Party member checklist

[PuffyBuffalo]

how do you get all the party members?

[TheChemicalCat]

• Leigh: On Floor 2 you'll pick up a key at the end of the hallway and then get chased by the Grinning Beast. Defeat it instead of running away and you'll be able to go into the room she busted out of. You'll find Leigh inside, who you can trade with, but can also request join your party
  
• Joel: On Floor 3 in the apartment across from you. You'll want to grab the teddy bear in the room south from the bathroom first, and when Joel asks who you are, tell him you're his neighbor. He'll transform and attack. Use the teddy bear on him and he'll calm down. After you defeat the mother, you can talk to him again and tell him to come with you.
  
• Papineau: in the Ground Floor janitor's closet. You'll need the Janitor's keyring which is found in the underground parking garage at the end, guarded by the garbage worm. (You can defeat it more easily by luring up to the ground floor and then going back to the basement to attack it there)
  
• Dan: Will randomly show up at your door and ask to come in
  
• Hellen: Will randomly show up at your door and ask to come in
  
• Monty and Xaria: Will randomly show up at your door and ask to come in. Will also kick you out of your room. As a note, both must be in the party together, you can't bring just one of them.
  
• Ernest: Will randomly show up at your door and ask for food. After doing this twice you can invite him inside on the third appearance. Before that he's too distrustful to come in
  
• Sophie: Her mother will randomly show up at your door and ask if you've seen her. After this Sophie can show up at your door and ask to come in. Despite saying they live in apt 22 on the second floor, there's seemingly no interaction and I've never seen her mother after that.
  
• Morton: Will randomly show up at your door and ask for junk (the item). I've only had him show up once (with only a few junk pieces) but I assume he joins if you give him enough
  
• Rat Baby: You'll find the rat baby in a crib in a first floor apartment. If you choose not to kill it, it'll follow you and enter your inventory. There's another room with a face on the wall that wants to be fed a child (needs to be done to get a planet disc and progress). You can refuse this and offer it an arm instead (losing either melee or ranged weapon capability). The Rat Baby will then move in and you can care for it. After enough care it can be recruited as a party member
  
• Roaches: Occasionally you'll find cockroaches that slip into your inventory. If you go home without removing them they'll hunker down in your place. If you leave food out (cook it but don't eat it) it'll disappear the next day and the roaches will leave you a note showing their appreciation. After doing this enough, you'll find a new character to recruit standing in your bathroom.
  
• Philippe: In the basement, south of the little friendly monster collective, there's a fungal infestation. You'll find a little moth guy trapped in fungal growth which you can save.

[Lord Tekron]

Most of them are sadly rng based due to needing to spawn via the front door mechanic. But I can tell you how to get the non-door ones.

Leigh - During the chase against the grinning beast, get caught and at least fight a bit, you DON'T have to win, but you MUST get caught. Whether you win or run away, if you head back the door that was barricaded is opened and you will find Leigh, talk to her and she will follow you.

Joel - Before confronting him in the tooth family house, head to the kid bedroom and pick up the teddy bear. When asking who you are, make sure to tell him you are his neighbor so he trusts you. When he transforms he will mention "Fuzzy", that is your cue to use the teddy bear via the item menu. This will calm him down enough for you to hug him (idk if you need to but it's better safe than sorry) and he will give you the doorknob. After dealing with the mom (and maybe baby teeth, not certain, better safe than sorry) you can talk to Joel again and tell him it is not safe and that he should join you.

Rat Child - When exploring the 1st floor, you will come across a room that has a mutated rat baby. The rat baby is mandatory so you will have to pick them up. Also on the first floor is a wall with a face on it that demands to be fed a child. If you refuse to you will be put in an endless hallway that loops back to the face that will not let you leave until it is fed. You can then choose to instead feed it one of your arms to spare the Rat Child. Losing either your melee attacks or your ranged attacks. When you return to your apartment the Rat Baby will leave your inventory and you can then name them whatever. You will have to tend and raise them a bit before they can follow you on adventures, so make sure to clean and feed them whenever you can.

Papineau - Papineau spawns randomly on the ground floor, I personally was lucky and found him in the men's room which is not locked off until you get a certain item. Talking to him and aiding in his quest for cleanliness will add him to your party.

Roach Man - Constantly in the game you will find small cockroaches walking about the building, if you walk over to one it will hop into your inventory. Much like the Rat Baby, when you return to your apartment any roaches you collect will leave your inventory. Choosing to not kill them, petting any that are in your apartment, leaving food out for them to eat, will slowly build your relationship with them. After sometime "Roach Man" will spawn in your bathroom and will then aid you in battle.

Philippe - Philippe can be found in the fungus section of the basement after saving him from some infected monsters. He will excitedly help you because he is just a good friend like that... Yeah it's just that simple, nothing more to it, I mean it's Philippe, you believe in him right? I mean he is your best (and only) friend after all.

[dorohn]

Phillippe beat and only friend. If not friend why friend shaped?!

[Sup3rshockwav3]

I just got Dan at my door but he was a monster and attacked me... Does that mean I can't get the real Dan anymore in my run? And how many others can turn into monsters at your door?

[Sup3rshockwav3]

Also you can get a shadow companion but IDK how some others have said it's possible though

[Lord Tekron]

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

I just got Dan at my door but he was a monster and attacked me... Does that mean I can't get the real Dan anymore in my run? And how many others can turn into monsters at your door?

Yeah, Dan is one that I know has the rng of being a monster or a companion, but I don't know the exact odds. I do know that Morton can also "turn" and not be a companion (I say turn because lorewise he is a Corrupt). So it is safe to say any door companion has a chance of turning into a monster

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

Also you can get a shadow companion but IDK how some others have said it's possible though

Yeah I've seen the odd suggestion/mention of it here and there, my only guess is to do some experimenting on being nice but not TOO nice as to trigger the usual Shadow who vibes in the corner of your apartment and gives you free items.

[TheChemicalCat]

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

Also you can get a shadow companion but IDK how some others have said it's possible though

You can get the shadow to chill out in your house, and will give you the occasional free item but I don't know if it's recruitable as a party member

[Sup3rshockwav3]

Publicado originalmente por Lord Tekron:

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

I just got Dan at my door but he was a monster and attacked me... Does that mean I can't get the real Dan anymore in my run? And how many others can turn into monsters at your door?

Yeah, Dan is one that I know has the rng of being a monster or a companion, but I don't know the exact odds. I do know that Morton can also "turn" and not be a companion (I say turn because lorewise he is a Corrupt). So it is safe to say any door companion has a chance of turning into a monster

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

Also you can get a shadow companion but IDK how some others have said it's possible though

Yeah I've seen the odd suggestion/mention of it here and there, my only guess is to do some experimenting on being nice but not TOO nice as to trigger the usual Shadow who vibes in the corner of your apartment and gives you free items.

There's a shadow in my house that gives items???

[TheChemicalCat]

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

There's a shadow in my house that gives items???

You'll randomly find an ersratz No Face wandering around in random rooms (Seems to be entirely random). It's fairly benign and friendly with each encounter, though eventually it will show up in your room and attempt to assimilate you for a game over. If you resist you can tell it to never do that again, and it will just chill out in your apartment and give you stuff every once in a while.

[Sup3rshockwav3]

Publicado originalmente por TheChemicalCat:

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

There's a shadow in my house that gives items???

You'll randomly find an ersratz No Face wandering around in random rooms (Seems to be entirely random). It's fairly benign and friendly with each encounter, though eventually it will show up in your room and attempt to assimilate you for a game over. If you resist you can tell it to never do that again, and it will just chill out in your apartment and give you stuff every once in a while.

Never got that encounter before so I'll see if I get it this run

[HADES]

Mr. Scavenger sometimes is straight up hostile.

[Sup3rshockwav3]

Publicado originalmente por HADES:

Mr. Scavenger sometimes is straight up hostile.

Same here I just got Sophie and then monster Morton

[Sup3rshockwav3]

Publicado originalmente por TheChemicalCat:

Publicado originalmente por Sup3rshockwav3:

There's a shadow in my house that gives items???

You'll randomly find an ersratz No Face wandering around in random rooms (Seems to be entirely random). It's fairly benign and friendly with each encounter, though eventually it will show up in your room and attempt to assimilate you for a game over. If you resist you can tell it to never do that again, and it will just chill out in your apartment and give you stuff every once in a while.

I just realized who you were talking about and I need to ask does this happen after they give you the rose?

[Krixous]

Publicado originalmente por TheChemicalCat:

• Sophie: Her mother will randomly show up at your door and ask if you've seen her. After this Sophie can show up at your door and ask to come in. Despite saying they live in apt 22 on the second floor, there's seemingly no interaction and I've never seen her mother after that.

Sophie can show up without her mother first happened to me in a playthrough first day cuz I was like I am gonna learn combat medic before going out.

[TheUnnamedStranger]

Publicado originalmente por TheChemicalCat:

• Papineau: in the Ground Floor janitor's closet. You'll need the Janitor's keyring which is found in the underground parking garage at the end, guarded by the garbage worm. (You can defeat it more easily by luring up to the ground floor and then going back to the basement to attack it there).

First time I recruited him he was just in the men's bathroom. No keyring required. I think his position might be RNG.