All playable characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures (and how to swap them)
Four's company.
Now that LEGO Horizon Adventures is out in the world, you might notice that there's a trophy in the game for unlocking all the playable characters.
While the classic LEGO Star Wars, Marvel and Harry Potter games would often let you use cheat codes to unlock characters with minimal effort, LEGO Horizon Adventures does not offer you any such shortcuts.
Handily, the game is quite short, so it won't take you long to collect all the characters.
Read all about it below, or watch the video version above!
How to unlock characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures
There are four characters in total, and you unlock them all by progressing through the main story.
Without getting into too spoilery details, the last one, Erend, is found near the end of the icy world — this is the second world you go to, so it’s all quite early-game stuff.
And here's a fun fact for you: each character in LEGO Horizon Adventures can make full use of the wacky costumes! Just swap to that character in Mother's Hope and head to the hut where you change outfits.
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All playable characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures
The four playable characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures are Aloy, Varl, Teersa and Erend.
Not much separates them, other than what attacks they use. To break it down:
- Aloy uses a bow and arrow
- Varl uses a spear
- Teersa uses bombs
- Erend uses a warhammer
Erend's big axe-like hammer is my personal favourite, providing more of a traditional action game smashy-smashy sort of experience.
That being said, if you're playing solo, Aloy is definitely the main character, and she will pop up in all the cut scenes even if you're not playing as her.
Whichever character you choose, you'll find that they have some specific upgrades from the mysterious vendor that only they can use.
How to swap characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures
There are two methods to swap characters in LEGO Horizon Adventures:
In between missions, you can find them in Mother's Hope (the village that you come back to between missions) and swap them manually
At the start of a mission, the characters will all stand there and you can choose which one you want
In Mother's Hope, you'll find Varl near where you spawn, Teersa up in the snowy region, and Erend over by the big doughnut statue near the food hall.
If you were hoping to play as Sylens or any other character, you're out of luck! And if you want to read more about the game, check out our review!
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Cole Luke is a freelance journalist and video producer who contributes to RadioTimes.com's Gaming section. He also has bylines for Digital Foundry, PC Gamer, Network N and more.
