Kenshi Unique Recruits
Where to find and hire all 44 unique Kenshi recruits — 18 of them free. Filter by race or cost, then jump straight to each recruit's spawn location on the map.
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Must free from a cage with two meitou using hostiles nearby
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- Only Soldierbot who is recruitable
- 50 Strength
- Beep's best friend

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- Dialogue

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- He is Beep, and constantly beeps.

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- 20 Katana Weapon Skill
- 84 Athletics/Stealth
- 70 Assassination/Swimming
- 50 Lockpicking/Thievery/Field Medic/Robotics
- 15 Attack/Defence/Martial Arts/Toughness
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- 15 in Combat skills (+/-2)
- One of the few guaranteed Skeleton recruits.

Must free with many low-level bandits nearby
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- 10 Athletics
- 40 Medic
- 20 Science

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- 15 in Combat skills (20 in Unarmed/Dodge)
- 20 Strength
- 15 Toughness

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- 15 in Combat skills
- Is a Goat

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- 24 Strength
- 10 in Combat skills
- Unique Dialogue

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- None

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- 40 Medic
- 15 Science
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- 5 Field Medic
- 12 Stealth
- 20 Thievery

Must free with many United City guards nearby
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- 3 stat randomise.
- Guaranteed Southern Hive Worker Drone
- 5 in many of his stats

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- 10 Athletics
- 65 Crossbow and 78 Turrets

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- 18 Strength
- 25 Engineer
- 40 Labouring + Farming
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- 20 in many of his stats
- Unique Dialogue

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- 13 in Combat skills (+/-6)
- Unique Dialogue
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- 55 Turret
- 50 Crossbow
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- 20 Strength, Dexterity, & Sabre
- 25 Attack
- 10 Defense

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- 40 Medic
- 24 Science
- 1 stat randomise.

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- 50 Cooking
- Scorchlander w/ Greenlander skin
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- 20 in Combat skills

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- 10 in Combat skills

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- Likes Crabs

Must free with many United City guards nearby
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- 50 Stealth & Assassination
- 10-20 Combat skills & others

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- 30 Laboring
- 60 Farming
- Warns when the blood spiders are near
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- 8 in combat skills/athletics

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- 20 Strength
- 10 Dexterity & Perception
- 50 Athletics
- Warns of Paladins, similar to Miu

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- 20 in Combat skills

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- 10 in Combat skills
- He's mute

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- 20 Stealth & Athlete
- 10 Assassination

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- 8 in combat skills/athletics
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- 10 in Combat skills
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- 20 in Combat skills

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- 10 in Combat skills
Must free with many United City guards nearby
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- 10 in Combat skills

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- 50 Engineering

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- 10-15 in Combat skills
- Scorchlander w/ Greenlander skin

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- 40 Dexterity, Athlete, & Medic
- 70 Engineering, Labor, Farm, & Cooking
Recruits by race
44 unique recruits span 10races. Most are Humans (Greenlanders & Scorchlanders), with a strong showing of Shek and Hive characters and a handful of prized Skeletons.
- Greenlander16
- Scorchlander9
- Shek9
- Hive Prince2
- Hive Worker Drone2
- Skeleton2
- Goat1
- Hive Soldier Drone1
- Soldierbot1
- Southern Hive Worker Drone1
About this data
Recruit races, costs and spawn locations are pulled from the Kenshi Wiki (Fandom) (official game data (Kenshi v1.0.68)) and are factual game data; notes are licensed CC BY-SA. Spawn locations are possible points and can be random.








