Im aware you can "catch" human as pals but can they fight by your side?

[Uncle_Pokey]

or breed to make a God tier human pal?

[resonance]

No breeding but they can 'fight'. I put quotes because regardless of what weapons they have, they will only punch and it is usually quite weak.

[Dakone]

they have no skills and lose their weapons...

Their only good quality is to sell them for like 1k gold.

The only useful human are merchants.

[Teratus]

Humans are poor companions in the game.
They have 1 handicraft and that's it and they only have one attacking move which is pitifully weak.

They will not use any weapons they are captured with, so catching humans is basically more of a joke than anything else.

Some people on my cluster have said though that putting captured Merchants and Pal Traders in your base allows you to access their shops though so that has some use I guess.

[Unrealtairo]

Yep, just bother capturing the merchants, the rest of them can rot.

Little more than easter eggs tbh.

[Plake]

Originally posted by Teratus:

Some people on my cluster have said though that putting captured Merchants and Pal Traders in your base allows you to access their shops though so that has some use I guess.

Correct, and if you put them in the box and out again, their items/pals on offer refresh every time! =D

[Fridgemagnet]

Anyone experimented with ranking them up using the pal condenser? I suspect they continue to be weak, but I'm curious if there's anything interesting at the top upgrade tier (and I haven't yet managed to sacrifice the 116 people required to test it out).

[Annethema]

Syndicate crushers and cleaners most definitely keep their weapons. Only one i have seen so far lose its weapon is the black market merchant.

[FandangoChristmas]

It is a bug. Do not catch them. They dont even decent stat, and do not have a icon or appear in-game when you spawn them.

[Annethema]

Originally posted by FandangoChristmas:

It is a bug. Do not catch them. They dont even decent stat, and do not have a icon or appear in-game when you spawn them.

My captured township says otherwise. you can spawn them in base, interact with them and they will craft and fight for you. Having a collection of the in game merchants is very useful.

[RazakelKairo]

Originally posted by Probot:

Syndicate crushers and cleaners most definitely keep their weapons. Only one i have seen so far lose its weapon is the black market merchant.

I didn't try much, mostly regular syndicates and the Pyre guys, neither keeping their weapons.
But its interesting if some actually do honestly. Might try that today!

I kinda dismissed the idea quickly after being dissapointed in my Pyre guy not having its flamethrower but, I did entertain the idea of having an Enclave base with the pulse-rifle dudes. Did someone try that?

[Ultimuh]

Humans are kinda useless, aside from low level crafting and merchants.
But if you really want a base full of nothing but free human laborers, then go for it.

[Garma Cyro]

You mean the "monsters" I keep locked up in a single viewing cage?
My world is basically a reversed animal zoo. Pals are free while human gets caged up for Pals amusement. Currently it's mostly raiders alongside a single merchant.

[Stinboi]

Originally posted by Dakone:

The only useful human are merchants.

Hey what? can you catch merchant and place it in your camp?

[sh3riff]

Originally posted by resonance:

regardless of what weapons they have, they will only punch

i have a guy with machine gun and he shoots
i also have guy with flamethrower who shots fire the same way when they attacked my base

[RazakelKairo]

Originally posted by Stinboi:

Originally posted by Dakone:

The only useful human are merchants.

Hey what? can you catch merchant and place it in your camp?

Yep. Don't need to go to some settlement to sell your stuff. Just catch one of these dudes instead.

I tried the crusher/cleaner thing, even grenadiers. None of them shot or threw anything. Just punches with their guns or their grenade in hand (chad).