Fools
This may be a place of the dead but even here there are still poor fools eking out a pathetic existence. Some would make for valuable party members or at least entertaining conversation. Most, however, are dim wits or damaged beyond all reason.
Some characters encountered can be Party Members, unlockable characters that can assist you in combat, while others are just non-recruitable Flavor NPCs[1].
Main Characters
Name | Description | ||
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Nowak | The player character. | ||
Bosch | Oily demon and companion, guiding Nowak through Purgatory. |
Party Members
These characters can be unlocked to accompany you on your various runs. They have different abilities, and different conditions to be unlocked.
After unlocking party members, they can be chosen at the start of the run, found randomly for free in the overworld, or be bought at a fool's board for a set amount of money, the ones found for free and on the fool's board have their levels scale depending on what area you are in. (I.E, Level 1 in the Far Shore, Level 2 in the Orpheum)
Name | Title | Mode | Area | Unlock Requirement(s) | ||
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Boyle | The Veteran | Tutorial | 1 | Speak to Boyle in the Tutorial. | ||
Hans | The Severed | Tutorial | 1 | Speak to Hans in the Tutorial. | ||
Burnout | The Sadist | Normal | 1 | Choose the correct dialogue option when speaking to him:
*Sucker punch him* |
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Fennec | The Impaled | Normal | 1 | Choose the correct dialogue options when speaking to him:
1. This is the last one, I promise. 2. We should get him on our side now. |
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Anton | The Gambler | Normal | 1 | Pay Anton 10 coins. This is cumulative between runs. | ||
Splig | The Conjoined | Normal | 1 | Abandon or get a party member killed before speaking to Splig in The Far Shore. | ||
Pearl | The Glutton | Normal | 1 | Complete 40 combat encounters after speaking to Markus and then speak to Pearl. This is cumulative between runs. | ||
Thype | The Trickster | Hard | 1 | Murder Roids, both Hickorys, Mobius and Trigger Fingers and then speak to Thype. This is cumulative between runs. | ||
Griffin | The Naked | Hard | 1 | Complete 3 combat encounters without anyone taking any damage and then speak to Griffin. | ||
Arnold | The Failure | Hard | 1 | Speak to Arnold while in hardmode. Choose to not make fun of Arnold. | ||
Dimitri | The Incinerated | Hard | 1 | Speak to an interactable campfire. | ||
Mung | The Emotional Disaster | Hard | 1 | Talk to the sleeping man after completing Ichor's Quest. | ||
LongLiver | The Parasite | Normal | 2 | Each time a party member dies your chance of unlocking LongLiver upon speaking to him increases by 1%. This increase persists between runs. | ||
Clive | The Stoic | Normal | 2 | Speak to Clive in 3 separate runs. | ||
Kleiver | The Zealot | Normal | 2 | Kill 35 Music Men before they can transform. | ||
Cranes | The Corpse | Normal | 2 | Get 20 party members killed and then speak to Cranes. This is cumulative between runs. | ||
Agon | The Terminal | Hard | 2 | Speak to Agon, having gotten no party members killed that run. | ||
Rags | The Psychic | Hard | 2 | Kinda Slay an Ungod and then speak to Rags. | ||
Smoke Stacks | The Black Lung | Hard | 2 | Everytime you discard an item your chance to unlock Smokestacks by speaking to him increases by 1%. | ||
Leviat | The Mass | Hard | 3 | Speak to Leviat with Hans in your active party. | ||
Bimini | The Immortal | Hard | 3 | Pay Bimini 50 coins at once. This is not cumulative and must be paid at once. | ||
Gospel | The Magnum Opus | Hard | 3 | Interact with Gospel with no party members except Nowak. | ||
Mordrake | The Mistake | Hard | 3 | Earn 30 final boss unlocks then speak to him in the Garden |
Unlockables
Each character has unique unlocks for defeating Heaven and Osman Sinnoks.
Bonus Party Members
These party members cannot be selected at the start of a run, bought, or found randomly in the overworld. They do not have any unlocks, and are usually gained through an item.
Name | Spawn Conditions | ||
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Mordrake Clone | Spawned by Mordrake, Stillborn Egg, and the Mini Mordrake items. Will normally disappear after combat, but can be permanently gained with Stillborn Egg. | ||
Doll | Spawned by the Broken Doll, The Master's Sickle, and Stillborn Egg items. Will normally disappear after combat, but can be permanently gained with Stillborn Egg. | ||
Gall Gagger | Spawned by Tape Worm Pills, and Stillborn Egg items. Will stay permanent after combat. |
Trivia
References
- ↑ "Some guys are just randos with no attached quest. We are adding a tutorial pop up in a coming update to make it clear that some people are just weird. Like 80-90% of the lore/flavour NPC’s got cut right before release but they will be back soon. It’s a lot more clear that some people are useless when there are more random losers." – Talia, on Discord.