Classes & Ascendancies

Ranger

The Ranger is a dexterity-oriented class that specializes in agility and bow skills.

7 min read·Updated 2026-07-10·Editor score 88/100
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Editor's TakeMedium88/100

Our editors rank Ranger for league-start viability, passive synergy, and how forgiving it feels when you mis-spec early.

Best for: Anyone picking a main or planning a league start

⚡ Pro Tips

  • The Riverbank: It'll take a better snare than that to catch me.
  • Pick ascendancy based on your first skill gem, not hype — gems define your early clear.
  • Respec points are limited early; plan your first 20 passives before committing.

✓ Quick Checklist

  • The Riverbank: It'll take a better snare than that to catch me.
  • Clearfell Encampment: This place reeks of desperation. Best be careful who I trust.

Quick Summary

Rangers can specialize into one of these three Ascendancy classes: Key points: Deadeye · Pathfinder

Ascendancy classes

Rangers can specialize into one of these three Ascendancy classes:

  • Deadeye
  • Pathfinder

Lore

The Ranger is a reclusive Ezomyte who once lived in The Grelwood.

Dialogues

Entering locations

  • The Riverbank: It'll take a better snare than that to catch me.
  • Clearfell Encampment: This place reeks of desperation. Best be careful who I trust.
  • Clearfell: —
  • Mud Burrow: These tunnels run deep.
  • The Grelwood: The Grelwood feels darker somehow. It is no longer the home I once knew.
  • The Red Vale: I know this place. The crimson remnants of man's folly lay scattered here.
  • The Grim Tangle: The roots have grown like a scab covering a wound.
  • Cemetery of the Eternals:
  • Mausoleum of the Praetor: Time to seek out this... 'Draven'.
  • Tomb of the Consort: The Praetor's wife must be in here somewhere.
  • Hunting Grounds: It seems something has tainted the bounty of Ogham.
  • Freythorn: What's this feeling? It's as though the trees themselves are watching me.
  • Ogham Farmlands: —
  • Ogham Village: So... the Mad Wolf's 'justice' now razes Ogham to the ground. This must end.
  • The Manor Ramparts: All this rock and stone cannot hide the rot within.
  • Ogham Manor: It's a cowardly wolf that hides in his den...
  • Vastiri Outskirts: Sand as far as the eye can see. Who would choose to live in such a place?
  • The Ardura Caravan: I like to keep moving... but this is something else.
  • Mawdun Quarry: It appears the Faridun have been busier than the Ardura expected.
  • Mawdun Mine: It seems people were still alive down here when the entrance was sealed...
  • The Halani Gates (1): Something's wrong. Why have we stopped?
  • Traitor's Passage: Well... at least there's some shade in here.
  • The Halani Gates (2): There's a faint scent on the air... The Beast is near...
  • Mastodon Badlands: I've never seen such death. Bones, stacked on bones...
  • The Bone Pits: So much ash...
  • Keth: Seems there's a meeting at the main cart.
  • The Lost City: Once a bustling city... now a sand-choked tomb.
  • Buried Shrines:
  • Valley of the Titans: This valley is not natural. It's been carved...
  • The Titan Grotto: I get the feeling... that I am not welcome here.
  • Deshar: A city of the dead... Why not just bury them and be done with it?
  • Path of Mourning: I was never a fan of heights... Best not look down.
  • The Spires of Deshar: —
  • The Dreadnought: I always do.
  • Dreadnought Vanguard:
  • Trial of the Sekhemas:
  • Sandswept Marsh: First a barren desert, now a festering swamp. Oh, how I miss the forest.
  • Ziggurat Encampment: Treasure hunters... Buzzards picking at the corpse of Wraeclast.
  • Jungle Ruins: I shouldn't assume this is anything like the forests back home.
  • The Venom Crypts: Bones that writhe in the dark... I should keep my weapon at the ready.
  • Infested Barrens: Best give the hives a wide berth.
  • The Azak Bog: These Azak treat their land with no respect.
  • Chimeral Wetlands: Everything here looks like it wants to kill me.
  • Jiquani's Machinarium:
  • Jiquani's Sanctum: Yet again, I must call upon Alva...
  • The Matlan Waterways: If the Azak value their lives, they'll steer clear of me.
  • The Drowned City: Nature has reclaimed the city.
  • Apex of Filth: So this is what I could smell? How repulsive.
  • The Molten Vault: There's a strange heat within this temple.
  • Temple of Kopec: The light... it's immense. Overwhelming.
  • Utzaal: Incredible. An entire civilization... brought back from ruin...
  • Aggorat: To think everyone here will die... All because of one woman and her pet thaumaturge.
  • The Black Chambers: —
  • The Ziggurat Refuge:
  • The Temple of Chaos: I will overcome.

Boss defeated

  • The Bloated Miller: Man or beast - they die the same.
  • Beira of the Rotten Pack: —
  • The Devourer: It had to be done.
  • The Brambleghast:
  • The Rust King: Rust away into nothing. Your war is long over.
  • The Rotten Druid: You're better off this way.
  • Draven, the Eternal Praetor: Arrogance, humbled by my hand.
  • Asinia, the Praetor's Consort: May your name be forgotten by the clans, once and for all.
  • Lachlann of Endless Lament: I knew something wasn't right with him. I suppose... this was a mercy.
  • The Crowbell: Not screaming anymore, are you?
  • The King in the Mists: The Nameless have no place in Wraeclast!
  • The Executioner: The axe edge is dulled. Count Geonor's mongrel is no longer.
  • Candlemass, the Living Rite: Is there nothing safe from Corruption?
  • Count Geonor: All bark... no bite.
  • Rathbreaker: Odd mutations... Good riddance.
  • Rudja, the Dread Engineer: Best you start talking.
  • Balbala, the Traitor: So that's my reward for freeing you: a murder attempt and an old coin.
  • Jamanra, the Risen King: Look at him run. Bravery befitting a king...
  • Ekbab, Ancient Steed: If I ever see another necromancer, it'll be too soon.
  • Kabala, Constrictor Queen: All these snake-women make me miss the Grelwood.
  • Azarian, the Forsaken Son: —
  • Zalmarath, the Colossus: Strength is wasted on a brute such as you.
  • Tor Gul, the Defiler: They can keep resurrecting the dead... and I'll keep putting them back where they belong.
  • Jamanra, the Abomination: Asala!
  • Rootdredge: There was a time when I considered the trees my friends...
  • Mighty Silverfist: It's a shame to kill such a creature... but you left me with little choice.
  • Ignagduk, the Bog Witch:
  • Xyclucian, the Chimeral: —
  • Blackjaw, the Remnant:
  • Zicoatl, Warden of the Core: You should have shared... Now the core is mine.
  • Mektul, the Forgemaster: All this heat and I barely broke a sweat.
  • The Queen of Filth: I just did the world a huge favour.
  • Ketzuli, High Priest of the Sun: A trapped animal will lose it's mind... eventually.
  • Viper Napuatzi: What trickery is this? Where did she go?
  • Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge: —

Level up

  • Reaching level 2: Adapt... and survive.
  • Reaching level 3: My survival is no stroke of fortune.
  • Reaching level 5: Prepare, persist, and overcome.
  • Reaching level 10: Wind at my back and prey in my sights.
  • Reaching level 15: The wilds are my weapon.
  • Reaching level 20: Nature rewards the fleet of foot.
  • Reaching level 30: Survival isn't just a skill; it's an instinct.
  • Reaching level 40: No fear, only precision.
  • Reaching level 50: My reflexes grow sharper still.
  • Reaching level 60: Fluidity in motion, mastery in action.
  • Reaching level 70: Poised for battle, fierce in resolve.
  • Reaching level 80: My skill exceeds even my own expectations.
  • Reaching level 90: Few could challenge me now.
  • Reaching level 100: The wilds shall hold no secrets from me now!

Miscellaneous

  • Stay light, stay alive.
  • That would only slow me down.
  • Got no pack space for that.
  • Rather not break my back.
  • I can't do that here.
  • Not here.
  • Don't want the whole town on my back.
  • I could do without the attention.
  • A welcome relief.
  • A cool drink.
  • I needed that.
  • The winds change direction.
  • One must always be willing to change.
  • Time to learn something new.
  • A shift in my training can't hurt.

Gameplay video

Gallery

  • The ranger's wanted poster.

Version history

VersionChanges
0.1.0Introduced to the game.
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