Unique Recruits are unique Playable Characters that can only ever appear once per game unless imported. They have dialogue unique to them, and often have higher stats than average recruits, a few of them may even be tied to World States. While most unique recruits are just found in bars and often require a fee to hire, this is not necessarily true for all of them. Note that if a recruit has unique dialogue and joins the player's faction, the dialogue will remain even after the character's name or body shape has been changed via the Plastic Surgeon.
Not all of them have a guaranteed name and may be given a random name. In those cases, it will be difficult to pick them out of a crowd without talking to them, though you might be able to, depending on their Equipment.
Note: The locations listed are just their possible spawn points. It is still sometimes random if they actually spawn there. It's entirely possible for some of them not to spawn at all.
Please note that stats mentioned in the "Noteworthy Because" section are affected by racial stat bonuses/malaises. As such, a character like Bo who has 15 in their combat skills will actually have 16.5 Dexterity when you find them in game. When +/- is shown that means that the character's stats are randomized by that much (plus or minus), or it may be listed as "stat randomise".
Named Recruits
| Name | Race | Cost | Possible Locations | Noteworthy Because |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnu | Soldierbot | Free | Tower of Abuse | Only Soldierbot who is recruitable
50 Strength Beep's best friend |
| Bard | Greenlander | 3,000 | Bad Teeth, Blister Hill, Stack, Waystations, World's End | Dialogue |
| Beep | Hive Worker Drone | Free | Mongrel | He is Beep, and constantly beeps. |
| Bo | Scorchlander | Free | Black Scratch | 20 Katana Weapon Skill
84 Athletics/Stealth 70 Assassination/Swimming 50 Lockpicking/Thievery/Field Medic/Robotics 15 Attack/Defence/Martial Arts/Toughness |
| Burn | Skeleton | Free | Burn's Tower | 15 in Combat skills (+/-2)
One of the few guaranteed Skeleton recruits. |
| Cat | Scorchlander | Free | Dust King Tower | 10 Athletics
40 Medic 20 Science |
| Chad | Scorchlander | 9,000 | Flats Lagoon | 15 in Combat skills (20 in Unarmed/Dodge)
20 Strength 15 Toughness |
| Cornelius | Goat | 14,000 (bargained down to 7,000, but actually still costs 14,000 either way) | Settled Nomad Village | 15 in Combat skills
Is a Goat |
| Crumblejon | Greenlander | Free | Mongrel | 24 Strength
10 in Combat skills Unique Dialogue |
| Digna | Greenlander | 3,000 | Flotsam Village | None |
| Doctor Chung | Greenlander | Free | Mud Town, Shark | 40 Medic
15 Science |
| Ells | Shek | 300 | Sho-Battai | 5 Field Medic
12 Stealth 20 Thievery |
| Espher | Southern Hive Worker Drone | Free | Tengu's Vault | 3 stat randomise.
Guaranteed Southern Hive Worker Drone 5 in many of his stats |
| Green | Hive Worker Drone | 2,300 | Mud Town, Shark | 10 Athletics
65 Crossbow and 78 Turrets |
| Green Finger | Scorchlander | 2,000 | Fishing Village | 18 Strength
25 Engineer 40 Labouring + Farming |
| Griffin | Greenlander | 9,000 | Bad Teeth, Blister Hill, Stack | 20 in many of his stats
Unique Dialogue |
| Hamut | Greenlander | Free | Mud Town, Shark, VERY small chance in any UC town. | 13 in Combat skills (+/-6)
Unique Dialogue |
| Headshot | Shek | 7,500 | Eyesocket, Slave Markets | 55 Turret
50 Crossbow |
| Hobbs | Greenlander | Free | Fishing Village, The Hub, Waystation(s), World's End, Mourn | Dialogue |
| Horse | Shek | 4,500 | Fishing Village, Squin | Dialogue |
| Infinite Wingwang | Greenlander | 100,000 (bargained down to 5,000) | Mongrel | 20 Strength, Dexterity, & Sabre
25 Attack 10 Defense |
| Izumi | Greenlander | 2,500 | Any UC town. | 40 Medic
24 Science 1 stat randomise. |
| Jewel | Scorchlander | 6,000 | Any UC town. | 50 Cooking |
| Kang | Shek | 6,000 | Admag, Squin, Last Stand | 20 in Combat skills |
| Knife | Greenlander | 6,000 | Flotsam Village | 10 in Combat skills |
| Lumi | Scorchlander | 6,000 | Crab Town | Likes Crabs |
| Luquin | Scorchlander | Free | Tengu's Vault | 50 Stealth & Assassination
10-20 Combat skills & others |
| Miu | Greenlander | Free | Mud Town, Shark | 30 Laboring
60 Farming Warns when the blood spiders are near |
| Oron | Shek | 3,500 | Admag, Squin, Last Stand | 8 in combat skills/athletics |
| Pia | Greenlander | 3,000 | Flotsam Village | 20 Strength
10 Dexterity & Perception 50 Athletics Warns of Paladins, similar to Miu |
| Rane the Giant | Shek | 7,500 | Admag, Squin, Last Stand | 20 in Combat skills |
| Ray | Hive Soldier Drone | 1,000 | Eyesocket, Slave Markets | 10 in Combat skills
He's mute |
| Red | Greenlander | 150 | Bark | 20 Stealth & Athlete
10 Assassination |
| Reva | Greenlander | 6,000 | Flotsam Village | Dialogue |
| Riddly | Greenlander | Free | Any UC town. | 8 in combat skills/athletics |
| Ruka | Shek | Free | Admag, Squin, Last Stand | 10 in Combat skills |
| Sadneil | Skeleton | Free | Black Desert City | Dialogue |
| Seto | Shek | Bugmaster/Phoenix or 80 rep with Shek Kingdoms | Admag | 20 in Combat skills |
| Shryke | Scorchlander | Free | Mongrel | Dialogue |
| Silvershade | Hive Prince | 3,000 | Mud Town, Waystations, World's End | 10 in Combat skills |
| Sinklyde | Shek | Free | Tengu's Vault | 10 in Combat skills |
| Soman | Greenlander | 3,500 | Fishing Village | 50 Engineering |
| Stubs Momuso | Scorchlander | 5,000 | Mud Town, Shark | 10-15 in Combat skills
Scorchlander w/ Greenlander skin |
| Yamdu | Hive Prince | Tinfist | Trader's Edge | 40 Dexterity, Athlete, & Medic
70 Engineering, Labor, Farm, & Cooking |
Randomized Names
These recruits are similar to Generic Recruits because they have names from the default random names list. The unique part of these characters can be increased stats, lower prices, or special dialogue.