Mercenaries
Hire a fighter for 30 minutes.
A mercenary fights next to you for 30 minutes. You hire one at a Mercenary Guild: you pay a fee, and the guild gives you a summon scroll. Use the scroll and the mercenary appears at your side. The contract is yours alone: it cannot be passed to another player, and the mercenary leaves when the 30 minutes are over.
What they do
Grade 10 mercenaries of the other two guilds at work on the Prontera south field (the Bow one is in the box above):
The three guilds
Each guild has a Mercenary Manager (hiring and questions) and a Mercenary Goods Merchant (potions for your mercenary). The Manager's own words: "Mercenaries are soldiers that will fight at your side on the battlefield."
| Guild | Fighter | Where | Manager | Goods Merchant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spear | Spearman, melee | Prontera | ||
| Sword | Fencer, melee | Izlude Town | ||
| Bow | Bowman, ranged | Archer Village |
Hiring one
Talk to the Mercenary Manager of the guild and pick Hire Mercenary, then the grade. The Manager checks your Base Level, your zeny and, for the higher grades, your Loyalty (see below). You get the scroll when everything is met.
| Grade | Base Level needed | Zeny | Loyalty needed | Bowman (Bow) | Fencer (Sword) | Spearman (Spear) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 7,000 | none | Mina, Lv 20 | David, Lv 20 | Rodin, Lv 22 |
| 2 | 25 | 14,000 | none | Dororu, Lv 30 | Ellen, Lv 30 | Lancer, Lv 34 |
| 3 | 35 | 21,000 | none | Nami, Lv 40 | Luise, Lv 40 | Nathan, Lv 41 |
| 4 | 45 | 28,000 | none | Elfin, Lv 50 | Frank, Lv 50 | Roan, Lv 55 |
| 5 | 55 | 35,000 | none | Clara, Lv 60 | Ryan, Lv 60 | Orizaro, Lv 60 |
| 6 | 65 | 42,000 | none | Dali, Lv 70 | Paolo, Lv 70 | Thyla, Lv 72 |
| 7 | 75 | 49,000 | 50 | Karaya, Lv 80 | Jens, Lv 80 | Ben, Lv 81 |
| 8 | 85 | 56,000 | 100 | Hiyori, Lv 90 | Thierry, Lv 90 | Pinaka, Lv 90 |
| 9 | 95 | 63,000 | 300 | Kero, Lv 95 | Steven, Lv 95 | Kuhlmann, Lv 95 |
| 10 | 90 | free | 500 (400 are spent) | Sukye, Lv 99 | Wayne, Lv 99 | Roux, Lv 99 |
The scrolls are Bowman Scroll 1 to Bowman Scroll 10 (Bow), Fencer Scroll 1 to Fencer Scroll 10 (Sword) and Spearman Scroll 1 to Spearman Scroll 10 (Spear), one for each grade.
A mercenary's Devotion fails if you are more than 10 levels above it.
Loyalty
Each guild keeps its own Loyalty score for you. It rises and falls with your contracts:
- +1 when a contract runs out its full 30 minutes;
- -1 when your mercenary is killed;
- +1 for every 50 monsters your mercenary kills, and the mercenary also gets a short random bonus for 5 minutes.
The grade 10 mercenary takes 400 of your Loyalty when you sign, so you need 500 to start and keep 100.
Potions for your mercenary
The Mercenary Goods Merchant sells potions that only a mercenary can use. The ones with a speed effect last 30 minutes.
| Potion | Price | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Mercenary Red Potion | 2,500 zeny | restores 1,000 HP |
| Mercenary Blue Potion | 5,000 zeny | restores 100 SP |
| Mercenary Concentration Potion | 800 zeny | attack speed (Concentration) |
| Mercenary Awakening Potion | 1,500 zeny | attack speed (Awakening) |
| Mercenary Berserk Potion | 3,000 zeny | attack speed (Berserk) |
You can buy up to 10,000 of one potion at a time.
