NPCs, short for Non-Player Characters, generally fall into two main areas: static, friendly characters that offer missions and/or generic dialogue responses; and mobile, hostile NPCs - enemies, and often game bosses - with unique text or voiced dialogue to give them flavour.
Notable NPCs[]
Humans[]
- Constantine - Founder of "Sellsword" a bounty hunter organization. Offers a wide array of low and high profile bounty hunting quests.
- Butch - Estranged half-brother of Marcus, vendor in Eden-6. Sells explosive themed weapons.
- Duke Flynt - Brother of Baron, Captain and Zane Flynt, and a Vendor in Eden-6. Sells fire themed weapons.
- Ymir - A vendor in Eden-6, originally from the planet Kaltheim. Sells cryo themed weapons.
- Professor Crackpot - An eccentric vendor on Eden-6. Sells "weird" weapons.
- Harold - a Dahl interceptor corps veteran and a vendor on Eden-6 that sells "Realistic" themed weapons.
- Sir G - He is an unknown wanderer knight from a neighboring galaxy. Fighting for something Hyperion had stolen from his family since the war on Helios. He sells melee and Jakobs themed weapons on Eden-6.
- Aria - a Dahl soldier residing in the Hollow. Gives Quests.
- Fergus - Owner of the Rock Bottom bar in The Hollow. Gives Quests.
- Admiral Conagher - leader of the Salvation Legion. Loud and proud, extreme hatred against commies
- Private Wyatt - a low ranking member of the Salvation Legion. Also a huge coward and screw-up.
- Commissar Volkov - leader of the Red Stars. Extremely strict and easy to anger, executes deserters or suspected deserters on sight.
- Major Zubeknak - Strategist of the Red Stars. Loud and proud, extreme hatred against capitalists
- Brian - A former I.G.P.D. member. He is a human brain that was once implanted into the Titank. After his body is destroyed, his brain is saved by the vault hunters and deposited in a vat of Sanctuary III, where he reluctantly aids the crimson raiders infiltrate the I.G.P.D. Portal Nexus.
- Voig - An I.G.P.D. operative who has grown resentful of his organization's immoral and selfish actions. He contacts the crew of the Sanctuary III and agrees to aid the vault hunter in infiltrating the Portal Nexus in exchange to ensuring Voig's safe desertion from the I.G.P.D. After the Nexus Infiltration quest line has been completed, he rewards the vault hunter with the Rogue pistol and will reside on Sanctuary III from then on. He offers some additional side quests, that mainly further sabotage the I.G.P.D.
Robots[]
- Claptrap - Extremely enthusiastic robot. Last of his kind.
- Bruno - ReprogrammedForge Guardian. Acts as a Bouncer in Eden-6.
- Icicle - A Forge Guardian that accidentally developed sentience. Remains Frozen on Thanos-3 until freed by the player.
Wildlife[]
- Dukino - Fully grown and rivaling his mother in size and power, Dukino is still just as friendly and lovable as when he was just a pup, albeit more than capable of defending himself now. His aid is required to break through the heavily fortified gates of Blackhand Bastion on Pandora.