How to Unlock Mercenary Risk of Rain 2

How to Unlock Mercenary in Risk of Rain 2

Although the Mercenary is among the top playable characters in Risk of Rain 2, it has a technical play style, which makes it difficult to master. This style requires you to have a good understanding of the game's basic items and surroundings to thrive. The reason for this is that the Mercenary is a melee survivor and a fast-paced character.

In the game, unlocking this character also poses separate challenges as you have to obliterate yourself after a long run. Continue reading to learn how to do it easily. Also, we've covered everything about this character to get you up to speed after unlocking Mercenary in Risk of Rain 2

How to Unlock Mercenary

The first thing you need to know about unlocking the Mercenary character is that you will have to play several levels and defeat monsters before starting the challenge. The challenge is called True Respite, and you complete it after obliterating yourself at the Obelisk.



The Obelisk is located at the end of stage 7 with the Celestial portal, which you have to go through to get obliterated. Here are the steps for unlocking the Mercenary:

1. Play to Stage 7.
2. Find and enter the Celestial portal.
3. Wander the hidden realm until you find the Obelisk.
4. Interact with the Obelisk
5. Sacrifice yourself and unlock the Mercenary.

Locating a Celestial Portal

To get to the Celestial portal, you have to play through the four stages of the game. After playing to these stages, the game will respawn you to stage one. In this round, the game increases the difficulty level and you will encounter more monsters than your first stage.

For the second time, you will need to progress through the first and second stages to the third stage, the Rallypoint Delta. After defeating all the bosses at Rallypoint Delta, a Celestial portal will spawn, where you then go through to the hidden realms.

Entering the Hidden Realms

Hidden realms are intermission stages where you can unlock Artifacts and special characters. Most hidden realms are like the mysterious places in the game where time stops. The Hidden realms in this game include;

• Gilded Coast
• Bulwark's Ambry
• Void Fields
• Bazaar Between Time
• A Moment Fractured
• Void Locus
• A Moment, Whole

The Hidden Realm you will go through after defeating Rallypoint Delta is the A Moment Fractured. At the realm, you will need to jump down to the floating Island to approach the Obelisk.

Interacting With the Obelisk

In the hidden realms, the Obelisk is not hard to notice. It appears in the form of two gigantic slab-shaped monoliths that are more than 35 meters high. After approaching the Obelisk, you can interact with it to obliterate yourself from the game. After activating the Obelisk, your run will be over, and you will have succeeded in unlocking the Mercenary.

Mercenary's Attributes in Risk of Rain 2

Compared to most characters, Mercenary is one of the top viable options in the Risk of Rain 2. While he is susceptible to attacks since he is a melee survivor, he possesses strong close-range attacks that deal heavy damage to the enemy. This survivor can also dash and move around the battlefield easily, making him less predictable. The abilities of the Mercenary are;

• Cybernetic Enhancement: This is a passive skill of the Mercenary that enables it to jump twice.
• Laser Sword: This skill is a primary attribute of the Mercenary. It makes the character agile and increases its frontal damage by 130%. It also causes the third hit of the character to strike a bigger spot that opens up the enemy.
• Whirlwind: This is a secondary attribute of the character that enables it to quickly slice horizontally twice and result in 2×200% damage.
• Blinding Assault: This is a utility attribute of the survivor. It allows the character to stun its opponent by dashing forward and dealing 300% destruction.
• Eviscerate: This special ability of the Mercenary that allows it to target the nearest enemy on the battlefield. The enemies are dealt with 110% damage repeatedly. The good part is that you cannot hit during this duration.
• Rising Thunder: This secondary ability allows the character to deal 550% damage after releasing an uppercut that will send the survivor airborne.
• Focused Assault: Like the Blinding Assault, this utility move also stuns an enemy. The character dashes forward and deals 700% damage. This ability leaves the enemy exposed for one second.
• Slicing Winds: This special move makes the survivor to fire wind of blades that causes damage to more than three enemies. Each enemy is dealt with over 8×100% damage and the last hit make the enemy prone to more attacks.

How to Use Mercenary: Tips and Tricks

Learning the abilities of the survivor is insufficient to thrive with this character because of its low survivability. We recommend using the following tips and tricks to enable you to get consistent runs.

Never Stop Moving and Stay Airborne

The two major upsides of Mercenary’s tool kit are movement and speed. With these skills, the survivor can launch heavy damage and dodge attacks easily. Similar to this, Mercenary also excels in the air, so the more ground influence you avoid in the game will prove to be helpful. Thankfully, most of the Mercenary's abilities support these skills. For instance, Whirlwind attacks make the character nimble in the air, while the Laser Sword increases its speed and movement.

Use Animation Cancelling

This is another important move for this survivor. This move allows him to cancel out an enemy's attack with his attack. The move is helpful because it calms the downtime and increases the player's damage. Players can use several of their abilities to effect this move, but the Laser Sword is the most effective. In this ability, the recovery time of the first and second attacks is short, but the short is the third attack, which deals the most damage. To use this technique effectively, players need to practice it regularly.

FAQs

Bottom Line

Before accessing certain players in Risk of Rain 2, they must be unlocked by completing an achievement. The Mercenary is no different, and the achievement players need to complete is the True Respite. This challenge requires you to be obliterated at the Obelisk. Once obliterated, you can access the character on the select screen.