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{{nihongo|'''Party members'''|仲間キャラクター|Nakama kyarakutā|lit. "Fellow character"}}, or '''Friends''' in ''Kingdom Hearts III'', are allies who fight alongside the protagonist, often with customisable behaviour, equipment, [[item]]s, and [[abilities]]. They have their own [[HP]] and [[MP]] [[gauges]], displayed above the protagonists'. Generally, a defeated party member is knocked out temporarily for a certain period of time, unless they are healed.

Party members have individual stats and can be equipped with [[item]]s, [[accessories]], and weapons. Party members have different base stats, {{c|abilities|KH}}, and number of item and accessory slots. Each party member has their own weapon type and cannot equip weapons of any other type. They earn experience and level up independently to [[Sora]] and are rewarded with stat boosts, new abilities, more item slots, or more accessory slots when leveling up. While [[Donald]] and [[Goofy]] are permanent party members, many [[world]]s provide a third ally. World-specific party members have limitations as each of them has only one weapon that they can equip and leveling up solely grants stat boosts.  

In battle, pressing {{button|t}} causes party members to attack the locked-on target. There are several enemies that are never targeted by party members, including the [[White Mushroom]], [[Rare Truffle]], and [[Black Ballade]].

!Starting items

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![[Donald Duck]]

|All

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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![[Goofy]]

|All

![[Beast]]

|[[Hollow Bastion]]

|1

|8

|[[Hi-Potion]] (x4), [[Potion]] (x2), [[Ether]] (x2)

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!colspan="2"|Cooperation character

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!colspan="2"|[[Riku]]

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!style="width:12%"|Starting items

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![[Donald Duck]]

|All

|[[Potion]], [[Ether]]

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![[Goofy]]

|All

|[[Potion]], [[Ether]]

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![[Riku]]

|[[The World That Never Was]]

!colspan="2"|Cooperation character

!colspan="3"|Location

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!colspan="2"|[[Leon]]

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!colspan="2"|[[Minnie Mouse]]

|colspan="4"|Casts [[Pearl]] against enemies. Responds to the [[Call Over]] Reaction Command. Triggers the [[Faith]] Reaction Command.

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Members of the [[Organization XIII]] are automatically assigned as party members on certain missions. Typically, only one party member accompanies [[Roxas]] on each mission, although [[Mission 56]] begins with two party members and Roxas works alone for many other missions. In battle, party members physically attack enemies and cast magic. The abilities a party member can use depend on the current day. In multiplayer [[Mission Mode]], other players are displayed as party members.

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|[[Twilight Town]]<br>[[Agrabah]]<br>[[Neverland]]<br>[[Beast's Castle]]

|[[Mission 01: Learn mission basics]]<br>[[Mission 07: Collect hearts]]<br>[[Mission 11: Eliminate the Guardian]]<br>[[Mission 21: Collect hearts]]<br>[[Mission 23: Search for Xion]]<br>[[Mission 56: Eliminate both giant Heartless]]<br>[[Mission 58: Eliminate the Artful Flyers]]<br>[[Mission 64: Eliminate the Emerald Serenade]]<br>[[Mission 70: Eliminate the Deserters]]<br>[[Mission 74: Search for the impostor]]

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![[File:Demyx Sprite KHD.png|64px]]

|[[Twilight Town]]

|[[Mission 02: Learn the basics of combat]]<br>[[Mission 09: Collect hearts]]

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![[File:Larxene Sprite KHD.png|64px]]

|[[Twilight Town]]

|[[Mission 04: Learn how to use magic]]<br>[[Mission 08: Eliminate the Watchers]]

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![[Xion]]

|[[Twilight Town]]<br>[[Agrabah]]<br>[[Beast's Castle]]<br>[[Wonderland]]

In the company of a party member or escorted ally, [[Dimension Link]]s are disabled and several [[Reaction Command]]s may be triggered.  

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|[[Land of Departure]], during the [[Mark of Mastery Exam]], and<br>[[Radiant Garden]], during the battle against the [[Trinity Armor]].

|Ventus, Aqua

|Physically attacks enemies with his [[Keyblade]]. If the protagonist uses [[Trinity Limit]], Terra will participate and strengthen the attack.

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|[[Land of Departure]], during the [[Mark of Mastery Exam]], and<br>[[Radiant Garden]], during the battle against the [[Trinity Armor]].

|Terra, Aqua

|Physically attacks enemies with his [[Keyblade]]. If the protagonist uses [[Trinity Limit]], Ventus will participate and strengthen the attack.

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|[[Land of Departure]], during the [[Mark of Mastery Exam]], and<br>[[Radiant Garden]], during the battle against the [[Trinity Armor]].

|Terra, Ventus

|Physically attacks enemies with her [[Keyblade]]. If the protagonist uses [[Trinity Limit]], Aqua will participate and strengthen the attack.

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|Aqua

|Physically attacks enemies with his sword and blocks with his shield. Triggers the [[Selfless Prince]] Reaction Command.

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|[[The Badlands]], during the fight against [[Vanitas]].

|Ventus

|rowspan="2"|Physically attacks with his [[Keyblade]] and shoots orbs of light. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as [[Burst of Faith]] and with Ventus, [[Avenger Rush]].

|Aqua

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|[[Olympus Coliseum]], when fighting Unversed after arriving, and during the fight against a horde of [[Jellyshade]]s.

|Ventus

|rowspan="2"|Attacks enemies with his fists. Can swing barrels and throw them into enemies. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as [[Avenger Tornado]] during Ventus's first fight, [[Swing Slash]] during Ventus's second fight, and [[Avenger Save]] during Aqua's fight.

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|[[Olympus Coliseum]], when fighting Unversed after arriving.

|Aqua

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|[[Olympus Coliseum]], when fighting Unversed after arriving.

|Ventus

|Attacks enemies with his sword. Triggers the [[Avenger Tornado]] Reaction Command.  

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|[[Deep Space]], during the fight against the [[Metamorphosis]].

|Ventus

|rowspan="2"|Shoots enemies with his blaster. Triggers several Reaction Commands, such as [[Astro Strike]] with Ventus, and [[Astro Shot]] with Aqua.

|Aqua

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|rowspan="3"|[[Mirage Arena]], during a multiplayer match.

|rowspan="3"|Terra, Ventus, Aqua

|rowspan="3"|Controlled by a player with their equipped abilities, commands, and [[Keyblade]].

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|Terra

|Triggers the [[Last Dance]] Reaction Command. At the end of the Corridor, Terra must be close to her in order to continue on with the "Proceed" command.

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|Ventus

|Triggers the [[White Calm]] and [[Avenger Rush]] Reaction Commands. At the clearing, Ventus must be close to her in order to end with the "Goal" command.  

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|Aqua

|Triggers the [[Avenger Save]] Reaction Command. At the mousehole's entrance, Aqua must be close to him in order to end with the "Goal" command.  

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|Ventus

|Triggers the [[Joint Force]] Reaction Command.

In [[Olympus Coliseum]]'s turn-based combat [[Labyrinth]], party members are controlled by the player in the same way as [[Data-Sora]], although "Game Over" only occurs if Data-Sora dies. Each party member has a different {{c|special attack|rco}} and amount of health.<!--Party members not seen in the field. Only Data-Sora can use compiled commands and licenses.-->

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|[[Layer 02]]

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|[[Layer 04]], after defending him from Heartless.<!--May be skipped-->

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|[[Entrance Hall (LL)]], after holding out against [[Pete]]'s attacks.

|[[Goofy Turbo]], [[Goofy Tornado]]

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|[[Donald Firaga]], [[Donald Thundaga]]

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==''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''==

In the opening battle against [[Ursula]] on the [[Destiny Islands]], Riku acts as a cooperation member to Sora. Riku can attack with his [[Soul Eater]] and heal.

==''Kingdom Hearts χ''==

During certain battles in the story, Sora will be accompanied by '''joint struggle characters'''. These characters behave identically to party members, but have fixed stats, equipment, abilities, and AI that cannot be customized.

===AI customization===

* {{Nihongo|'''Use in Emergencies'''|ピンチだけ|Pinchi dake|lit. "Only in a Pinch"}}: The friend will use recovery items/magic in an emergency.

* {{Nihongo|'''Use Like Crazy'''|いつもげんき|Itsumo Genki|lit. "Always Healthy"}}: The friend will use recovery items/magic if selected targets lose even the slightest amount of HP/MP.

===List of party members===

|[[Flare Force]], [[Donald Meteor]]

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|2-3<ref name="B"/>

|[[Potion]], [[Ether]]

|[[Goofy Bombardier]], [[Trinity Guard]], [[Tree Whip]]

|2-3<ref name="B"/>

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|[[Olympus]]

|[[Heroic Swing]]

|1

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|rowspan=2|[[Rocket Ruckus]]

|2

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|2

|2

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|rowspan=2|[[Tangled Twist]]

|2

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|2

|2

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|rowspan=2|[[Scream Strike]]

|2

|[[Potion]] (x2)

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|2

|2

|[[Potion]], [[Ether]]

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|[[Arendelle]]

|[[Mighty Avalanche]]

|3

|None

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|[[The Caribbean]]

|[[Never Fear]]

|2

|[[Potion]]

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|[[San Fransokyo]]

|[[Interceptor Wing]]

|3

|3

|[[Ether]]

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|colspan="4"|[[True End]]{{RM}}

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|colspan="4"|—

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|colspan="4"|[[Icy Slider]] (Aqua){{RM}}  

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|colspan="4"|[[Thinking of You]] (Roxas){{RM}}

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|colspan="4"|[[One Heart]]{{RM}}

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|colspan="2"|[[Keyblade Graveyard]], during the second battle phase against Saïx.

|colspan="4"|—

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|colspan="4"|[[Thinking of You]] (Roxas){{RM}}

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|colspan="4"|[[One Heart]] (Kairi)

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==''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory''==

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory]]'', there are four different teams the player can choose from that are made up of three characters. Occasionally, in certain worlds, a guest character will replace a random ally in the current team and replace certain enemies in a given level with friend orbs that net higher scores when struck, although this can be toggled on or off. A [[Summoning Star]] can summon King Mickey to join the team as a fourth member, with his design differing depending on which team he assists.

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In [[The Final World]], Kairi serves as the sole party member during the "{{ns|Game|Stranded Beyond}}" and "{{ns|Game|Kairi III}}" Memory Dives.

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Sora (Co-op) Sprite KHMOM.png|Sora's Co-op sprite

Sora (KHIII) Sprite KHMOM.png|Sora's ''Kingdom Hearts III'' sprite

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