Rise of the Rōnin Guide | How to Unlock Matthew Perry as Ally

Matthew Perry in Rise of the Rōnin represents a former enemy who can become an ally through diplomatic missions. His recruitment involves multiple prerequisite missions before you can access his questline.

Perry offers ranged combat capabilities and represents one of the more complex recruitment chains in the game, requiring patience and mission completion across multiple characters.

How to Unlock Matthew Perry

If you want Matthew Perry to be your friend, you have to finish his second bond task, "Test of Friendship." However, accessing this mission requires completing several prerequisite missions in a specific sequence.

First, you must complete the "Follow Your Blade Twin" ronin mission, which is part of the main story progression.

After completing this story mission, you need to complete another bond mission called "Black Jewel" from Marcus Samuel. This intermediate bond mission serves as a gateway to Perry's recruitment chain.

You can meet Perry in the grand house of Yokohama after you finish both of the tasks that are needed first. You will have the chance to accept his "Test of Friendship" bond task at this meeting.

The mission has a mix of political problems and battle situations that test your skills and help your character and Perry get to know each other better.

If you finish the "Test of Friendship" quest and meet all of its goals, Perry will become your constant partner for future missions and battles.

Combat Abilities and Equipment

Matthew Perry likes to use a saber as his main tool and specializes in Western sword fighting styles. His backup weapon is a pistol, which lets him hit from a distance during a fight.

Perry can fight enemies successfully at both close and middle ranges with this combo.

His blessing power is called "White Whale Hunter," and it makes your handgun strikes do more damage.

When paired with Ryoma Sakamoto's blessing, this blessing is especially useful. The two skills work together to make aerial fighting much more effective.

Bond Level Rewards and Combat Training

When you reach maximum bond level with Matthew Perry, he provides training in Western combat techniques. He teaches you US training for your saber, which comes from the Te skill tree.

This combat style offers attack patterns and techniques based on American military training methods.

The US training combat style includes various offensive maneuvers and defensive techniques that differ from traditional Japanese sword combat.

These techniques provide alternative approaches to saber combat and expand your tactical options during battles.

When your link level is at its highest, Perry gives you two intelligence skill points. You can use these points to climb the intelligence skill tree and unlock a wide range of technical and learning-based skills.

He also gives out smoke gas, which is used as a military tool to gain an edge on the battlefield.

The combination of enhanced handgun damage, Western combat training, intelligence skill points, and tactical items makes Perry valuable for players who prefer ranged combat approaches and want to diversify their combat techniques beyond traditional Japanese martial arts.

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