Maxwell (character)


 * For Maxwell, the antagonist, please view here.

Maxwell is the eighth unlockable character. Maxwell has lower health but his sanity increases by 20/min by default.

When playing as Maxwell, the player will start with 1 Dark Sword, 1 Night Armor, 4 Nightmare Fuel, and 1 Purple Gem. Also, his health starts at 75, so be careful when fighting mobs. Also, when Maxwell wakes up, he is not greeted by the NPC Maxwell, because the player is basically playing as him. When waking up, he will shout: "Freedom! Terrible, horrible freedom!", he also has many other quotes about things.

Maxwell is currently one of two characters that can not be unlocked by gaining Experience, the other being Wes.

Unlock
Players can only unlock Maxwell in Adventure Mode. In the epilogue, players have to insert the Divining Rod into Nightmare Lock, then Maxwell will be released from the Nightmare Throne and become dust. The Character will sit on the throne. Players will then return to the Maxwell's Door and notice Maxwell has replaced the original character.

Trivia

 * Maxwells voice is sounded by a harmonium.
 * Maxwell's name is a reference to the scientific thought problem "Maxwell's demon"
 * Maxwell is the only character that name doesn't start with "W". If the playable characters are good and Maxwell bad, they're opposites as "W" is an upside down "M".
 * Maxwell's playable character appears to be named "Waxwell" in game's files. This suggests that he was named Waxwell in the game's files to avoid any file conflicts between the NPC Maxwell, and the playable Maxwell.
 * When attacked by Grue, Maxwell says "Charlie? It's me! Maxwell!"