Beyond the bosses and the Vanguard, the wasteland is full of people. These ten survivors can join your base, and each one brings a skill that changes how your game plays. Some you find by chance, some through bar rumors and some by knocking on your door in the middle of a storm.
Marek "The Iron Sieve" Kowalski
Male, 46
Broad-shouldered with a thick grey beard stained with soot. He wears heavily modified steel-mill apron armor patched with heavy leather, high-visibility industrial straps, and thick protective goggles pushed up on his forehead.
Skills: Master Metallurgist & Structural Scavenger. Grants passive bonuses to Scrap collection (+2 Scrap yield when assigned to Scrap Teams). Can craft reinforced bunker plating and heavy scrap weapon mods.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Scavenging. Found in the ruins of the Nikiszowiec Warehouse, single-handedly prying heavy structural steel beams out of a collapsed brick archway.
Ewa "Zero" Zielińska
Female, 29
Lean, pale, with a sharp buzz cut and a cybernetic radio array spliced directly into an old tactical helmet. She wears a faded oversized military surplus parka covered in handwritten frequency codes and carries a modified short-wave relay pack on her back.
Skills: Signals Intelligence & Cipher Analysis. Fits The Broadcaster archetype. Passively decodes encrypted frequency logs, unlocking hidden map locations and reducing ambush chances during surface raids.
How you meet: Base Visit / Knocking on Door. Knocks on the S.A.N.C.T.U.A.R.Y. blast door during a heavy Silica Mist storm, begging for 2 Water and 1 Battery/Tech Data in exchange for cracked Reptilian patrol route codes.
Jakub "Stitch" Nowak
Male, 34
Gaunt, with nervous eyes and dark circles. He wears a stained biohazard suit with the top half wrapped around his waist, revealing arms covered in chemical burns and hasty stitches.
Skills: Combat Trauma Medic. Fits The Field Medic archetype. Unlocks advanced medical crafting recipes in the Infirmary and reduces recovery times for wounded garrison survivors.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Combat Rescue. Cornered by a pack of mutated predators in the Murckowski Deadwoods, bleeding heavily and out of ammunition.
Karolina "Moss" Wójcik
Female, 52
Weathered skin, silver hair tied back in a neat bun, wearing heavy rubberized farming overalls and a respirator. Her fingers are permanently stained green and black from handling irradiated flora.
Skills: Hydroponics & Applied Botany. Fits The Botanist archetype. Increases yield efficiency in the Sanctuary Greenhouse and can cultivate anti-toxin remedies.
How you meet: Base Visit / Knocking on Door. Arrives at the bunker perimeter offering 10 Medical Herbs in desperate exchange for 3 Canned Food or Raw Meat for her sick enclave.
Tomasz "The Pipe" Lewicki
Male, 22
Lanky, fast-moving youth with dirt-smeared cheeks, wearing a makeshift helmet fashioned from a cut streetlamp housing and reinforced leather arm guards.
Skills: Subterranean Courier & Tunnel Runner. Fits The Nomad archetype. Reduces Stamina costs on outer map travel and speeds up resource delivery times from outer garrisons.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Ambush / Scavenging. Caught trying to loot the player’s external supply stash near the Rawa River. Can be fought, let go, or bound using Grom's rope.
Kasia "Ripsaw" Mazur
Female, 38
Muscular build, missing her left ear from a past skirmish. She wears heavy industrial welder’s chaps over reinforced Kevlar plates, carrying a massive custom-built pneumatically driven rivet driver converted into a weapon.
Skills: Heavy Ordnance & Ballistics. Fits The Heavy Gunner archetype. Unlocks Scrap Launcher upgrades and boosts daily ammunition production when assigned to Munitions Excavators.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Skirmish. Defending an abandoned munitions truck against hostile scavengers at the Ruined Military Checkpoint.
Piotr "The Scales" Janiak
Male, 41
Shifty, wearing a long oilskin trench coat lined with hidden inner pockets filled with contraband. He wears tinted mirrored sunglasses even in dark tunnels to hide his twitching, bloodshot eyes.
Skills: Black Market Smuggler & Broker. Fits The Smuggler archetype. Reduces prices on Black Market purchases and grants access to rare military-grade contraband.
How you meet: Base Visit / Knocking on Door. Knocks on the airlock at midnight, offering to trade high-tier Black Market supplies for Scrip or fresh workforce captives.
Sister Agata
Female, 60
Dressed in a heavily patched monastic habit interwoven with Kevlar strands and utility belts filled with clean bandages. Her voice is calm despite the grim surroundings.
Skills: Community Leader & Morale Officer. Boosts base loyalty, reduces mutiny/rebellion risk among forced labor units, and provides passive healing when stationed at the Medical Infirmary.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Random Event. Tending to wounded wanderers inside the ruined sanctuary of Silesian Park Clinic.
Bartek "Grit" Szymański
Male, 31
Tattoos covering his neck and jawline, wearing a spiked shoulder pad made from a car bumper, tactical gloves, and a combat knife sheathed across his chest.
Skills: Frontline Enforcer & Perimeter Defense. Fits The Mercenary archetype. Significantly increases S.A.N.C.T.U.A.R.Y. Base defense ratings when assigned to Defense Walls.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Hostile turned Neutral. Encountered leading a small scavenger squad inside Sector Bunker 04. Will demand a Scrap/Cloth toll or enter a standoff.
Dominik "Ash" Ciszewski
Male, 27
Pale, thin, with visible dark blue veins across his neck and arms due to prolonged exposure to low-level Silica Mist. His eyes glint with an unnatural yellow hue.
Skills: Hazard Resistance & Mutated Biology. Fits The Mutated archetype. Immune to environmental radiation/toxic hazards; ideal for leading high-risk resource deployments into high-contamination zones like the Rawa River.
How you meet: Field Encounter / Mysterious Wanderer. Found wandering alone without a gas mask near the Tychy Logging Camp, collecting glowing wood samples.
Tip: Survivors stack with your
Packleader and
Archivist talents, which speed up relationship growth with allies.