Hero’s Adventure: Road To Passion – How To Recruit Every NPC In Nameless Region

When starting at Hero’s Adventure Road To Passion, recruiting allies can be quite a challenge. With the vast world of Jianghu being filled with dangers, having some trustworthy companions can make you feel much more at ease.

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But every NPC has a different set of missions, questlines, and even requisites that you need to fulfill in order to recruit them. This can feel quite daunting, so to help you with that, here’s a detailed guide on how to recruit every NPC in the Nameless region of Hero’s Adventure.

How To Recruit Every NPC In Nameless Region

The Nameless Village serves as your starting hub, and recruiting all six characters unlocks an achievement. Though weak, these characters give you some utility and unique traits that can make them valuable allies for early to mid-game. So, here’s how to recruit each of them and maximize their potential.

How To Recruit Hua Siniang – The Innkeeper

Hua Siniang is the best recruit in the Nameless Village due to her Little Housewife trait, which provides daily food bonuses and buffs. Moreover, she’s a bondable character, so you can marry her later.

Role and Traits

• Role: Glove/Fist user, Support, or Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Little Housewife: Provides food daily based on relation level.
  • Gentle Care: Allies take 10% less damage within 2 squares.
  • Icy Glare: Enemies take 10% more damage within 2 squares.

Recruitment Steps

1. Visit the Inn (6 AM–12 PM) and deal with the ruffian:
   • Pay 500 coins: Gain +5 Wisdom.
   • Fight him: Gain +2 Courage and Hua Siniang assists in battle.
   • Step aside: Lose relation (-30 Hua, -6 Nameless Village).
2. Return to the Inn (Midnight–5 AM) for another group battle. After winning, Hua Siniang will join your team.
3. Recruitment rewards:
   • Amateur Strike (Rare Fist Manual).
   • Initiation of Hua’s questline.

Questline Highlights

• Follow Hua to various cities (Lin’an, Daliang).
• Resolve events with Duke Kang in Lin’an City.
• Decide the outcome of her story to gain unique traits or skills.

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Cosmetic Powder (Green+).

How To Recruit Bai Touweng – The Doctor

Bai Touweng provides invaluable healing abilities early in the game and is essential if you want to continue exploring the vast map. Equipping him with the right healing skills can save you in any unexpected fight.

Role and Traits

• Role: Glove/Fist user, Healer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Street Doctor: Reduces effects of status ailments and always has healing abilities.
  • Self-Healing Doctor: Recovers 5% HP and MP after battles.

Recruitment Steps

1. Meet Bai in the Nameless Village and:
   • Gain medical tutorials (+10 Medical, +1 Sickle).
   • Find a Lingzhi Mushroom in the Lost Forest and give it to him.
2. Recruitment rewards:
   • Breathing Method (Rare Internal Manual).
   • Medical and Toxicology Books (+5 each).

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Tea Leaves (Normal+).

Questline Highlights

• Take Bai to the Herbology Sect for training, where he gains 20 levels and significant medical skill boosts.
• Bai is necessary to construct a Pharmacy in your homestead.

How To Recruit Wang Dachui – The Blacksmith

Wang Dachui supports crafting and melee combat while contributing to Homestead upgrades. While recruiting him can be a tad bit expensive in the early game, it will be worthwhile as you make progress.

Role and Traits

• Role: Staff user, Damage Dealer, or Tank.

Recruitment Steps

1. Optional tasks:
   • Give Wang 8 Iron Ore to receive Protection Armor (Green Armor).
   • Pay 2,000 coins or recruit Hua Siniang for additional crafting recipes.
2. Recruit Wang after completing these tasks.
3. Recruitment rewards:
   • Green Weapon Recipes.
   • Green Gathering Tools Recipe.

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Wine (Normal+).

Questline Highlights

• Assist Wang in rejoining Langya Sword Pavilion and unlock the Valiant Trait (+15% Damage Dealt).

How To Recruit Liu Shiba – The Hunter

Liu Shiba excels in combat and animal taming, making him a versatile recruit for early exploration. Moreover, he’s quite easy to recruit and brings much more value to your team, so you should definitely get him if you’re a beginner.

Role and Traits

• Role: Spear/Long user, Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Wild Hunter: +50% damage to animals.
  • Walker: +1 movement range in battle.

Recruitment Steps

1. Meet Liu in the Lost Forest and:
   • Fight boars together.
   • Provide Sweet Potato Wine (buy from Hua Siniang) at night.
2. Recruitment rewards:
   • Beast Taming Trident.

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Appliances (Normal+).

Questline Highlights

• Take Liu to Blue Wind Camp and help him defeat Kong Yidao to unlock a new ultimate move, Star Chase.

How To Recruit Bao Dating – The Gossip

Bao Dating offers you Persuade training and unique insights about the world. While he lacks in almost every aspect, he’s the easiest recruit in the Nameless Village. So, you can just take him for tanking against high-level opponents, essentially as a meat shield.

Role and Traits

• Role: Glove/Fist user; Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Sharp Tongue: Increases Persuade Level.
  • Rumor Listener: +5% kill EXP.

Recruitment Steps

1. Raise Bao’s relation to 40+ by interacting with him or recruiting Hua Siniang.
2. Recruitment rewards:
   • Scoundrel Fist Manual (Rare Fist Manual).

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Novels (Normal+).

Questline Highlights

• Unlock locations like Bandit Camp and Cross Hill by speaking to Bao.

How To Recruit Hong Xiaoqi – The Beggar

Hong Xiaoqi is a staff user specializing in damage dealing and evasion. His unique traits make him a good candidate for stealing and fast-paced combat. While not the best, you can still pair him well with other Staff or Long users on your team.

Role and Traits

• Role: Staff user, Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Sleight of Hand: 15% chance to steal up to 50 coins per attack.
  • Quick Reflex: +5 Action Speed.
  • Short Stature: +5 Evasion.
• Sworn Brotherhood Combo: Synergizes with Pao Chunqiu. Per 10 Stamina, adds +5% Damage Dealt (up to 100%).

Recruitment Steps

1. Initial Encounter:
   • Have 500 coins and visit the Nameless Village entrance. Hong will steal your money.
   • Options:
     • Take Plaster: Receive Dog-Skin Plaster (Blue Accessory).
     • Treating me like a beggar?: Lose 5 Benevolence but gain 5 Courage.
     • Forget it: Gain 5 Benevolence.
     • Confront him: If you wait too long (over a day) without high village relations, the village will turn against you. Otherwise:
       • Fight Hong in a solo battle.
       • Winning returns your 500 coins.
       • Letting him keep the money rewards you with the Beggar Staff (Rare Staff Manual).
2. Building Relations:
   • Raise Hong’s relation to 60+ by:
     • Cooking for him (Cooking Level 1+ grants Potato Recipe but lowers Hua Siniang’s relation by 5).
     • Buying food from Hua Siniang and feeding him.

Questline Highlights

• At Fame Level 4, the Nine Factions Events begin:
  1. Visit Daliang City and take Hong to meet the Ferocious Beggar near the inn.
  2. Give a total of 10,000 coins across 10 events.
  3. Win the resulting fight as Hong (you can retry if you lose).

Preferences

• Fame: 0.
• Gift: Food (Normal+).

How To Recruit Shuo Shuren – The Storyteller

Shuo Shuren is a brush/pen user with strong Fame EXP boosts and fast learning capabilities, making him an excellent recruit for you who want to raise your own renown. But, if you want him for combat, that won’t be best, especially for a beginner because of his limited skill set.

Role and Traits

• Role: Brush/Pen user, Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Storyteller: +15% Fame EXP.
  • Verification: Raises Appraise Art by +1 while under Level 4.
  • Fast Reader: Reduces Martial Arts EXP requirements by 25%.

Recruitment Steps

1. Finding Shuo Shuren:
   • Travel to Cross Hill, northwest of Nameless Village, around noon (12 PM).
   • Encounter Shuo being attacked by bandits.
2. Recruitment Battle:
   • Defeat the bandits.
   • Shuo joins your party.

Recruitment Rewards

• 5 Forgotten Pills.
• World Inside Painting (Blue Brush Manual).

Preferences

• Fame: 5.
• Gift: Calligraphy (Blue+).

Homestead Synergy

Shuo contributes to the Superior Intelligence synergy:

• Adds +10 to Steles Forest per member in the synergy group, including:
  • Dugu Jianyi, Ling Mengdie, Zhang Lata, Wanyan Liang, and Cai Youzhi.

How To Recruit Yan Gexing – The Lewd Old Man

Yan Gexing is a powerful martial artist and serves as the game’s tutorial character, providing you with universal martial arts skills. Consequently, he’s also the hardest one to recruit out of all the characters in the Nameless Village.

Role and Traits

• Role: Fist user, Damage Dealer.
• Notable Traits:
  • Determined: Immune to charm.
  • Think Before Advancing: Gains 200 Spirit at the start of battles.

Recruitment Steps

1. Visit the Nameless Village within the first three days and become Yan’s disciple.
2. Complete his questline to recruit him (Fame 5 or DLC progression required).

Preferences

• Fame: 1.
• Gift: Wine (Legendary).

Questline Highlights

• Cure Yan’s Meridian Damage in the Fountain of Youth to unlock his full power.

Achievement For Recruiting Every Nameless Village NPC

Once you’ve recruited all the characters in Nameless Region, you’ll unlock the achievement. Having them on your team simultaneously activates the Hidden Sage of the Village Trait, boosting ATK, DEF, and Action Speed.

You can follow the above steps to ensure that you’re fully equipped to recruit and add every character from the Nameless Region while setting the stage for a successful adventure in Hero’s Adventure: Road to Passion.

Hero’s Adventure: Road To Passion

Indie, RPG, Strategy

Release Date: November 16, 2023

Developer: Half Amateur Studio

Publisher: Paleo