NPCs and their files

Heroes, villains, the extended cast and innocent bystanders

Summary

Last documented update: 06. Jan 2024 by manavortex

This page collects paths to .ent and .app files for various NPCs, as long as somebody considered them interesting enough to document them here.

Don't forget: To quickly find somebody's entry, you can use your browser's search function (Ctrl+F).

Wait, this isn't what I'm looking for!

To change NPC appearances, see Appearances: change the looks

To create custom NPCs, see AMM: Custom NPCs

To create V as an NPC, see NPV - V as custom NPC

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Where to find…

CDPR's system of character classification is completely arbitrary and often contains redundancies. If you are looking for a character's files, you're generally much better-off to just search for it in Wolvenkit.

If you can't find a character's .ent file, search for variations of their name — e.g. Johnny is silverhand, Viktor is ripperdoc. Sometimes, it is easier to find the .app file first, and then get the .ent file by using Find files using this.

Major NPCs have their own .app files: base\characters\appearances\main_npc\.

Others are not so lucky - e.g., Mamá Welles is lobbed in with the other valentino goons: base\characters\appearances\gang\gang__valentinos_wa.app

Character files

You can find the corresponding .app file by right-clicking on the .ent file and selecting #find-files-using-this. If that doesn't help, search for entFileName.app (e.g. silverhand.app)

Primary characters

Character	Entity File Path	remark
Johnny Silverhand	base\characters\entities\main_npc\silverhand.ent
Judy	base\quest\secondary_characters\judy.ent	Judy has two .ent files, and the one one under secondary_characters seems to be her main one.
Panam	base\quest\primary_characters\panam.ent
Evelyn	base\quest\primary_characters\evelyn.ent
Misty	base\quest\tertiary_characters\misty.ent
Jackie	base\quest\secondary_characters\jackie.ent	The app file is named jackie_welles.app
River	base\quest\primary_characters\sobchak.ent	The .ent file is still named after his concept character. The app file is named river_ward.app
Kerry	base\quest\tertiary_characters\kerry.ent	The app file is named kerry_eurodyne.app
Alt Cunningham	base\quest\secondary_characters\alt.ent
Goro Takemura	base\quest\primary_characters\takemura.ent	The .app file is called goro_takemura.app
Rogue	base\quest\secondary_characters\rogue.ent
Yorinobu	base\quest\secondary_characters\yorinobu.ent	The .app file is named yorinobu_arasaka.app
Hanako	base\quest\secondary_characters\hanako.ent
Saburo	base\quest\tertiary_characters\saburo.ent	The .app file is named saburo_arasaka.app
Viktor	base\quest\tertiary_characters\victor_vector.ent	victor_vektor.app
President Myers	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\president_myers.ent
Songbird	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\songbird.ent
Reed	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\reed.ent
Kurt Hansen	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\kurt.ent
Lizzy Wizzy (PL version)	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\celebrity_chrome_ep1.ent
Alex	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\alex.ent

Secondary characters

Character	Entity File Path	remark
Meredith	base\quest\tertiary_characters\stout.ent	The app file is named meredith_stout.app
Dex	base\quest\secondary_characters\dex.ent
Smasher	base\characters\entities\boss\adam_smasher.ent	The app file is named boss_adam_smasher_mm.app
T-Bug	base\quest\tertiary_characters\tbug.ent
Claire	base\quest\tertiary_characters\claire.ent	The .app file is called clair.app (sic)
Placide	base\quest\tertiary_characters\placide.ent
Saul	base\quest\secondary_characters\saul.ent
Mitch	base\quest\tertiary_characters\mitch.ent
US Cracks	sq017_red_menace.ent sq017_purple_force.ent sq017_blue_moon.ent	The band shares one .app file, you can find it under us_cracks_band.app
Lizzy Wizzy	base\quest\tertiary_characters\lizzy_wizzy.ent	The .app file is named celebrity_chrome.app
Mama Welles	base\quest\tertiary_characters\mama_welles.ent	gang__valentinos_wa.app (_sq018__mama_welles)
Mr. Blue Eyes	base\quest\main_quests\epilogue\q203\characters\q203_mr_x.ent	You can find his appearance as _q003_gman in citizen__corporat_ma.app

Fixers

Character	Entity File Path	remark
Dex	base\quest\secondary_characters\dex.ent
Wakako Okada	base\open_world\fixers\wakako\characters\wakako_okada.ent
Mr. Hands	ep1\characters\entities\main_npc\mr_hands.ent	service__fixer_ma.app
Dakota Smith	base\open_world\fixers\dakota\characters\dakota_smith.ent
Dino	base\open_world\fixers\dyno\characters\dyno.ent	The .app file is called dino.app
Muamar Reyes	base\open_world\fixers\el_capitan\characters\muamar_reyes.ent	The .app file is called capitan_reyes.app
Regina Jones	base\open_world\fixers\reggie\characters\reggie.ent	The .app file is called service__fixer_wa.app
Padre	base\open_world\fixers\padre\characters\padre.ent	The .app file is called sebastian_perez.app

Also starring (a.k.a. "Wait, who?")

Characters who have very little screen time

Character	Entity File Path	remark
8ug8ear	base\open_world\street_stories\heywood\vista_del_rey\sts_hey_rey_09\characters\sts_hey_rey_09_net.ent	The .app file is called 8ug8ear.app
Cheri Nowlin	base\quest\main_quests\part1\q105\characters\q105_yakuza_manager.ent	You can find her appearance as _q105__yakuza_receptionis in service_sexworker_wa.app
Rita Wheeler	base\quest\tertiary_characters\lizzies_bouncer.ent	You can find her appearance as _beyond_bouncer_01 in gang_mox_wa.app
Rachel Casich	base\quest\side_quests\sq023\characters\sq023_rachel.ent	service__specialist_wa.app (_sq023__bd_producer)
Kirk	base\quest\tertiary_characters\fixer_kirk.ent	service__fixer_ma.app (_q000__kirk_sawyer)

Anonymous characters

Characters who don't even have names (but who are interesting regardless)

Character	Entity File Path	remark
Ripperdocs	service__ripperdoc_ma.ent service__ripperdoc_mb.ent service__ripperdoc_wa.ent	service__ripperdoc_ma.app service__ripperdoc_mb.app service__ripperdoc_wa.app
Trauma Team	corpo__traumateam_ma.ent	corpo__traumateam_ma.app
Maxtac	corpo__max_tac_ma.ent max_tac_mb.ent max_tac_wa.ent	max_tac.app max_tac_mb.app max_tac_wa.app
NCPD	corpo__ncpd_ma.ent corpo__ncpd_mb.ent corpo__ncpd_wa.ent
Militech goons	corpo__militech_ma.ent corpo__militech_mah.ent corpo__militech_mb.ent corpo__militech_wa.ent	mah seems to be the heavies (soldier types)
Netwatch	corpo__netwatch_ma.ent
Kangtao	corpo__kangtao_ma.ent corpo__kangtao_mah.ent	mah seems to be the heavies (soldier types)
Arasaka	corpo__arasaka_ma.ent corpo__arasaka_mah.ent corpo__arasaka_mb.ent corpo__arasaka_mm.ent corpo__arasaka_wa.ent	mah seems to be the heavies (soldier types)
Barghest	gang__kurtz_army_ma.ent gang__kurtz_army_mb.ent gang__kurtz_army_wa.ent
Black Ops	corpo__black_ops_ma.ent corpo__black_ops_mb.ent corpo__black_ops_wa.ent

There are _ep1_ variants of a bunch of the generic corpos that can be found in the ep1 files, not sure how they differ from the basegame versions. (ie corpo__ep1_ncpd_ma.ent)