Recruiting prisoners without mods - Still doable?

[Crv0z]

Yo, just wanted to confirm if the method of:
1-picking up a fallen npc/soldier/etc
2- bringing them to the prison/slavers
3-Freeing them
still works as a way to recruit characers
Also I would be grateful if someone could confirm if this process is right, or im missing something.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

you just sold them into slavery
you would be happy if someone did that?
nope
so if you drop them off, they will never join you.

[Quint ¤ ς ¤]

yeah its sometimes possible if you drop them in front of slavers whilst they are still uncunctious, not sell them to the slaver
they will be enslaved by the guards, caged and you can bust them out/bail out will never work for things like cannibals fog men etc i dont think but can work for say, the likes of red sabres dust bandits drifters etc if it dont work by way of buying out then lock pick should work

[Shidan]

It's also important to note that some characters will never join you using this method. Military, Trader, Law Enforcer, and Diplomat classed NPC have an automatic refusal.

A character must also have low enough stats to be recruited. Which is to say Strength, Dexterity, Melee Attack, Melee Defence, Martial Arts, and Dodge must either ALL be below level 25, or the cumulative total of their levels must be below 75. If both of those are false, the character will never join.

[Crv0z]

Thanks for the info, will do some testing. I suppose its easier to let the slavers get them.

[Pyrrhus]

You could recruit anti-slavers in vanilla. After freeing anti-slavers from slave shop by purchase or unlock whether shackles or cage or both, they can be picked them up by you, no need to knock em down, as they'll turn green after being freed or they're your ally. Put them in your small shack after closing your gate then close the shack's door so they won't run away. Save the game then reload, wait for a couple hours to check on them, when one of them start talking, you need to click on this person fast, don't wait until this person finish talking, then option to join will open in dialogue. Sometimes it may takes few game days to weeks. As long they're in your shack, it's like they have some time to think about join you.

[Crv0z]

Originally posted by Pyrrhus:

You could recruit anti-slavers in vanilla. After freeing anti-slavers from slave shop by purchase or unlock whether shackles or cage or both, they can be picked them up by you, no need to knock em down, as they'll turn green after being freed or they're your ally. Put them in your small shack after closing your gate then close the shack's door so they won't run away. Save the game then reload, wait for a couple hours to check on them, when one of them start talking, you need to click on this person fast, don't wait until this person finish talking, then option to join will open in dialogue. Sometimes it may takes few game days to weeks. As long they're in your shack, it's like they have some time to think about join you.

Interesting...
Did you test picking up the slave and carrying him/her out of the slaver city? Usually for me they just stop and give no dialogue.Its complicated to just wait for them to follow you while the guards keep aggroing.

[Борг]

Can you get a sniper bot skeleton to join you this way? Always wanted a loghead mark 2 in the party on vanilla game. A guy on reddit recruited southern hiver that way, even though it was extremely long. Should I bother or it just wouldn't work somehow?

[bunny de fluff]

You got it wrong my friend. You must not be the one who sold the guy into slavery. The right way to do this is like this:
1.The guy you wanted to recruit, you first knock him down without him seeing
and pick him up,or while he was unconscious because of a fight.

2.put him down in front of the slave master. The slave master will quickly take off his pants and enslave him. If you found out the slave master does not want to touch him, put a pair of shackles at his leg. Save your game now.

3.buy him. He follows you far away from that town and might join you. Reload if failed.

[Crv0z]

Guess I was misinterpreted, by bringing them to the slavers I didn't mean to sell.
Update: I was able to recruit an outlaw farmer.
1-Picked one in coma that I found (was already fallen)
2-Dropped inside the slaver shop
Afterwards its just the usual rescue.I had multiple npcs from different factions enslaved, including a cannibal.
The stats were around 10-15.

[bunny de fluff]

Originally posted by Crv0z:

Guess I was misinterpreted, by bringing them to the slavers I didn't mean to sell.
Update: I was able to recruit an outlaw farmer.
1-Picked one in coma that I found (was already fallen)
2-Dropped inside the slaver shop
Afterwards its just the usual rescue.I had multiple npcs from different factions enslaved, including a cannibal.
The stats were around 10-15.

if you want the slave master to consider touching those tough guys such as mercs and gate guards, you need to put a pair of shackles on them before dropping them in front of him. Use the shackles to help you recruit those wanted criminals with high stats.

[Average AMD neanderthal]

i managed to fit it into an RP playthrough. my swordsman got enslaved for no reason, and wanted revenge on the slaver camp. so he hired strong mercenaries to try and take down the encampment, but to no avail.

still thirsty for revenge, but obviously outclassed, he decided to use a disguise he picked up from a dead slaver and legally get them out of their cages :)

note: its still dependent on personality and a bit of rng regarding whether they join you or not btw.

[sergiomorozov]

https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Slave_Recruits

[Mortyrian]

I was able to do this with anti-slavers. I want to do this with fishmen and southern hivers. You can get a fishmen to become a slave if you take all of his meat while he is sleeping without killing him, otherwise the guards will kill him when removing the meat at slavery. I was able to get the fishmen to be my allies with the slaver exploit.