Prisoner

Prisoners are friendly NPCs that can be found throughout the canyon. Every persistent level has one prisoner who can be rescued by the player. To rescue them the player has to get close and interact with the unlawfully tied prisoner. After a successful rescue the prisoner will grant an upgrade/perk to the player. To choose the upgrade the player will have to interact once more. After granting the upgrade the prisoner will run home or, if the companion upgrade was chosen, help the player on their journey.

Rescued Prisoners can be shot to drop health vials.

Coffined prisoners
Every final level of an area will have the prisoner trapped in a coffin that is very difficult to destroy. To rescue the prisoner from the coffin the player will need to use explosives. One dynamite next to the coffin will do the trick, without hurting the occupant of the coffin. On stronger, metal coffins, that can be found in alter levels, more than one dynamite might be necessary.

It is also very effective to use weapons with dynamite weapons, like cannons or TNT launchers. This can reduce the amount of dynamite needed to rescue a prisoner to less than one full dynamite.