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In Expeditions: a MudRunner game, you'll have at your disposal certain game mechanics that'll help in your mission to conquer the wilderness. One of these mechanics are Specialists, a variety of professionals that can aid you during your assignments.
What are Specialists
Specialists are professional workers from different areas of expertise who can be hired to improve your off-road capabilities and make certain challenges easier. As of right now, there are five different categories for these Specialists, those are:
- Mechanics: These Specialists can improve your truck's performance and increase repair efficiency.
- Logisticians: These Specialists increase resource efficiency. They also help with resources' stock and capacity.
- Hydrologists: When you hire these Specialists, you'll be able to deal with water obstacles, like swamps and lakes, more easily.
- Jaegers: These Specialists will improve your off-road capabilities so you can explore with ease any terrain.
- Operators: With these Specialists, you'll be able to improve and expand the capabilities of certain devices, like the drone.
- Managers: These Specialists will help you earn more money.
How to Recruit Specialists
To take a Specialists with you select the expedition you want to start and then open the Team Composition panel. There, you'll be able to recruit any Specialist that you have previously unlocked. To unlock them, you'll need to complete certain assignments first.
Sometimes, you'll have no option but to hire a Specialist as they can be one of the requirements to start certain expeditions. As for price, each Specialist will charge a different fee for their services, so you should take that into consideration before hiring one.
Keep in mind that, while you can take up to three Specialists per expedition, you can only take one from each category.
Best Specialist in Expeditions
With so many Specialists to choose from, talking about the best ones can be very subjective as the "best" one will depend on the assignment you want to complete. That being said, let's go over each category and discuss the best specialist from each one of them.
Mechanics
In the Mechanics category, you have four options: Marcus Kingsley, Mike Nixon, Dmytro Koval, and Michelle Redrock.
In this category, one of the best options you have is the middle-of-the-road one, Dmytro. At 800 he still has a more affordable price than Michelle and gives you a 30% armor buff on start. But perhaps one of his most impressive perks is the -20 % fuel consumption ability, this makes this Specialist ideal for expeditions where you'll need to cover a lot of ground and where the terrain has lots of obstacles that can cause crash damage.
The other stealthy powerhouse is Mike Nixon. If you routinely bring more than one anchor per truck along, instead bring Mike. His +5 supplies limit perk doubles your sets of anchors to 10. So he should be a regular if your standard supply selection includes two or more sets per vehicle.
- To unlock Marcus Kingsley, complete Hello, World!
- To unlock Mike Nixon, complete Conquest of the Frontier or Water is Life
- To unlock Dmytro Kova, complete Right Person for Right Job
- To unlock Michelle Redrock, complete Where Trucks Dare Not Tread
Logisticians
In this category you have three options as well: Connor Eriksen, Angela Mayer, and Justin Goodman.
This time our best pick goes to Connor Eriksen, not only will you be able to unlock him very early on in the game but at 500 he has the lowest prices of all Logisticians.
With Connor, you'll enjoy perks like +100L fuel and +200 repair parts at outposts. The Binoculars will have a +150m partial scout limit and you'll be able to mark uphills and downhills using the drone or the binoculars. This last perk is one that all Logisticians have, but Connor offers it at a lower price.
- To unlock Connor Eriksen, complete First Trip - Tutorial
- To unlock Angela Meyer, complete Lost Cargo
- To unlock Justin Goodman, complete Continue the Research
Hydrologists
In the Hydrologists category, you have three options as well, Anwar Farsi, Bruce Brown, and Dayaana Tumusova.
For Hydrologists, we recommend going with Dayaana. Sure at 1000 she's the most expensive option but she is also the most well-rounded one. This Specialist offers -50% underwater damage protection, with her the Echo Sounder becomes a 45-degree Cone with a +500% radius and you'll be able to mark fords using devices like the drone or the binoculars.
- To unlock Anwar Farsi, complete In Order to Preserve or Prologue
- To unlock Bruce Brown, complete Quicksand
- To unlock Dayaana Tumusova, complete Majesty of the Mountains
Jaegers
There are three Jaegers: Brian Wilson, Eric Miller, and Mitch Goodman.
A great option for this category is Mitch Goodman. He might cost 1300 but he makes up for it with his most desirable perk: the ability to give you an extra 10 meters in length for the winch as well as +30% power.
If you've been playing this game you know the Winch is a device that can get you out of any situation. You can check out our How to Use the Winch guide to learn more about this item and its capabilities.
But it doesn't end there, Mitch also has a +10 meter scouting zone for trucks and with him, you'll be able to mark shortcuts using the drone of binoculars.
- To unlock Brian Wilson, complete Fallen from Heaven or Ancient Fire
- To unlock Eric Miller, complete Census
- To unlock Mitch Goodman, complete Proof of Strength
Operators
In this category, you only have two options: Akane Ishida and Lance Silva.
If we had to choose, we would go with Akane. Not only does she have a lower fee, costing only 600, but she offers a +200 m increased range for the drone and an extra 20 meters in height. She also allows you a 50-meter partial scout buff using the drone. You'll be able to mark Airdrops using the drone or the binoculars.
- To unlock Akane Ishida, complete Stonefaced or Squatters Rights
- To unlock Lance Silva, complete Shooting Wild
Managers
Just like with Operators, you'll only have two options when it comes to Managers, David Simmons and Zarema Abdurafieva.
The best one in our opinion is David, not only is he unlocked right away, but he has a lower fee (700) compared to Zarema's (1500).
David only offers one perk but it's a really good one, he increases the selling price you'll get on items by 50%.
- David Simmons is unlocked from the start
- To unlock Zarema Abdurafieva, complete New Friends