Subduing

In The Front, except for certain special NPCs and NPCs summoned by Spacetime Beacon, most NPCs can be subdued and turned into followers. Followers will not only fight alongside you, they can also help defend your base. Every player can subdue multiple followers, but only one follower can follow you into battle at a time.

## Subduing a NPC

To subdue a NPC, you need to start a fight with him and lower his health below 60%. The "Weakened" icon will appear above his head. It means he can be jammed.

When this icon appears, throw a Simple Jammer or Pulse Jammer at him to knock him down. Once the NPC is knocked down, his Chaos level will begin to fall. If his Chaos level reaches 0, subduing will fail. You will need to throw multiple Simple Jammer (reset Chaos to 1500) or Pulse Jammer (reset Chaos at 3000) at him before he will be completely subdued. This phase can be very long. From 10 minutes for basic NPCs to 2 hours for some Elite enemies. Check the Obedience times in the Enemies list.

Then approach the NPC and press F to interact with him. Place his preferred food in his inventory. Different NPCs have different food preferences. You can only increase their Obedience by giving them their favorite food. You can see what their favorite food is from the favorite food tab of the NPC's attributes column. The better the food the faster the obedience will increase (see table below).

 **Obedience speed** | x3 | x1 | x1

When his Obedience level reaches 100%, face him, press and hold F and select "Subdue" to make him your follower.

You can choose to let him follow you or your can reclaim him in your inventory for a future use or a workbench use. Press and hold F on him, and select "Recall Follower" (his inventory must be empty).

**Subduing Phases**

 4 |  | When NPC is subdued, he becomes a follower.

Weakened NPCJammed NPCSubduable NPCSubdue optionFollower NPC
**Resonance**

Resonance decreases with time in the Subduing process. The higher it is, the higher the stats the follower will have. So using the best preferred food is the best way for the quickest subduing and the highest Resonance.

## Follower talents

NPCs subdued after update 20 (27 december 2023) may have between 0 and 5 talents.

**How to View follower Talents**

First, you need to tame the NPC. When an NPC is knocked unconscious, you can see the number of talents it possesses. However, you won't be able to see the talent names, qualities, and effects until the NPC is tamed.

Follower level restricts some talent unlocking, and talents that are not unlocked won't take effect. In this case, you also won't be able to see the bonus effects.

**Functions of follower Talents**

The differences in follower talents are reflected in their respective talent effects, covering aspects such as gathering, construction, equipment, light weapons, heavy weapons, alchemy, vehicles, and more.

For example, the "Hearty and Hale" talent increase HP of follower, the "Resilience" talents improve the durability of crafted items, the "Skilled Crafting" talents reduce the crafting time of items, the "Smelting Master" talents reduces the time to smelt ores, and many more...

**6 Grades of quality**

Tiers of quality are : **Grey** (+4% to +8%), **Green** (+11% to +18%), **Blue** (+20% to +24%), **Purple** (+26% to +30%), **Orange** (+31% to +36%), **Red** (+40% to +44%). % are for references as some talents may have different ranges of % bonus.

**Number of follower Talents**

Followers can have up to 5 talents, but it's possible for them to have none.

The probability of each talent appearing varies. Generally, higher-level and rarer NPCs are more likely to have talents with better bonus effects.

## Follower controls

Press F to control your followers' inventory and stats. When they are following you, press and hold Z to control their movement, range, priority, and attack behavior.

## NPCs immune to Subduing

* All animals
* Super Soldier
* Jumper
* Cliff Demon
* Destroyer
* Blimp

## NPCs stats

* See Enemies section, and choose the NPC to see his complete infos.