Sailing Era Characters Locations Guide

Welcome to our Sailing Era Characters Locations guide. This guide will show you locations, specialties, and some other notes about every recruitable character in the game.

Sailing Era Characters Locations Guide

Locations, specialties, and some other notes about every recruitable character in the game. We know that there are people who have a hard time finishing the Sailing Era game. If you are one of those who find it difficult to finish the game, let’s take you to our Sailing Era guide.

Asia

Character: Abdullah

• Recruitment: Muscat after beating the game as him.
• Specialties:
• Skilled Fighter – Increased exp gain from battles
• Ship Seizing Tactics – Ability to recruit ships that have surrendered
• Loot – Increases supply gained when plundering ships
• Languages – Arabic

Character: Aji

• Recruitment: Rose banner questline (triggered by a Garaba event in Malacca?)
• Specialties:
• Southeast Asian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the central south peninsula cultural sphere
• Together as One – Increases sailor max morale
• Hand-to-Hand Tactics – Inflicts enemy ships with water leakage after hand-to-hand combat
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Horn – +1 brawling +1 music
• Languages: Khmer / Siamese

Character: Garaba

• Recruitment: Picked up in a stowaway event seemingly somewhere in Southeast Asia (would like more detail if possible)
• Specialties:
• Java Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Southeast Asian cultural sphere
• Pick the Lock – Chests can be opened immediately
• Hidden Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 items
• Languages: Indonesia / Khmer / Chinese

Character: Hiyar O’Worley

• Recruitment: Pick up in (random?) port
• Specialties:
• Arabic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Arabic and East African cultural spheres
• Doctor’s Kindness – Restores sailor morale after battle
• Desert Traveler – Reduces supply consumption on Gobi terrain
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Glass Reagent Case – Medicine +2; Organization +1
• Languages: Arabic

Character: Katelyn

• Recruitment: Requires Sassi Palmis. Look for a fleet called the Pirate Queen’s Fleet in the Red Sea and defeat it. After finding the five treasures, find her just north of Toamasina.
• Specialties:
• Pirate Star – Reduces exp required for upgrades
• Rapid-Fire Cannon Expertise – Increased damage, accuracy, and penetration of Rapid-Fire Cannons
• Languages: Spanish

Character: Lu Liyuan

• Recruitment – Must find random event in a port first (not sure if the port is random?). Then, travel to Istanbul to see another event, and find him in the Western Turkey expedition (skill requirement?)
• Specialties:
• Ming Empire Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Ming Empire and Korean cultural spheres
• Mountain Traveler – Reduce supply consumption on hills or swamp
• Stone Identification – Increases trade profit of gemstones
• Languages – Chinese

Character: Nasser

• Recruitment: Rose banner questline (started by Garaba event in Malacca?)
• Specialties:
• Knowledgeable – Increase sailor max morale
• Confusion Tactics – Inflicts confusion after hand-to-hand combat
• Business Adept – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Persian cultural sphere
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Dice – +1 negotiation +2 firearm
• Languages: Arabic

Character: Sassi Palmis

• Recruitment: Complete the Holi questline in Calicut and attend the festival (requires completing Kanam’s questline?)
• Specialties:
• Indian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Indian cultural sphere
• Dancing Grace – Increases sailor morale cap
• Languages: Hindustani / Sanskrit

Character: Shen Shi

• Recruitment: Pick up from the oceans around China in a random event
• Specialties:
• Scout – Reduce stamina loss during expeditions
• [Unknown]
• Languages: Chinese

Character: Takigawa Amagai

• Recruitment: Meet in Nagasaki tavern and then learn about Moro-haku sake (Sakai I think?). Rescue from pirates.
• Specialties:
• Japanese Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Japanese cultural sphere
• Ronin – When hp reaches 0 in duel, restore 1 hp and unleash an ultimate
• Provocation – If both sides have morale after hand-to-hand combat, challenge the enemy to a duel
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Delicate Katana – +2 brawling
• Languages: Japanese

Character: Yoshitaka Shizuma

• Recruitment: Nagasaki after beating the game as them
• Specialties:
• Prestigious Shipbuilder – Grant exp when shipbuilding
• Cats at Hand – protects fleet from rats
• Craftsmanship Knowledge – Increase trade profit of industrial goods
• Nature Surpassing – Can freely modify ship cabins
• Languages: Japanese

Character: Yun Mu

• Recruitment: Zhangzhou after beating the game as her
• Specialties:
• Scholar – increased EXP gain from discoveries
• Analogist – Decreases requirements for interpreting books
• Picky Shopping – Increases profits of goods based on amount of knowledge accumulated for them
• Languages: Portuguese / Chinese

Africa – Sailing Era Characters Locations

Character: Beluget

• Recruit: After learning about the Minos fleet in west Africa, find and defeat the fleet. They will not attack you, you must attack them. Then, find Beluget in Cape Verde.
• Specialties:
• Has one specialty that does nothing. (Quest upgrade?)
• Languages: Swahili / Spanish

Character: Kornelly

• Recruitment: Event and expedition in Toamasina
• Specialties:
• Wilderness Resident – Reduce supply consumption in forest
• Way of Preservation – Increase fish gained from fishing and trade profit on fish
• Languages: Hausa

Europe

Character: Anastasia

• Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Mustafa Amir in Beirut.
• Specialties:
• Eastern European Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Balkan cultural sphere
• Spinner – Increases profits of textile goods
• Neat Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 items
• Languages: Slavic

Character: Andrea

• Recruitment: Bring black pepper to Calais and recruit in the tavern
• Specialties:
• French Climate: Increases trade profits and contribution in French cultural sphere
• Spice Expert – Increased profit from food and spice goods
• [Unknown]
• Languages: French

Character: Andreas Heinrich

• Recruitment: See event in Pisa and then find event in Naples expedition
• Specialties:
• Nordic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Northern European cultural sphere
• March – Reduces supply consumption
• Strong Willed – Protects fleet from hallucination
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Knight’s Longsword – +50hp +1 brawling
• Languages: German

Character: Andrew

• Recruitment: After beating the game as Andrew, recruit at the Lisbon pier.
• Specialties:
• Adventurous Spirit – Increases EXP gained from sailing
• Innate Leader – Reduces EXP required to level up character who are below Andrew’s level
• Route Pathfinder – Discovering new ports grants +100 local contribution
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Compass – +2 leadership +1 geography
• Languages: Portuguese

Character: Beatrice

• Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam, start by going to Amsterdam in November
• Specialties:
• Craftmanship – Increases trade profit of artware
• Lowland Climate – Increases trade profit and contribution in Dutch cultural sphere
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Tulip brooch – +3 organization
• Languages: Dutch

Character: Carlos Cortez

• Recruitment: In Seville after recruiting Blackbeard (and possibly Costello?).
• Specialties:
• Spanish Nobility – Increases trade profit and contribution in Iberian cultural sphere
• Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of cannons
• [Unknown]
• Languages: Spanish

Character: Costello Hermann

• Recruitment: Monica (Seville Barmaid) questline
• Specialties:
• Seasoned Pirate – Increased chance of inflicting abnormal status with cannons
• Troublemaker – Inflicts enemy ship with burning after hand-to-hand combat
• Master of Love – Unlocks sweet talk interaction with barmaids. Random chance for either +50 or -20 favorability.
• Languages: Spanish

Character: Daniel Crete

• Recruitment: See event in Trieste then travel a few times between Venice and Trieste. Eventually rescue from pirates.
• Specialties:
• Surgery – Recovers a portion of dead sailors after battle
• Plague Doctor – Protects from plague while sailing
• Pharmacological Mastery – increases profits from trading medicine
• Languages: Italian

Character: Dietlind

• Recruitment: Starts with the quest in Benghazi from the merchant. You then meet her in the tavern at Hamburg. After that, find the deed to a ship from Lübeck and order a ship at the shipyard there. After a pirate encounter outside the port, she joins.
• Specialties:
• German Climate: Increases trade profit and contribution in German cultural sphere
• Sniper – Increased damage in boarding attacks
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Daybreak – +30 hp +1 firearm
• Languages: German / Slavic

Character: Esmeralda

• Recruitment: Find in Marseilles and then Palma (Requires Daniel I think)
• Specialties:
• Thought Reader – Interpret news topic that barmaids are interested in
• Caravan – Increases expedition load (seems to double)
• Romani Traditions – Increases profit of trading hobby goods
• Languages: French / Slavic / Greek

Character: Henry

• Recruitment – Recruit Blackbeard and then find in London
• Specialties:
• Remote Combat – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of long-barreled cannons
• Briber – Increases max sailor morale
• Languages: English

Character: Joyce de Fritz

• Recruitment: Recruit in Amsterdam
• Specialties:
• Precise Routing – Increase Fleet auto-sail speed
• Mathematics – Increase fleet artillery accuracy
• Orange Addict – Protects the fleet from scurvy
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Sextant – +1 mapping +1 geography
• Languages: Dutch / Portugeuese / German

Character: Loris Falaise

• Recruitment: Purchase his songbook in the London item shop and then recruit in the London tavern
• Specialties:
• Italian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Italian cultural sphere
• Oenology – Increases alcohol trade profits
• Bard – Increases contribution gain
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Gone with the Wind – +1 music +1 treasure
• Languages: Italian

Character: Maltim Almeida Blanca

• Recruitment: Travel to Genoa and speak to him in the tavern. Then, discover Ras ben Sakka (is this Andrew only?)
• Specialties:
• Seasoned Officer – Increases negotiation success rate with NPCs
• Climate Conqueror – Drastically reduces hull damage in storms
• Supply Utilization – Reduces consumption of supplies while sailing
• Languages: Portuguese

Character: Mustafa Amir

• Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Anastasia in Beirut.
• Specialties:
• Turkish Nobility – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Turkish and North African cultural spheres
• Treasure Appraisal – Adds a chance to obtain precious items when trading
• Fire Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration ability of fire cannons
• Languages: Turkish

Character: William Ansel

• Recruitment: Pick up in London and take him to Ceuta to recruit.
• Specialties:
• British Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in British cultural sphere
• Sketch – Increases rewards and contribution from reporting discoveries
• Journey of Odysseus – No longer become out of control in storms
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Scholar Flat Cap – +1 geography +1 humanities +1 biology
• Languages: English / Latin / Greek / Portuguese / Spanish

Character: Yuskin

• Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam (go to Amsterdam in November to start) After recruiting Beatrice, go to Venice.
• Specialties:
• Penny Pinching – Reduce fleet supply and sailor wage costs
• Merchant of Venice – increased experience and profits from trading specialties
• Business Craft – increased rewards from completing business contracts
• Languages: Italian / Dutch

Americas – Sailing Era Characters Locations

Character: Blackbeard

• Recruitment: Finish his questline in Nassau
• Specialties:
• Coercion – Adds chance to cause confusion when battles take place
• Reign of Terror – Provides protection from confusion
• Tyrannical – Can recruit surrendered small and medium ships
• [Unknown]
• Languages: English

Character: Jaca

• Recruitment: Nassau tavern after recruiting Blackbeard
• Specialties:
• Caribbean Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Caribbean cultural sphere
• Boarding Tactics – Allows hand-to-hand combat immediately when a ram collides with an enemy ship
• Fearless Charge – Increases ram damage
• Extra Equipment Bonus:
• Eagle Warrior Armor – +1 leadership +1 brawling
• Languages: Indian / Spanish

Character: Marma Cora

• Recruitment: Wolf child clue in Veracruz
• Specialties:
• Inca Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Central and South American and West Coast American cultural spheres
• Instincts – Increase Field of View in expeditions
• Languages: Indian