How do you recruit all Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes characters? While only a small number of party can accompany Nowa in his adventure at any given time, there are dozens more you can convince to take up arms and the rebellion against the Empire. Starting a revolution is hard work, but someone has to do it.
You can hire up to 120 Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes fast travel. We'll go over everyone you can persuade to the rebellion, their role in your army, and how to fulfill their enrollment conditions.
All Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes characters
Below are all the Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes characters we've found so far who can the rebel army. We're listing them by the earliest point they your party, and though some will depart and become unselectable for a time, they do return eventually. Seign and Marisa will have their own side story, which you need to complete first before their characters you permanently. There are a handful that are still hiding from us, so do check back soon.
Each character has at least one of these five roles:
- Battle – can the party as a playable character, complete with their own skillset. You can assign up to six character slots. Some have "x2" next to their role, which means they cover two character slots.
- – s the party to grant the party a unique effect either in or out of battle.
- Manager – doesn't the party but is required to build facilities at the Headquarters.
- Mission – doesn't the party but can be assigned to help with Missions at Gocteau's mission bureau.
- Legion Commander – doesn't the party but will be a commander during War Battles. Some Battle characters also have this role.
Here is how to recruit Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes characters:
| Name | Role(s) | Location | Unlock condition |
| Nowa | Battle | Arenside | Automatically s at the beginning of the game. |
| Garr | Battle | Arenside | Automatically s at the beginning of the game. |
| Lian | Battle | Arenside | Automatically s at the beginning of the game. |
| Mio | Battle | Mountain | Temporarily s at the beginning of the game but res permanently while returning from Kyshiri. |
| Seign | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Temporarily s at the beginning of the game but res after the battle of Euchrisse. Requires you to complete Seign's side story to the army permanently. |
| Hildi | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Eucrisse) | Temporarily s at the beginning of the game but res after the battle of Euchrisse. Requires you to complete Seign's side story to the army permanently. |
| Mellore | Battle | Eltisweiss | Walk along the vertical road in the center of town to trigger a cutscene. Go to Redthroat Ridge (east of Eltisweiss) and help her defeat the boss at the end to recruit her. |
| Yume and "Friend" | Battle (x2) |
Redthroat Ridge | This requires you to recruit Mellore first. Go to Werne and talk to the old lady to the left. She'll explain her granddaughter is missing. Go to Redthroat Ridge and follow the path until you find her and "Friend" playing. |
| Iugo | Battle | Eltisweiss | Along the eastern vertical road, there is a side path leading to a bar. Go inside, talk to Iugo, and he'll you. |
| Kuroto | Battle | Altverden Village | Go to the southwest of the village and talk to him. He'll ask that you hunt three Wild Boars in Redthroat Ridge. Report back once you have done so or if you've done so already, and he'll your entourage. |
| sca | Battle | Altverden Village | Talk to her in the northwest corner of the village. |
| Yusuke | Battle | Fort Xialuke | Speak with him while he's being questioned by two guards at the gate north of Eltisweiss. |
| Gigina | Battle | Arenside (after finding the Runebarrows) | Return to Arenside by ing Fort Xialuke and reaching the town. Talk to the masked beast to recruit them. |
| Kogen | Battle | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Yuthus | Battle | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Zabi | Battle | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Sabine | Battle | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Temporarily s after the events in Kyshiri village but later s at the Headquarters during the main story. |
| Ymir | Manager | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Sumire | Manager | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Cassandra | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. | |
| Gocteau | Manager | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Iris | Manager | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Caine | Manager | Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Automatically s in a cutscene. |
| Martha | Manager |
Headquarters (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Head toward the eastern exit of the Headquarters castle. Just past the inn, you'll automatically bump into her. |
| Kerrin | Manager |
Dappled Forest | Enter the Dappled Forest southwest of the HQ and head to the right to find her. She'll want you to bring her 20 pieces of Lumber, which you can find in the same area. |
| Ormond | Manager |
Abandoned Mine – Depths (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Enter the well at the Headquarters and take the hidden path across the planks next to the save point. You'll find him on the next screen, and he'll ask that you bring him three iron ore pieces, which you can find in the Abandoned Mine or at Redthroat Ridge. |
| Hiro | Manager | Abandoned Mine – Midpoint (after the Eltisweiss invasion) | Around a third of the way into the mines, you'll find a merchant in the room with the circular columns. Return here after the Eltisweiss invasion, and he'll when you talk to him. |
| Galdorf | Battle | Abandoned Mine – Entrance (after Eltisweiss invasion) | At the entrance near the save point, you'll find Galdorf. He wants Palenight Mail. You can find this as a glint on the ground close to Ormond. Bring it to him, and he'll you. |
| Wyler | Battle | Bounty Hill | Enter Bounty Hill, the dungeon east of the Headquarters. He will be at the entrance, asking for help finding his sister. Continue along the linear path to find her and recruit him to your ranks. |
| Marin | Battle |
Bounty Hill | Marin is Wyler's sister and will you when you find her as part of Wyler's side quest. |
| Falward | Battle | Altverden Village (after Eltisweiss invasion) |
Head to the Meeting Place in the western part of the village. Before enlisting, Falward requires that you bring him 15 regular healing herbs, which you can buy at the item shop on the other side of town. |
| Frida | Manager | Werne Village (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Will if you talk to her outside her stall in the southwest of Werne Village. |
| Pieter | Manager | Werne Village (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Talk to him in the northwest corner of Werne Village near the crops. |
| Glen | Manager | Arenside (after Eltisweiss invasion) | Find him on the northwest side of town. He'll challenge you to a card game. Beat him, and he'll you. |
| Kallathor | Battle | Headquarters (after establishing your first few Headquarters builds) | Automatically s you as part of the main story. |
| Gieran | Battle | The Greatwood – East | Gieran is partway down the first swamp area. You can find the Rune of Conversion he seeks by beating the Ancient Seed boss in The Greatwood – East Depths. |
| Marisa | Battle | The Treefolk Village | She temporarily s the Treefolk Village as part of the story but will re after beating Seign's story and hiring the Shi'arcs. |
| Garoo | Battle | The Treefolk Village | He temporarily s the Treefolk Village as part of the story but will re after beating Seign's story and hiring the Shi'arcs. |
| Squash | Manager | The Treefolk Village (after getting second Runebarrows) | Speak to Squash near the trader. He will require a Sparklestone before ing, which has a chance of dropping from Phantombirds that appear in the middle section of the Dappled Forest. |
| Pastole | Manager |
Twinhorne East | Speak to him in front of the item shop. |
| Mariette | Manager | Twinhorne East | Mariette is sitting on a bench near the group of children. Before ing, she will require Mariette's Charm, which has a chance of dropping from a Rabbit Archwitch in The Greatwood – South. You'll need to use the Gimmick command on the chest that drops to retrieve it. |
| Kurtz | Manager |
Hishahn | Kurtz will the Alliance if you provide him with the Grilled Tutuva recipe. After speaking with him, go to the Treefolk Village and talk to the tall Treefolk next to the trading post. Give Kurtz the recipe, and he'll you. |
| Huang | Manager | Hishahn | Huang is standing next to the identification and item shop. He wants you to catch a Wheel-Eyed Bream. There is a hidden dock along the coast of Euchrisse close to the Seaside Cavern. This medium-sized fish doesn't always appear, so if you don't catch it, come back when the fishing stocks are restored. Bring Huang the fish, and he'll you. |
| Riufan | Battle | Hishahn | Talk to him near the middle of the city while Nowa is Level 30+. He'll then challenge you to a duel. Beat him to recruit him. |
| Nell | Manager |
Hishahn | Located in the northwest corner of Hishahn, a large backpack is hiding behind a stall. Speak with it to recruit Nell. |
| Perrielle | Battle |
Hishahn | Automatically s as part of the story. |
| Janquis | Hishahn | Automatically s as part of the story. | |
| Carrie | Battle | Hishahn | Wander around the western vertical path, and she'll appear, then teleport away. She appears for a second time near the top of the eastern vertical path. Finally, she appears next to the southeastern bridge and s the party. |
| Hakugin | Battle | Daphan Village | Speak to Hakugin, who is on the village's eastern side. Make sure Mio is in your party. |
| Code L | Manager |
Daphan Village | Inside the Rune Shop in Daphan Village, he tasks you with finding a Rune of Currents. You can find one in the Seaside Cavern. |
| B'baba | Manager | Daphan Village | He is in the house northwest of the village. Initially, he'll say you're not ready. |
| Melridge | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Automatically s as part of the story. |
| Barnard | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Automatically s as part of the story. |
| Pohl | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Automatically s as part of the story. Requires you to complete Seign's side story to the army permanently. |
| Valentin | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Automatically s as part of the story. Requires you to complete Seign's side story to the army permanently. |
| Chron | Manager | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Talk to him at the southern entrance of your Headquarters. |
| Leon | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Talk to him at the western entrance of your headquarters. |
| Faye | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | This requires you recruit Yusuke, sca, Yume, and B'baba. It also requires you to build the Divination Room, which will be on the castle's 1st floor in your headquarters. Upon your first visit, two guards will be there. She'll describe three NPCs she can be found talking to in order: Yusuke (Castle Roof), sca (Infirmary Castle 1st Floor), and finally Yume (Castle 2nd Floor). Talk to Faye when she's near Yume, and she'll you. |
| Milana | Battle | Headquarters (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Automatically appears once you build the Rune Shop. |
| Maureus | Battle | Mountain Path Homeward (after the battle of Euchrisse) | He is standing on the western side of the mountain on the westerly sidepath about halfway up the mountain. Talk to him, and he'll you. |
| Fume | Mission | Dappled Forest (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Just before the middle of the forest guard, there's a man to the right. He'll you if you have built the Mission Guild, which requires Headquarters Level 2 to build. |
| Enoe | Mission | Daphan Village (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Near the musician, he wants to know if Gocteau is establishing a guild. Requires Mission Guild to be built and you to have recruited Fume. |
| B'baba | Manager | Daphan Village (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Walk along the upper left wall of your Headquarters. A girl named Faye will run past you, and the guards will tell you about B'baba. Visit her in her house in the northwest corner of Daphan Village and she'll you. |
| Paquia | Manager | Arenside (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Paquia is near the item shop and requires five Regular Eggs to the Alliance. You can get them by farming Shell Egg enemies that are just outside Eltisweiss. |
| Mandie | Arenside (after the battle of Euchrisse) | He s you automatically when you recruit Paquia. | |
| Douglas | Manager |
Eltisweiss (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Inside the blacksmith shop in Eltisweiss. He asks that you give him ten Iron Ore before he'll come aboard. |
| Larla | Manager | Eltisweiss (after the battle of Euchrisse) | You'll find her inside Eltisweiss Inn. She requires you to get a "big score". We're unsure if this is done by having lots of baqua at once or appraising a certain amount of high-value items. Once you meet either of these two criteria, she'll if you talk to her again. |
| Isha | Manager | Eltisweiss (after the battle of Euchrisse) | After the battle for Hashin, Isha is found near the eastern fountain. She requires you to find a lost cat, which is found near the western fountain. She then asks you to obtain a cockatrice egg from the Mountain , which you'll need to loot using the 'gimmick' function against a chest in a random battle against a Cockatrice (Adult). Finally, Isha will ask you to deliver a package to Arenside, and she'll you. |
| Aire | Hishahn (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Talk to her in the southwest corner of Hishahn. | |
| Syd | Manager | Hishahn (after the battle of Euchrisse) | Syd is standing next to the Forge. He wants a workshop where he can do his art but will only contemplate ing you once you reach HQ Level 3. After that, bring him one Mystic Lumber, Dire Beastbone, and Iron Ore, and he'll you. |
| Jorhan | Battle | Hishahn (after the battle of Euchrisse) | He is standing next to the appraisal and item shops. Talk to him with Perrielle in your party, and she'll recall that the Scarab in the eastern desert holds treasure. Fight Scarabs until you get the Unknown Antique, which, upon appraising, becomes the Yellow Rose Censer. Bring this item to Jordan, and he'll you. |
| Reyna | Battle | Dabavin | Speak to Reyna near the harbor; she'll ask you to battle her. You'll have to deal 1,500+ damage to her in three turns before she will . |
| Rody | Manager |
Dabavin | Speak to Rody near the Shi'arc general store merchant. Ask him to you, and he will request a pearl pocket watch. You get this item by appraising the Pocket Watch found inside the chest close to the start of The Seaside Cavern in Euchrisse. Appraise it and give it to Rody to recruit him. |
| Prunella | Battle | Dabavin | Talk to Prunella inside the inn and give her 100,000 baqua as a recruitment fee (She'll refund you half of this fee afterward). |
| Quinn | Battle | Impershi'arc | You'll bump into her at the harbor. She says she has a job for you but decides you aren't good enough for it. Return to her near the inn at level 40 to get the job. You will travel to the Den of Dunes and fight three times against a boss in each of the big holes. Bring plenty of healing items that cover the entire party, and you should be fine. Upon the boss's eventual defeat, Quinn will you. |
| Stadler | Manager |
Impershi'arc | Talk to him in the harbor and defeat him in a mock War Battle. |
| Cabana | Manager |
Impershi'arc | Talk to him and his son to the east of the inn, and they'll you. |
| Skyd | Legion Commander | Impershi'arc | s as part of the main story. |
| Yuferius | Battle | Impershi'arc | s as part of the main story. |
| Scarlet | Battle | Impershi'arc | After recruiting Skyd and Yuferius, talk to Scarlet. She'll challenge you to a race. Accept and beat her time to recruit her. |
| Ivy | Battle |
Ardinale City | s as part of Seign's branch story. |
| Yaelu | Battle |
Ardinale City | s as part of Seign's branch story. |
| Mihlu | Battle | Headquarters (after completing Seign's branch story) | Complete Seign's branch story, and Mihlu will you. |
| Dr. Corque | TBC | TBC | Talk to him after the Beigoma tutorial, and he'll tell you about legendary Beigoma. We're unsure where each of the Beigoma in question is at this time. |
| Reid | TBC | TBC | Happens after the Beigoma tutorial. We're unsure of the conditions required to get Reid to you at this time. |
| Shixeen | Battle | Headquarters (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Upgrade your Card Shop so it can sell Extra Packs 1, 2, and 3. Buy cards until you fill a slot of each number and suit with a character and she'll appear to the left of the shop. Beat her in a card game and she'll you. |
| CJ | Battle | Headquarters (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Requires Isha and Garoo to be recruited. Head to the main entrance, and a cutscene will automatically play where she tells you of a Barrows north of Eltisweiss. Put together a party with Garoo and Isha in it, then head to the Runebarrows east of Arenside to find CJ. Run from the Guardian you end up fighting and instead solve the four puzzles in the chambers to the left and right. Defeat the Guardian and CJ will . |
| Aleior | Battle (x2) |
Abandoned Mines (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Talk to Marisa at the Headquarters, and she'll talk about a griffin. Talk to a man in Altverden Village, and he'll tell you more about its current whereabouts. Bring Marisa with you and enter the Abandoned Mines. She'll say that she thinks the griffin is here. Head to the save point with the bridge shortcut in the first area, and you'll find him. Approach him with Marisa in your party, and he'll you. |
| Chandra | Battle (x2) |
Eldroad | Talk to the soldiers at the training grounds at the Headquarters. They say there's a dragon in The Eldroad. Bring along Code L to the entrance to the Eldroad and go up the diverted path just before the river. At the end, you'll see a dragon with a chest next to it. Defeat it, and she'll you. |
| Clarke | Manager | Ardinale City (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Teleport to Ardinale City and head for the fountain to the east of the city. Talk to him, and he'll say that the ion has gone. |
| Dalton | Mission | Twinhorne East (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Dalton is the man with the peg leg standing outside the inn. He requires Gocteau's guild to be built before he'll you. |
| Durlan | Mission | Abandoned Mine (after completing Seign's branch story and recruiting the Shi'arcs) | Backtrack from the well along the main path. Head left as far as you can, then down as far as you can, and you'll find Durlan. He requires Gocteau's guild to be built before he'll you. |
| Lam | TBC | Daphan Village | Talk to Riufan in the tavern. Bring him along when you visit Daphan Village next. We're pretty sure she is disguised as the NPC with the name "???". However, we ran into a bug where the next cutscene wouldn't run because we went to Daphan Village before recruiting Riufan. |
| Goldsmid | Yarnaan | Talk to him on the second floor to the west of the Rune Shop while Nowa is level 40+. He'll you on the spot if he thinks you're strong enough. | |
| Alwe | Battle | Yarnaan | s as part of the main story. |
| Nil | Battle | Yarnaan | s as part of the main story. |
| Maxim | Battle | Athrabalt | s as part of the main story. He will leave but return after the final war battle. |
| Rudy | Battle | Athrabalt | s as part of the main story. |
| Hogan | Manager | Twinhorne West | Buy and sell 50,000 baqua's worth of goods from trading posts, then talk to him at the docks. |
| Rohan | Twinhorn West | Found inside the inn, if you have recruited sca and Falward, he will you. | |
| Allaby | Manager | Headquarters (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Talk to her in your tavern and she'll your cause. |
| Momo | Battle | Hishah (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Cross the bridge to the south of the shops to find Momo. He'll ask for help in defeating a Kraken in the Sea Cavern dungeon. Momo will disable the barrier in the dungeon. Beat the Kraken and he'll you. |
| Dijkstra | Battle | Twinhorne East (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Talk to him, and he'll ask for your help exploring a new area. Do so, and beat the new dungeon's bosses to get him to . |
| Aoi | Battle | Twinhorne East (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Talk to Aoi with Iugo in your party. He will then need to beat her in battle before she s you. |
| El Alicanto | Battle | Snowpeak (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Take the northern path in this area you couldn't beforehand. He'll be at the end of it. Beat him in a duel to recruit him. |
| Lilwn | Battle | Yarnaan (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | s as part of the main story. |
| Euma | Althrabalt (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | s as part of the main story. | |
| Kassius | Althrabalt (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | s as part of the main story. | |
| Foxiel | Battle | Althrabalt (after saving the children from the Ice Cave) | Talk to her at the eastern marketplace, and she'll describe a recipe to you. Report to Kurtz at your HQ's Tavern, and he'll cook up a Vegetable Milk Soup. Hand this over to Foxiel, and she'll you. |
| Wayve | Battle | Whitecrown | s as part of Marisa's branch story. |
| Leene | Battle | Whitecrown | Accompanies you briefly as part of Marisa's branch story. She'll permanently once you've recruited every other character in the game. |
| Yulin | Twinhorne West | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. | |
| Markus | Battle | Headquarters | s during Marisa's branch story. |
| Lakian | Battle | Headquarters | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. |
| Goldwyn | Legion Commander | Headquarters | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. |
| Elektra | Battle | Headquarters | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. |
| Vorrdice | Legion Commander | Headquarters | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. |
| Viesskin | Battle | Headquarters | s as part of the main story after the final war battle. |
Those are all the Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes characters we know of so far. While you're here, you may wish to know a bit more about how best JRPGs once you've finally got all 120 characters and finished the story.