Sidekick/companion

Sidekicks (or companions) can accompany heroes during their nocturnal exploits. A hero can have at most one sidekick active at time.

There are two types of sidekicks, temporary sidekicks and full-time sidekicks.

Temporary sidekicks

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Accompany the hero for a certain amount of time.
They can be summoned by either using an innate skill, using a summoning item, or acquiring them at a specific location.
If a sidekick is already active, its lifespan can usually be lengthened by repeating the summoning action.
They can be dismissed from the player details page.

Full-time sidekicks

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Only available after a certain step in the level 9 quest.
Each of them needs to be enabled once, and from then on they can be selected from the hideout.
Once selected, a full-time sidekick will follow the hero for as long as necessary, until it is dismissed (from the hideout as well).
Full-time sidekicks' power scales with the hero's level, until some cap is reached.

Sidekick/companion modifiers

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All sidekicks carry some benefit, be it damaging opponent, increasing chips drop etc.
The effectiveness of sidekicks can be improved using effects and equipment.
In addition, judo kid gloves‎ can be equipped, granting the sidekicks additional capabilities.

Sidekick/companion comparison table

Sidekick/companion	Obtained	Duration	Requirement	Ability
Basic understudy	level 9 quest	Full-time		Attacks foes (Level-1 - Level+1, cap 10)
Black robot	black robot	120 min.		Damage absorption
Blues musician	harmonica	45 min.		+Chips (40)
Boxing coach	gym membership card	60 min.		Delevels in combat
Byakhee	bone flute	240 min.	Level 15	Damage absorption until destroyed Attacks foes
Clockwork ant	clockwork ant	180 min.		+Chips (50%)
Clockwork armadillo	clockwork armadillo	180 min.		Damage absorption
Clockwork falcon	clockwork falcon	180 min.		Attacks foes
Clockwork kangaroo	clockwork kangaroo	180 min.		+Items (30%)
Clockwork owl	clockwork owl	180 min.		Prevents enemy attacks
Clockwork spider	clockwork spider	180 min.		XP after a fight (Level dependent, up to 8-20)
Cosmic jester	Rigoletto's Compleat Jester kit	Full-time		Attacks, boosts spell damage, other benefits tuned by combat items
Crow	stale cracker	60 min.		+Items (20%)
Demolition man	Mad Bomber magazine	Full-time		Attacks foes, sonic damage
Documentarian	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		XP after a fight (Level/2 - Level/2+2, cap 5)
Dog days dog	dog days of summer	Event		?
Eskrima master	Eskrima book	Full-time		Attacks foes
Extortionist	banned book	Full-time		+Chips (30%)
Ferric man	ferric man	120 min.		Damage absorption
Egyptian knife fighter	manual of Egyptian knife fighting	Full-time		Attacks foes (round(0.9*Level)-round(1.2*Level), up to 36-48)
Electrical "engineer"	Bryll Bison's I'm a Danger Here Myself	Full-time		Attacks foes, electric damage
Flea market trader	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		+Items
Fledgling elemental hero	cryptonase	30 min.		XP after a fight (+1-3)
Free dummy	mismatched earring	60 min.		Damage absorption until destroyed
Freelance teenager	Jax 'Za	60 min.		Prevents enemy attacks
Gingerbread man	gingerbread man, gingerbread man (regifted)	60 min.		Prevents enemy attacks Increases foe toughness (+10)
Gnoph-keh	spiral horn	240 min.	Level 15	Attacks foes, physical + ice damage Prevents enemy attacks
Grey robot	grey robot	120 min.		Prevents enemy attacks
Grumpy old smuggler	highly implausible script	Full-time		+Items (2.5*Level%, max 50%) Prevents enemy attacks
Hoarder	Disposophobia and you	Full-time		+Items
Hound of Tindalos	jade hound	240 min.	Level 15	Attacks foes, physical + acid
Ice sculptor	Fahrenheit 4 - 5.1	Full-time		Attacks foes with ice damage +XP per turn
International agent of intrigue	The Spy who Loved and Let Die at the Royal Casino	Full-time		Attacks, restores HP, drops useful items
Jujitsu expert	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		Prevents enemy attacks
Karate expert	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		Attacks foes
Mafia informer	Twilight Gold card‎	60 min.		+Chips (20%)
Mag-Wai warrior	Tales of the Mag-Wai	Full-time		Deals fire damage
Majestic noble	August Personage's The Stately Monarch	Full-time		+Chips (100%), restores PP, delevels in combat
Massage therapist	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		Restores HP and PP (Level - Level+2, cap 10)
Mechapinata!!	mechapinata	120 min.		Attacks foes (31-46)
Mimic	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		Increases foe level
Monkey	seal o' canth	60 min.		+Items (20%)
Motivational speaker	motivational DVD	Full-time		Increased sidekick effectiveness
Old friend	phone number	60 min.		XP after a fight
Ponderous dove	ponderous dove	60 min.		XP after a fight
Psychoanalyst	Elijah bot‎	Full-time		+XP
Publicist	League of Self Promoters	120 min.		+Chips
Race car driver	The 'Swift and ...' trilogy‎	Full-time		decreased turn length (1 sec/Level)
Red robot	red robot	120 min.		Increases foe toughness (+30)
Robot berserker	robot berserker	120 min.		fire damage
Robot with a heart of gold	robot with a heart of gold	120 min.		XP after a fight (6-13)
Rules lawyer	employee manual	Full-time		Attacks foes, psychic damage
Scarecrow	scarecrow	60 min.		Damage absorption
Self defense expert	Firebird College at Philbin	Full-time		Attacks foes (Level*2-1 - Level*2+1, cap 20)
Smart-aleck kid	old coin	60 min.		Prevents enemy attacks
Son of Reptauron	Reptauron's egg	120 min.		Attacks foes (48-64)
Strobe drone	inactive strobe drone	30 min.		Stuns opponent
Squawking radio	squawking radio	30 min.		Prevents enemy attacks
Toy soldier	toy soldier, toy soldier (regifted)	60 min.		Attacks foes
Vorpal bunny	vorpal bunny	60 min.		Attacks foes
Water buffalo	Summon Water Buffalo scubby brand buffalo snax	60 min.		Attacks foes
Wind warrior	Wind Warrior warrior hologram	30 min.		Attacks foes except robots. (Unless character has Electronic Understanding.)
Wolf	Summon Wolf wolf bait	60 min.		Attacks foes
Yith	summoning cone	240 min.	Level 15	Attacks foes, physical + electric damage XP after a fight

Source pages:

• Sidekick/companion (by source)
• Improved Sidekick Effectiveness

Notes

• Sidekicks cannot attack frusion enemies. Instead you get the message:

Your sidekick can't see your opponent, and just tries to stay out of the way.