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Characters

Every recruit, in the order they can join. Optional recruits need you to do something, and most can be missed for good if you move on first. Classes show the class before and after promotion. A few are given as the game's own abbreviations.

Recruits

Character Class Joins How
Max Swordsman → Hero Start Must survive every battle.
Ken Knight → Paladin Guardiana, Chapter 1 Starting team.
Luke Warrior → Gladiator Guardiana, Chapter 1 Starting team.
Tao Mage → Wizard Guardiana, Chapter 1 Starting team. Learns Blaze 1–4.
Lowe Healer → Vicar Guardiana, Chapter 1 Starting team.
Hans Archer → Bow Master Guardiana, Chapter 1 Starting team.
Gong Monk → Master Monk Cabin east of Guardiana Optional. Leave Battle 1 or 2 early (walk Max off the bottom edge, or Egress) and talk to him at the red-roofed cabin to the east. Get him before Battle 3. Check in game: whether he's still there after Battle 2.
Mae Knight → Paladin Guardiana, after Battle 2 Story.
Gort Warrior → Gladiator Guardiana bar, after Battle 2 Optional. Hear his story in the bar on your first visit.
Khris Healer → Vicar Alterone jail Search the cell door.
Anri Mage → Wizard Manarina Story. Learns Freeze 1–4.
Arthur Knight → Paladin Manarina, after Battle 6 Optional. Talk to the knight hanging laundry before Battle 6.
Balbaroy Birdman → Sky Warrior Shade Abbey, after Battle 8 Story. Flies.
Amon Birdman → Sky Warrior Shade Abbey, after Battle 8 Talk to her about Balbaroy before the battle. Flies.
Diane Archer → Bow Master Bustoke Upper-left building.
Zylo Werewolf → Wolf Baron Bustoke, after Battle 9 Optional. Bring the Moon Stone from the quarry cave to the alchemist for Lunar Dew, then use it on Zylo in the cage behind the house where Diane was. Forest and mountains don't slow him.
Pelle Knight → Paladin After Battle 11 Story.
Kokichi Winged Knight → Sky Lord Pao's old camp Optional. After Battle 9, watch the engine scene in Bustoke (far west door, downstairs) and follow the man. He crash-lands near you once Pao moves. Flies.
Vankar Knight → Paladin Pao's old camp Optional. Talk to him outside the old camp after Pao moves.
Jogurt — Pao chapel Optional. Talk to the hamster by Gong's cabin in Chapter 1. In Pao, stand left of the priest or read the bookshelf, and he appears behind the chapel. A joke unit.
Domingo Magic Creature Pao's second camp Optional. Search the lab machine in Manarina for the Domingo Egg, then give it to the egg-hatching man. One of the best casters in the game.
Guntz Steam Knight → Steam Baron Pao's second camp, pigpen Optional. Talk to the suited animal and Dr. Crock in Rindo several times. Huge defense.
Earnest Knight → Paladin Uranbatol, Battle 13 Talk to him after the dog scene.
Lyle Assault Knight → Strike Knight Rudo Building west of the dragon statue, two floors up.
Bleu Dragon → Great Dragon Dragonia Talk to him twice. Starts weak and grows huge. Flies.
Musashi Samurai Prompt Optional. After the jail scene, talk to the king again, then search the small sign on the house with two doors north of the castle. Joins already promoted. Check in game: another guide puts the sign under the "Tales of Really Long Ago" bookshelf.
Alef Mage → Wizard After Battle 23 Story. Learns Bolt 1–4.
Torasu Healer → Vicar After Battle 23 Story. The only one who learns Aura 4.
Adam Robot → Cyborg Metapha, after Battle 24 Talk to the robot at the Shining Path before you use the Orb of Light there. Slow.
Hanzou Ninja Runefaust Optional. Search the bush with the yellow flower near the entrance. Joins with a Doom Blade.

Missable items

Item Where How not to miss it
Heat Axe Battle 12 One Lizardman carries it. Kill it with a unit that has a free slot. You can leave and replay the battle for another try.
Sword of Light, White Ring, Evil Ring, Black Ring and more Mishaela's Lair, after Battle 21 Open the chest on Mishaela's platform last.
Doom Blade Battle 22 One Durahan carries it. Kill it with a unit that has a free slot.
Turbo Pepper Tower of the Ancients, upstairs One per game. Give it to a slow unit you'll keep using.
Valkyrie Battle 23 Open the chest at the bottom of the long ladder during the battle.
Demon Rod Battle 23 The Demon Master carries it. Land the last hit with a unit that has a free slot.
Atlas, Halberd Battle 26 Chests on the platforms to the right. Open them during the battle.
Sugoi Mizugi Bustoke Quarry cave, after Battle 9 Hidden chest: search south from the cave's southwest corner. Tao's swimsuit.
Kitui Huku Battle 11 Search the square left of the leftmost Dark Elf's start during the battle. Anri's dress.
Kenji, Teppou, Youji, Kaku-chan Battles 13, 17, 19, 28 Joke items hidden on the battle maps. See the walkthrough for each spot.

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