Slitterhead: How To Recruit Every Character

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The supernatural spirit you play as in Slitterhead can possess anyone it comes across, but special "Rarity" characters can be recruited due to the unique powers they gain from being controlled. While you can forcibly take over everyone you come across, their blood is not strong enough to fend off the monsters you must fight. Rarities have strong combat abilities that help you fight back against various horrors.

Slitterhead revolves around possessing random individuals to defend yourself against many terrifying creatures that pursue you. Unlike hide-and-seek horror titles, this game has robust combat mechanics tied to Rarity characters. Instead of taking over a random citizen likely to die quickly, you can co-exist within a Rarity to wield specific abilities and powers tied to those characters.

How To Recruit All Characters In Slitterhead

Find Everyone Special Throughout Different Missions

Slitterhead Julee Rarity character recruited from Prologue mission

You can recruit Rarities to make them selectable before missions. This gives you a way to start a mission already wielding the powers of characters you'd prefer to use. For example, when you get the Rarity Julee during the game's prologue, you can use them to be your starting character for any mission you embark on in the future.

Key art from Slitterhead shows a collage of all its principal characters, above the game's title in both English and kanji. At the center of the image, Alex walks down a street in his motorcycle helmet.

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Once you have a character recruited, you can explore their unique skills in a Training Mission before using them in an actual quest. Keep in mind that you can still possess ordinary people after you recruit Rarities, but their combat prowess pales in comparison to special characters. Here are all the unique characters you can find in Slitterhead and how to recruit them:

Similar to saving Survivors in Dead Rising , you have to find characters in specific places in Slitterhead on exact days. With the spirit's ability to time travel, you can revisit days in the past to find Rarities to unlock.

Rarity Character

When To Find

How To Recruit

Julee	Prologue	Simply play through the Prologue mission until Julee names the spirit "Night Owl."
Anita	Day 3	After you discover how to time travel, go back to the " Missing Girl RE (2nd Loop)" mission to prevent Anita from being killed. Simply play through this mission to recruit the character from playing the story.
Alex	Day 1	After you discover how to time travel, go back to the "Black Payback " mission to prevent Alex from being killed. Simply play through this mission to recruit the character from playing the story.
Blake	Any Day	Complete a certain number of missions, then finish the "Oppressive Force RE (2nd Loop)"OR"Lurking Parasite RE (2nd Loop)" missions.

Rarity Character

When To Find

How To Recruit

Doni	Day 2	Using the Rarity Edo, go to the "Sleepless Zone RE (2nd Loop)" mission and head left instead of possessing others right away. Have Edo pick a lock, then enter possession mode and fly into a vent opening in the next room. Fly until you find Doni, then possess them and win a fight to permanently recruit them.
Edo	Day 1	During the "Lurking Parasite RE (2nd Loop)" mission, find two people who mention a homeless person's dog is wandering around. Find and possess the dog outside the Fish and Eggs Restaurant, then follow a scent it's tracking. This will help you find Edo, who you can possess to take down a Slitterhead to recruit him.
Tri	Day 2	During the "Hidden Cave RE (2nd Loop)" mission, eavesdrop on the first floor to learn about someone being held in the room above the building's chapel. After dealing with the Slitterhead in this place, go to the third floor of this building. Enter possession mode and fly through an open window to find Tri, who you can take over to defeat a Slitterhead and recruit her.
Betty	Days 1–3	Complete all six "Mysterious Old Lady" encounters, which you can find across multiple missions over each Day.

Some of the best horror games offer you multiple ways to play, with Rarities in Slitterhead being a great way to replay missions for a new experience. With each character's unique powers and skills, some may be more adept at taking down some bosses or enemies faster. To find which Rarity character is best for you, you'll want to recruit everyone possible as you progress through the story.

If you are struggling to find certain characters, don't be afraid to explore the areas where missions take place. The more people you possess, the more clues you can find regarding a Rarity's location. Once you have found a way to recruit every character in Slitterhead, you will have a full team of people prepared to face any threat as you try to get to the bottom of this monstrous epidemic.