Character Information Collection

[Jiggles]

NO LONGER BEING UPDATED
Any updated information will go on the guide instead

Hey guys, I was wanting to start collecting recruitable character information together with the goal of eventually making a guide. Gonna just list every recruitable character I know of in alphabetical order, along with how to recruit them, their special abilities, and any bonus they may have with certain pieces of equipment. If you can, please help confirm any information or add any missing characters or information, I will edit this post with any new entries to keep the alphabetical ordering for ease of viewing. Thanks!

Character: Aji
Recruitment: Rose banner questline (triggered by a Garaba event in Malacca?)
Specialties:
Southeast Asian Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the central south peninsula cultural sphere
Together as One - Increases sailor max morale
Hand-to-Hand Tactics - Inflicts enemy ships with water leakage after hand-to-hand combat
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Horn - +1 brawling +1 music
Languages: Khmer / Siamese

Character: Anastasia
Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Mustafa Amir in Beirut.
Specialties:
Eastern European Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Balkan cultural sphere
Spinner - Increases profits of textile goods
Neat Cargos - Ship cabins can hold +10 items
Languages: Slavic

Character: Andrea
Recruitment: Bring black pepper to Calais and recruit in the tavern
Specialties:
French Climate: Increases trade profits and contribution in French cultural sphere
Spice Expert - Increased profit from food and spice goods
[Unknown]
Languages: French

Character: Andreas Heinrich
Recruitment: See event in Pisa and then find event in Naples expedition
Specialties:
Nordic Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Northern European cultural sphere
March - Reduces supply consumption
Strong Willed - Protects fleet from hallucination
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Knight's Longsword - +50hp +1 brawling
Languages: German
Character: Andrew
Recruitment: After beating the game as Andrew, recruit at the Lisbon pier.
Specialties:
Adventurous Spirit - Increases EXP gained from sailing
Innate Leader - Reduces EXP required to level up character who are below Andrew's level
Route Pathfinder - Discovering new ports grants +100 local contribution
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Compass - +2 leadership +1 geography
Languages: Portuguese

Character: Beatrice
Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam, start by going to Amsterdam in November
Specialties:
Craftmanship - Increases trade profit of artware
Lowland Climate - Increases trade profit and contribution in Dutch cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Tulip brooch - +3 organization
Languages: Dutch

Character: Beluget
Recruit: After learning about the Minos fleet in west Africa, find and defeat the fleet. They will not attack you, you must attack them. Then, find Beluget in Cape Verde.
Specialties:
Has one specialty that does nothing. (Quest upgrade?)
Languages: Swahili / Spanish

Character: Blackbeard
Recruitment: Finish his questline in Nassau
Specialties:
Coercion - Adds chance to cause confusion when battles take place
Reign of Terror - Provides protection from confusion
Tyrannical - Can recruit surrendered small and medium ships
[Unknown]
Languages: English

Character: Carlos Cortez
Recruitment: In Seville after recruiting Blackbeard (and possibly Costello?).
Specialties:
Spanish Nobility - Increases trade profit and contribution in Iberian cultural sphere
Cannon Expertise - Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of cannons
[Unknown]
Languages: Spanish

Character: Costello Hermann
Recruitment: Monica (Seville Barmaid) questline
Specialties:
Seasoned Pirate - Increased chance of inflicting abnormal status with cannons
Troublemaker - Inflicts enemy ship with burning after hand-to-hand combat
Master of Love - Unlocks sweet talk interaction with barmaids. Random chance for either +50 or -20 favorability.
Languages: Spanish

Character: Daniel Crete
Recruitment: See event in Trieste then travel a few times between Venice and Trieste. Eventually rescue from pirates.
Specialties:
Surgery - Recovers a portion of dead sailors after battle
Plague Doctor - Protects from plague while sailing
Pharmacological Mastery - increases profits from trading medicine
Languages: Italian

Character: Dietlind
Recruitment: Starts with the quest in Benghazi from the merchant. You then meet her in the tavern at Hamburg. After that, find the deed to a ship from Lübeck and order a ship at the shipyard there. After a pirate encounter outside the port, she joins.
Specialties:
German Climate: Increases trade profit and contribution in German cultural sphere
Sniper - Increased damage in boarding attacks
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Daybreak - +30 hp +1 firearm
Languages: German / Slavic

Character: Esmeralda
Recruitment: Find in Marseilles and then Palma (Requires Daniel I think)
Specialties:
Thought Reader - Interpret news topic that barmaids are interested in
Caravan - Increases expedition load (seems to double)
♥♥♥♥♥ Traditions - Increases profit of trading hobby goods
Languages: French / Slavic / Greek

Character: Garaba
Recruitment: Picked up in a stowaway event seemingly somewhere in Southeast Asia (would like more detail if possible)
Specialties:
Java Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in Southeast Asian cultural sphere
Pick the Lock - Chests can be opened immediately
Hidden Cargos - Ship cabins can hold +10 items
Languages: Indonesia / Khmer / Chinese

Character: Henry
Recruitment - Recruit Blackbeard and then find in London
Specialties:
Remote Combat - Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of long-barreled cannons
Briber - Increases max sailor morale
Languages: English

Character: Hiyar O'Worley
Recruitment: Pick up in (random?) port
Specialties:
Arabic Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Arabic and East African cultural spheres
Doctor's Kindness - Restores sailor morale after battle
Desert Traveler - Reduces supply consumption on Gobi terrain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Glass Reagent Case - Medicine +2; Organization +1
Languages: Arabic

Character: Jaca
Recruitment: Nassau tavern after recruiting Blackbeard
Specialties:
Caribbean Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Caribbean cultural sphere
Boarding Tactics - Allows hand-to-hand combat immediately when a ram collides with an enemy ship
Fearless Charge - Increases ram damage
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Eagle Warrior Armor - +1 leadership +1 brawling
Languages: Indian / Spanish

Character: Joyce de Fritz
Recruitment: Recruit in Amsterdam
Specialties:
Precise Routing - Increase Fleet auto-sail speed
Mathematics - Increase fleet artillery accuracy
Orange Addict - Protects the fleet from scurvy
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Sextant - +1 mapping +1 geography
Languages: Dutch / Portugeuese / German

Character: Kornelly
Recruitment: Event and expedition in Toamasina
Specialties:
Wilderness Resident - Reduce supply consumption in forest
Way of Preservation - Increase fish gained from fishing and trade profit on fish
Languages: Hausa

Character: Loris Falaise
Recruitment: Purchase his songbook in the London item shop and then recruit in the London tavern
Specialties:
Italian Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in Italian cultural sphere
Oenology - Increases alcohol trade profits
Bard - Increases contribution gain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Gone with the Wind - +1 music +1 treasure
Languages: Italian

Character: Lu Liyuan
Recruitment - Must find random event in a port first (not sure if the port is random?). Then, travel to Istanbul to see another event, and find him in the Western Turkey expedition (skill requirement?)
Specialties:
Ming Empire Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Ming Empire and Korean cultural spheres
Mountain Traveler - Reduce supply consumption on hills or swamp
Stone Identification - Increases trade profit of gemstones
Languages - Chinese

Character: Marma Cora
Recruitment: Wolf child clue in Veracruz
Specialties:
Inca Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Central and South American and West Coast American cultural spheres
Instincts - Increase Field of View in expeditions
Languages: Indian

Character: Maltim Almeida Blanca
Recruitment: Travel to Genoa and speak to him in the tavern. Then, discover Ras ben Sakka (is this Andrew only?)
Specialties:
Seasoned Officer - Increases negotiation success rate with NPCs
Climate Conqueror - Drastically reduces hull damage in storms
Supply Utilization - Reduces consumption of supplies while sailing
Languages: Portuguese

Character: Mustafa Amir
Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Anastasia in Beirut.
Specialties:
Turkish Nobility - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Turkish and North African cultural spheres
Treasure Appraisal - Adds a chance to obtain precious items when trading
Fire Cannon Expertise - Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration ability of fire cannons
Languages: Turkish

Character: Nasser
Recruitment: Rose banner questline (started by Garaba event in Malacca?)
Specialties:
Knowledgeable - Increase sailor max morale
Confusion Tactics - Inflicts confusion after hand-to-hand combat
Business Adept - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Persian cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Dice - +1 negotiation +2 firearm
Languages: Arabic

Character: Sassi Palmis
Recruitment: Complete the Holi questline in Calicut and attend the festival (requires completing Kanam's questline?)
Specialties:
Indian Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in Indian cultural sphere
Dancing Grace - Increases sailor morale cap
Languages: Hindustani / Sanskrit

Character: Shen Shi
Recruitment: Pick up from the oceans around China in a random event
Specialties:
Scout - Reduce stamina loss during expeditions
[Unknown]
Languages: Chinese

Character: Takigawa Amagai
Recruitment: Meet in Nagasaki tavern and then learn about Moro-haku sake (Sakai I think?). Rescue from pirates.
Specialties:
Japanese Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in the Japanese cultural sphere
Ronin - When hp reaches 0 in duel, restore 1 hp and unleash an ultimate
Provocation - If both sides have morale after hand-to-hand combat, challenge the enemy to a duel
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Delicate Katana - +2 brawling
Languages: Japanese

Character: William Ansel
Recruitment: Pick up in London and take him to Ceuta to recruit.
Specialties:
British Climate - Increases trade profits and contribution in British cultural sphere
Sketch - Increases rewards and contribution from reporting discoveries
Journey of Odysseus - No longer become out of control in storms
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Scholar Flat Cap - +1 geography +1 humanities +1 biology
Languages: English / Latin / Greek / Portuguese / Spanish

Character: Yoshitaka Shizuma
Recruitment: Nagasaki after beating the game as them
Specialties:
Prestigious Shipbuilder - Grant exp when shipbuilding
Cats at Hand - protects fleet from rats
Craftsmanship Knowledge - Increase trade profit of industrial goods
Nature Surpassing - Can freely modify ship cabins
Languages: Japanese

Character: Yuskin
Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam (go to Amsterdam in November to start) After recruiting Beatrice, go to Venice.
Specialties:
Penny Pinching - Reduce fleet supply and sailor wage costs
Merchant of Venice - increased experience and profits from trading specialties
Business Craft - increased rewards from completing business contracts
Languages: Italian / Dutch

[Fonz]

Great list. You can add Beatrice, recruited after the tulip auction quest line by going to Amsterdam in November, completing the quests, then returning there in February. She has high Selection and Craftsmanship (increases the trade profits of Artware). Also Lowland Climate - increases trade profits in Dutch sphere. Speaks Dutch.

Also Yuskin. Pick him up at the pier in Venice after you get Beatrice in Amsterdam. Merchant who reduces sailor wages and increases profits from trading Specialties.

[Tankerbod]

anyone else notice on 2nd/3rd/4th runs that some are recruited in different ways? especially true of starter companions. An other example is i never saw Beatrice's starting mission at Amsterdam on Yoshitaka MC, but saw it immediately with Yun MC.

[Valkynaz]

Jiggles doing gods work again o7

[Timmy the Tooth]

Add to Hiyar O'Worley:
Glass Reagent Case: Medicine +2; Organization +1

[Jiggles]

Originally posted by Tankerbod:

anyone else notice on 2nd/3rd/4th runs that some are recruited in different ways? especially true of starter companions. An other example is i never saw Beatrice's starting mission at Amsterdam on Yoshitaka MC, but saw it immediately with Yun MC.

Characters that are sort of sidekick characters to mcs are recruited through main quest. I've tried to only write how they are recruited in any other playthrough, I strongly suspect that some characters vary on exact locations but I'm not certain of this yet.

Are you sure you went at the right time? I definitely got Beatrice normally as Yoshitaka, you need to go to Amsterdam during November to start the quest chain.

[Timmy the Tooth]

Add to Marma Cora:
Deer Whistle: Music +1; Biology+3; Brawling +1

[Jiggles]

Originally posted by Timmy the Tooth:

Add to Marma Cora:
Deer Whistle: Music +1; Biology+3; Brawling +1

How much of this is the actual stats of the equipment vs what Marma get's in addition to that. I've only been listing the additional bonus gained.

[Schutzengel]

This thread will get ejected from General. Perhaps make a guide and copy-paste the list there.

[Jiggles]

I believe I have now found every character in the game so I have pushed this information into an actual guide. Still WIP on some information like a few specialties and definitely don't know all the equipment bonuses there likely are, so would definitely still appreciate any more information people can provide. Otherwise I'll probably eventually get to the rest myself.

[Antiga]

Character: Yoshitaka Shizuma
Nature Surpassing - Can freely modify ship cabins

What does this do exactly? I've been playing as Yoshitaka, but no idea what this perk is actually good for. It does not allow you to modify cabins for free, nor does it allow you to skip buying the 50k cabin reconstruction item.

[Jiggles]

Originally posted by Antiga:

Character: Yoshitaka Shizuma
Nature Surpassing - Can freely modify ship cabins

What does this do exactly? I've been playing as Yoshitaka, but no idea what this perk is actually good for. It does not allow you to modify cabins for free, nor does it allow you to skip buying the 50k cabin reconstruction item.

I think we're actually not 100% sure yet. I think the running theory is that it removes the lock on some cabins in ships, like you can modify ones you wouldn't normally be able to. I think the translation is really unclear. The Japanese translation isn't really any clearer to me and I don't know Chinese.

[Valkynaz]

Originally posted by Jiggles:

Originally posted by Antiga:

Right, forgot to mention that at least for the small and medium ships, the captains cabin and pilot house can't be changed

And it still costs money to change the cabins, so afaik it does nothing?

Edit: Only thing I can think of would be letting you change the ratio of supply to storage, but I can't find a prompt, so still no idea

[Jiggles]

Originally posted by Valkynaz:

Originally posted by Jiggles:

Right, forgot to mention that at least for the small and medium ships, the captains cabin and pilot house can't be changed

And it still costs money to change the cabins, so afaik it does nothing?

Edit: Only thing I can think of would be letting you change the ratio of supply to storage, but I can't find a prompt, so still no idea

You can change that ratio in the storage menu on the screen where you can set an auto-route, it's definitely not unique to Yoshitaka so really no clear idea what it does.

[ashurakain]

thanks for this, can this be stickied, i cant find any help or walktrhu's on google, instead, when i type in sailing era, im lead to historical videos, manuals, and wikis, nothing at all of the game except that it was released and available now.

[Valkynaz]

Originally posted by ashurakain:

thanks for this, can this be stickied, i cant find any help or walktrhu's on google, instead, when i type in sailing era, im lead to historical videos, manuals, and wikis, nothing at all of the game except that it was released and available now.

That is going to be the #1 problem for this game, the name, it's going to screw them hard when it comes to search engine results xD, at least pretty much all the info that is available is on Steam so it's not too bad