong Herbalist	Censer	Travelling Quack Donkey	165	9	4/1	2/2	2/1
Red Flag Pirate	Storm Lantern	Sailor British Soldier	175	8	4/3/2	2/1	2
Nahua Seeker	Shamanic Staff	Sailor Arbiter	175	8	2/2	2	4/4/3/2/2