All is fair in love and war when it comes to being hired as a mercenary in Jagged Alliance 3. But knowing who gets along and who doesn’t is important when choosing your team. With a limited budget to start with and four distinct rosters to choose from, with different skills and hiring prices, knowing who can work with each other will make your life a lot easier and work well for the money left in your wallet. . So this is Vincent’s guide to all mercenary relationships and affinities they have with each other in Jagged Alliance 3.
All Merc Relationships in Jagged Alliance 3
In Jagged Alliance 3, it’s important to look at who can and can’t work well together. If members of your team don’t get along, you’ll find that they’ll stop working together for the duration of their contract, have to be placed on another team, or demand a higher payment in order to compromise. In terms of statistics, a mercenary’s morale is affected by whether or not he likes his comrade. If they prefer to work with specific mercenaries, you will find that their morale increases by 1 point. However, if there is an aversion between the two mercenaries or on one side, the mercenary or mercenaries concerned will see their morale decrease by 1.
Every Merc in Jagged Alliance seems to have a set preference. However, this is only discovered by recruiting a variety of team compositions, as the game does not indicate during the recruiting process that the Merc has a preference for specific co-workers. Some Mercs are neutral in their likes and dislikes, often being able to work with the majority of others. But there are plenty of Mercs who have preferences that can have a massive impact on your game. Use the table below to recruit your mercenaries based on their relationships.
Related: Best starters in Jagged Alliance 3.
Note: Another with (PLOT) Or (POINT) means likes over time and dislikes over time, meaning the Mercs relationship changes if you keep recruiting the same pair over and over to extend their contract and complete missions with.
| Wed | Like | Do not like |
| (recruit) | grizzled Larry and Kalyna (LOT) |
Fox, Igor and Ivan Omryn (DOT) |
| Fox (recruit) | grizzly and wolf Fauda (LOT) |
Smiley (DOT) |
| Mouse (recruit) | Fox and red (DOT) |
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| Livewire (recruit) | Raven and Raider Only (DOT) |
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| Kalyna (rookie) | Omryn Igor (LOT) |
Only (DOT) |
| MD (recruit) | and fusion Flay (DOT) |
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| Igor (rookie) | Ivan and Grunty Kalina (LOT) |
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| Grizzly (recruit) | Wolf Shadow (LOT) |
Dr. Q |
| Barry (rookie) | Red | |
| Fidel (veteran) | Neutral | Neutral |
| Raven (veteran) | Raider | |
| Thor (veteran) | Ice Omryn (LOT) |
|
| Wolf (veteran) | Fox Magic and Livewire (LOT) |
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| Ice (veteran) | Blood and Grizzly Magic and Livewire (LOT) |
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| Blood (veteran) | Neutral | Neutral |
| Meltdown (veteran) | Neutral | Neutral |
| Buns (veteran) | Sydney (LOT) | Fox Mower (DOT) |
| Grunty (veteran) | Ivan and Igor | |
| Ivan (Elite) | Igor and Grunty | |
| Vicky (Elite) | Neutral | Neutral Smiley (DOT) |
| Raider (Elite) | Crow | Hitman |
| Tex (Elite) | Fox Larry (LOT) |
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| Nails (Elite) | Fox | |
| Dr. Q (Elite) | vicky | |
| Red (Elite) | Buns Live wire (DOT) |
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| Hitman (Elite) | Raven and Grunty | Raider |
| Gus (legendary) | Len and Scully | |
| Magic (Legendary) | ice and blood | Buns |
| Scully (legendary) | Fox, Kalyna and buns (LOT) | |
| Reaper (Legendary) | Fauda (LOT) | |
| Sidney (legendary) | Scope | |
| Shadow (Legendary) | Neutral | Neutral |
| Reach (Legendary) | sydney | |
| Fauda (Legendary) | Fox and Kalyna (DOT) | |
| Len (legendary) | Spike, Vicki and Dr. Q | Omryn |
