When Does Every Party Member Join In Metaphor: ReFantazio?

Metaphor: ReFantazio's Expanding Party: A Guide to Recruitment Timing

Beyond the protagonist, seven companions will join your quest in Metaphor: ReFantazio, each contributing their unique combat skills. While Gallica is present from the start, her combat role is limited initially.

Spoiler Warning: This guide reveals the recruitment dates of party members, potentially spoiling some plot points.

Each party member's arrival is tied to specific story events. Some join unexpectedly, so reading ahead might lessen the surprise.

Party Member Recruitment Schedule:

Each party member awakens to a unique Archetype, usable by any party member once unlocked. Initially, some join but are initially AI-controlled. Later members awaken just before their first battle.

• Strohl (Warrior): Joins on June 5th during the Border Fort events, but his Archetype awakens the following day, June 6th, in the Nord Mines. Until then, he's AI-controlled.

• Grius: Joins after the Border Fort events, but becomes a fully playable party member on June 6th, after Strohl's awakening. His Archetype is summoned, rather than awakened like others.

• Hulkenberg (Knight): Interacts with the party from June 10th, fully joining and awakening her Archetype during the boss fight on June 11th.

• Heismay (Thief): His awakening and party integration occur on July 4th within Martira's main dungeon, during a mostly linear story section.

• Junah (Masked Dancer): Junah's awakening and party joining happen on August 13th.

• Eupha (Summoner): Eupha's recruitment is more flexible. Between August 19th and September 4th, completing the Dragon Temple dungeon in Viraga Island adds her to the party for the final boss. However, her Bond quest begins only after this period.

• Basilio (Berserker): Awakens and joins the party on September 11th during Saint's Day events, but combat use is available only the following day (optional).