Gain Followers in Warhammer Survivors by selecting level-up weapons with a character portrait beside their weapon icon.
For Have 5 Followers, use Lasgun and Shield of Faith with Malum Caedo as your active character on the Warhammer 40,000 side. Lasgun brings multiple troopers as you upgrade it, so you do not need five different companion weapons. Finish the preparation first: owning a character and unlocking their weapon for other runs are separate tasks.
Unlock the characters and their weapons
The objective counts companions in a single run, not champions owned on your account. Followers fight alongside your active character by operating weapons that require their own users.
Start with the two Warhammer Survivors character unlocks this route needs: rescue Trooper Bartosz Kozlowski on Imperial Bastion and buy Sister Superior Amalia Novena from character selection.
Prepare Bartosz's Lasgun
Play as Bartosz and raise Lasgun to level 6 to unlock it for other characters' runs. This is a preparation run, separate from the final attempt, where you will upgrade the weapon again while playing as Malum Caedo.
Prepare Amalia's Shield of Faith
Play as Amalia and survive five minutes to unlock Shield of Faith for the weapon pool. Check its entry in Objectives after the run before moving on to the squad-building attempt.
Reach five Followers with Malum Caedo
Recruit both weapon operators
Start a fresh Warhammer 40,000 run as Malum Caedo. Keeping Bartosz and Amalia out of the active-character slot lets both join through their weapons. Keep an escape route open with your combat choices, as in the Warhammer Survivors crowd-clearing build, while preserving room for the two companion weapons.
During level-ups:
- Take Lasgun when it appears to recruit Bartosz.
- Take Shield of Faith to bring Amalia into the squad.
- Prioritize Lasgun upgrades until it reaches level 6.
Either weapon can come first. Take Shield of Faith if it appears before Lasgun; there is no required pickup order for this combination.
Track the Lasgun's extra troopers
Lasgun upgrades add Cadian Shocktroopers to Bartosz's squad. Bartosz himself is included in the weapon's Follower total, while Amalia counts separately.
Lasgun weapon upgrades
| Lasgun level | Followers from Lasgun, including Bartosz | Total with Amalia recruited |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 5 |
The target is four troopers plus Amalia. You do not need a Lasgun evolution for this objective, so keep the upgrade plan focused on reaching the required weapon level.
Fix a missing weapon or Follower
Check the missing part of the setup before abandoning an attempt. A short squad usually points to an unfinished weapon unlock, an uncollected companion weapon, or a Lasgun that still needs upgrades.
- Lasgun never appears: Check that its weapon unlock objective is complete. Rescuing Bartosz makes him playable, but his weapon needs its own preparation.
- Shield of Faith never appears: Check Amalia's survival objective and leave a weapon slot available for it.
- Amalia is present, but the squad is short: Check Lasgun's current level against the table above.
- Both weapons are unlocked, but neither has been offered: An unlock makes a weapon eligible for level-up choices; it does not guarantee the next selection will contain it.
Use another companion if one is already available
A wider roster gives you alternatives. Another unlocked Follower weapon can provide the fifth companion if you do not want to wait specifically for Shield of Faith. Check the character portrait beside the weapon before choosing it, because not every weapon pickup adds an ally.
Battle Cannon, Ardent Blade, Power Klaw, and Mechanical Bite are examples of weapons tied to their own operators. Use the Follower weapons your account already has available when an alternative fits the run.
The Lasgun troop shortcut belongs to Warhammer 40,000. On the Age of Sigmar side, build the count through separate unique-weapon companions. Early characters with unique weapons include Neave Blacktalon, Armand Callis, Lorai, Gotrek Gurnisson, and Hanniver Toll.
Claim Figure Case and use its redeployments
Once you have five Followers, you can end the run without finishing the stage. The post-action report displays the challenge completion and the Figure Case unlock.
What Figure Case does
Figure Case is a passive that provides Redeployment after death. Its first level lets you return once with 50% Wounds, and its second level adds another redeployment chance.
It is also the passive needed for Battle Cannon's evolution. Check the Warhammer Survivors weapon evolution recipes if that weapon is your next upgrade goal.
Completing the Follower objective unlocks Figure Case; it does not automatically equip it. Select the passive when it appears in a run where you want its redeployment effect.
