Ranger

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Ranger

'An Astute Hunter'

Strength

12

Vigor

10

Agility

20

Dexterity

18

Will

10

Knowledge

12

Resourcefulness

23

Health

101

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.

PerksSkillsGearStatsTips

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	Cooldown
Back Step	Quickly backflip 4m behind you in 0.2s, can be used in air	10s
Field Ration	Forage food and recover 25 Physical Base Healing. (3 stacks, non replenishable.)	24s
Forceful Shot	For 8s seconds after activation, hitting an enemy with a ranged attack knocks them back 2.5m.	18s
Multishot	When attacking with a bow-type weapon, fire 5 arrows in a horizontal fan at the same time. All 5 arrows deal 100% damage.	22s
Penetrating Shot	For 8s seconds, gain 50% Physical Headshot Penetration and grants 25% Armor Penetration. Limited to ranged weaponry.	18s
Quick Fire	When attacking using a bow-type weapon, grants 50% Action Speed for 8s seconds.	18s
Quickshot	Hold multiple arrows in your shooting hand and fire them quickly in succession in a single action. Longbow: 2 arrows Recurve Bow: 3 arrows Survival Bow: 4 arrows	22s
True Shot	Projectile's flight speed is no longer affected by gravity but is still affected by Damage Falloff for 8s seconds(works with thrown weapons). In addition, the projectile gains 8% Physical Power Bonus.	18s

UncraftableCraftable

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	12
Vigor	10
Agility	20
Dexterity	18
Will	10
Knowledge	12
Resourcefulness	23
Health	101
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	45.8%
Magical Interaction Speed	-25%
Persuasiveness	23
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	1.5%
From Resist Rating	15 ( 1.5% )
From Bonuses	0%
Physical Power Bonus	-6%
From Physical Power	12 ( -6% )
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Power Bonus	-11%
From Magic Power	10 ( -11% )
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.