All characters in Unicorn Overlord and how to recruit them

Vanillaware doesn’t do things by half when it decides to make a new game, and Unicorn Overlord is the perfect example of that. This is the studio’s first tactical RPG, and it features more than 60 characters you can recruit to your army in a single playthrough. 

From your starting party of Alain, Lex, Chloe, and Scarlett to war-dominating additions like Amalia, you will have numerous options for how you want to build out your deployment formations as you travel through Fevrith. Some units will join your army automatically as you progress through the story. Others, meanwhile, are locked behind side quests, in-battle requirements, or decisions where you will be asked to recruit or execute former enemies. All of this plays into Unicorn Overlord’s massive cast and list of potential recruits—and here is a guide to help highlight each one. 

Unicorn Overlord Character Recruitment guide: All characters and how to recruit them

In an interview with Famitsu in September 2023, Unicorn Overlord director Takafumi Noma and designer Wataru Nakanishi confirmed that all of the game’s 60-plus unique characters can be recruited in a single playthrough, and there are no units who are explicitly hidden or locked away. The only time you will miss out on recruiting a character is if you fail to meet a certain requirement, such as having a specific unit talk to them in a mission or execute someone key to a side quest later in the game. 

Here is an overview of every character, their class, and when you can recruit them to Alain’s Liberation Army. This guide is listed in roughly the order that I encountered the characters during my playthrough, along with additional info on how to recruit units that are potentially missable. 

This article is being updated as we work through Unicorn Overlord’s large overworld and many side quests. Don’t forget, however, that these characters also have Rapport and Romance options available in the game.