Berwick Saga Recruitment

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Sources: http://haruka.saiin.net/~berwick-saga/1/, http://www42.tok2.com/home/joll/

Units can begin as Guests, Mercenaries, or Permanently-recruited characters:

• Characters that begin as Guests have additional requirements (which usually must be met in the chapter they are guests in) in order to become Mercenaries or Permanent characters.
• Mercenaries must be re-hired for each chapter (which can last up to four missions), which requires paying them a hiring fee. This hiring fee is halved if the chapter's primary mission has already been completed. Mercenaries cannot be hired after starting Chapter 13.
• Permanent units are fully recruited and can be freely used.

There are also a handful of conditions that restrict when a unit can be used; see the Restrictions section for details.

Name	Timing	Recruitment
Reese	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1.
Ward	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1.
Leon	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1.
Adel	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1.
Sherlock	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1.
Elbert	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 4.
Christine	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 4.
Dean	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 2.
	Chapter 1	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 1: "A Reason to Fight."
	-	Permanently: After he has killed 60+ enemies, view the city event "Scars of War."† Izerna must be alive and recruited.
Izerna	Chapter 1 - "A Reason to Fight"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 2.
	Chapter 1	Permanently: After completing or declining Map 1-1: "Cruel Brothers."
Volo	Chapter 1	Mercenary: [Tavern] After completing Map 1: "A Reason to Fight."
	Chapter 7 or later	Permanently (Method 1): Raise Volo's Happiness to 12+, then view the city event "Aloof Swordsman."†
		Permanently (Method 2): If (A) Faye is killed before talking to Chaos in Map 3: "The Three Priests" or (B) Chaos was defeated in "The Three Priests": view the event involving Leticia during the map by allowing NPC Sakhalin to visit the building on the east. Then, raise Volo's Happiness to 5+ and view the city event "Wanted Man" at the start of Chapter 7. During Map 7: "Rescue Mission," have Volo enter the church; he will leave the battlefield and become unavailable, then rejoin permanently after completing Map 9: "Breaking Bridges."
Axel	Chapter 1	Mercenary: [Abbey] After completing Map 1: "A Reason to Fight."
	Chapter 9	Permanently: Raise his Happiness to 5+, then have him visit the house on the left side of the map in Map 9: "Breaking Bridges." After concluding "Breaking Bridges," view the city event "Old Wounds."
Sylvis	Chapter 1	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 1-1: "Cruel Brothers."
	-	Permanently: After completing Map X-1: "Hero of the Seas." To unlock Map X-1: after completing Map 5: "Hold the Fort," view the city event "Bounty Hunter"; then, after raising Sylvis's Happiness to 12+ and her Level to 10+, view the city event "Her Circumstances."
Ruby	Chapter 1 - "Fledgling Knights"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 1	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 1-2: "Fledgling Knights."
	-	Permanently: After completing Map X-3: "A Knight's Pride." To unlock Map X-3: Raise Ruby's Happiness to 11+ and her Level to 10+, and keep Clifford alive.
Arthur	Chapter 1 - "Fledgling Knights"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 1 - "Fledgling Knights"	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 1-2: "Fledgling Knights."
	-	Permanently (Method 1): View the city event "Dishonor" after Map 1-2: "Fledgling Knights," raise his Happiness to 10+, then view the city event "Exile." Permanently (Method 2): Automatic, if his Happiness is 1+ at the start of Chapter 8.
Czene	Chapter 2	Guest in "Bandit Suppression": Automatic, from turn 1. Guest in "In Pursuit of Thieves": Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 2	Permanently: Talk to her with Reese in Map 2: "Bandit Suppression," then complete Map 2-1: "In Pursuit of Thieves."
Kramer	Chapter 2 - "Bandit Suppression"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 2	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 2: "Bandit Suppression."
	-	Permanently: After completing Map X-2: "Stolen Sword" and giving him the sword Balmung. To unlock Map X-2: Raise Kramer's Happiness to 9+ and his Level to 10+.
Faye	Chapter 2 - "Bandit Suppression"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 2	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 2: "Bandit Suppression."
	-	Permanently: After completing Map X-4: "The Altar of Raze," she will become temporarily unavailable; then, at the start of the next chapter†, view the city event "Newfound Power." To unlock Map X-4: After raising Faye's Happiness to 6+, view the city event "Warrior of Izmil." Then, raise Faye's Happiness to 12+ and her Level to 10+ while keeping Faramir alive. (After the conclusion of Chapter 11, the 12+ Happiness requirement is no longer needed.)
Derrick	Chapter 2	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After escaping from or surviving (as an enemy) in Map 2-2: "Combat Training."
	-	Permanently: After Enid has class changed and Derrick's Happiness is 3+, view the city event "Seek the Truth."†
Clifford	Chapter 3	Mercenary: [Tavern] After commencing Chapter 3.
	-	Permanently: After Ruby's promotion, view the city event "Fake Contest."† (City events relating to Ruby, such as "Father and Daughter" in Map 1, must also have been viewed.)
Faramir	Chapter 3	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 3: "The Three Priests."
	-	Permanently: After Faye has been permanently recruited and Faramir's Happiness is 3+, view the city event "The Wanderer."†
Esteban	Chapter 3 - "The Three Priests"	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] Talk to him with Christine in Map 3: "The Three Priests" (appears on turn 20).
	Chapter 9	Permanently: View the city event "Arina's Wish" in Map 3, then have Esteban participate in Map 6: "On the Front Lines" without being captured. During Map 9: "Breaking Bridges," the castle gate must be opened and the subsequent event viewed. After completing Map 9, Esteban's happiness must be 5+. (Esteban need not have been deployed in "Breaking Bridges.") Finally view the city event "A Man's Naïveté."
Aegina	Chapter 3 - "Maiden and Mercenary"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 3	Permanently: After completing Map 3: "Maiden and Mercenary."
Sherpa	Chapter 3 - "Maiden and Mercenary"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 3	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 3: "Maiden and Mercenary."
	-	Permanently: View the city event "Traitor" after Map 4: "Covering the Retreat." Before Map 8: "The Wooden Cavalry," view the city event "Letter." During "The Wooden Cavalry,"have Sherpa talk to Kay. Then, once his Happiness has been raised to 1+, view the city event "Highlander."†
Saphira	Chapter 4	Mercenary: [Abbey] After commencing Chapter 4.
	Chapter 12 - "The Heathen God"	Permanently: After completing Map 12-1: "The Heathen God," if her Happiness is 1+.
Owen	Chapter 4	Mercenary: [Veria Temple] After commencing Chapter 4, if Grimm reached the left church in Map 3: "The Three Priests."
	Chapter 12	Permanently: After completing Map 11-1: "Island of Exile," view the city event "Boundary." By the completion of "Island of Exile," Owen's happiness must have been raised to 5+. Then, complete Map 12-1: "The Heathen God" (during which he will be an essential unit). At the conclusion of "The Heathen God," view the city event "The True God."
Daoud	Chapter 4 - "Covering the Retreat"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 4	Permanently: After completing Map 4: "Covering the Retreat," if all allied soldiers survived and escaped.
Larentia	Chapter 4 - "Covering the Retreat"	Mercenary: [Dungeon] In Map 4: "Covering the Retreat," talk to her with Reese, or let her talk to him (she appears on turn 13 as an enemy).
	-	Permanently: After Reese's promotion, if it takes place in Chapters 7 to 10.
Thaddy	Chapter 4 - "Hero of the Streets"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 4 - "Hero of the Streets"	Mercenary: [Lower Streets] After completing Map 4-2: "Hero of the Streets."
	-	Permanently: After he has been hired for a cumulative total of 5000 denarii or more, view the city event "[NAME NEEDED]."†
Marcel	Chapter 5 - "Hold the Fort"	Guest: Talk to him with Reese in Map 5: "Hold the Fort" (present from turn 1 as an NPC).
	Chapter 5	Permanently: After completing Map 5: "Hold the Fort," if all civilians survived.
Enid	Chapter 6 - "On the Front Lines"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	Chapter 6	Permanently: After completing Map 6: "On the Front Lines," view the city event "Staring Eyes."
Perceval	Chapter 6 - "On the Front Lines"	Guest: Talk to him with Enid in Map 6: "On the Front Lines" (appears on turn 6 as an NPC).
	Chapter 6	Mercenary: [Mercenary Guild] After completing Map 6: "On the Front Lines," if Perceval was recruited as a guest.
	Chapter 12 - "The Heathen God"	Permanently: After raising his Happiness to 2+, have Perceval defeat the enemy who has captured Izerna in Map 12-1: "The Heathen God"; Perceval will leave the battlefield, and he will be recruited permanently at the conclusion of "The Heathen God."
Burroughs	Chapter 9 - "Breaking Bridges"	Permanently: Automatic, from turn 1, if Burroughs and all other NPC ballisticians successfully escaped in Map 8: "The Wooden Cavalry."
Alvina	Chapter 10	Permanently: After completing Map 10: "The Holy Knight."
Paramythis	Chapter 12 - "The Heathen God"	Guest: Automatic, from turn 1.
	-	Permanently: After completing Map 12-1: "The Heathen God", if Saphira is alive and has been permanently recruited.
Spoilers	Chapter 14	Permanently: After completing Map 14: "The Gathering."

^†These events must take place prior to the end of Chapter 13.

Restrictions

• Reese: Unavailable for non-primary missions, except for Maps 11-1: "Island of Exile" and 12-1: "The Heathen God."
• Ward: Unavailable for non-primary missions, except for Maps 11-1: "Island of Exile" and 12-1: "The Heathen God."
• Izerna: Unavailable for Map 12-1: "The Heathen God," during which she appears as an NPC instead.
• Volo: If the conditions for his permanent recruitment (method 2) have been met, he will be unavailable from when he leaves on Map 7: "Rescue Mission" until the completion of Map 9: "Breaking Bridges."
• Sylvis: Unavailable for Map 5: "Hold the Fort," during which she appears as an NPC instead.
• Faye: Unavailable from the completion of Map X-4: "The Altar of Raze" until the beginning of the next chapter.
• Derrick: Unavailable for primary missions.
• Faramir: Cannot be hired as a mercenary unless Faye has been hired or permanently recruited.
• Saphira: Unavailable for Map 12-1: "The Heathen God," during which she appears as an NPC instead.
• Owen: Until he is permanently recruited, at the end of turn 20 on any map, he will Convert to a Raze Monk and become an enemy until the end of the map.
  • In Map 12-1: "The Heathen God", if his Happiness is 5+, this instead occurs at the end of turn 12.
• Perceval: If the conditions for his permanent recruitment have been met, he will be unavailable from when he leaves in Map 12-1: "The Heathen God" until the completion of "The Heathen God."

Mercenary Fees

Notes:

• If the primary mission of a chapter has already completed, the fee to hire new mercenaries is halved.
• After hiring a mercenary, he/she remains hired for all missions in that chapter.
• From the start of Chapter 14 onward, mercenaries can no longer be hired.

Mercenary Name	Hiring Fee
Dean	500 + 110×Level
Volo	200 + 150×Level
Axel	400 + 60×Level
Sylvis	700 + 150×Level
Ruby	400 + 80×Level
Arthur	500 + 100×Level
Kramer	400 + 150×Level
Faye	600 + 100×Level
Derrick*	0 + 100×Level
Clifford	800 + 100×Level
Faramir	1200 + 50×Level
Esteban	500 + 80×Level
Sherpa	800 + 100×Level
Saphira	random(100~1000)
Owen	400 + 30×Level
Larentia	1000 + 70×Level
Thaddy	500 + 150×Level
Perceval	800 + 20×Level

* Note that because Derrick can only be hired for non-primary missions, his hiring fee will always be halved from what this formula shows.