"Unique" companions (spoilers inside)

[Dexter]

So far I found 2: one snow wolf in jail(i believe in first zone) level and Inquisitor chick with interesting hammer way back in Plagued zone as level 7

Feel free to add yours. I know You can recruit Plagued guy in first zone in stables(?) or something, on level 4

edit 1: also, Pony, Black Steed, stables on 3rd zone, need to put some wheat and it will appear

[Dumeka]

Originally posted by Valekrin:

Meadowsweet is a war pony that you can win beating the Tiltren rouste team. She comes armored up and you're able to select the Lvl 3 Work Pony passive as well, but she stays a war pony and will be used in combat.

Hmm, they must have changed that then because it was a neutral pony prior to the release.

BTW, in gosenberg you can find a prisoner that will always tell you that even if you recruit him, he won't tell you how the others escaped.
This is indeed a "special recruit" and it's always a archer.
However, I tested the recruitment twice in two different runs prior to the release and he always had bad traits so I reloaded and let him be.
This was prior to the release though so I will test it by the next possibility to see if it changed after the release.

[Dumeka]

Originally posted by El Macho:

What do unique companions do? Are they unique because they are included in some kind of quest instead of those in taverns? or they offer some form of advantage in the game play?

They are recruits you will either get for a set amount of gold without the need of influence OR for free or for a small amount of influence without the need of gold or by healing them or saving them from death. In case of the Dark Steed by placing wheat in a certain place so it will appear to eat so you can recruit it and another horse by winning a mini game in gosenberg.

The normal recruits you always need a certain amount of gold and influence that increases the more recruits you have. This doesn't affect the special recruits though.

The normal recruits also always have set traits they are coming with while most of the special recruits either have none or only have positives (except of the archer in the prison in gosenberg that always had bad ones prior to release which I'm not sure if it changed).

[Valekrin]

Originally posted by Dumeka:

Hmm, they must have changed that then because it was a neutral pony prior to the release.

BTW, in gosenberg you can find a prisoner that will always tell you that even if you recruit him, he won't tell you how the others escaped.

You might be thinking of Ponied-up, the Grinmeer rouste reward pony mentioned earlier. The archer who won't tell you about the others is in the Vertruse jail. The name of that one changes and the traits are random like any other recruit (my recent one is a good ole club-foot). I was hoping his dialogue would change after you pay his friends a visit, but nope.

[ChopSuey™]

Originally posted by Nasarog:

Bears in jail are funny. They usually have drunkard as a trait too.

lol maybe the devs watched cocaine bear and thought... we can add that into the game ;)

[Nasarog]

Originally posted by ChopSuey™:

Originally posted by Nasarog:

Bears in jail are funny. They usually have drunkard as a trait too.

lol maybe the devs watched cocaine bear and thought... we can add that into the game ;)

Or the other way around...

[Valekrin]

Aww man, now every time I see a white bear in jail I'm going to imagine my merc saying, "Oh cool, a polar bear!" followed by the guard, "Ahh, no. He's just covered in coke."

[Nasarog]

Originally posted by Valekrin:

Aww man, now every time I see a white bear in jail I'm going to imagine my merc saying, "Oh cool, a polar bear!" followed by the guard, "Ahh, no. He's just covered in coke."

Ahahahaha, funny.

[Si Cwan]

Are there anymore or is this the entire list?

[Maal]

Wish they would have balanced out the pregenerated ones instead of giving us 3 brutes, 3 rangers, 1 warrior and 1 swordman.

[Aeternum]

I started a new playthrough and noticed that both Hakert and Torus had bad traits. Didn't progress enough to check the others but these unique companions seem to have randomized traits so they may not be worth recruiting at all.

For example Torus only had the carnivorous trait and Hakert had a trait that benefited from being close to animal companions which I never use.

[Brigand231]

In all the games I've played Hakert has ALWAYS had the snorer trait.

[Stardustfire]

the special recruits get mostly random traits, like normal ones. the only thing that is nailed is Torus Carnivore, because you cant heal that any longer since one of the last EA Patches. before that you prevented him getting carnivore by instant cure him after recruitment. but they changed the timing for pest cure, so now you ever need to have a cure ready at the result screen of the fight where you get plagued. what means Torus is stuck with carnivore.

There special is there never changing Name, never changing class, and the fact that you get them for doing quests/paying a kind of resource/item instead of tons of gold & influence.

[Gaz O'D]

Sorry to necro the thread but since the new DLC is out are there any new uniques?.

[John Smith]

Originally posted by Gaz O'D:

Sorry to necro the thread but since the new DLC is out are there any new uniques?.

Yes, a couple.

[Sayumé]

A pugiilst and a spearman for the moment. Dyn island fir the pugilist, and the cursed village for the spearman.