Risk Of Rain 2: How To Unlock Characters

Risk of Rain 2 lots multiple characters that the player can choose. So there are 14 playable characters in the game.

But there are not many playable characters available at the beginning the player will get Commando and Huntress at the start and the rest of the playable characters will be unlocked by completing the given tasks and challenges and levelling up.

All the Risk of Rain 2 characters have unique abilities and play styles and there are multiple types of play styles that players can explore within the game.

Here in this guide, we covered how you can unlock all the playable characters in Risk of Rain 2 character without having much hassle.

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How to Unlock All Risk of Rain 2 Characters?

The Commando and Huntress were unlocked as default and playable characters you need to unlock by completing the mentioned tasks.

Risk of Rain 2 Playable Characters
Commando
Huntress
Bandit
MUL-T
Engineer
Artificer
Mercenary
Rex
Loader
Acrid
Void Fiend
Rail Gunner
Captain
The Heretic

Commando

How To Unlock: Unlocked by default

The commando is available as the default at the beginning of the game. So players do not have to do anything to unlock the Commando in Risk of Rain 2. The commando has basic gameplay mechanics that players can master to level up and unlock other characters in the game.

Huntress

How To Unlock: Unlocked by default

Same as the Commando the Huntress is also available in the game as default. This means there are two playable characters available for you at the beginning. The Huntress also has its special play styles, abilities and more.

Bandit

How To Unlock: Warrior (Need to 3 stages in the game without dying)

To unlock the Bandit in Risk of Rain 2 the player needs to complete the 3 stages in the game without dying in a line. You can choose the Commando or Huntress and you can complete the 3 stages with any difficulty level and Artifacts.

Well if you’re a beginner then we recommend you keep balance in the looting crates and the zones. In simple words, the longer you spend time in the zone it becomes hard to get out of the zones. So keep an eye out for the zones while looting crates.

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MUL-T

How To Unlock: Verified (Clear the 1 Stage 5 Times)

To unlock the MUL-T in Risk of Rain 2 the player needs to complete the 1 stage 5 times in a row. Once you complete the 1 stage teleporter event five times the MUL-T will be unlocked. This means you need to defeat the Teleporter Boss five times to unlock the MUL-T.

Engineer

How To Unlock: Engineering Perfection (Need to complete 30 stages)

To unlock the Engineer the player needs to complete the 30 stages in the game. However, you don’t need to complete these 30 stages in a single run.

The player can easily complete the 1 stage of the teleporter event 30 times to unlock the Engineer. Keep the difficulty as low and avoid exploring the map.

Artificer

How To Unlock: Pause (Buy Artificer with 11 Lunar Coins from the Bazaar merchant)

To unlock the Artificer, the player needs to have Lunar Coins that you can obtain from the slain monsters. For unlocking the Artificer you needed 11 Lunar Coins. by these coins you need to purchase 1 Coin Bazaar and 10 Coins for Artificer.

Once you collected the 11 Lunar Coins simply open the gate given between the Time through a Newt Altar. Here player spends 1 Lunar Coin and in the Bazaar goes to the merchant and interacts with the frozen Artificer on the backside. Here player spends 10 Lunar Coins to free the Artificer from the merchant.

Mercenary

How To Unlock: True Respite (Need to obliterate yourself at an Obelisk)

To unlock the Mercenary the need to obliterate the playable character at an Obelisk. This means you need to enter into the Celestial Portal and interact with the Obelisk device and simply destroy itself this will end the run.

You will encounter the Celestial Portal at the end of the 3 stages once you complete the loop. For this simply complete the 5 different stages before you go back to the 1 stage. In the Celestial Portal, you’ll be transported to a new location where you need to reach the bottom by solving the jumping puzzle.

At the bottom you need to see the pillar, simply interact with the pillar and your player will instantly dies ad the run ends. This will unlock the Mercenary.

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Rex

Risk of Rain 2: How to Unlock Characters

How To Unlock: Power Plant (Find the battery Pack with a Fuel Array and reach Abyssal Depths stage)

To unlock the Rex the player needs to obtain the battery pack with Fuel Arrary from the back escape pod in the 1st stage. Once the player obtains the battery pack in the inventory then all you need to do is to reach the 4th stage the Abyssal Depths.

More importantly, when you carry the Fuel Array with you make sure your health is high enough. Because if you reach below 50% of health the Fuel Array will be destroyed. It will not kill you but it will force you to restart the challenge again.

Loader

How To Unlock: Guidance Offline (Beat the Alloy Worship Boss in the Siren’s Call stage)

To unlock the Loader in Risk of Rain 2 the player needs to defect the Alloy Worship Unit boss in Siren’s Call. The player will only encounter the Alloy Worship Unit boss if you 4th location while you run in Siren’s Call stage.

To summon the boss you need to destroy the five egg nests. The Alloy Worship Unit Boss is a tough opponent you should use attack and defence tactics in order to defeat the boss. Once you defeat the Alloy Worship boss the Loader will be unlocked.

Acrid

How To Unlock: To Be Left Alone (Complete the Void Fields stage)

To unlock the Acrid in Risk of Rain 2 the player needs to complete the Void Fields stage. You can reach the Void Field by opening the gate given between the Time through a Newt Altar. Where you need to find the Cave, simply enter the cave at the spawn point.

Once you found the cave, enter through the Null Portal to reach the Void Fields. You need to complete the 9 tasks in the Void Fields and gain the rewards along with unlocking the Acrid.

Void Fiend

How To Unlock: Dragged Below (buy Survivors of the Void DLC / Break Out the Planetarium or complete wave 50 in Simulacrum)

The Void Fiend is a new playable character introduced in the Survivors of the Void expansion. There are multiple ways to unlock Void Fiend. If you don’t want to face any trouble simply purchase the Survivors of the Void DLC to unlock Void Fiend.

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The second method to unlock the Void Fiend goes to the Void Locus that the player can encounter after completing the 9 tasks of the Void Field. In there you need to complete the Deep Void Signals and this will open another portal called Planetarium.

The last method is you can use the Simulacrum, where you need to defect multiple waves of enemies. Once you complete the Void Fiend will be unlocked.

Rail Gunner

How To Unlock: Purchase the Survivors of the Void DLC

Rail Gunner also recently added survivor in the Risk of Rain 2. To unlock the Rail Gunner the player needs to buy the Survivors of the Void DLC pack and Rail Gunner is unlocked as default.

Captain

How To Unlock: Washed Away (Beat Risk of Rain 2)

To unlock the Captain in Risk of Rain 2 the player needs to defect the Risk of Rain 2. For this, you need to reach Sky Meadow and simply join the teleporter with the moon this will open the final stage of the game.

Once the player enters the portal it will take you to the Commencement (final stage) where the player needs to defeat the enemies at the end the final boss is Mithrix. It is one of the hardest bosses in the entire game with special movesets and abilities.

After defeating the Mithrix, the player needs to escape from the moon before it will self-destruct and a ship to leave the planet. This will unlock the Captain character in Risk of Rain 2.

The Heretic

How To Unlock: (Required Different Items)

To unlock The Heretic in Risk of Rain 2 the player needed special items that follow.

Visions of Heresy
Hooks of Heresy
Essence of Heresy
Strides of Heresy

Well, the player cannot select The Heretic from the playable character you can only transform into him once you have all four lunar required items. Once you complete the run and start a new run you will again need all four teams again to transform into him.

This is sum up for this guide for more similar content do read our Risk of Rain 2 Guides for more helpful information.