The character you play in any game is very important. Similarly with the all new Risk of Rain 2, there are few new and amazing characters such as Artificer and MUL-T introduced in this game along with the classic ones. It’s totally up to you which character you want to play, as each character has its own style and charm.
In this article, we are providing a full guide to unlock these characters. Keep reading and you will learn about each character as well as how to unlock them. However, there is one thing to keep in mind about the characters of the Risk of Rain 2; while unlocking some of them such as Engineer, will require a bit of your efforts, and unlocking others like Mercenary and Artificer depends on your luck.
All the characters are unique in every sense. All have their different styles and abilities and unlocking them will be a great fun.
How to Unlock Artificer in Risk of Rain 2?
If you want to get your hands on this powerful character Artificer, then you need to be lucky enough!
To unlock Artificer, you need to spawn the Lunar Portal by getting a unique blue rock hidden in the stage. You can do this after having 11 Lunar coins. Getting these coins requires some luck, because these coins drop sometimes from the defeated enemies.
On finding the weird blue rock, you need to give it one coin in order to spawn the Blue Orb. After that, find the teleporter and fight the boss. After defeating the boss, use the Blue Lunar portal (instead of the teleporter) to go for a trip between the realms. There you will find a blue vendor, give him 10 Lunar coins and you will get the Articifer Unlocked.!!
You will earn a Pause Achievement on unlocking the Articifer.
How to Unlock MUL-T in Risk of Rain 2?
You will earn “Verified” achievement on unlocking the character MUL-T. To have hands on this new character, you need to defeat the first level’s Teleport boss five times in five games. Therefore, you need to prepare for a lot of fights. After that, you will unlock MUL-T and have access to his amazing arsenal in future runs.
How to Unlock Mercenary in Risk of Rain 2?
Unfortunately, unlocking mercenary depends purely on your luck and takes a bit of time. But anyways, we will tell you how to unlock this powerful character.
Mercenary is one of the coolest characters in Risk of Rain 2, he owns a powerful laser sword. To unlock Mercenary, start playing the game and move to the areas to reach back to the first stage. You need to fight till the snowy stage, Rallypoint Delta. Then, if you are able finish this stage, you will find a Celestial Portal. On entering Celestial portal, you need to find the Obelisk, which is a enormous object. However, dealing with the Obelisk is a risky affair and you can even fall to death if you’re not careful.
You have to obliterate yourself at the Obelisk, interact with it and you are all done. You will get your hands on Mercenary. You can now use Mercenary and his super lazer sword for the rest of the game.
How to Unlock Engineer in Risk of Rain 2?
You will be able to unlock Engineer after you’ve cleared 30 areas. It seems a bit difficult, but the good thing is that, these 30 areas need not to be covered in a single life. Instead, you will be able to spread it across multiple games. If you have a good playing squad then, going through the 30 areas is very easy and quick.
So, just run around the areas and kill enemies to get gold. You will find crates full of new items, open them and then fire up the Teleporter. Now, fight the boss and use the Teleporter to get the Engineer. Once you’ve unlocked the Engineer, you will get a “Engineering Perfection” Achievement.
Another good thing is, you can also unlock several other characters while unlocking Engineering.
How to Unlock the Huntress in Risk of Rain 2?
Huntress is the first character; you will come across in the Risk of Rain 2.She is a skilled fighter and she can teleport by her blink ability and locking her enemies. Huntress is the most comfortable character for the beginners.
Unlocking the Huntress is not that difficult. In order to unlock Huntress, you need to unlock the “warrior” achievement. You will be able to unlock this achievement after reaching and finishing the third Teleporter without losing your life.