Party member

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Party members (仲間キャラクター, Nakama kyarakutā, lit. "Fellow character") are allies who fight alongside the protagonist, often with customisable behaviour, equipment, items, and abilities. They have their own HP and MP gauges, displayed above the protagonists'. Generally, a defeated party member is knocked out temporarily for a certain period of time, unless they are healed.

Cooperation characters (協力キャラクター, Kyōryoku kyarakutā) are similar allies who only appear during certain story sequences. A distinctive feature is their lack of health gauges, which makes them invincible.

There are also other allies who help during certain battles to provide some sort of support, often by opening up new attacks for the protagonist to use.

Kingdom Hearts

Party members have individual stats and can be equipped with items, accessories, and weapons. Party members have different base stats, abilities, and number of item and accessory slots. Each party member has their own weapon type and cannot equip weapons of any other type. They earn experience and level up independently to Sora and are rewarded with stat boosts, new abilities, more item slots, or more accessory slots when levelling up. While Donald and Goofy are permanent party members, many worlds provide a third ally. World-specific party members have limitations as each of them has only one weapon that they can equip and levelling up solely grants stat boosts.

Only two party members can be placed in the active party at a time. A menu to swap party member positions can be accessed at Save Points and whenever a party member joins or leaves the group. Experience is granted to party members, even if they are not in the active party or they are in another world.

In battle, pressing causes party members to attack the locked-on target. There are several enemies that are never targeted by party members, including the White Mushroom, Rare Truffle, and Black Ballade.

AI customization

From the "Customize" tab in the pause menu, a party member's AI can be altered to perform actions at different frequencies, which can create specialised fighting styles. There are a number of pre-made fighting styles to select: Offensive focuses on attack, Defensive concentrates on recovery and defense, Conservative preserves MP and items, and Balanced provides a mix between offense and defense. In addition, each party member has a unique Personal fighting style and with Manual, the player can create their own fighting style.

Frequencies can be set on a number of different actions and each party member has access to a particular set of actions. Each action can be set to one of three frequency levels, "Constantly", "Frequently", or "Occasionally", with the exception of the HP Items and MP Items actions which instead use "Immediately", "Frequently", and "Only in emergency".

Action	Description					Personal
						Donald	Goofy	Tarzan	Aladdin
	Offensive	Defensive	Conservative	Balanced		Jack	Ariel	Peter Pan	Beast
Regular Attacks	Tells how often to perform melee attacks.					Frequently	Frequently	Frequently	Frequently
	Frequently	Frequently	Constantly	Frequently		Frequently	Frequently	Constantly	Frequently
Special Attacks	Tells how often to use offensive abilities that consume MP.					-	Constantly	Constantly	Constantly
	Constantly	Occasionally	Occasionally	Frequently		Constantly	Constantly	Constantly	Constantly
Defensive Moves	Tells how often to use restorative and defensive abilities that consume MP.					-	-	Constantly	-
	Occasionally	Constantly	Frequently	Frequently		-	Constantly	Frequently	-
Offensive Magic	Tells how often to use attack magic that consumes MP.					Constantly	-	-	-
	Constantly	Occasionally	Occasionally	Frequently		-	-	-	-
Defensive Magic	Tells how often to use restorative and defensive magic that consumes MP.					Frequently	-	-	-
	Occasionally	Constantly	Frequently	Constantly		-	-	-	-
Advanced Magic	Tells how often to use special magic that consumes MP.					Frequently	-	-	-
	Constantly	Frequently	Occasionally	Frequently		-	-	-	-
Shield Techniques	Tells how often to perform defensive actions with the shield.					-	Constantly	-	-
	Occasionally	Constantly	Frequently	Frequently		-	-	-	-
Support Actions	Tells how often to use abilities that support the party and consume MP.					-	Frequently	-	-
	Occasionally	Constantly	Frequently	Frequently		-	-	-	-
HP Items	Tells how often to use HP-restoring items.					Only in emergency	Frequently	Frequently	Frequently
	Only in emergency	Immediately	Only in emergency	Immediately		Only in emergency	Only in emergency	Frequently	Frequently
MP Items	Tells how often to use MP-restoring items.					Frequently	Only in emergency	Only in emergency	Frequently
	Immediately	Immediately	Only in emergency	Only in emergency		Frequently	Frequently	Only in emergency	Only in emergency

List of party members

Party member		World	Weapon Type	Accessory slots	Item slots	Starting equipment	Starting items
File:Sprite Donald KH.png	Donald	All	Staff	2	2-6	Mage's Staff	Potion (x2)
File:Sprite Goofy KH.png	Goofy	All	Shield	2-4	4-8	Knight's Shield	Potion (x3), Ether
File:Sprite Tarzan KH.png	Tarzan	Deep Jungle	Spear	1	3	Spear	Potion (x3)
File:Sprite Aladdin KH.png	Aladdin	Agrabah	Sword	2	6	Sword, Protect Chain, Fire Ring	Potion (x4), Ether (x2)
File:Sprite Jack KH.png	Jack Skellington	Halloween Town	No Weapon	2	3	No Weapon, Protect Chain, Fire Ring	Ether (x3)
File:Sprite Ariel KH.png	Ariel	Atlantica	No Weapon	3	5	No Weapon, Protect Chain (x2), Thunder Ring	Potion (x3), Ether (x2)
File:Sprite Peter Pan KH.png	Peter Pan	Neverland	Dagger	2	6	Dagger, Protect Chain (x2)	Potion (x3), Ether (x3)
File:Sprite Beast KH.png	Beast	Hollow Bastion	No Weapon	1	8	Claws, Blizzard Ring	Hi-Potion (x4), Potion (x2), Ether (x2)
Cooperation character		Location			Abilities
Riku		Monstro, during the first battle against the Parasite Cage.			Physically attacks the Parasite Cage with his Soul Eater.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

In sync with the game's card-based system, party members are replaced with Friend cards, which temporarily call allies onto the battlefield to perform attacks.

Kingdom Hearts II

Party members have individual stats and can be equipped with items, armor, accessories, and weapons. Party members have different base stats, abilities, and number of item, armor, and accessory slots. They earn experience and level up independently to Sora, which reward them with stat boosts. Obtaining bonuses provide party members with further stat boosts, new abilities, and more item, armor, and accessory slots. Limits are new techniques that allow Sora to perform powerful attacks with a party member. While Donald and Goofy are permanent party members, many worlds provide a third ally. World-specific party members have limitations as each of them has only one weapon to equip and bonuses do not provide item, armor, and accessory slots.

Only two party members can be placed in the active party at a time but switching between party members is much smoother than in the original Kingdom Hearts. In the Command Menu, a "Party" command allows the player to swap out a party member on the fly, even if they are fallen. Support abilities, such as Auto Change and Auto Healing, can be equipped on party members to aid the process. Party members can also be swapped around from the "Party" tab in the pause menu. Experience is granted to party members, even if they are not in the active party or they are in another world.

AI customization

In the menu's "Customize" tab, the player can change their party members' settings. Each enabled action ability can be set to be used at a different frequency, ranging from "Free", "Well-Balanced", or "Rare". Like Sora, party members can enable Auto-Reload through a toggle for each item slot.

Also, each party member's behaviour can be set to a particular Battle Style:

• Technic Attack: Party Members fight with their individual techniques.
• Target Attack: Party Members concentrate attacks on Sora's target.
• Huddle Attack: Party Members fight close to Sora.
• Party Attack: Party Members will fight a target other than Sora's.
• Sora Attack: While Sora attacks, Party Members will support him.
• Relentless Attack: Party Members defeat their target before attacking another.

List of party members

Party member		World	Weapon	Limit	Armor slots	Accessory slots	Item slots	Starting items
File:Sprite Donald N.png	Donald	All	Mage's Staff	Fantasia, Flare Force	1-2	2-3	2-4	Potion, Ether
File:Sprite Goofy N.png	Goofy	All	Knight's Shield	Tornado Fusion, Teamwork	2-3	1-2	3-6	Potion (x3)
File:Sprite Beast.png	Beast	Beast's Castle	Beast's Claw	Howling Moon	0	1	4	Potion (x4)
File:Sprite Ping.png	Ping	The Land of Dragons	Sword of the Ancestor	Dragonblaze	1	1	3	Potion (x2), Ether
File:Sprite Auron.png	Auron	Olympus Coliseum	Battlefields of War	Overdrive	1	0	2	Potion (x2)
File:Sprite Jack Sparrow.png	Captain Jack Sparrow	Port Royal	Skill and Crossbones	Treasure Isle	1	1	4	Potion (x4)
File:Sprite Jack1.png	Jack Skellington	Halloween Town	Bone Fist	Applause, Applause	0	2	3	Potion, Ether (x2)
File:Sprite Aladdin.png	Aladdin	Agrabah	Scimitar	Trick Fantasy	2	0	5	Potion (x3), Ether (x2)
File:Sprite Simba.png	Simba	Pride Lands	Proud Fang	King's Pride	0	2	3	Potion (x2), Ether
File:Sprite Tron.png	Tron	Space Paranoids	Identity Disk	Complete Compilement	1	1	2	Potion, Ether
File:Sprite Riku.png	Riku	The World That Never Was	Way to the Dawn	Eternal Session	2	1	6	Potion (x4), Ether (x2)
Cooperation character		Location			Abilities
Leon		Hollow Bastion, when defending the gates from Nobodies on the first visit, and on the second section of the Ravine Trail before the Battle of 1000 Heartless.			Physically attacks enemies with his Gunblade.
Minnie		Disney Castle, when being escorted across the Audience Chamber.			Casts Pearl against enemies. Responds to the Call Over Reaction Command. Triggers the Faith Reaction Command.
Captain Pete		Timeless River, during the final fight against Pete.			Physically attacks Pete using his fists. Interrupted by Sora's attacks.
Yuffie		Hollow Bastion, on the first section of the Ravine Trail before the Battle of 1000 Heartless.			Throws shurikens at enemies and physically attacks them. Can teleport in clouds of smoke.
Tifa		Hollow Bastion, on the third section of the Ravine Trail before the Battle of 1000 Heartless.			Physically attacks enemies with her fists.
Cloud		Hollow Bastion, on the final section of the Ravine Trail before the Battle of 1000 Heartless.			Physically attacks enemies with his Buster Sword.
Hercules		Olympus Coliseum, when fighting against Pete and Hades.			Physically attacks enemies with his fists. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as Aura Guard, Pinball against Pete, and Aura Punch against Hades.
Mickey		Twilight Town, while fighting Nobodies in front of the Old Mansion.			Physically attacks enemies with the Kingdom Key D.
Axel		Betwixt and Between, during the fight against masses of Nobodies.			Physically attacks enemies with his chakrams. Uses fire attacks.
Other ally		Location			Abilities
Lumiere		Beast's Castle, during getting through a secret passage and lighting the lanterns.			Follows Sora. Triggers the Sprinkle Reaction Command.
Mrs. Potts		Beast's Castle, during getting through a secret passage and lighting the lanterns.			Follows Sora. Triggers the Sprinkle Reaction Command.
Cogsworth		Beast's Castle, during the fight against Beast.			Follows Sora. Triggers the Wake Up! Reaction Command.
Megara		Olympus Coliseum, during the fight against the Hydra.			Stationed at the very edge of the arena. When close, she throws HP, MP, and Drive orbs.
Philoctetes		Olympus Coliseum, during the fight against the Hydra.			Triggers the Phil One-Two and Urninator Reaction Commands.
Pegasus		Olympus Coliseum, during the fight against the Hydra.			Triggers the Pegasus Run and Attack Reaction Commands.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Members of the Organization XIII are automatically assigned as party members on certain missions. Typically, only one party member accompanies Roxas on each mission, although Mission 56 begins with two party members and Roxas works alone for many other missions. In battle, party members physically attack enemies and cast magic. In multiplayer Mission Mode, other players are displayed as party members.

Party member		Mission		Party member		Mission
File:Xigbar Icon.png	Xigbar	15, 36, 41, 49, 67, 79, 84		File:Luxord Icon.png	Luxord	51, 55, 57, 65, 72, 86
File:Xaldin Icon.png	Xaldin	38, 43, 48		File:Demyx Icon.png	Demyx	34, 46, 54, 61
File:Vexen Icon.png	Vexen	05		File:Marluxia Icon.png	Marluxia	02, 09
File:Lexaeus Icon.png	Lexaeus	06		File:Larxene Icon.png	Larxene	04, 08
File:Zexion Icon.png	Zexion	03		File:Xion Icon.png	Xion	12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 44, 56, 63, 82
File:Axel Icon.png	Axel	01, 07, 11, 21, 23, 56, 58, 64, 70, 74		Mission Mode roster		During multiplayer.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Party members only appear during certain events in the story, similar to cooperation characters from Kingdom Hearts II. Friendship Commands are most effective within a party, especially when playing multiplayer Mirage Arena. Enemies do not grant experience if it is defeated by a party member. Some commands, like Group Cure, support party members through restoration or buffs, while other commands, such as Trinity Limit, are attacks that deal extra damage with party members.

In some sequences, an ally must be escorted through an area of Unversed. A "Damage" gauge fills up when the ally takes damage, forcing "Game Over" when full.

In the company of a party member or escorted ally, Dimension Links are disabled and several Reaction Commands may be triggered.

Party member		Location	Scenario	Abilities
File:DL Sprite Terra Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Terra	Land of Departure, during the Mark of Mastery Exam, and Radiant Garden, during the battle against the Trinity Armor.	Ventus, Aqua	Physically attacks enemies with his Keyblade. If the protagonist uses Trinity Limit, Terra will participate and strengthen the attack.
File:DL Sprite Ventus Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Ventus	Land of Departure, during the Mark of Mastery Exam, and Radiant Garden, during the battle against the Trinity Armor.	Terra, Aqua	Physically attacks enemies with his Keyblade. If the protagonist uses Trinity Limit, Ventus will participate and strengthen the attack.
File:DL Sprite Aqua Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Aqua	Land of Departure, during the Mark of Mastery Exam, and Radiant Garden, during the battle against the Trinity Armor.	Terra, Ventus	Physically attacks enemies with her Keyblade. If the protagonist uses Trinity Limit, Aqua will participate and strengthen the attack.
File:Sprite Prince Phillip KHBBS.png	Prince Phillip	Enchanted Dominion, when fighting Maleficent's goons in the Hall and at the Gates, and during the fight against Maleficent.	Aqua	Physically attacks enemies with his sword and blocks with his shield. Triggers the Selfless Prince Reaction Command.
File:DL Sprite Mickey Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Mickey	The Badlands, during the fight against Vanitas.	Ventus	Physically attacks with his Keyblade and shoots orbs of light. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as Burst of Faith and with Ventus, Avenger Rush.
		Radiant Garden, when defending Kairi from Unversed, and Keyblade Graveyard, during the fight against Ventus-Vanitas.	Aqua
File:Sprite Hercules KHBBS.png	Hercules	Olympus Coliseum, when fighting Unversed after arriving, and during the fight against a horde of Jellyshades.	Ventus	Attacks enemies with his fists. Can swing barrels and throw them into enemies. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as Avenger Tornado during Ventus's first fight, Swing Slash during Ventus's second fight, and Avenger Save during Aqua's fight.
		Olympus Coliseum, when fighting Unversed after arriving.	Aqua
File:DL Sprite Zack Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Zack	Olympus Coliseum, when fighting Unversed after arriving.	Ventus	Attacks enemies with his sword. Triggers the Avenger Tornado Reaction Command.
File:DL Sprite Experiment 626 Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Experiment 626	Deep Space, during the fight against the Metamorphosis.	Ventus	Shoots enemies with his blaster. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as Astro Strike with Ventus, and Astro Shot with Aqua.
		Deep Space, when fighting Unversed after finding him in the Turo Prison Block, and during the fight against Gantu.	Aqua
File:DL Sprite Terra Icon 2 KHBBS.png	Terra (Armored)	Mirage Arena, during a multiplayer match.	Terra, Ventus, Aqua	Controlled by a player with their equipped abilities, commands, and Keyblade.
File:DL Sprite Ventus Icon 2 KHBBS.png	Ventus (Armored)
File:DL Sprite Aqua Icon 2 KHBBS.png	Aqua (Armored)
Escorted ally		Location	Scenario	Abilities
File:DL Sprite Cinderella Icon 2 KHBBS.png	Cinderella	Castle of Dreams, when being escorted through the Corridor and Foyer.	Terra	Triggers the Last Dance Reaction Command. At the end of the Corridor, Terra must be close to her in order to continue on with the "Proceed" command.
File:DL Sprite Snow White Icon 1 KHBBS.png	Snow White	Dwarf Woodlands, when being escorted through the Deep Woods.	Ventus	Triggers the White Calm and Avenger Rush Reaction Commands. At the clearing, Ventus must be close to her in order to end with the "Goal" command.
File:Sprite Jaq KHBBS.png	Jaq	Castle of Dreams, when being escorted through the Wardrobe Room.	Aqua	Triggers the Avenger Save Reaction Command. At the mousehole's entrance, Aqua must be close to him in order to end with the "Goal" command.
Other ally		Location	Scenario	Abilities
Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather		Enchanted Dominion, during the fight against Maleficent.	Ventus	Triggers the Joint Force Reaction Command.

Kingdom Hearts coded

Only two worlds feature party members in Kingdom Hearts coded, and they each use different gameplay systems.

In Olympus Coliseum's turn-based combat Labyrinth, party members perform exactly the same as Data-Sora, although "Game Over" only occurs if Data-Sora dies. Each party member has a different special attack and amount of health.

In Hollow Bastion I, Data-Sora cannot attack and instead issues instructions to his party members. In place of Attack, the Ask for Help command cycles the party members' focus between following Data-Sora, attacking enemies, and destroying Bug Blox. Deck commands are replaced with new commands that party members carry out; a deck command's type determines which party member executes the new command. Finish commands are disabled, except Spinner Ray which can be used when both party members have joined the party. If a party member's HP is reduced to 0, they can be revived by going to them and using Rescue.

World	Party member		Unlocked	Special Attack
Olympus Coliseum	File:Sprite Hercules KHREC.png	Hercules	Layer 02	Zero to Hero
	File:Sprite Cloud KHREC.png	Cloud	Layer 04, after defending him from Heartless.	Omnislash
World	Party member		Unlocked	Type	Commands
Hollow Bastion I	File:Sprite Goofy KHREC.png	Goofy	Entrance Hall (LL), after holding out against Pete's attacks.	Attack	Goofy Turbo, Goofy Tornado
	File:Sprite Donald KHREC.png	Donald	Waterway, after Goofy joins the party.	Magic	Donald Firaga, Donald Thundaga

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Spirit Dream Eaters act as Sora and Riku's party members and are synthesized out of Dream Pieces. They each have different stats, abilities, and Ability Link boards. The new Link System allows characters to perform powerful techniques with Spirits. Only three Spirits can be brought into the party at a time and only two fight alongside Sora or Riku. Spirit positions can be changed within the party by dragging their icons around on the touch screen. Experience is only awarded to those in the party. In the "Spirits" tab of the pause menu, Spirits can be placed in and out of the party. If a Spirit's HP reaches 0, it can be revived by using Rescue within 30 seconds; failure to do so results in the Spirit reverting back to a Dream Piece permanently. When selecting a New Game Plus, Spirits carry over with their stats.

In the opening battle against Ursula on the Destiny Islands, Riku acts as a cooperation member to Sora. Riku can attack with his Soul Eater and heal.