OurRisk of Rain 2 How-to Unlock Characters Guidewalks you through the process of unlocking every single class in Risk of Rain 2! We’ve got a look at all of the available classes, and include information on unlocking them and what abilities each of them has.
As you play more Risk of Rain 2 you will likely want to change things up from time to time. You can do this by playing all of the various unlockable classes that are available. There’s some very unique characters in this bunch, they’ll have you either throwing spells around, planting turrets, or slice and dicing enemies with a sword! Whatever play-style you are looking to find, there should be a class available to satisfy it!
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Risk of Rain 2 Unlockable Characters List
There are currently seven available classes that can be unlocked in various different ways. Each class has their own unique skills and abilities, and can completely change up your play-style!
Commando
Commando is unlocked by default and is the first character class you can play!
Commando Overview
The Commando is a jack-of-all-trades character that is reliable in all situations of the game.
Shoot twice for2x90 percent damage.
Phase Round
Fire a piercing bullet that hits all enemies in a line for230 percent damage.
Phast Blast
Firetwo close-rangeblasts that deal8x200 percent damage total. (This is an Alt. skill.)
Rolla short distance
Tactical Slide
Slideon the ground for a short distance. You canfire while sliding. (This is Alt. skill.)
Fire rapidly,stunningenemies for6x100 percent damage.
Frag Grenade
Throw a grenade that explodes for175 percent damage.Deals4x damagein the center of the explosion.Can hold up to two. (This is Alt. skill.)
Huntress
Huntress is a pretty easy one to unlock! All you need to do is complete the “Warrior” challenge that requires you to “Reach and complete the 3rd Teleporter event without dying.”
Huntress Overview
The Huntress is an extremely mobile but fragile survivor with a high damage output.
Huntress Abilities
Strafe
Fire a seeking arrow for150 percent damage. Can be used while sprinting.
Laser Glaive
Throw a seeking glaive that bounces up tosixtimes for250 percent damage. Damage increases by10 percentper bounce.
Disappearandteleportforward.
Phase Blink
ReplacesBlink.Disappear and teleport a short distance. Can store up to three charges.
Arrow Rain
Teleport into the sky. Target an area to rain arrows,slowingall enemies and dealing225 percent damage per second.
Ballista
ReplacesArrow Rain.Teleport backwards into the sky. Fire up to three energy bolts, dealing3x900 percent damage.
Bandit
Bandit can be unlocked by completing theChallenge Warrior. To do this you must complete thethird Teleporter Event without dying.
All attacks from behind are Critical Strikes.
Burst
Fire a shotgun burst for5x100 percent damage. Can hold up to four shells.
Serrated Dagger
Lunge and slash for360 percent damage. Critical Strikes also cause hemorrhaging.
Blast
Fire a rifle blast for330 percent damage. Can hold up to four bullets. Unlocked via theBandit: Classic Man Challenge.
Serrated Shiv
Throw a hidden blade for240 percent damage. Critical Strikes also cause hemorrhaging. Unlocked via theBandit: Sadist Challenge.
Deal200 percent damage, become invisible, then deal200 percent damageagain.
Lights Out
Fire a revolver shot for600 percent damage. Kills reset all your cooldowns.
Desperado
Fire a revolver shot for600 percent damage. Kills grant stacking tokens for10 percentmore Desparado damage. Unlocked via theBandit: B&E Challenge.
MUL-T
MUL-T is relatively easy to unlock, and just requires you to complete the “Verified” challenge. The requirements for that are toComplete the first Teleporter event 5 times. That just means you need to get through the first boss and use the teleporter to get to the second level five times.
MUL-T Overview
MUL-T is an aggressive survivors who has the tools necessary for any job!
MUL-T Abilities
Multifunctional
MUL-T can holdtwo equipmentat once. The active equipment is swapped by usingRetool.
Rapidly fire nails for60 percent damage.Firessixnails when initially pressed.
Scrap Launcher
Fire an arching hunk that explodes for360 percent damage. Hold up to four.
Launch astuncanister for220 percent damage. Dropsstunbomblets for5x44 percent damage.
Transport Mode
Zoom forward, gainingarmorandspeed. Deals250 percent damageto enemies in the way. Deals more damage at higher speeds.
Retool
Switches his primary fire between the rapidAuto-Nailgunand a piercing heavy-damageRebar Puncher.
Engineer
To unlock the engineer you will need to complete the “Engineering Perfection” challenge that requires you toComplete 30 stages. You don’t have to do 30 stages in a row, but 30 stages over all of your runs. This won’t take you too long if you are playing the game a lot!
Engineer Overview
The Engineer is a unique class that requires planning and positioning to be successful.
Charge up toeightgrenades that deal100 percent damageeach.
Pressure Mines
Place a mine that deals300 percent damagewhen an enemy walks nearby. Can place up to 10.
Spider Mines
ReplacesPressure Mines. Place a robot mine that deals600 percent damagewhen an enemy walks nearby. Can place up to four.
Place animpenetrable shieldthat blocks all incoming damage.
TR12 Guass Auto-Turret
Place a turret thatinherits all your items. Fires a cannon for100 percent damage. Can place up to two.
TR58 Carbonizer Turret
ReplacesTR12 Gauss Auto-Turret. Place amobileturret that inherits all your items. Fires a laser for200 percent damage per secondthatslows enemies. Can place up to two.
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Artificer
The Artificer is the Mage style class in Risk of Rain 2. You can unlock her by completing the “Pause” challenge, which requires you to “Free the survivors suspended in time.” You will need to collect 10 Lunar coins, this is a currency that drops from enemies and is kept even after you end a run. You will then need to head to the Bazaar Between Time, which can be found by randomly having it spawn after completing a teleporter and boss or by spending a Lunar Coin at a Newt Altar.
A blue portal will appear next to the teleporter after you’ve charged it and defeated the boss. Once you go into the portal, head down the path and you’ll see a large Newt and next to it will be the Artificer locked in what appears to be some kind of stasis.Spend your 10 Lunar Coinsand you will unlock the Artificer!
Artificer Overview
The Artificer is a high burst damage survivor who excels in fighting large groups and bosses alike.
Artificer Abilities
ENV Suit
Holding the space key causes the Artificer tohover in the air.
Ignite does 140 percentdamagein one second over six ticks, stacking.
Charged Nano-Bomb
Charge up a nano-bomb that deals400 to 2000 percentdamage andstunsall enemies.
Additionally, the orb fires arcs of lightning at nearby enemies, once per enemy, dealing100 to 700 percentdamage.
Snapfreeze
Create a barrier thatfreezesenemies for 40 percent damage. Enemies at low health (around 33 percent) areinstantly killedif frozen.
Note that if an enemy is frozen, the instant kill shatter occurs on damage that brings them below 20% health.
Flamethrower
Burn all enemies in front of you for100 percentdamage overthreeseconds, and applyingigniteon each tick, over21 ticksin total.
Has a 12 second delay after using before it starts dealing damage.
Mercenary
The Mercenary is Risk of Rain 2’s melee class. To unlock the Mercenary, you will need to complete the"True Respite"challenge. This challenge requires you to “Obliterate yourself at the Obelisk.” To do that, you will need to open the Celestial Portal. You will need to watch your chat window, if you see the words “A celestial orb has appeared…” that means it will be active for that level. This seems to happen more often when you’ve looped through the levels (gone all the way through the stages and back to the early ones).
There’s currently no specific way to make the portal spawn other than getting far in a run and hoping that you see the chat message. Complete the teleporter and boss which will spawn the portal. Head into the portal and make your way all the way down the level by jumping down and onto the platforms (if you fall, you will respawn at the beginning). You will eventually reach an Obelisk, which once you activate will end your run. Once you’ve completed that, you will have unlocked the Mercenary!
Mercenary Overview
The Mercenary is a high skill melee survivor that uses his many dodges to wave in and out of combat.
The Mercenary canjump twice.
Laser Sword
Slice in front for130 percent damage. Every third hit strikes in a greater area for130 percent damage. Third hitapplies the ‘Exposed’ debuff.
Whirlwind
Quickly slice horizontally twice, dealing2x200 percent damage. If airborne, slice vertically instead.
(Unlocked by Mercenary: Demon of the Skies.)
Blinding Assault
Dash forward,stunningenemies for200 percent damage. If you hit an enemy,you can dash again, up tothreetotal.
Eviscerate
Target the nearest enemy, attacking them for110 percent damagerepeatedly.You cannot be hit for the duration.
Slicing Winds
Fire a wind of blades that attack up to three enemies for8x100 percent damage.Last hitapplies the ‘Exposed’ debuff. (Unlocked by Mercenary: Ethereal)
Rex
Rex can be unlocked by a small little quest. When you launch into a game, go behind your escape pod and you will find a panel. Open up the panel and grab theFuel Array item. It will occupy your equipment slot. You now need to get to stage 4, up high in the level, there’s a some small land masses and one of them will contain Rex. Use the Fuel Array item next to his body and he will be unlocked!
Certain attacksWeaken, reducing movement speed, armor, and damage.
DIRECTIVE: Inject
Fires three syringes for3x80 percent damage.The last syringeWeakensandheals for 60 percent of damage dealt.
Seed Barrage
Costs 15 percent of your current health.Launch a mortar into the sky for450 percent damage.
DIRECTIVE Drill
Launch a series of seed bullets into the sky, raining down for450 percent damage per second.(Unlocked by REX: Bushwhacked.)
DIRECTIVE: Disperse
Fire a sonic boom thatpushesandWeakensall enemies hit.Pushes you backwardsif you are airborne.
Bramble Volley
Costs 20 percent of your current health.Fire thorns thatpushesanddamagesall enemies hit for550 percent damage.Pushes you backwardsif you are airborne.Heals for every target hit.
Tangle Growth
Costs 25 percent of your current health.Fires a flower thatrootsfor200 percent damage. Heals for every target hit.
Loader
Loader can be unlocked by completing theChallenge Guidance Offline. In this challenge, you need to defeat theAlloy Worship Unitboss atSiren’s Call.
In Siren’s Call they are nests scattered around the area, with eggs in them You must destroy enough of the eggs until a messages start appearing mentioningWhirring. Keep destroying the eggs until the last message appears, “The whirring grows loud.”
A few seconds later theAlloy Worship Unit will spawn, and defeating this boss will complete the challenge and thusly unlocking Loader.
Rex Abilities
Scrap Barrier
The Loader is immune to fall damage. Striking enemies with the Loader’s gauntlets grants a temporary barrier.
Fire your gauntlet forward, dealing320 percentdamage and stunning.
Pulls you to heavy targets. Light targets arepulled to youinstead.
Charged Gauntlet
Charge up a massive punch for600 to 2700 percentdamagethat sends you flying forward. Deals significantly more damage the faster you are moving.
Thunder Gauntlet
Charge up a single punch for2100 percent damagethat also shocks all enemies in a cone for 1000 percent damage. Deals significantly more damage the faster you are moving.
M551 Pylon
Throw a floating pylon that zaps up to six nearby enemies for100 percentdamage. Can be grappled.
Slam your fists down, dealing 2000 percent damage on impact.
Acrid
Acrid can be unlocked by completing theChallenge …To Be Left Alone. In this challenge, you need to defeat theAlloy Worship Unitboss atSiren’s Call.
The Void Fields are accessed through theBazaar Between time. Beneath the walkway that gets you to the shop are large beams that you’re able to land on. Once you descend far enough, there will be a tunnel with yellow light and fog that will take you to a black void portal outlined in purple.
The portal will take you to the Void Fields. In the Void Fields, you will need to activate 9 Void Cells. The first time the challenge is completed you will unlock Acrid.
Acrid Abilities
Poison
Certain attacksPoisonenemies, dealing damage equal to10 percentof theirmaximum healthover time.Poisoncannot kill enemies.
Vicious Wounds
Maul an enemy for200 percent damage.Every third hit deals400 percent damage.
Spit toxic bile for240 percent damagethatpoisonsenemies hit.
Caustic Leap
Leap into the air, dealing320 percent damage, stunning, and poisoning enemies on impact. Leaves a pool of acid that deals25 percent damage. This ability hastwocharges.
Epidemic
Release a deadly poison that deals100 percent damageandpoisonsenemies. The disease continually spreads to up to20targets.
Captain
Captain can be unlocked by completing theChallenge Washed Away. To complete this challenge you must beat the game.
Captain Abilities
Defensive Microbots
Passively gainMicrobotsthatshoot down nearby enemy projectiles. Drones are also given Microbots.
Vulcan Shotgun
Fire a blast of pellets that deal8x120 percent damage. Charging the attack narrows the spread.
Power Tazer
Fire a fast tazer that deals100 percent damage. Travels farther if bounced.
Orbital Probe
Request up to three Orbital Probes from the UES Safe Travels. Each probe deals1000 percent damage.
OGM-72 ‘DIABLO’ Strike
Request akinetic strikefrom the UES Safe Travels. After 20 seconds, it deals40,000 percent damageto ALL characters. Unlocked via theCaptain: Smushed Challenge.
Orbital Supply Beacon
Request a permanent Supply Beacon. Can only be requestedtwice per stage.
