What This Implant Unlocks

Implant: Stronghold Strategist is a permanent unlock. It lives in your Key Items — it can't be dropped, sold, or consumed — and as long as you own it, Stronghold Strategist can be applied to any Pal at the Pal Surgery Table . Each surgery costs 50,000 gold, but the implant itself never runs out: buy once, apply forever.

Stronghold Strategist is a trainer passive: it boosts your defense by 10% — the Pal carrying it gains nothing itself, and the effect works from inside the Pal Sphere as long as the carrier is in your five-slot party. Community testing indicates copies on multiple members stack, and since the player is usually the squishiest thing on the field, a party-wide set is a real survivability jump. It's the defensive twin of Vanguard .

Where to Buy It

The bounty merchant sells this implant for 15 Successful Bounty Tokens as a one-time purchase. Successful Bounty Tokens are earned by defeating bounty targets and turning the proof in to a Vigilante Bounty Officer in villages and towns. Every target's location and payout is listed in the bounty hunting guide.

Tips

• Pair it with Vanguard. The two trainer twins share carriers well — a party fixture with one spare slot for each covers both sides of a boss fight.
• Check your roster first. Stronghold Strategist also rolls on wild Pals like any common passive — a lucky catch saves you the tokens.
• See the implants guide for the full bounty lineup and the best passive skills guide for the full trainer-passive party.