Mercenary

Mercenary (傭兵 Yōhei) is one of the three minion units featured in Bounty Hunt Mode. It is a special version of Pirate Crew Member with altered stats and passives, which only appears in Bounty Hunt Mode. It was originally added to the game alongside Bounty Hunt Mode itself during the Bounty Hunters event. It was reintroduced when the mode became a permanent addition to the game during the Bounty Hungers event.

Mercenary also appears in Chaos Mode.

Passives

Challenges other players when passing by them.
50% of the stars gained in battle are given to the summoner.

NPC Overview

Bounty Hunt Mode

Mercenary appears in Bounty Hunt Mode as a minion that can be purchased from Taverns, with a base price of 30. It holds no stars or cards upon being summoned.

Other

Mercenary also appears as an opposing enemy unit on the field as a medium invader in the Knight and Faeries mutator of Chaos Mode.

It has the same stats and passive as in Bounty Hunt Mode, and does not possess a Hyper. Its passive has no effect in this mode, due to invaders not being affiliated with a player.

Update History

V3.10.3

Fixed summons sometimes not taking their turns due to niche turn-order related shenanigans.

V3.10

Fixed game crashing when a Bounty Hunt NPC unit steps on a trap set by the Minelayer event.
Fixed Bounty Hunt NPC units being affected by Present Thief, Scary Solicitation, Melting Memories, and Treasure Thief.

V3.9

Fixed Magical Massacre not affecting non-Harbinger summons in Bounty Hunt.

V3.8 (Hotfix 4)

Fixed non-player units in Bounty Hunt being revealed as "The Harbinger" in disguise.

V3.4.1

Fixed so Cooking Time cannot affect summons & Harbinger.

V3.4 (Hotfix 6)

Fixed so friendly summons do not trigger your Invisible Bomb, Dance, Long-Eared Beasts! and Flying Pirate traps.

V3.4 (Hotfix 2)

Fixed so Banned for Life, Santa's Job, Present for You, Unlucky Charm, and Flamethrower cannot affect summons and the Harbinger.

V3.4

New HUD added for minions.
Added an HUD element displaying the HP status of summons. (will not display for 800x600).

V2.9.3

Fixed so Bounty Hunt mercenaries cannot be affected by the Charity field event.

V2.9.2

Mercenaries are now affected with the following cards: Dinner, Magical Massacre, Super All-Out Mode, Sealed Guardian, Indiscriminate Fire Support, Blazing!, Magical Inferno, Big Bang Bell.
Fixed so players using Indiscriminate Fire Support correctly take damage if a missile land on them. (Ally mercenaries are excluded.)

V2.9.1 (Hotfix)

Fixed Mercenaries being too intoxicated to be affected by Self-Destruct.
The Mercenary cannot be targeted by cards like Long-Distance Shot anymore.
Mercenary units are now affected by Binding Chains and Delta Field.
Tweaked the panel preferences of the Mercenary.

V2.9.1

Fixed Mercenaries sometimes getting stuck in warp panels after another Mercenary is defeated.

V2.9

Added to the game with the Bounty Hunters event.

Poses

Default

Attack

Damage

Success

Failure

Dice Throw

Player Colors

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Voice Lines

Note: Voice lines are identical to Pirate Crew Member's voice lines.

When	Name			English	Japanese
Summon Mercenary (Bounty Hunt)	Special Line 1	▶️	⏏️	Aye aye sir!	アイアイサー！
Battle (Attacker)	Challenging enemy 1	▶️	⏏️	Here we go!	いくぜい！
	Challenging enemy 2	▶️	⏏️	There's game!	獲物だー！
	Challenging enemy 3	▶️	⏏️	Come fight us!	俺達が相手だー！
	Challenging enemy 4	▶️	⏏️	We'll make you proud, Capt'n!	見ててくだせぇ、お頭ぁ！
Battle (Defender)	Being challenged 1	▶️	⏏️	Bring it on!	かかってきな！
	Being challenged 2	▶️	⏏️	Challenge accepted!	受けて立つぜ！
	Being challenged 3	▶️	⏏️	That's what I'm talkin' about!	おうおう、きやがれ！
	Being challenged 4	▶️	⏏️	The prey finds its hunter!	獲物の方から来やがった！
Rolling/Attacking	Attack in battle 1	▶️	⏏️	Eeeey!	ええい！
	Attack in battle 2	▶️	⏏️	Shaah!	しゃあ！
	Attack in battle 3	▶️	⏏️	Kieeey!	きぇえい！
	Attack in battle 4	▶️	⏏️	Deeey!	でぇい！
Light Damage	Damage 1	▶️	⏏️	Whoa!	うぉ！
	Damage 2	▶️	⏏️	Gyah!	ぎゃ！
	Damage 3	▶️	⏏️	Guwah!	ぐわ！
	Damage 4	▶️	⏏️	Guoh!	ぐぉ！
Heavy Damage	Major damage 1	▶️	⏏️	That bloody hurrrrts!	い”でぇぇぇ！
	Major damage 2	▶️	⏏️	Agyaah!	ぁぎゃあ！
	Major damage 3	▶️	⏏️	Hieeeh!	ひえぇえ！
	Major damage 4	▶️	⏏️	Gyoooh!	ぎょおお！
Evading	Evasion 1	▶️	⏏️	Ye missed!	当たるかよ！
	Evasion 2	▶️	⏏️	That was close!	あぶねぇ！
	Evasion 3	▶️	⏏️	Whoa, whoa!	おっとっと！
	Evasion 4	▶️	⏏️	Hieeh!	ひぇえ！
Winning in Battle	Winning a battle 1	▶️	⏏️	I did it, Capt'n!	やりましたぜ！
	Winning a battle 2	▶️	⏏️	We got some booty, Capt'n!	戦利品ですぜ、お頭！
	Winning a battle 3	▶️	⏏️	Hyahoy!	ヒャッホイ！
	Winning a battle 4	▶️	⏏️	Yo ho ho!	ヨーホーホー！
KO'd in Battle	Losing a battle 1	▶️	⏏️	Capt'n...	お頭～っ！
	Losing a battle 2	▶️	⏏️	My bad... Capt'n...	すんません…お頭…
	Losing a battle 3	▶️	⏏️	I messed up!	駄目っしたぁ～！
	Losing a battle 4	▶️	⏏️	Oh... God...	む…無念…

Trivia

Mercenary's unit card has a red background, despite having 100% Orange Juice as a listed origin. This is presumably due to him being an alternate form of Pirate Crew Member.
Before Version 3.13, it was required to own Pirate Crew Member's voice pack through DLC 17 in order to hear Mercenary's voice lines.