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Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Hints
Hirelings
The standard requirements for a hireling joining you are:
* Level 5 hirelings will join you at any time, even at the very beginning of the game.
* Level 15 hirelings require you to finish a few more quests and gain a few more awards first.
* Level 30 hirelings all require you to finish a certain alliance-making quest (in favor of their side) or the entire alliance quest.
* Level 50 hirelings all require that you sink the pirate fleet in Regna (and report success to Fellmoon) before they'll become available. There are two exceptions to this, noted in the table below.
Those high-level hirelings sure sound good, but it'll be a very long time before you can get them, especially the level 50 guys. You have to complete the entire multi-part alliance quest before you can even get to Regna, much less sink their fleet. The two exceptions to that are Cauri Blackthorne and Blazen Stormlance, who are level-50 hirelings that only require you to rescue them from their current predicaments before they'll join you. It's kind of hard to rescue Blazen Stormlance very early in the game, but it's fairly easy to get to Cauri early. Then you'll have a level 50 Dark Elf Patriarch in your party!
Name Starting Location Class Level ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fredrick Talimere Dagger Wound Cleric 5 Devlin Arcanus Adventurer's Inn Necromancer 5 Elsbeth Lamentia Adventurer's Inn Vampire 5 Simon Templar Abandoned Temple Knight 5 Arius Ravenshore Minotaur 5 Karanya Memoria Ravenshore Necromancer 15 Maylander Ravenshore Cleric 15 Thorne Understone Ravenshore War Troll 50 Dervish Chevron Ravenshore Priest of the Sun 50 Rohani Oscleton Alvar Dark Elf 5 Jasp Thelbourne Alvar Dark Elf 15 Adric Stellare Alvar Dark Elf Patriarch 30 Overdune Snapfinger Ironsand Desert Troll 15 Volog Sandwind Ironsand Desert Troll 15* Flamdring Ilsingore's Cave Dragon 15 Sethrc Thistlebone Ironsand Desert War Troll 30 Ithilgore Dragon Cave Dragon 5 Leane Stormlance Garrote Gorge Knight 15* Nelix Uriel Garrote Gorge Champion 30^ Tempus Garrote Gorge Champion 50 Verish Murmurwoods Priest of the Sun 30^ Cauri Blackthorne Murmurwoods Dark Elf Patriarch 50** Nathaniel Roberts Shadowspire Necromancer 15 Gethric Mercutura Shadowspire Vampire 15 Dyson Leyland Necromancers' Guild Cleric 15 Hevatia Deverbero Shadowspire Lich 30^ Infaustus Shadowspire Nosferatu 30 Brimstone Yaardrake's Cave Great Wyrm 30 Blazen Stormlance Mad Necromancer's Champion 50** Vetrinus Taleshire Shadowspire Lich 50* Artorius Veritas Shadowspire Nosferatu 50 Thanys Balthazar Lair Minotaur 15* Rionel Balthazar Lair Minotaur Lord 30 Ulbrecht Balthazar Lair Minotaur Lord 50 Duroth the Eternal Old Loeb's Cave Great Wyrm 50
* These hirelings have quests (usually promotion) that you must complete in addition to meeting the standard requirements for hiring characters of their level.
** These hirelings only require that you rescue/cure them, and will then join you regardless of the standard requirements for hiring characters of their level.
^ These hirelings will only join you if you ally with their side in the big alliance quest.
