NieR: Automata - Characters
The main cast of NieR: Automata: the three playable androids of YoRHa, their commanding officers and operators, the Resistance members who hold the surface, and the machine lifeforms whose society grows across the routes. Androids are built to serve humanity, so every character here is defined by wh...
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| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2B (YoRHa No.2 Type B) | A battle-model android assigned to the surface war and paired with 9S. | Protagonist (Routes A, B and C) | YoRHa | Full melee and ranged combat with four weapon classes Pod 042 support fire and programs Self-destruct sequence Superhuman strength, speed and jumping through heavy combat frames | Playable from the opening mission |
| 9S (YoRHa No.9 Type S) | A scanner model with an insatiable curiosity about machines and old world data. | Deuteragonist (Route B) | YoRHa | Hacking intrusion minigame that destroys or controls machines Remote control of hacked machine bodies Light melee combat with weapon sets Pod 153 support fire | Playable from route B onward |
| A2 (YoRHa Type A No.2) | A prototype attack model who deserted YoRHa after the Pearl Harbor Descent operation and has lived on the surface hunting machines ever since. | Playable protagonist (Route C/D) | YoRHa (deserter) | Berserk mode that drains health for a large damage boost Long sword combos with the same weapon classes Pod 042 support fire Years of solo surface experience against machine nests | Unlocked in route C |
| Commander White | The commander of the orbital Bunker and the highest ranking YoRHa android in the story. | Commanding officer | YoRHa | Commands the Bunker and all deployed YoRHa squadrons Controls mission assignment and android deployment Access to YoRHa command records | Non-playable, appears in main story scenes |
| Operator 6O | 2B's assigned operator on the Bunker, the voice in her ear during missions. | Operator | YoRHa | Remote mission support and tactical updates Bunker communications and teleport coordination | Non-playable, appears in main story scenes |
| Operator 21O | 9S's operator, formal and by the book, and visibly irritated by his detours and his habit of talking to machines. | Operator | YoRHa | Remote mission support and tactical updates Bunker communications and teleport coordination | Non-playable, appears in main story scenes |
| Anemone | The commander of the android Resistance on the surface and the one who runs the camp the player keeps returning to. | Resistance leader | Resistance | Commands the Resistance camp and its squads Coordinates surface operations with YoRHa Veteran of the Pearl Harbor Descent | Non-playable, Resistance Camp |
| Jackass | The Resistance's abrasive mechanic and researcher, the person who upgrades your Pod and sells the odd experimental item. | Resistance engineer | Resistance | Pod and weapon upgrades Machine research and technical analysis Vendor inventory for upgrade materials | Non-playable, Resistance Camp |
| Devola and Popola | Twin androids who work out of the Resistance Camp, carrying the names and the guilt of the pair from the original NieR. | Supporting androids | Resistance | Camp support services and information Historical knowledge of the earlier android project | Non-playable, Resistance Camp |
| Emil | A cheerful, masked travelling merchant who sells rare goods out of a vehicle and remembers far more than he lets on. | Wandering merchant | Independent | Rare item vendor Extensive knowledge of the old world Masked head and mechanical body of unknown age | Non-playable, found on the roads and in his side quest chain |
| Pascal | A machine lifeform who chose peace, founded the machine village and tries to raise orphaned machines as a community. | Machine leader | Machine Village | Leads and defends the machine village Mechanical engineering and trade Non-combat approach to the android war | Non-playable, Machine Village |
| Adam | A machine lifeform born in the desert in a human form, bookish and philosophical, who reads human history and tries to understand what the androids are fighting for. | Antagonist | Machine Network | Human-form machine body with extreme speed Hand-to-hand combat and energy attacks Commands the machine network's copied data | Boss encounter in the desert and Copied City |
| Eve | Adam's brother, born after him and emotionally the opposite: childish, devoted and violently unstable when his brother is hurt. | Antagonist | Machine Network | Enormous machine body with brute force attacks Regenerative machine physiology Berserk outbursts | Boss encounter after the Copied City |
| Pod 042 | 2B's floating support pod, a tactical unit that provides covering fire and equips programs on command. | Support unit | YoRHa | Continuous machine gun fire Equippable programs: laser, missile, hammer, blade, shield and more Tactical analysis and mission logs | Equipped from the start |
| Pod 153 | 9S's support pod, the counterpart to Pod 042 and, in practice, his only steady company across route B. | Support unit | YoRHa | Continuous machine gun fire Equippable programs: laser, missile, hammer, blade, shield and more Data recovery and hacking support | Equipped from route B onward |
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