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Mercenaries were added with the Seeds of Destruction expansion in October 2008. They are player-controlled NPCs which act as group members. Specific statistics can be seen at Mercenary Statistics page.
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Changes to Mercenaries in Feb 8, 2017 patch
- Mercenary equipment has been simplified and improved:
- - All existing pieces of mercenary equipment (excluding the Vestments of the Forsaken) are now 'Faded' items that can be converted to newer equivalent level and archetype items.
- - Vendors that sell mercenary equipment now sell the newer items.
- - The stats for all levels of mercenary equipment have been improved significantly.
- - There are now four archetypes of mercenary equipment corresponding to each of the four mercenary types: Defender, Soother, Assassin, and Sorcerer.
- - Mercenary equipment slots have been changed from head, chest, primary, and secondary to ear, neck, shoulder, and waist in order to correct a bug that would cause melee DPS and tank mercenaries to become less effective when wielding primary/secondary equipment.
- - Two new sets of mercenary equipment have been created for Empires of Kunark. One set can be purchased for Sathir Trade Gems in Lceanium while the other set can be obtained as rare drops from basepop and rare creatures.
- Level 100+ mercenaries have had their base stats improved:
- - Increased the total HP and evasion of tank mercenaries
- - Increased the evasion of healer mercenaries
- - Increased the evasion, offense, and HP of melee damage mercenaries
- - Increased the evasion of spell damage mercenaries
- Identified and corrected an error with melee damage mercenaries that caused them to delete their innate haste item.
- Healer and damage caster mercenaries will now update their target when casting spells.
- - This corrects an issue where casting target-of-target type spells would not resolve correctly when targeting a mercenary.
- Added an innate defensive effect that reduces incoming melee damage to Journeyman mercenaries. This effect will increase in power with each tier.
- Additional ranks of Mercenary Alternate Advancement Abilities have been added for levels 101-105. Additionally, the following Mercenary Alternate Advancement Abilities have been improved:
- - Increased the effectiveness of Furious Wrath from 1% to 2% per rank
- - Increased the effectiveness of Subtle Magic from 2% to 3% per rank
May 18, 2022
- Mercenaries have been simplified. There are no longer Tiers of mercenaries, only Apprentice and Journeyman ranks. - - The Apprentice mercenaries are the former Apprentice Tier-V while Journeyman mercenaries are the former Journeyman Tier-V. - - You must have an all-access account in order to use Journeyman mercenaries. This includes temporary all access gained through using Krono.
In-Game Description
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| The Seeds of Destruction expansion is required to access this content. Live: October 21, 2008 |
Mercenary Liaisons can be found in all starting cities and will allow you to hire mercenaries based on their race. The Liaisons within the Plane of Knowledge and Oceangreen Village will allow you to hire mercenaries of any player race. These merchants can be found using the Find ability.
Before purchasing a mercenary be sure to read the descriptions, cost value, and restrictions. There are different levels and tiers available. Some mercenaries may not available until you have completed certain content but there are some apprentice and journeyman ones available to all.
There are four classes of Mercenaries available - Tank, Healer, Melee DPS and Caster DPS.
Healer Mercenary: Healer mercenaries prefer to heal their owner and others in the group rather than engage directly in combat. These mercenaries can also resurrect players upon death.
Tank Mercenary: Tank mercenaries prefer to melee. They will taunt if it is set to the main tank role, though it will still attack and behave as a secondary tank if it is not set as main tank.
DPS Mercenaries: DPS mercenaries lend good DPS to a group or a solo player encounter. Currently there is a Melee DPS and a Caster DPS.
Mercenaries can be suspended like a pet. There are some zones that will automatically suspend your mercenaries upon entering the zone. Mercenaries cannot be used on raids.
General Information
There are currently four classes of mercenaries: Healer, Tank, Melee DPS and Caster DPS. The Healer and Tank mercenaries are similar to the Cleric and Warrior classes, the two most needed classes in the game. The DPS classes available are similar to the Rogue and Wizard classes.
The Healer and Tank classes having been seen to be viable alternatives to grouping (as opposed to being preferred over grouping), the DPS class has now been added to the original two. Between them these provide viable alternatives to grouping (please see bottom of this page to see added DPS mercenary details).
This will allow any two classes to get together, and instantly have a group with a viable tank and healer, or a Melee to hire a healer to "Solo" or a healer to hire a tank, again to "solo", etc. Alternatively, the DPS class can be used to flesh out a duo or group for faster kills.
There is a platinum cost associated with purchasing a mercenary. There is also a smaller recurring charge associated with upkeep (charged every 15 minutes). You can see the costs before hiring them. The amount you'll pay should be recoverable through normal experiencing and vendor-loot drops. Your merc will start costing you 2g every 15 minutes at level 14.
Mercenaries level up as you do. As you both increase in levels your recurring cost will adjust to the new levels.
Efficiency: I never had any merc run away afraid. Granted all three of my mercs were all Apprentice 5, which was plenty efficient for me since I take care to be careful anyway. My (now) level 47 trio of warrior/shaman/necro have had a total of one death (shaman) between them. The mercs take care of you if you watch the healer mana bar and dont over pull. Us six often had two yellow mobs, a white mob and a blue mob all at the same time and handled them all with just slows and cripples for mitigation.
Purchasing a Mercenary
Mercenaries can be hired from various Guardians in the Plane of Knowledge as well as from NPCs in starting cities. You can use the find command (CTRL + F) to locate such vendors.
Special mercenaries are unlocked via other means, usually involving an expenditure of real money.
Bayle Marks are purchasable via the Sony Marketplace and will pay for 15 minutes of upkeep on a merc.
Also purchaseable in the Marketplace is the Potion of Mercenary Amnesia which will allow you to change your merc's name to one of your own choosing.
Map of Mercenary Guardians in PoK - author: Chasin
Ranks
Your Mercenary can come in 2 skill levels.
- Skill Levels
- Apprentice - on par with single group geared players, on spells and abilities that have a rank, it will have rank 1. It will have HP, Mana, and Endurance on par with characters that do not have the gear to acquire rank 2 spells and abilities.
- Journeyman - On par with single group geared players, however, have rank 2 spells and abilities, slightly better damage mitigation, etc.
- Mercenaries have a ~5% chance to "Lose confidence" in your group.
- Tip: To prevent a mercenary from fleeing battle (losing confidence), set the healer and/or tank merc on passive before an incoming pull reaches camp. Once all/most of the mobs have settled in on the camp, activate the mercs. They will immediately jump into battle and STAY in battle for the duration of the fight with 100% confidence, no matter how many mobs were pulled on the initial incoming pull.
- It is possible this trick works by simply bypassing the confidence check altogether.
- This trick allows you, for those that can, to pull massive amounts (7 or more) of ANY con mobs all at once and Area Effect/Damage Shield their health down for great solo or group experience.
- This trick will allow the owner of healer merc to take control of a bad situation by preventing their merc from running.
- Note: unexpected adds each have a chance of causing a merc to lose confidence and flee:
- If you can act before the add(s) apply themselves to the hatelist (aggro), you can prevent the mercs from fleeing by simply setting them to passive, then active again after the add(s) aggro. They will continue to fight as if no additional mobs had joined the battle.
- If you don't act quickly enough, and the mercs flee, then just try your best to kill a couple of the mobs out of the bunch until their numbers are back down to that of the initial pull; at which point the mercs should rejoin the battle.
Free2Play accounts can only have Apprentice mercs.
Progression
Refer to progression through Seeds of Destruction -or- alternately the task No Heroism Without Fear in Feerot: The Dream.
This section needs updating
- Completion of Oceangreen theme gives Journeyman Rank II
- Completion of Kithicor theme gives Journeyman Rank III
- Completion of Field of Scale theme gives Journeyman Rank IV
- Completion of Rathe theme gives Journeyman Rank V
I.e., if you complete only the Rathe theme you will have Journeyman rk 5 available for purchase, but not rk 2, 3 or 4.
Mercenary Advancement
With the release of the Call of the Forsaken expansion, the following benefits were added to mercenaries:
- Mercenary AA - Increase the skill of your mercenary with new alternate advancements.
Mercenary Gear
Raise the effectiveness of your mercenary with by earning new items they can use.
You can boost your mercenaries' strength and overall usefulness in the form of gear (four slots: ear, neck, shoulder, belt).
Here is a listing of gear for merc's through the different levels.
Level 75
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Crude Earring | Sorcerer's Crude Necklace | Sorcerer's Crude Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Crude Belt | Merchant Chebel in ETWK |
| Healer | Soother's Crude Earring | Soother's Crude Necklace | Soother's Crude Pauldrons | Soother's Crude Belt | Merchant Chebel in ETWK |
| Rogue | Assassin's Crude Earring | Assassin's Crude Necklace | Assassin's Crude Pauldrons | Assassin's Crude Belt | Merchant Chebel in ETWK |
| Tank | Defender's Crude Earring | Defender's Crude Necklace | Defender's Crude Pauldrons | Defender's Crude Belt | Merchant Chebel in ETWK |
Level 80
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Simple Earring | Sorcerer's Simple Necklace | Sorcerer's Simple Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Simple Belt | Merchant Orvan in ETWK |
| Healer | Soother's Simple Earring | Soother's Simple Necklace | Soother's Simple Pauldrons | Soother's Simple Belt | Merchant Orvan in ETWK |
| Rogue | Assassin's Simple Earring | Assassin's Simple Necklace | Assassin's Simple Pauldrons | Assassin's Simple Belt | Merchant Orvan in ETWK |
| Tank | Defender's Simple Earring | Defender's Simple Necklace | Defender's Simple Pauldrons | Defender's Simple Belt | Merchant Orvan in ETWK |
Level 85
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Rough Earring | Sorcerer's Rough Necklace | Sorcerer's Rough Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Rough Belt | Merchant Akele in ETWK |
| Healer | Soother's Rough Earring | Soother's Rough Necklace | Soother's Rough Pauldrons | Soother's Rough Belt | Merchant Akele in ETWK |
| Rogue | Assassin's Rough Earring | Assassin's Rough Necklace | Assassin's Rough Pauldrons | Assassin's Rough Belt | Merchant Akele in ETWK |
| Tank | Defender's Rough Earring | Defender's Rough Necklace | Defender's Rough Pauldrons | Defender's Rough Belt | Merchant Akele in ETWK |
Level 90
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Ornate Earring | Sorcerer's Ornate Necklace | Sorcerer's Ornate Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Ornate Belt | Merchant Nyvan in ETWK |
| Healer | Soother's Ornate Earring | Soother's Ornate Necklace | Soother's Ornate Pauldrons | Soother's Ornate Belt | Merchant Nyvan in ETWK |
| Rogue | Assassin's Ornate Earring | Assassin's Ornate Necklace | Assassin's Ornate Pauldrons | Assassin's Ornate Belt | Merchant Nyvan in ETWK |
| Tank | Defender's Ornate Earring | Defender's Ornate Necklace | Defender's Ornate Pauldrons | Defender's Ornate Belt | Merchant Nyvan in ETWK |
Level 95
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Flawed Earring | Sorcerer's Flawed Necklace | Sorcerer's Flawed Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Flawed Belt | Merchant Sertan in ETWK |
| Healer | Soother's Flawed Earring | Soother's Flawed Necklace | Soother's Flawed Pauldrons | Soother's Flawed Belt | Merchant Sertan in ETWK |
| Rogue | Assassin's Flawed Earring | Assassin's Flawed Necklace | Assassin's Flawed Pauldrons | Assassin's Flawed Belt | Merchant Sertan in ETWK |
| Tank | Defender's Flawed Earring | Defender's Flawed Necklace | Defender's Flawed Pauldrons | Defender's Flawed Belt | Merchant Sertan in ETWK |
Level 100
Level 105
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Elaborate Earring | Sorcerer's Elaborate Necklace | Sorcerer's Elaborate Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Elaborate Belt | a merchant in Arx Mentis |
| Healer | Soother's Elaborate Earring | Soother's Elaborate Necklace | Soother's Elaborate Pauldrons | Soother's Elaborate Belt | a merchant in Arx Mentis |
| Rogue | Assassin's Elaborate Earring | Assassin's Elaborate Necklace | Assassin's Elaborate Pauldrons | Assassin's Elaborate Belt | a merchant in Arx Mentis |
| Tank | Defender's Elaborate Earring | Defender's Elaborate Necklace | Defender's Elaborate Pauldrons | Defender's Elaborate Belt | a merchant in Arx Mentis |
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Elegant Earring | Sorcerer's Elegant Necklace | Sorcerer's Elegant Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Elegant Belt | a merchant in Lceanium |
| Healer | Soother's Elegant Earring | Soother's Elegant Necklace | Soother's Elegant Pauldrons | Soother's Elegant Belt | a merchant in Lceanium |
| Rogue | Assassin's Elegant Earring | Assassin's Elegant Necklace | Assassin's Elegant Pauldrons | Assassin's Elegant Belt | a merchant in Lceanium |
| Tank | Defender's Elegant Earring | Defender's Elegant Necklace | Defender's Elegant Pauldrons | Defender's Elegant Belt | a merchant in Lceanium |
The Burning Lands
And here is the mercenary gear for The Burning Lands.
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster | Sorcerer's Vigilant Earring | Sorcerer's Vigilant Necklace | Sorcerer's Vigilant Pauldrons | Sorcerer's Vigilant Belt | Dropped |
| Healer | Soother's Vigilant Earring | Soother's Vigilant Necklace | Soother's Vigilant Pauldrons | Soother's Vigilant Belt | Dropped |
| Rogue | Assassin's Vigilant Earring | Assassin's Vigilant Necklace | Assassin's Vigilant Pauldrons | Assassin's Vigilant Belt | Dropped |
| Tank | Defender's Vigilant Earring | Defender's Vigilant Necklace | Defender's Vigilant Pauldrons | Defender's Vigilant Belt | Dropped |
Level 120
This is Mercenary gear for Laurion's Song. It drops from random NPC's in that expansion.
| Merc Type | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Belt | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank | Grandiose Earring of the Contracted | Grandiose Necklace of the Contracted | Grandiose Pauldrons of the Contracted | Grandiose Belt of the Contracted | Dropped |
For a look at the mercenary AA window, click here.
Mercenaries will gain AA experience with you (you'll have to have them spawned in order for them to gain experience), and gear can be purchased from Mercenary Morloro (map) in the northwestern Qeynosian camp of the Ethernere Tainted West Karana. This gear is sold for Marks of Valor, which is rewarded from doing Heroic Adventures.
Mercenary gear can also drop from named creatures.
Manage Mercenary
How much time until you have to pay the Merc's Upkeep. Usually a small sum of plat.
- Set Active: Set the current stance you have selected
- Set Owner: Set your current target to your Mercs new owner
- Info: Gives you the information about your merc. (Intelligence level, Upkeep and all that)
- Set Hotkey: Set the current stance you have selected as a Hot Key.
- Dismiss: Permanently get rid of this mercenary.
- Suspend/Revive/Unsuspend: Suspend will temporarily get rid of this mercenary. When your Mercenary dies the button will change to Revive. When you suspend your mercenary the button will change to Unsuspend. When you suspend a merc you must wait 5 minutes to bring him back into the world. You also must be out of combat.
- Stance: You're allowed to set the stance that you want your mercenary to be. Each Stance has different focuses and allow the mercs to be more or less reactive.
Mercenary Slots
You can only have a single mercenary active at a time. If you wish to switch to a different mercenary, you will need to dismiss your mercenary and go to a liaison to hire another one. This step can be bypassed by buying additional mercenary slots with Station Cash. You can buy up to five additional mercenary slots.
Also, there are certain tasks that give you mercenary slots.
- - Mercenary Recruitment - It requires some crafting (300+ trivial) and a Triumvirate Blood Stone which is very rare drop off VoA nameds.
- - Achievement: Master of Alaris will also grant an additional Mercenary Slot.
Varieties of Mercenaries
Healer
Healers are very similar to Clerics, in that they cast a lot of the same buffs and spells. They are not as good as a real PC as the AI is not as skillful as a person has the potential of being. That being said, they are better than not having a healer in general.
A healer will buff your group, keep the group healed as needed, primarily focusing on their owner and then the MA.
The healer merc has no 'don't heal the necro' button either. He was continually doing celestial heal on the necro right before I was about to nuke tap and DOT tap health from the mobs.
The healer merc does a good job of healing whomever is most wounded (amongst non-owner group members including pets and other mercs.)
Important: Your healer merc will decide what to do without you telling him. My healer merc knew when mobs arrived with buffs on and he was the one that dispelled the mob buffs!!!! In addition to that, he started blasting away with Condemnation-whatever if no one needed healing. He swithches on his own between 'Balanced', and 'Passive'. Meaning you can manually put him to passive if you want him to just sit there, but he sits and meds when he needs to and always stands during a fight.
So if you want him to be at full mana for a big fight, you need to sit quietly in a corner and let him finish buffing and everything before you pull.
Tank
Tanks are similar to Warriors, in that they use a lot of the same Disc's. As with the Cleric, they are never as good as a real player, however, they are much better than a silk class tanking.
You can assign your Mercenary Tank the "Role" of "Main Tank", however, you cannot make them the "Main Assist".
They will try to keep Aggro if designated the Main Tank of the group, and they seem to be able to use their discs to the groups advantage.
If another group member is assigned Main Tank, the mercenary tank will try to keep just under the MT on the hate list.
Tip: you can "control" the tank and tell it what mob to focus on by setting it as main tank, and setting yourself as main assist. It will attack anything you target, and gain agro on that mob. This is good for situations where the healer or dps has taken agro and the tank is not intercepting fast enough.
Example: When I pulled a mob with my toon, the tank mercs ran out to greet the mob before it arrived at the group. They don't wait until the mob arrives or even enters melee range of the group. I would even pull with a bow from 250 range and run the opposite direction and the tank mercs, (not hired by me,) would still race out to greet the incoming mob when it arrived in the mercs own assist range of about 75 or so.
I had to pull a mob from behind us while the tank mercs were busy to our front in order for the mob to arrive at the group location. In this case the tank mercs would race back to the group to taunt the new mob off of a group member, and bring their mob with them in tow. In this case, if both mercs were fighting a single pull, they would not leave their mob until the new incomming mob was in about 50 range or so.
For testing, I stood in the middle of a roamer-zone in Kunark and bow-pulled mobs clockwise from around our tight group of 3+3. First mob aggroed and arrived within 75 range and both mercs took off out to get it. While both were engaged, I bow-shot the next mob 45 degrees off to the right. As that 2nd mob started arriving to our group, it was greeted by one of the tank mercs while 100 range out. This is because mercs engage aggro'd mobs according to range from the merc and not range from the puller. Now the one merc who grabbed aggro on the 2nd pull turned around and raced back to the first merc on the first mob. Now both mercs were on the first mob and the 2nd mob was beating on the tagger.
Then I pulled another mob from 90 degrees off to the right. As the 3rd mob started arriving, one of the mercs ran over to tag it and pull it back to finish off mob#1. So now both mercs had 3 mobs aggroed and they all were far out to our right front. SO, I pulled another mob from exactly behind us. It arrived at the group and I proceeded to get aggro with all three of us. Then the two mercs brought their three mobs all down off the hillside and both of them came back to fight for aggro on the 4th mob.
I did this intentionally, because I wanted everyone and everything back at our base. Had I not got melee aggro with both the necro and the shaman, then one of their mercs might have stayed on the hill and not come back. Since tank mercs go all out to protect their owners, I knew both would come back.
You will need to carefully consider this when fighting indoors because they will race through doors and over walls go get at any mob aggroing the group, ESPECIALLY if the mob has targeted their owner.
I left no-one as designated main-tank since my group was warrior/shaman/necro with mercs of cleric/tank/tank. This meant that both of the the two tank mercs were fighting for control over every mob and neither was worried about getting over-aggro. They both engaged every mob, (unless I had pulled 6 hehe,) and continually kept trying to taunt every mob off of their owner first, their owner's pet next, and then other group members next, and then member pets last. The necro's own tank merc seemed to be the one to save the necro pet the most often.
If your puller has a tank merc, then the puller will have to switch the merc to 'Passive' every pull. Then switch back to 'Aggressive' when back at the camp. Otherwise the merc will follow the puller out to the pull area and start engaging any mob with aggro OUT THERE.
You could also turn off the "Auto Assist" and instead use the "Call Assist" to have the mercs engage the mob when it is back in camp.
Melee
(Melee, Rogue-type) These are very similar to Rogues, in that they employ some of the same tactics and abilities. Once again they are not as good as a real PC as the AI is not as skillful as a person has the potential of being. That being said, they do a decent amount of damage, and will position themselves opposite to the designated main tank (if you designate one) so that they do maximum damage from behind the mob. They also appear to keep at maximum melee distance and I haven't seen mine take agro from the Main Tank.
A DPS (Rogue) type Mercenary will add an aura to your group to improve accuracy and will prime their weapon with poison. They also /hide between pulls (which is largely irrelevant and just for "flavor" as Mercenaries are non-agro anyway.
Wizard
The Caster DPS mercenary is similar to the wizard class. It has some very powerful damage spells, including area of effect (AOE) spells if set to the appropriate stance. Because of the high amount of damage they can deal you need to be careful that they don't pull "agro" from your tank because like a real wizard they are relatively fragile and won't take a lot of damage before they die.
Hotkeys
The following hotkeys can be used to direct your mercenary:
- /mercassist on - Turns on Mercenary assist.
- /mercassist off - Turn this off.
- /mercassist - this activates the merc when /mercassist is on.
- /stance passive - puts the merc in a passive stance.
- /stance aggressive - this puts your merc in the aggressive stance.
- /stance burn - puts the caster/melee dps merc in a burn stance (warning: high agro).
- /stance balanced - puts the merc in a balanced attack/heal stance.
- /stance efficient - puts the healer merc in a efficient stance.
- /stance reactive - puts the healer merc in a reactive stance (note: best overall healing setting).
Mercenary Types by Race
In the Plane of Knowledge, there are mercenary liaisons for all of the player races within EverQuest. In some cases, where a race cannot be a particular class, these liaisons offer a mercenary of a different race for that class. All mercenaries function the same, regardless of race.
| Liason_Race | Warrior | Cleric | Rogue | Wizard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbarian | Barbarian | - | Barbarian | Orc |
| Dark Elf | Dark Elf | Dark Elf | Dark Elf | Dark Elf |
| Drakkin | Drakkin | Drakkin | Drakkin | Drakkin |
| Dwarf | Dwarf | Dwarf | Dwarf | Goblin |
| Erudite | - | Erudite | Kobold | Erudite |
| Gnome | Gnome | Gnome | Gnome | Gnome |
| Guktan | Guktan | Guktan | Guktan | Guktan |
| Half-Elf | Half-Elf | - | Half-Elf | Orc |
| Halfling | Halfling | Halfling | Halfling | Bixie |
| High Elf | - | High Elf | Brownie | High Elf |
| Human | Human | Human | Human | Human |
| Iksar | Iksar | - | Froglok | Goblin |
| Ogre | Ogre | - | Lizardman | Lizardman |
| Troll | Troll | - | Orc | Froglok |
| Vah Shir | Vah Shir | - | Vah Shir | Fungus Man |
| Wood Elf | Wood Elf | - | Wood Elf | Orc |
Special Mercenaries
Certain special events, beta tests, claims, Legends of Norrath cards, and marketplace items give access to other types of mercenaries.
These include:
| Mercenary | Description |
|---|---|
| Alaran | a reward for buying the Rain of Fear expansion, activated by claiming the Contract of the Apparitional Alaran, can be claimed 999 times, redeemable from Hadya Ware in the Plane of Knowledge |
| Amygdalan | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card from the Legacies deck, activated by a Terrifying Contract |
| Arc Worker | obtained by ordering The Darkened Sea Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Contract of the Arc Worker, can be claimed 999 times |
| Aviak | a reward for participation in a Frostfell seasonal event, activated by a Contract of the Winter Aviak, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Banshee | was obtained by pre-ordering the House of Thule expansion (regular edition), activated by a Wailing Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Bazu | was obtained by pre-ordering the House of Thule Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Discordant Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Bellikos | a reward for the Underfoot Beta, activated with a Writ of the Bellikos, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Bixie | obtained by ordering the Call of the Forsaken Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Contract of the Bixie, can be claimed 999 times |
| Bloodbone (red skeleton) | obtained by claiming the Mercenary Contract on a Gold or Silver account, F2P accounts merely get a human merc, redeemable from Hadya Ware, can only be claimed once, |
| Blue Pirate | dark elf, a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Contract of the Blue Pirate, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Blue Skeleton | Obtained from collecting specific Legends of Norrath loot cards, turned in to the Frozen Skeleton of the Cursed in the Plane of Knowledge |
| Clockwork | available through /claim, up to 999 times, listed as a Mechmatic Blueprint, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Crushbone orc | gained through playing Legends of Norrath "Doom of the Ancient Ones Campaign", activated by a Crushbone Contract |
| Drachnid | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated by a Contract of the Dark Arachnids, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Dragorn | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated by a Dragon Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Gargoyle | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card which was granted for participating in the August 2012 loot tournament, activated by a Gargoyle Contract |
| Gelidran | was obtained by pre-ordering the House of Thule Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Discordant Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Gingerbread Man | activated with a Confectionary Contract, available from the Loyalty vendors |
| Girplan | Obtained by ??? |
| Gnome Pirate | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Gnome Pirate Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Goblin | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Goblinoid Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Hadal | a reward for the Veil of Alaris Beta, activated with a Contract of the Deeps, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Ikaav | was obtained by pre-ordering the House of Thule Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Discordant Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Jann | obtained by ordering The Burning Lands Collector's or Premium Edition expansion, activated with a ??? contract, redeemable from ??? |
| Lizardman | obtained by ordering The Darkened Sea expansion, activated with a Contract of the Lizardman, can be claimed 999 times, redeemable from Iauld Atiqa in the Plane of Knowledge |
| Marionette | a reward from FanFaire 2011, activated with a Marionette Strings |
| Minotaur | a reward for the Seeds of Destruction Beta, purchased through Facesmasher Brog |
| Nihil | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated by a Nihil Contract |
| Pyrilen | was obtained by pre-ordering the House of Thule Collector's Edition expansion, activated with a Discordant Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
| Rallosian orc | a reward claimed by collecting three specific loot cards from Legends of Norrath—see this quest entry, activated with a Rallosian Orc Contract |
| Sarnak | obtained by ??? |
| Scarecrow | obtained from the quest Halloween: The Hunt for Tattooed Flesh, activated with a Frightening Writ, redeemable from a frigtening liaison in PoK |
| Scrykin | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Mystical Contract |
| Shissar | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card from the Fall of the Estarim set, activated with a Shissar Contract |
| Siren | a reward for the Seeds of Destruction Beta, purchased through Facesmasher Brog |
| Swinetor | a reward for purchasing the Veil of Alaris Collector's Edition, activated with a Swinetor Contract |
| Teir`Dal Royal Guard | a reward for the Call of the Forsaken Beta, activated with a Contract of the Teir`Dal Royal Guard |
| Underfoot Raging | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card (?), activated by a Underfoot Raging Mercenary Writ |
| Werewolf | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Werewolf Contract |
| Zombie | a reward from a Legends of Norrath loot card, activated with a Rotting Contract, redeemable from Hadya Ware |
Notice
- If the Mercenary dies the "Suspend" Button on his window will turn to "Revive" and you'll be able to rez your Mercenary. When you rez your mercenary you will immediately be charged the Upkeep cost on him. From the time your mercenary dies to the time you can Rez him is 5 minutes, just like when you'd suspend him.
- If you don't have the money to pay for your merc, your merc will Suspend himself. So,you must be carrying enough plat on you in order to pay your merc. He will not take it out of your bank.
- Mercs are not allowed in instanced raid zones or most raid encounters. However, they are allowed into instanced LDON zones.
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