Yesterday, Risk of Rain 2, a new multiplayer roguelike shooter from Hopoo Games, unexpectedly released through Steam early access. With players now digging into the title, some will be looking to find the character that best suits their playstyle, but first they will need to know how to unlock the various characters. With this guide, players will get details on Risk of Rain 2's character unlocks.
How to Unlock Artificer
The Artificer is a caster character, and you will need some Lunar Coins to unlock it — 11 Lunar Coins, to be exact. With these Coins in hand, locate one of the blue rocks that are hidden across many of Risk of Rain 2's stages and use one Coin to spawn the Blue Orb.
Now, find the teleporter in Risk of Rain 2 and defeat the boss, but do not enter the teleporter. Instead, you should use the blue Lunar Portal, which will take you to the Bazaar Between Realms. Here, you can give the vendor 10 Lunar Coins in exchange for unlocking the Artificer.
How to Unlock Engineer
Unlocking the Engineer is simple, as the character will essentially come through standard gameplay. All you need to do is clear 30 areas in Risk of Rain 2, and the Engineer is yours. To note, this is cumulative across runs, meaning you do not need to clear the 30 areas in one single attempt.
How to Unlock Huntress
The Huntress is a swift bow character and is another fairly simple one to unlock. All you need to do to earn the Huntress is get the Warrior achievement, which comes from completing the third teleporter without dying. With some patience and practice, it should certainly be possible for many players to attain this character.
How to Unlock Mercenary
The Mercenary comes with a Laser Sword that many players will want to use. However, gaining access to the character, and its weapon, may take some time.
That is, unlocking Mercenary requires you to enter a Celestial Portal. At this time, the appearance of a Celestial Portal appears to be random, and players that want to earn the Mercenary will simply have to play until they encounter one.
Once inside, you just need to make your way to the monstrous obelisk. Now, interact with the object to sacrifice yourself and unlock Mercenary.
How to Unlock MUL-T
The robotic MUL-T unlocks by completing the Verified achievement. This comes by defeating the first teleporter's boss five times, which means that you will need to make at least five runs in Risk of Rain 2 in order to obtain MUL-T.
This is the extent of the characters that can currently be unlocked in Risk of Rain 2, though there are four more in development. Fortunately for players that want to unlock all of the characters as quickly as possible in the permadeath game, the task is easy in most cases.
Risk of Rain 2 is now available through Steam early access.