Ranger

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Ranger

'An Astute Hunter'

Strength

10

Vigor

10

Agility

20

Dexterity

18

Will

10

Knowledge

12

Resourcefulness

25

Health

105

Description

Rangers in Dark and Darker are wilderness experts, who use their knowledge of nature and keen senses to track down and eliminate their enemies. They are skilled hunters and trappers, able to set deadly traps and ambushes. Rangers are adept at ranged combat, relying on their skills of archery and markmanship to deal most of their damage. Bows and arrows, crossbows and bolts are the favoured weapons of the Ranger. They rely on swords for close range engagements, with the option to equip a spear as well.

Class Info

Weapon of choice: Any long-ranged weapons, some swords and spears.

• Pros
  • High ranged damage output, allowing them to threaten angles effectively and deal significant damage from the backline.
  • Able to set bear traps to lock down enemies in place.
  • Great room clearing and PvE ability without putting themselves at risk.
  • High movement speed and interaction speed, allowing them to pick their fights.
  • High burst healing with the Field Ration skill.
  • Able to track fresh enemy footprints via the Chase perk, effectively nullifying invisibility.
• Cons
  • Limited ammo pool requiring frequent reloads, arrow management and the sacrifice of a non-insignificant amount of inventory space.
  • Very weak at close range, few melee weapon options and no special melee skills.
  • Low health pool with limited armour options.
  • Costly to play, as arrows, bolts and bear traps are essential to most Ranger playstyles.
  • Projectiles can be blocked by shields and dodged more easily than melee attacks.

You can equip an additional perk every 5 levels.
Currently maxed out at Level 15, so a total of 4 perks can be equipped.

Name	Description	Scaling
Camping Mastery	Gain 50% Regular Interaction Speed while setting up campfire and increases the duration by 1.3x.	-
Chase	Detect recent enemy footsteps within 4.5m and can hear enemy footstep sounds from farther away.	-
Crippling Shot	Hitting the target's leg inflicts -40% Move Speed Bonus for 1s.	-
Crossbow Mastery	While using a crossbow, gain 5% Physical Power Bonus and an additional 50% Action Speed while reloading.	-
Kinesthesia	When moving with the bowstring drawn, receive a movement multiplier of 110% .	-
Nimble Hands	When using a bow, increases your draw speed by 15%.	-
Quick Reload	When reloading a bow-type weapon, gain 50% Action Speed.	-
Ranged Weapons Mastery	When attacking with a ranged (bow/crossbow) weapon, gain 5% Physical Power Bonus.	-
Sharpshooter	When attacking with a ranged (bow/crossbow) weapon, gain 15% Physical Headshot Hit Location Bonus.	-
Spear Proficiency	Gain the ability to equip spears. While using a spear, gain 7 Physical Power.	-
Trap Mastery	When installing traps, gain 100% Regular Interaction Speed.	-

You can equip a total of 2 skills.

Name	Description	Scaling	Cooldown
Back Step	Quickly retreats 4m in 0.2s. It can also be used in the air.	-	10s
Field Ration	Forage food and recover 25 Physical Base Healing. (3 uses, non replenishable)	100% Scaling	24s
Forceful Shot	When using a bow-type weapon, gain the ability to knocks target by 2.5m back for 8s.	-	18s
Multishot	When using a bow-type weapon, fire 5 arrows at once in cone shaped dispersion. All 5 arrows deal 100% damage.	-	22s
Penetrating Shot	Gain 50% Physical Headshot Penetration and 25% Armor Penetration for 8s. Limited to ranged (bow/crossbow) weapons.	-	18s
Quick Fire	Gain and additional 50% Action Speed for 8s while using bow-type weapons.	-	18s
Quickshot	Fire arrows in a qucik succession. Each bow-type will fire a different amount of arrows. (2 for Longbow, 3 for Recurve Bow, 4 for Survival Bow)	-	22s
True Shot	Projectile flight speed is greatly increased and no longer affected by gravity, also increasing 8% Physical Power Bonus for 8s.	-	18s

Hand/Slot Type	Weapons
Main Hand + Two Handed	Crossbow • Longbow • Pavise • Recurve Bow • Survival Bow • Windlass Crossbow
Main Hand + One Handed	Arming Sword • Rapier
Off Hand	Hand Crossbow • Short Sword
Utility	[[]]

These Stats do not include starting armor.

Stat Name	Base Stats
Strength	10
Vigor	10
Agility	20
Dexterity	18
Will	10
Knowledge	12
Resourcefulness	25
Health	105
Memory Capacity	6
Utility Effectiveness	0
Luck	0
Health Recovery Bonus	-15%
Spell Recovery Bonus	61%
Move Speed	303.75 ( 101.25% )
Action Speed	3.5%
Manual Dexterity	9%
Spell Casting Speed	-9%
Equip Speed	15%
Regular Interaction Speed	53%
Magical Interaction Speed	-25%
Persuasiveness	25
Buff Duration	-11%
Debuff Duration	12.4%
Armor Penetration	0%
Magic Penetration	0%
Headshot Reduction	0%
Projectile Damage Reduction	0%
Physical Damage Reduction	-22%
From Armor Rating	0 ( -22% )
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Resistance	1.25%
From Resist Rating	15 ( 1.25% )
From Bonuses	0%
Physical Power Bonus	-11%
From Physical Power	10 ( -11% )
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Power Bonus	-25%
From Magic Power	10 ( -25% )
From Bonuses	0%
Primary Weapon	0
Secondary Weapon	0
Impact Power	0
Primary Weapon Impact Power	0
Secondary Weapon Impact Power	0

- You excel in group fights, if you have a front line to distract enemies and protect you.

- Remember to retrieve arrows from enemy corpses.

- Quickshot and Multishot allow you to partially replenish your quiver. Activate the ability, then cancel it before firing for an "instant reload".

- You can hide bear traps under environmental traps, inside corpses and preferably in low lit areas.

- Use door windows to shoot at unsuspecting enemies on the other side of the door.

All bolded numbers are automatically updated; however, non-boldened phrasing/numbers are written manually by the community. See Class Ability Documentation for more.