Template:Hired NPCs

Hired NPCs are able to be utilized for specific functions.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Node-related NPCs

Higher tier node NPCs (such as NPC guards) may be available when certain service buildings (such as the barracks) is upgraded by the mayor, or when the node achieves certain relics, or specific node policies are enacted.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Mercenary NPCs can also be hired ahead of certain events.^[13]

Player-hired NPCs

NPCs that exist on freeholds may be available when certain freehold buildings are upgraded relating to artisan progression.^[15]
- There will be different costs associated with hiring higher tier NPC assistants.^[15]
NPCs hired by players are able to be customized via the character creator. Node-related NPCs are not able to be customized.^[14]^[17]

Those are specific types of NPCs that have specific functions; and for example, on the freehold, we've always talked about in the past having certain NPCs that are capable of rotating crops or planting and/or watering, doing certain process-oriented functions that are available to the user to acquire. We still have those plans. Those plans will follow a similar pet system functionality, core system functionality, where they'll have actions that can be dictated by the user.^[2] – Steven Sharif

Q: How advanced is it going to be? How advanced is going to be the system of hiring and customizing?

A: Relatively advanced. I think there's a few paths that you can take when it comes to training up those types of NPC aids. What things that they can do. I think there's going to be different tiers and costs associated with higher level assistance on the freehold. But the same is true for mercenaries that nodes can hire, or castles can place with regards to sieges and/or wars and/or events. Like you have a very base functioning level of mercenaries with set of equipment and skill rotations and behavior trees that are possible at a fundamental level. And then as you upgrade the node's barracks, as you might upgrade- you might achieve certain Relics that you gain or enact certain policies that allow you to dial up the stats of those mercenaries. The same thing is true for the NPCs that can exist on freeholds, except those might be more predicated to service buildings that relate to artisanship. And that might be one of the reasons why it's beneficial to own a freehold in one particular node versus another- is based off of what amenities are now available to your freehold as a result of that node selection.^[15] – Steven Sharif

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