# Three Minute Mercenary — Build Synergies Survive Hordes

> Build Synergies Survive Hordes (iPhone/iPad app by HO YOUNG CHO.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/three-minute-mercenary/id6807694454 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HO YOUNG CHO](https://appshunter.io/developer/6807694456)
- Category: Games, Action, Role Playing
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 126 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-10

## What is Three Minute Mercenary?

A new mercenary every three minutes. A different build every run.

Fight through relentless enemy hordes in a pixel action survival game built for one-handed play. Your mercenary attacks
automatically, leaving you free to dodge danger, collect experience, and build a powerful combination of weapons and
accessories.

14 MERCENARIES, DISTINCT PLAYSTYLES
Recruit shield warriors, agile fighters, archers, mages, and more. Each mercenary brings unique traits and an active skill. Earn
a chance to swap mercenaries every three minutes and turn the tide with a new fighting style.

BUILD YOUR OWN SKILL TREE
Develop a permanent skill tree for each mercenary. Improve offense, survival, mobility, signature weapons, and more. Unlock
unique automatic special attacks and powerful upgrades to your active skills.

COMBINE GEAR. UNLOCK SYNERGIES.
Choose weapons and abilities as you level up. Equip the right combinations to activate additional effects. Raise the levels of
the required gear to unlock stronger synergy tiers and discover new ways to fight.

MISSIONS THAT MAKE YOUR CHOICES MATTER
Will you rescue the survivors or wipe out the enemy?
Story encounters interrupt the battle with a choice of missions. Rescue people, recover supplies, defend a position, or hunt
elite enemies. Greater rewards bring tougher challenges—and failure can come at a cost.

RELICS THAT CHANGE YOUR RUN
Discover relics that add new effects to mercenary swaps, attacks, and defense. Choose the relics that complement your mercenary
and equipment to shape a strategy for the current run.

10 CHAPTERS OF BATTLES AND BOSSES
Read the mercenary company's story on a scrolling parchment, then head into battle. Face enemy hordes, elite monsters,
minibosses, and powerful stage bosses across 10 chapters.

Choose your mercenary. Combine your gear. Make your next move count.
How far can your company survive?


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-09-17

New content
- Stage Risk (ascension). Clear a chapter to unlock risk levels 1–10. Each level stacks one more rule: enemy HP +15%, earlier artillery, enemy speed +10%, chest rarity down one tier, three minibosses per wave, contact damage +25%, healing halved, more frequent elites, the boss arriving at 12:00, and a final tier with enemy HP +30% more and your max HP −20%.
- Risk rewards. +3% run gold per level (up to +30%), a first-clear bonus of 5 × level gold per chapter, and 3 new achievements (clear at risk 3 / 6 / 10).
- Low-HP danger feedback. Below 35% HP the screen edges bleed red, and a heartbeat sound, HP-bar pulse and vibration all quicken as your health drops.

Changes
- Runs are 15 minutes instead of 20. Stage boss at 13:30, danger waves at 3/6/9/12 min, bounties, artillery and tactical raids rescheduled. The difficulty curve is compressed so the end of a 15-minute run is as hard as the old 20-minute finish.
- More boss fights. Miniboss pairs now arrive every 2.5 minutes, 5 times per run (was 3). Relics drop on the 2:30 / 7:30 / 12:30 waves.
- New attack warnings. Circular warnings get a spinning dashed ring, radar sweep, closing ticks, a crosshair and a pulse right before impact. Line warnings get glowing rails, streaming chevrons, a racing fill, an arrowhead and an impact flash.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-10

- Expanded every mercenary's permanent skill tree with unique special attacks and active skill upgrades.
- Added gear synergies that grow stronger as the required equipment levels up.
- Added story-driven battle missions with varied objectives, rewards, and consequences for failure.
- Improved scrolling story parchments, mission choices, and gear and relic screens.
- Increased character sizes, improved touch scrolling, and adjusted item rewards and healing drops.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-08

- 용병 교체 개선: 교체 기회를 보관했다가 원하는 순간에 사용하고, 용병별 등장기와 무적 효과로 위기를 벗어나세요.
- 14명 용병의 고유 공격과 생존기를 개선하고, 적 습격에 따른 대응 안내를 추가했습니다.
- 무기 합체 3종을 추가했습니다. 회전검과 화염구 등 공용 무기를 성장시켜 새로운 공격을 완성하세요.
- 중간보스 처치 후 선택하는 유물 6종을 추가했습니다.
- 능력치, 무기 조합, 보유 유물을 확인하는 전투 정보 화면을 추가했습니다.
- 회전검의 성장 표현, 수리검과 채찍의 외형, 폭발 이펙트의 가독성을 개선했습니다.
- 골드 보상과 성장 밸런스를 조정했습니다.
- 보스 공격, 보상형 광고 및 번역 관련 오류를 수정했습니다.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-08

광고 서비스 인증을 위한 개발자 웹사이트 정보를 추가했습니다.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-04

No release notes.

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