Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity: Full Roster - Every Playable Character And Unique Action

As a prequel story to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Koei Tecmo and Nintendo's Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity finally gives us the chance to play as other characters in this world. Nothing against the lovely Link, of course, but the world of Hyrule is filled with many colourful characters, so the opportunity to step into their shoes and kick some bokoblin butt is very welcome.

Below we've listed every playable character you can unlock in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Every single one is unlocked through normal play, and on any difficulty level, so you'll get all of them eventually if you simply keep playing (it took us around 60 hours to unlock the 18th and final fighter).

You'll also find information on their Regular and Strong Attacks, plus each character's Unique Action (activated via the 'ZR' button). Attacks-wise, most fighters follow a very similar pattern of Regular and Strong Attacks on the 'Y' and 'X' buttons, although some of them do have different combos and abilities. The same goes for Rune abilities, which are also shown in detail — check out the screenshots below (or feel free to simply enjoy the gallery of character artwork!).

SPOILERS! Although there are no specific story details below, we've listed the character names in the contents, so we recommend you don't scroll any further if you want to save the surprise! There are a few rather unexpected combatants, and we'd wager we'll see even more in DLC (which is surely in the works). If any fighters are added, you can be sure they'll appear below, too.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Character Guide — Gallery of Every Playable Character

Link

Link's Unique Action (ZR): Fires arrows from his bow

Link's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Impa

Impa's Unique Action (ZR): Applies symbols to enemies for absorption

Impa's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Zelda

Zelda's Unique Action (ZR): Switches between Zelda's two forms (normal and Luminescent)

Zelda's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Mipha

Mipha's Unique Action (ZR): Instantly travel to a previously placed 'fountain' on the ground

Mipha's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Daruk

Daruk's Unique Action (ZR): Ignite and explode previously summoned magma pillars

Daruk's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Revali

Revali's Unique Action (ZR): Take to the air and fly

Revali's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Urbosa

Urbosa's Unique Action (ZR): Charges her lightning gauge

Urbosa's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Hestu

Hestu's Unique Action (ZR): Summons a small army of Korok friends to help him in battle

Hestu's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Sidon

Sidon's Unique Action (ZR): Increases Strong Attack damage when used at the right time

Sidon's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Yunobo

Yunobo's Unique Action (ZR): Eats a rock roast which powers up certain attacks

Yunobo's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Teba

Teba's Unique Action (ZR): Charges and shoots an arrow from his bow

Teba's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Riju

Riju's Unique Action (ZR): Hold down to send Patricia into a rampage

Riju's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Master Kohga

Master Kohga's Unique Action (ZR): Send out a big blast in moments of high stress

Master Kohga's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

King Rhoam

King Rhoam's Unique Action (ZR): Switch between Old Man and King guises

King Rhoam's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Great Fairies

Great Fairies' Unique Action (ZR): A unique attack depending on the fairy in action at the time

Great Fairies' Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Monk Maz Koshia

Monk Maz Koshia's Unique Action (ZR): Grow in size using ancient Sheikah power

Monk Maz Koshia's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Terrako

Terrako's Unique Action (ZR): Fires lasers (hold down for a charged shot)

Terrako's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Calamity Ganon

Calamity Ganon's Unique Action (ZR): Absorb Malice and initiate Calamity form

Calamity's Regular and Strong Attacks, and Rune Abilities:

Let us know your favourites below. If you're new to the game, you might want to check out our Age Of Calamity Tips and Beginner's Guide and our look at how amiibo work in Age of Calamity. There's also our Age of Calamity Korok location guide if you're having trouble finding the hidden Koroks.