How long before you get a full party of NPCs?

[The Hedgehog]

I dont mean ones you make at an inn, but actual characers? Im in Gilded Vale and starting to venture out but the only one I came across was Aloth. Since Im a Ranger I went ahead and made a tank at the inn. But how long before you start picking up more peeps to round out your party?

[Lauro]

depends on how far you explore
If you want spoilers Read below , but if you want a "time" you can just get them as soon as you travel to "Their" map Of course some specially the Palading might take some Effort because if you go to her at level 1.....


Aloth Wizard, wood elf, Aristocrat. Gilded Vale, by the Black Hound Inn in the south west of the map.

Durance Priest of magran, savannah human, Dyrwood Clergyman. Magran's Fork, at the crossroads

Edér Fighter, savannah human, Dyrwood farmer. Gilded Vale, south of the village tree
Grieving Mother

Cipher, savannah human, Dyrwood midwife Dyrford Village, in the southeast, below Hendyna's Apothecary

Hiravias Druid, hearth orlan, Eir Glanfath drifter Stormwall Gorge

Kana Rua Chanter, island aumaua, scholar. Caed Nua

Sagani Ranger with a wolf companion, boreal dwarf, Naasitaq hunter Woodend Plains

Pallegina Paladin, avian godlike, Vailian Republics soldier Defiance Bay

Source http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Companion

[Mythos]

It might take you a bit of time to get a full party, but not too long, and you'll be near-full soon. You'll start picking up more NPCs very soon.

[DaS]

I had a full party and two xtras waiting at my keep before I even got to Defience bay. It does not take long at all. I will however grip at the derth of npc rougues

[Zaltys]

You can get four companions as soon as you have access to the inn. Three of them are nearby, the fourth one will require more exploration.

So that's five, if you get all of them to join. I'd recommend creating at least one character at the inn.

[Damedius]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

So that's five, if you get all of them to join. I'd recommend creating at least one character at the inn.

Most of the companions are pretty badly built. You would probably be better off creating a full party.

[The Hedgehog]

Awesome, thanks everybody. I passed up Eder and didn't know it. I talked to him first and nothing happened, but I guess after you talk to the Dwarf in the tree is when he "unlocks".

[The Hedgehog]

Originally posted by Damedius:

Originally posted by Zaltys:

So that's five, if you get all of them to join. I'd recommend creating at least one character at the inn.

Most of the companions are pretty badly built. You would probably be better off creating a full party.

Maybe, but I like having characters with their own personalities/stories, etc.

[Noxious]

Well I got to the Vale and I'm already full.

[The Hedgehog]

Originally posted by Noxious_HS:

Well I got to the Vale and I'm already full.

How? I missed 3 people in that town?

[The Hedgehog]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

You can get four companions as soon as you have access to the inn. Three of them are nearby, the fourth one will require more exploration.

So that's five, if you get all of them to join. I'd recommend creating at least one character at the inn.

Who are these people Im missing? At the first Inn the only people I know of are Aloth and Eder.

[Zaltys]

Originally posted by The Hedgehog:

Who are these people Im missing? At the first Inn the only people I know of are Aloth and Eder.

Nobody said that they're in the town. But you can get them without having to fight anything.

[Trench Rat]

You get the Invoker near Gilded Vale, he's studying some ruins. The priest is near the War Statue in one of the wooded areas around the Vale. In short if you're missing NPCs just look a bit harder or play a bit longer.

P.S. and by around G.V. I mean on the Global map.

[The Hedgehog]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

Originally posted by The Hedgehog:

Who are these people Im missing? At the first Inn the only people I know of are Aloth and Eder.

Nobody said that they're in the town. But you can get them without having to fight anything.

Well....you kinda did when you said you could get em all as soon as you had access to the inn. Which is in the first town.

[The Hedgehog]

Originally posted by SinAsylum:

You get the Invoker near Gilded Vale, he's studying some ruins. The priest is near the War Statue in one of the wooded areas around the Vale. In short if you're missing NPCs just look a bit harder or play a bit longer.

P.S. and by around G.V. I mean on the Global map.

Yeah, I found them. I hadnt gotten to either of those areas yet. Not a big fan of the chanter class, tho.