Kenshi
ByYurii Luzhko

Kenshi bosses, bounties & unique NPCs

79 named characters you can fight, rob or turn in — 12 of them superbosses — with where each one lives on the map, their bounty, race, faction, weapon and what they drop. The biggest bounties are Bugmaster (c.100,000), Holy Lord Phoenix (c.100,000), Tinfist (c.100,000).

Bugmaster in Kenshi

Where is Bugmaster?

Throne of the Bugmaster

Greenlander · Spiders

Bounty c.100,000

Armour King in Kenshi

Where is Armour King?

Drowned Ruins

Skeleton · Skeletons

No bounty

Tinfist in Kenshi

Where is Tinfist?

Spring

Skeleton · Anti-Slavers

Bounty c.100,000

Superbosses12

The wiki's own top tier: the strongest named fighters in the game.

Eyegore in Kenshi

Eyegore

Superboss · Samurai · Southern Hive Soldier Drone

No fixed homeTraders GuildUnited Cities
Combat skills
90

Desert Sabre (Meitou) · Cross

Captain-general of the United Cities army. He has no fixed home: he leads a squad sent against the player.

Source: Kenshi Wiki
Esata the Stone Golem in Kenshi

Esata the Stone Golem

Superboss · Faction leader · Shek

c.50,000
AdmagShek Kingdom
Combat skills
85

Fragment Axe (Meitou) · Cross

Leader of the Shek Kingdom, in the faction HQ in Admag, with a Meitou Fragment Axe.

Source: Kenshi Wiki

Faction leaders & nobles12

Rulers and lords who sit in a town's HQ with a guard around them.

Bounty targets22

Wanted characters with a price on their head.

Other bosses12

Gang and camp bosses the wiki files as bosses.

Other unique NPCs21

One-of-a-kind characters who are not recruitable.

Armour King in Kenshi

Armour King

Trader · Skeleton

Drowned RuinsSkeletons
Combat skills
95

Falling Sun · Skeleton Smiths

A Skeleton armour merchant who sells high-end gear from his shop in the Drowned Ruins. You reach it by swimming the river; Security Spider IIs and his own thralls guard it.

Source: Kenshi Wiki

Bounty board

Every wanted NPC, highest price first. Where the game's own bounty differs from the printed wanted poster, the game figure is shown; a figure marked “poster” is all the wiki has for that character.

  1. 1BugmasterThrone of the Bugmasterc.100,000
  2. 2Holy Lord PhoenixBlister Hillc.100,000
  3. 3TinfistSpringc.100,000
  4. 4SavantSkinhouse HQc.80,000
  5. 5King GurglerIsland Labc.60,000poster
  6. 6Esata the Stone GolemAdmagc.50,000
  7. 7GorrilloThe Old Prisonc.50,000
  8. 8ValamonArkc.50,000
  9. 9Cannibal Grand WizardCannibal Capitalc.40,000
  10. 10Crab QueenCrab Townc.40,000
  11. 11High Inquisitor SetaStackc.40,000
  12. 12High Inquisitor ValtenaOkran's Shieldc.40,000
  13. 13Dust KingDust King Towerc.35,000
  14. 14Flying BullNew Kraliac.30,000
  15. 15GreySpringc.30,000
  16. 16JaegarSpringc.30,000poster
  17. 17Meat LordFirst Villagec.30,000
  18. 18MollFlotsam Villagec.30,000poster
  19. 19Boss SimionFort Simionc.20,000
  20. 20BuzanTower Of Ninjasc.20,000
  21. 21DimakTower Of Ninjasc.20,000
  22. 22PonkTower of Abusec.20,000
  23. 23Screamer the FalseTower of Abusec.20,000
  24. 24ShadeSwamp Ninja Basec.20,000
  25. 25The PreacherCult Villagec.15,000
  26. 26Blue EyesMournc.10,000poster
  27. 27GhostBerserker Villagec.10,000
  28. 28GutterheadOld Control Towerc.10,000
  29. 29Red Sabre BossRed Sabre Hideoutc.10,000
  30. 30Sand Ninja OniCactus Denc.10,000
  31. 31Tora the FearlessExile Campc.10,000poster

Mega & unique animals

One-of-a-kind beasts, most of them oversized. Stats, drops and where they live are on the animals page.

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Kenshi bosses FAQ

Where is the Bugmaster in Kenshi?
In the Throne of the Bugmaster, surrounded by Skin and Blood Spiders. His bounty is c.100,000. Open the map link on his card to fly straight to it.
Where is the Armour King?
His shop is in the Drowned Ruins, in a river in the north-west. Per the wiki you reach it by swimming. He is a merchant, not a bounty target.
Who has the highest bounty in Kenshi?
Bugmaster (c.100,000), Holy Lord Phoenix (c.100,000), Tinfist (c.100,000). The bounty board below ranks all 31 wanted NPCs, using the game's own figure where the poster differs.
Which bosses carry an AI Core?
Elder, General Hat-12, General Jang, Head of Agriculture, Mad Cat-Lon, Rhinobot. The AI Core guide lists every fixed spawn as well.
Character facts (race, gear, stats, drops, wanted posters) from the Kenshi Wiki (Fandom), licensed CC BY-SA; each card links its own page. Homes and bounties come from the official game extract (Kenshi v1.0.68) where it has them, otherwise from the wiki page. Notes are our own summaries. Game imagery © Lo-Fi Games; files from the Kenshi Wiki (Fandom), CC BY-SA. PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Lo-Fi Games.