How unlocks work
Most Brotato characters unlock by reaching a level before wave 20, collecting many items, or meeting a run condition. Meet it once and the character joins the roster for every future run.
The list below is every character with its unlock condition, pulled from the game wiki. The full stat line sits in the character database.
Base game characters
- Apprentice — Reach level 20
- Arms Dealer — Recycle 12 weapons during a run
- Artificer — Kill 15 enemies with a single explosion
- Baby — Reach level 10 before wave 6
- Beast Master — Unlock the Catling Gun, Bonk Dog, Bot-O-Mine, Blazemander and Lootworm items
- Brawler — Available from the start
- Bull — Win a run in Danger 1
- Chunky — Die for the first time
- Crazy — Available from the start
- Cryptid — Finish a wave with 10 or more living trees
- Cyborg — Reach 10 Ranged Damage and get 3 structures at the same time
- Demon — Win a run in Danger 5
- Doctor — Heal 200 HP in one wave
- Engineer — Get 5 turrets on the map simultaneously
- Entrepreneur — Hold 3000 materials
- Explorer — Kill 50 trees
- Farmer — Reach +200 Harvesting
- Fisherman — Get 2 Bait during a run
- Generalist — Collect 2000 materials
- Ghost — Reach +60% Dodge
- Gladiator — Kill 20000 enemies
- Glutton — Pick up 20 consumables during a run
- Golem — Finish a wave with 1 HP
- Hunter — Reach +300 Range
- Jack — Kill a boss or an elite in less than 15 seconds
- King — Get 3 tier IV weapons at once
- Knight — Win a run in Danger 4
- Lich — Reach +100 Max HP
- Loud — Kill 5000 enemies
- Lucky — Collect 300 materials
- Mage — Available from the start
- Masochist — Win a run in Danger 3
- Multitasker — Collect 5000 materials
- Mutant — Kill 2000 enemies
- Old — Kill 300 enemies
- One-Armed — Win a run in Danger 0
- Pacifist — Collect 10000 materials
- Ranger — Available from the start
- Renegade — Get 10 different tier I items during a run
- Saver — Collect 20000 materials
- Sick — Reach -5 HP Regeneration
- Soldier — Win a run in Danger 2
- Speedy — Reach +50% Speed
- Streamer — Reach -20% Speed
- Technomage — Reach 10 Elemental Damage and get 3 structures at the same time
- Vagabond — Have 6 different weapons at once
- Vampire — Reach +40% Life Steal
- Well-Rounded — Available from the start
- Wildling — Kill 10000 enemies
- Wounded — Win a run in difficulty Nightmare
Abyssal Terrors DLC characters
- Buccaneer — Reach +100% Pickup Range
- Builder — Available from the start
- Captain — Available from the start
- Chef — Have at least 25 enemies burning at the same time
- Creature — Available from the start
- Curious — Available from the start
- Diver — Kill 1000 enemies that are more than 700 range away from you
- Druid — Collect 250 consumables by the end of wave 20
- Dwarf — Hit at least 25 enemies with a single melee attack
- Gangster — Reroll 10 times in a single shop
- Hiker — Walk a total of 20000 steps
- Ogre — Deal 1000 damage to an enemy in a single hit
- Romantic — Finish a run with 0 Curse
- Sailor — Available from the start
Where to go next
Read the character database for level-up bonuses and starting weapons. Then see the beginner guide for what to do once a character is unlocked.