Daxter

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Well uh... Better you, then me.

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That looks like it hurt, should I go call for back up?

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I was right behind you, Jak! Really... I was.

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Don't worry, I'll avenge you! Not...!

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While you're down there, will you rub my feet?

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Don't step into the light, Jak! DON'T STEP INTO THE LIGHT!!

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Say "goodnight", Jak.

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Hey, Jak! Can I, uh... have your insect collection?

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I'll say something really teary at the funeral, like... "HOW AM I GONNA GET CHANGED BACK NOW?!!"

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Step 1: Stay Alive. Step 2: THINK-ABOUT-NOT-DOING-SOMETHING-LIKE-THAT-AGAIN!

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Heimlich! Stretcher! Yuck! Breath mint?

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You're saving the good moves for later, right?

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I feel for ya Jak, but I wouldn't want to be you.

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Ohohoho, man! That had to hurt.

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Jak, it's time for Orange Lightning to take over.

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Are you having an outer body experience, is that what this is?

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And I thought you were going to protect me!

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You did that on purpose, right?

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I wonder if Ashelin needs a new sidekick?

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Alright, cut! Where's the director? I can't work like this!

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Please, Jak, you're such a wimp. I could have taken them myself.

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Maybe you should get on my shoulder for a while.

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This is what happens when they drop my name from the title.

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I'm glad I'm not your stunt double.

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You came! You saw! You got your butt kicked.

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Where are the moves, man? I'm wondering, where are they?

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Could we, uh, try that again? Alright, places, everyone!

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8, 9, 10, and he's down for the count! You're out!

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You need your bottle? Come on, you big baby!

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The Sage yaps on about the Precursors that built this place all the time: "Where did they go?", "Why did they build this crap?" Now I like Precursor orbs and power cells as much as the next guy, but if you ask me, they must have been real losers.

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Background

Daxter is the deuteragonist of the Jak and Daxter series, being the secondary titular playable character, and the supporting sidekick of Jak throughout the main series. He also serves as the primary character in the self-titled spin-off game, Daxter.

He is a former human, and was transformed into a Precursor ottsel upon falling into a dark eco silo in The Precursor Legacy. He made his debut in the first game at fifteen years old, with his most recent known age at nineteen during Jak X: Combat Racing. He was raised in Sandover Village alongside his best friend Jak before traveling to the future to become a well-known hero.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Daxter’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Before The Precursor Legacy Nothing is revealed of Daxter's past. It is unknown where he originally came from, if he had any family, or how he met Jak and Samos, though it is known that Samos often employed Daxter to clean his hut, and Daxter grew up with Jak, though other than this, Daxter's story picks up in the beginning of The Precursor Legacy. The Precursor Legacy In the beginning of The Precursor Legacy, Jak and Daxter snuck off to Misty Island against their watch over Samos Hagai's permission, where Daxter—in human form—fell into a dark eco silo after being confronted by a bone armor lurker. Daxter reemerged in the form of an ottsel. They returned to Samos' hut, only to discover that the only person that could change them back was Gol Acheron who lived far north of the continent, and had not been in contact with any of the other sages in years. Additionally, Samos Hagai did not have the ability to teleport them to the dark eco expert, as the other sages’ teleport gates had been disabled for "quite a while". Jak and Daxter then go on an adventure collecting power cells in order to power the A-Grav Zoomer's heat shield so they may travel above volcanic areas in order to reach Gol Acheron. While in Red Sage's hut in the Volcanic Crater, it is revealed that Gol, and his sister Maia, had been overexposed by dark eco and underwent malignant mental alteration, and kidnapped all of the sages so they can flood the world with dark eco by opening the dark eco silos using a Precursor robot powered by the rest of the sages’ power. When Jak and Daxter were battling the evil siblings, four large towers emitted large eco beams to create light eco, which Daxter theorized could turn him back. However, the light eco could also be used to destroy Gol and Maia and save the world. Daxter decides to save the world and remains in his ottsel form for the foreseeable future. Daxter In the beginning of Daxter, while inside a bar, Daxter was seen bragging to the patrons about his "adventures", leaving very little impression on his audience, except for an old man named Osmo, head of the Kridder Ridder extermination company, who saw Daxter's potential and offered him a job as a metal bug exterminator. Daxter was at first uncertain, either because he did not necessarily want the job, or because he was in the midst of a two-year-long mission to find his imprisoned companion. However Osmo managed to persuade him into the job. He then completed various bug-exterminating jobs throughout limited parts of the city while also trying to find Jak and free him from imprisonment, all the while continuously thwarting the plans of the evil Kaeden. After a successful job at the Westside Hotel, Daxter meets Taryn at the construction site and she gives him a spray pack. After completing a few more jobs (including an encounter with a hive queen), Daxter sees Jak in a prison zoomer. He attempts to rescue Jak, but the prison zoomer leads him straight into a group of Krimzon Guards. Luckily, Ximon, Osmo's son, rescues Daxter and explains that there is "something brewing" at a tanker in the Port. Witnessing this conversation was Kaeden, the man who had been trying to shut down every Extermination Company in Haven City so the Metal Heads and Metal Bugs could get into the city under the command of Metal Kor, the Metal Head leader. After cleaning up the tanker, Daxter meets Tik, who becomes a sort of sidekick to him. Towards the end of the game Daxter is helped by Ximon to locate Jak and free him, thus starting the events of Jak II. Jak II In Jak II, immediately after the events recounted in Daxter, Daxter found Jak and helped him break out of the Haven City fortress prison. Outside they meet two persons coincidentally waiting for them outside of the prison. It was an elderly man introduced as Kor, with a kid by his side. Jak and Daxter shortly thereafter had to defeat a squadron of guards in order to "protect" the man and the kid, where Kor then directs them to the Underground movement. There Daxter met Tess, where over the course of the game they formed a relationship. Jak and Daxter are sent on various missions working for new characters. Daxter was only playable a few times in the game: First in the Tomb of Mar while being chased by a Widowmaker; second during the Class 2 race after Jak and Keira, the lead race team member and race team mechanic respectively, had a feud; and finally during the Metal Head Mash mini-game. Jak 3 In the beginning of Jak 3, Jak, along with a few of the Grand Council of Haven City representatives, a few soldier escorts, Daxter, and Pecker are transported to the Wasteland as Jak was being banished there for life, found guilty in association with the traitor gang-lord Krew. Daxter was permitted to go back to the city, and told to do so by Jak, though he stayed behind in the Wasteland, found behind the cloud of dust left by the air train. This illustrated the inseparable relationship between Jak and Daxter. Over the course of the game, Daxter helps Jak through Spargus and the Wasteland as his sidekick. In the latter parts of the game, it is revealed that ottsels are actually Precursors, and Daxter was instead "blessed" instead of his perception of being "cursed". Whenever the Ottsel Leader granted Daxter any wish for helping Jak save the universe, he wished for a pair of pants. Daxter has worn these pants in every game after this time. When Tess, Daxter's main love interest, expressed that she "wished she had a pair just like those", the Precursor comically changed her into an ottsel, further solidifying the two's relationship. Daxter is playable in various missions throughout the game, starting with the Wasteland, when he helped Jak corral wild leapers; then in the Great Volcano, where he pushed down a pillar helping Jak traverse parts of the volcanic area; in the Port where he manned a missile turret to deactivate a KG barrier; in the eco grid where he collected the necessary codes to deactivate the grid; and in the KG war factory to activate and deactivate barrier devices. As with Jak II, Daxter also operated the Morph Gun while Jak was driving a zoomer, and additionally rode alongside Jak while using the JET-Board. The Lost Frontier Daxter traveled to Brink Island along with Jak and Keira to help find a new eco source after the world began shorting out. After helping an Aeropan air craft, the group travels to Aeropa, where Daxter falls into a sewerage network while travelling the town. While nervously exploring the sewers, Daxter was doused with large amounts of dark eco waste, transforming him into a large beast known as Dark Daxter. Daxter, like Dark Jak, was able to perform enhanced combat abilities while in this form including throwing dark eco bolts, smashing the ground with superstrength, and a frenzy where he spins in a tempest. Jak X: Combat Racing During Jak X: Combat Racing, Daxter, along with Jak, Keira, Ashelin Praxis and Torn were poisoned with black shade by Rayn after toasting to his death while attending his will in Kras City. Krew's post-life holographic host said that the group would have to enter the Kras City Grand Championship and win in order to receive the antidote. Daxter played a minor role in this game, though did serve as an unlockable character after playing for five hours. He still retained his pants received from the Precursors in Jak 3. Daxter and Tess' relationship was hardly present during this game, except towards the end when they were featured having a drink together at the Naughty Ottsel.

General Information

Name: Daxter

Origin: Jak and Daxter

Sex: Male

Age: 15 in The Precursor Legacy, 17 in Jak II (The events of Jak II take place 2 years after the ending of Precursor Legacy), 18 in Jak 3, 19 in Jak X

Classification: Precursor Ottsel

Species: Originally Human, Ottsel

Occupation: Bug Hunter (Formerly)

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Despite his constant complaining when tasked to do missions, he will still help out Jak in his missions and stay by his side to save the world, along with this Daxter is still officially recognized in verse as a hero)

Codex Statistics

Key: Daxter | Jak 3 and onwards

Tier: 9-B | 9-B, Higher with Dark Daxter

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Fought and defeated Kaden, a massive bug far larger then the average human)| Wall level (Can harm and kill Metal Heads, who can harm Jak), Higher with Dark Daxter

Durability: Wall level | Wall level (Can take hits from Metal Heads), Higher with Dark Daxter

Striking Strength: Wall Class | Wall Class, Higher with Dark Daxter

Lifting Strength: Below Average Class | Below Average Class

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can keep up with Jak) | Superhuman (Moved fast enough to quickly put Old Betsey back together before Osmo entered the room)

Combat Speed: Supersonic | High Hypersonic

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Stays on Jak's shoulder during all of his fights) | High Hypersonic (Stays on Jak's shoulder during all of his fights)

Stamina: Above Average (Capable of clearing and exterminating all bugs in buildings without showing any signs of tiring)

Range: Below Standard Melee Range physically, Higher with Spray Gun

Intelligence: Genius (Able to exterminate all the bugs inside of a large hotel, where the bugs ate the last exterminator alive. Able to skillfully fly "Old Betsy", won the class 2 race and impressed Jak. Can re-enact famous kung fu movie scenes in his dreams, to learn new moves in the real world. Snuck into Haven Prison hiding from the guards)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Small Size (Dwarf; Barely reaches Jak's knee in height), Martial Arts & Accelerated Development (Other;Physical Stats & Skills. Can re-enact famous kung fu movie scenes in his dreams, to learn new moves in the real world, along with get increases in his maximum health), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Has referenced his name being dropped from the title, stunt doubles, re-shooting scenes and the director), Stealth Mastery (Can sneak past people and killer plants. Snuck into Haven Prison to save Jak), Cartoon Physics (Recovered his head from being flattened), Acrobatics (Daxter possesses similar acrobatic capabilities to Jak, such as being able to double jump and spin while in the air), Multiple Jumps & Limited Physics Manipulation (Can double jump), Weapon Mastery (A master with an electric fly swatter just after getting it, being able to do combo attacks with it), Vehicular Mastery (Air Vehicles; Able to skillfully fly "Old Betsy", won the class 2 race and impressed Jak), Surface Scaling (Can climb on surfaces), Blessed (Noted that when Daxter touched the dark eco he was actually blessed by turning into a Precursor Ottsel)

Transformation & Darkness Manipulation (Due to gaining an excessive amount of dark eco, Daxter can turn into Dark Daxter)

Aura, Electricity Manipulation & Energy Manipulation (Can shoot Dark Eco Bolts), Air Manipulation (Can spin fast enough to turn into a tornado)

Electricity Manipulation (With Electric fly swatter), Limited Paralysis Inducement (Can stun bugs with bug spray), Limited Flight (Can use the bug spray to hover for a limited amount of time in the air. can use flames to get an extra boost while hovering), Fire Manipulation (With Flamethrower Attachment, can shoot out fire. Daxter can move his bug spray near a flame source to ignite it and have it shoot out fire), Sound Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (With Ultrasonic Attachment, fires a blue sphere that causes a small explosion), Has a communicating device

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Equipment

• Electric Bug Swatter: The electric bug swatter is similar to a typical bug swatter, with a metallic casing and a black grip, but with an electric end which is used to damage enemies. The end is not electrified when not activated.

• Spray Gun: The spray gun is a weapon used by Daxter in his self-titled spin-off game. Used by Kridder Ridder to combat metal bugs, the weapon contains many attachments, similar to the Morph Gun. Both the weapon and the attachments are supplied by Taryn. The spray gun fires a spray of green eco at enemies, causing them to choke before killing them. When Daxter sprays the weapon over flames, it will increase damage drastically and burn flammable objects.
  • Pressure Boost Attachment: The pressure boost attachment allows Daxter to spray a downward mist, causing him to hover for a brief period. The boost attachment can also hit enemies while Daxter is hovering.
  • Flamethrower Attachment: The flamethrower attachment functions as a lighter in front of the muzzle, which can create a burst of fire wherever desired.
  • Ultrasonic Attachment: The ultrasonic attachment adds a glowing green tube to the top of the weapon. It is the most powerful attachment, which fires a blue sphere of explosive energy. This has a much wider radius of attack and can be used to hover, providing similar hovering altitude to the flamethrower.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Daxter is less of a fighter then Jak though when it's needed he will incoporate his own attacks and will use his bug equipment against bugs.

Weaknesses: Not as much of a fighter as Jak, naturally more cowardly.

Battle Records

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