With 70 unique characters to recruit in this strategy RPG, it can be overwhelming knowing you may miss a dozen or so characters during your playthrough. With that in mind, this recruitment guide will cover how to recruit all characters in Unicorn Overlord for your convenience.
How to recruit all characters in Unicorn Overlord
While you can miss recruiting certain characters by deciding to spare or execute them, others are attainable through completing side and main quests. To grow your liberation army, you’ll need a ton of characters on your side, so this recruitment guide will tell you how to recruit them all in Unicorn Overlord.
| Character | Class | How to recruit |
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| Scarlett | Priestess | Complete “The Priestess, Abducted.” |
| Lex | Fighter | Complete “The Unicorn Ring.” |
| Chloe | Soldier | Complete “The Unicorn Ring.” |
| Josef | Paladin | Complete “The Unicorn Ring.” |
| Clive | Knight | Complete “Call to Action.” |
| Hodrick | Hoplite | Complete “Call to Action.” |
| Travis | Thief | Complete “Call to Action.” |
| Aubin | Housecarl | Complete “Call to Action.” |
| Rolf | Hunter | Complete “A Solitary Resistance.” |
| Gammel | Rogue | Free Gammel in “A Solitary Resistance”, then complete “A Shifting Tide.” |
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| Sharon | Cleric | Accept her offer during “The Winged Knight.” |
| Mandrin | Sniper | Free Mandrin in “The Winged Knight”, then complete “A Shifting Tide.” |
| Ochlys | Feathersword | Complete “The Winged Knight”, then start “An Angel’s Request” and give Ochlys 30 Divine Shards. |
| Bruno | Gladiator | Complete “As the Tricorns Ride.” |
| Mordon | Warrior | Spare Mordon after completing “The Battle for Barbatimo.” |
| Adel | Knight | Complete “Province of Famine.” |
| Fran | Gryphon Knight | Complete “Province of Famine”, then complete “The Priestess, Abducted.” |
| Yahna | Witch | Complete “The Ravaged Swamp.” |
| Nina | Warrior | Speak to Nina as Mille’s unit during “Uprooting the Rock Rat.” |
| Berenice | Sellsword | Accept her offer in “The Mercenary’s Trial.” |
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| Selvie | Shaman | Accept her offer and complete “Sigil’s Trial, Beginner 1.” |
| Auch | Wizard | Spare Auch after completing “The Self-Effacing Sorcerer.” |
| Melisandre | Swordfighter | Spare Melisandre in “The Blade of House Meillet.” |
| Colm | Fighter | Recruit Melisandre in “The Blade of House Meillet.” |
| Tatiana | Cleric | Allow her to continue her experiments in “The Tormented Helm.” |
| Monica | Radiant Knight | Accept her offer in “The Unyielding Shield.” |
| Kitra | Warrior | Complete “The Priestess, Abducted.” |
| Miriam | Radiant Knight | Complete “The Priestess, Abducted.” |
| Renault | Great Knight | Complete four Liberation quests in Drakenhold after “The Priestess, Abducted.” |
| Primm | Cleric | Complete “The General in Black.” |
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| Berengaria | Dark Marquess | Speak to her as Alain’s unit in “The General in Black”, then complete “Heir to the Dragonlands.” |
| Aramis | Swordfighter | Speak to her as Primm’s unit in “The General in Black.” |
| Leah | Swordfighter | Complete “The Battle for Mier.” |
| Virginia | Crusader | Complete “The Battle for Mier.” |
| Liza | Arbalist | Complete “Black Knight of the Dunes.” |
| Gloucester | Dark Knight | Complete “Black Knight of the Dunes.” |
| Magellan | Sellsword | Complete “Beyond the Swirling Sands.” |
| Hilda | Wyvern Knight | Speak to her as Primm’s unit in “The Champion of Order”, then speak to her again after the quest. |
| Amalia | Dreadnought | Defeat her in the Coliseum. |
| Gilbert | Prince | Speak to him in “Heir to the Dragonlands.” |
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| Jeremy | Sellsword | Spare Jeremy in “The Battle for Adopti.” |
| Celeste | Gryphon Master | Complete “A Shifting Tide.” |
| Rosalinde | Elven Augur | Complete “The Winding Wood.” |
| Ithilion | Elven Fencer | Speak to him as Rosaline’s unit in “The Elven Knight.” |
| Lhinalagos | Elven Archer | Complete “The Resistance Lives On.” |
| Railanor | Elven Fencer | Complete “The Battle for Voryatan.” |
| Galadmir | Elven Archer | Complete “Bowman of the Setting Sun.” |
| Ridiel | Elven Archer | Complete “A Half-Elf’s Resolve.” |
| Eltolinde | Elven Sibyl | Complete “O’er Wood and Water.” |
| Yunifi | Snow Ranger | Complete “Tempest of White.” |
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| Morard | Werelion | Complete “Tempest of White.” |
| Dinah | Werefox | Complete “Ferocious Loyalty.” |
| Ramona | Wereowl | Speak to her as Yunifi’s unit in “Tempest of White.” |
| Bryce | Legionnaire | Complete “The Battle of Solvaquad” (only after recruiting Nina). |
| Govil | Werewolf | Side with Govil or fight him with Bertrand in “To Resist or To Yield.” |
| Bertrand | Werebear | Side with Bertrand or fight him with Govil in “To Resist or To Yield.” |
| Umerus | Feathersword | Speak to him as Scarlett’s unit and spare him in “A Faded Flower.” |
| Sanatio | Featherstaff | Complete “The Holy March.” |
| Fodoquia | Feathershield | Complete “The Battle for Peyston.” |
| Jerome | Great Knight | Complete “The Battle for Largion.” |
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| Raenys | Featherbow | Complete “Shield to the Sacred.” |
| Hermann | Legionnaire | Complete “Unicorn Overlord.” |
| Nigel | Dark Marquess | Complete “Unicorn Overlord.” |
| Ilenia | Valkyria | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
| Beaumont | Legionnaire | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
| Alcina | Dark Marquess | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
| Gailey | Sergeant | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
| Mille | Warrior | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
| Elgor | Dark Marquess | Complete “Dying Breath of an Empire Fallen.” |
Are there missable recruits in Unicorn Overlord?
Unfortunately, you can miss 21 characters in Unicorn Overlord. This means that you will not be able to obtain every single recruit in one playthrough due to some of the decisions you must make during quests. If you follow the instructions above, you’ll be able to avoid missing them, but otherwise here are all the recruits that you can miss out on:
| All missable recruits | Gammel, Mandrin, Mordon, Nina, Berenice, Selvie, Auch, Melisandre, Colm, Tatiana, Monica, Berengaria, Aramis, Hilda, Gilbert, Jeremy, Ithilion, Ramona, Bryce, Govil, Bertrand. |
Make sure to keep an eye out for these characters in your game, since they can easily be missed if you don’t complete their recruitment requirements. Not only are these characters good on the battlefield, but a majority of them serve as romance options as well!
