Ranger

Class Role Report Card
Healing: Fair
Tanking: Poor to Fair
DPS: Excellent
Debuffing: Fair
Buffing: Good
Crowd Control: Situational (Outdoors)

Rangers are warriors attuned to the ways of nature, able to call upon the power of the wild to aid them in their fights. Rangers are primarily a melee class, able to wear chain armor and wield many kinds of weapons.

Rangers are scouts and hunters, able to track enemies from a great distance and engage them with deadly ranged attacks, but rangers can also fight well in a melee, using two weapons to attack their foes. Rangers have spells drawn from nature. They can increase run speed and add to an ally's armor, health, or ability to attack. In a pinch, they can heal or directly damage enemies with fiery attacks.

Introduction

If you are new to TAKP, please read through the New to the Server forum post, it explains a lot of the mechanics in this guide.

Class Titles

Level 1-50	Level 51-54	Level 55-59	Level 60-64	Level 65
Ranger	Pathfinder	Outrider	Warder	Forest Stalker

Creation Guide

Picking Your Race

RACE	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA	BONUS
Half-Elf	75	80	100	85	65	75	75	20
Halfling	75	85	105	90	85	67	50	20
Human	80	85	85	75	80	75	75	20
Wood Elf	70	75	105	80	85	75	75	20

Spending Your Bonus Points

Raid min/max: 20 STA DPS: 20 STR

Combat Skills

TAKP Skill Caps

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	1 Hand Blunt	200	240
1	No	1 Hand Slashing	200	240
1	No	2 Hand Blunt	200	240
1	No	2 Hand Slashing	200	240
1	No	Archery	210	240
1	No	Bind Wound	100	200
1	No	Defense	200	200
1	No	Hand to Hand	100	100
1	No	Offense	210	240
1	No	Piercing	200	240
1	Yes	Taunt	150	150
1	No	Throwing	113	113
5	Yes	Kick	149	205
8	Yes	Dodge	137	170
17	Yes	Dual Wield	210	240
18	Yes	Parry	185	220
20	Yes	Double Attack	200	235
35	Yes	Disarm	55	55
35	Yes	Riposte	150	150

Archery

• For archery skill ups, target Ssolet Dnaas in Warsliks Woods at 4014, 402 who is level 50, perma-rooted, and has high regen.
• Archery hate is weapon damage + arrow damage per shot without the multipliers, hit or miss.(Source)
• Rangers above level 50 do double damage with Archery against non-moving, non-rooted targets.

Archery Damage From a TAKP Forum thread: Archery does not get a damage bonus here. Client::Attack() is the melee routine. The archery routine is DoArcheryAttackDmg() in special_attacks.cpp.

Archery damage still is not perfect here. I got it 99% right before Luclin launched and moved on to develop zones. Melee damage is more accurate and for example a Blade of War will do the correct 321/528 normal/crit max hits. I did some investigating on this today and it appears that there's some rounding error somewhere making normal shots do a couple extra damage and Trueshot damage is a bit too low. How Trueshot works exactly is a little fuzzy and simply multiplying by 1x or 1.05x doesn't fit perfectly. Currently Stonewood+Blessed max hits are 674 and 1154 when they should be 672 and 1150, and under TS max crit seems to be 2296 when it should be 2320 because our multiplier is 1x.

The basic archery damage math that I'm aware of as of now is this:

dmg = bow dmg + arrow dmg = 57 for stonewood + blessed arrows max AM0 non-crit non-TS moving hit = INT(dmg * 2.95) = 168 for stonewood + blessed arrows max AM0 non-crit non-TS stationary hit = doubled = 336 for stonewood + blessed arrows max AM3 non-crit non-TS stationary hit = doubled = 672 for stonewood + blessed arrows max AM3 critical non-TS stationary hit = INT(672*1.7+0.5)+8 = 1150 for stonewood + blessed arrows max AM3 critical TS stationary hit = INT(INT(672*2.025)*1.7+0.5)+8 = 2320 for stonewood + blessed arrows

The problem I have is that I'm seeing 2.05 as the TS multiplier on some webpages (or +105%) and this doesn't fit. 2.025 doesn't fit perfectly for other bows either but it's still closer than 2.05. I'll probably bump our multiplier to +102%. The way it's implemented can't do fractions but if I had the precise logic I'd rip it out and hardcode it.

Useful Items

Archery

• Fleeting Quiver: Best archery haste in game, hunt those highland lions! Keep it in top slot with at least one arrow in it for haste to apply with Endless Quiver AA.

• Tolan's Darkwood Bracer: Summon arrows until you get Endless Quiver AA

• Shardwing Arrow: 12 damage arrow; an arrow's elemental damage requires low resist targets to be more effective than a Shardwing. (Pair with Endless Quiver)

Bane Damage Bows

• Corrupted Shissar Bow Bane: Shissar
• Yttrium-Imbued Oak Bow Bane: Seru
• Great Bow of Slaughter Bane: Greater Akheva

Melee Weapons

• Swiftwind & Earthcaller: The Ranger Epic 1.0. Quest: Ranger Epic
• Silver Blade of Thunder: The Halfling Ranger Epic! Karana only, Proc's Thunder Strike which has 15 pushback for help positioning mobs. Quest: Silver Blade of Thunder.

Utility

• Eyepatch of Plunder: Clickie 20% self-haste is better than nothing.

• Vial of Velium Vapors: Skill up pottery to be able to craft a low cost Thurgadin teleport - Ranger port, but WITH your gear!

• Seal of the Dwarven Emissary: Unlimited Thurgadin teleport from the once-a-year Anniversary Event. You won't regret doing this one!

• Horses: On EQMac there was a bug that let you use old models get the horse buff icon, which lets you meditate without riding a horse. The benefit of this is you can move at normal sow speeds while buying the cheapest horse, don't suffer from acceleration/deceleration effect of horses, can duck spells to interrupt casting, avoid sit agro, and not have to use Luclin models if you don't like the graphic. You can read about that setting here.

Alternate Advancement

A full list of Alternate Advancement abilities.

First 100 Alternate Advancement Points

In a TAKP Forums post, Rimidal recommended the following first 103 Alternate Advancement for new Rangers.

Assuming you picked ranger for fun with archery, so picking that specialization first.

• Archetype – Combat Fury 3 (12 AAs) – More crits is more damage, works for melee and bow damage.

• Class – Endless Quiver (9 AAs) – Viewed as a class defining ability for ranger, ability to shoot unlimited arrows of the best type.

• Class – Archery Master 3 (18 AAs) – Another “class defining” ability – increases bow damage by 30/60/100%! You will need to be ready to work around the TAKP limitations of arrows not hitting cornered mobs.

• Class – Innate Camouflage (5 AAs) – Instant casting fixed-duration invisibility without a spell gem, I just love this AA.

• PoP Ability – Ferocity 3 (9 AAs) – Extra DPS via additional double attacks.

• Class – Ambidexterity (9 AAs) – If you don’t plan to use your bow very much, then prioritise this first. Increases your chance to successfully dual wield

• PoP Ability – Fury of the Ages 3 (9 AAs) – More crits is more DPS and you're all about that life.

• Archetype – Natural Durability 3 (12 AAs) – Having more HPs is always useful because it lets you take more melee and spell damage.

• Pop Ability – Entrap (4 AAs) – Free quick recast manaless snare that doesn't require a spell gem, and as a bonus it generates much less threat than your Ensnare spell.

• Pop Advance – Planar Power 5 (10 AAs) – Boost your max stats - get more hitpoints and dex, all the good stuff.

Additional AAs to aim for: Combat Agility, Lightning Reflexes, Spell Casting Fury, Combat Stability, Innate Defense.

Ranger Spells

Level 9 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Endure Fire	Increases Fire Resistance	20	27 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Flame Lick	Reduce the Hit Points and Armor Class of a Single Target	10	30 Seconds	Evocation	Single target
Glimpse	Self only Increase Visual Magnification	5	18 Seconds	Divination	Self only
Lull Animal	Reduce the Aggro Radius of a Single Target Animal	10	1 Minute and 12 Seconds	Alteration	Animal
Minor Healing	Heal a Single Target	10	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Skin like Wood	Increase the Armor Class and Maximum Hit Points of a Single Target	10	27 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Snare	Reduce the Movement Rate of a Single Target	15	2 Minutes and 24 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Tangling Weeds	Quick Cast Low Duration Reduce the Movement Rate of a Single Target	15	12 Seconds	Alteration	Single target

Level 15 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Burst of Fire	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	15	Insant	Evocation	Single target
Camouflage	Renders a Single Target Invisible. This spell can only be cast outdoors.	15	15 Minutes	Divination	Single target
Cure Poison	Cures a Single Target of Poison Effects	20	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Dance of the Fireflies	Summons a NO-RENT Firefly Globe (Light Source)	10	Instant	Conjuration	Self only
Feet like Cat	Increases Agility	40	36 Minutes	Alteration	Single target
Grasping Roots	Damages a Single Target and Renders it Immobile	35	30 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Hawk Eye	Increase Chance to Hit by 10% with Archery	25	4 Minutes	Alteration	Self only
Invoke Lightning	Single Target Magic Based Direct Damage	32	Instant	Evocation	Area of effect around the target
Thistlecoat	Self Only Increase AC and Appy a Damage Shield	25	27 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only

Level 22 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Bind Sight	See things from a Single Target's Point of view	15	2 Minutes and 36 Seconds	Divination	Single target
Cure Disease	Cures a Single Target of Disease Effects	20	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Endure Cold	Increases the Cold Resistance of a Single Target	20	27 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Enduring Breath	Grants A Single Target the ability to Breath Underwarer Consumes a Fish Scales When Cast	35	27 Minutes	Alteration	Single target
Firefist	Self Only Atk Increase	30	12 Minutes	Evocation	Self only
Harmony	Unresistable Area Effect Aggro Radius Reduction	25	1 Minute a 12 Seconds	Abjuration	Area of effect around the target
Ignite	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	30	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Light Healing	Heals a Single Target	25	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Panic Animal	Apply the Fear Effect to a Single Target Animal	10	18 Seconds	Alteration	Animal
Skin like Rock	Increases the Armor Class and Maximum Hitpoints of a Single Target	60	27 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Ward Summoned	Single Summoned Target Magic Based Direct Damage	30	Instant	Evocation	Summoned Beings

Level 29 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Flaming Arrow	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	50	Instant	Evocation	Single target

Level 30 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Barbcoat	Self Only Increase Armor Class and Damage Shield	50	57 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Cancel Magic	Removes One Magic Based Buff/Debuff from a Single Target	30	Instant	Abjuration	Single target
Eyes of the Cat	Self Only Infravision	35	27 Minutes	Divination	Self only
Invigor	Single Target Stamina Regeneration	20	18 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Riftwind's Protection	Single Target Damage Shield and Increase Armor Class	40	1 Hour	Abjuration	Single target
Shield of Thistles	Applies a Damage Shield to a Single Target	40	54 Seconds	Abjuration	Single target
Spirit of Wolf	Increases a Single Target's Running Speed	40	27 Minutes	Alteration	Single target
Stinging Swarm	Singe Target Magic Based Damage over Time	65	42 Seconds	Conjuration	Single target
Strength of Earth	Increases the Strength of a Single Target	40	27 Minutes	Alteration	Single target

Level 39 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Bramblecoat	Self Only Increase Armor Class and Damage Shield	75	1 Hour and 27 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Burning Arrow	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	75	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Call of Sky	Enchant Weapon with Stun and Damage Proc	50	10 Mintues	Alteration	Self only
Calm Animal	Reduce the Aggro Radius of a Single Target Animal	45	42 Seconds	Alteration	Animal
Careless Lightning	Single Target Magic Based Direct Damage	70	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Dismiss Summoned	Single Summoned Target Magic Based Direct Damage	90	Instant	Evocation	Summoned beings
Harmony of Nature	Reduces the Aggro Radius of a Single Target	100	30 Seconds	Abjuration	Single target
Healing	Heals a Single Target	60	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Levitate	Grants a Single Target the ability to Levitate over Land, Water and reduces the rate of falling. Consumes a Bat Wing When Cast	30	5 Minutes and 12 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Nature's Precision	Self Only Increase Attack	50	30 Minutes	Evocation	Self only
See Invisible	Grants a Single Target the Ability to see Invisible Entities	25	27 Minutes	Divination	Single target
Skin like Steel	Increase the Armor Class and Maximum Hit Points of a Single Target	100	36 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target

Level 44 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Swarm of Pain	Single Target Magic Based Damage over Time	95	48 Seconds	Conjuration	Single target

Level 49 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Call of Flame	Singele Target Fire Based Direct Damage	125	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Ensnaring Roots	Damages a Single Target and Renders it Immobile	60	1 Minutes	Alteration	Single target
Force of Nature	Single Target Damage Shield, Increase Attack, and Increase Passive Hit Point Regeneration	100	15 Minutes and 42 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Immolate	Reduces the Armor Class of a Single Target and Fire Based Damage over Time	120	1 Minutes	Evocation	Single target
Resist Fire	Inreases a Single Target's Fire Resistance	50	36 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Shield of Brambles	Applies a Damage Shield to a Single Target	80	2 Mintutes and 54 Seconds	Abjuration	Single target
Spikecoat	Self Only Increase Armor Class and applies a Damage Shield	110	1 Hour and 57 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Superior Camouflage	Render a Single Target Invisible	40	24 Minutes	Divination	Single target (Self or Group Member Only)
Wolf Form	Self Only Illusion Wolf, Increase Movement Speed, and Increast Attack	60	1 Hour and 12 Minutes	Alteration	Self only

Level 50 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Call of Earth	Single Target Damage Shield and Increase Armor Class	50	1 Hour	Abjuration	Single target

Level 51 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Ensnare	Decreases the Movement Rate of a Single Target	35	6 Minutes and 48 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Jolt	Single Target Aggro Reduction	60	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Strength of Nature	Single Target Increase Attack and Maximum Hit Points	125	1 Hour	Abjuration	Single target

Level 52 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Extinguish Fatigue	Single Target Full Stamina Refresh	35	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Falcon Eye	Self Only Increase Chance to Hit by 20% with Archery and See Invisible	75	11 Minutes and 24 Seconds	Alteration	Self only
Firestrike	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	155	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Icewind	Single Target Cold Based Direct Damage	180	Instant	Evocation	Single target

Level 53 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Storm Strength	Increases the Strength of a Single Target	85	54 Minutes	Alteration	Single target

Level 54 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Drones of Doom	Single Target Magic Based Damage over Time	141	1 Minutes	Conjuration	Single target
Jolting Blades	Self Only Enchant Weapon with an Aggro Reduction Proc	120	20 Minutes	Conjuration	Self only
Skin like Diamond	Increases the Armor Class and Maximum Hit Points of a Single Target	200	54 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target

Level 55 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Call of Fire	Self Only Enchant Weapon with a Direct Damage and Stun Proc	50	10 Minutes	Alteration	Self only
Chloroplast	Increases the Passive Hit Point Regeneration of a Single Target	200	12 Minutes and 42 Seconds	Alteration	Single Target
Cinder Jolt	Single Target Fire Based Aggro Reduction	60	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Resist Cold	Increase a Single Target's Cold Resistance	50	36 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target

Level 56 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Chill Sight	Self Only Ultravision	75	36 Minutes	Divination	Self only
Greater Wolf Form	Self Only Illusion Wolf, Increase Movement Rate, and Increase Attack	90	1 Hour and 42 Minutes	Alteration	Self only
Mark of the Predator	Group Increase Attack	100	1 Hour and 15 Minutes	Abjuration	Group

Level 57 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Greater Healing	This spell is an upgrade to Healing.	150	Instant	Alteration	Single target

Level 58 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Eagle Eye	Self Only Increase Chance to Hit by 40% with Archery, See Invisible, and Ultravision	100	12 Minutes and 36 Seconds	Alteration	Self only
Nullify Magic	Removes Two Magic Based Buffs/Debuffs from a Single Target	50	Instant	Abjuration	Single target
Shield of Spikes	Applies a Damage Shield to a Single Target	100	3 Minutes and 54 Seconds	Abjuration	Single target

Level 59 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Calefaction	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	250	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Skin like Nature	Increases the Armor Class, Maximum Hit Points, and Passive Hit Point Regeneration of a Single Target	300	1 Hour and 12 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target

Level 60 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Call of the Predator	Group Increase Attack	200	1 Hour and 15 Minutes	Abjuration	Group
Enveloping Roots	Damages a Single Target and Renders it Immobile	80	1 Minute	Alteration	Single target
Thorncoat	Self Only Increase Armor Class and applies a Damage Shield	175	2 Hours and 27 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Warder's Protection	Self Only Damage Shield, Increase Attack, Increase Armor Class, and Increase Maximum Hit Points	350	2 Hours and 30 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only

Level 61 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Annul Magic	Removes Three Magic Based Effects from Single Target	75	Instant	Abjuration	Single target
Circle of Winter	Group Increase Fire Resistance	150	36 Minutes	Abjuration	Group
Counteract Disease	Cures the Target of stronger Disease Effects	50	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Counteract Poison	Cures the Target of Stonger Poison Effects	50	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Exile Summoned	Single Summoned Target Magic Based Direct Damage	250	Instant	Evocation	Summoned Beings

Level 62 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Call of the Rathe	Single Target Damage Shield and Increase Armor Class	150	1 Hour	Abjuration	Single target
Chloroblast	Heals a Single Target	175	Instant	Alteration	Single target
Drifting Death	Single Target Magic Based Damage over Time	200	1 Minutes	Conjuration	Single target
Shield of Thorns	Applies a Damage Shield to a Single Target	120	4 Minutes and 54 Seconds	Abjuration	Single target
Strength of Tunare	Group Increase Attack and Maximum Hit Points	250	1 Hour	Abjuration	Group

Level 63 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Bladecoat	Self Only Increase Armor Class and apply a Damage Shield	235	2 Hours and 48 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Circle of Summer	Group Increase Cold Resistance	150	36 Minutes	Abjuration	Group
Earthen Roots	Renders a Single Target Immobile	150	1 Minute	Alteration	Single target
Frozen Wind	Single Target Cold Based Direct Damage	300	Instant	Evocation	Single target

Level 64 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Brushfire	Single Target Fire Based Direct Damage	220	Instant	Evocation	Single target
Nature's Rebuke	Self Only Enchant Weapon with Magic Based Direct Damage Proc	400	1 Hour	Alteration	Self only
Regrowth	Increase the Passive Hit Point Regeneration of a Single Target	300	16 Minutes and 36 Seconds	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of the Predator	Group Increase Attack	300	1 Hour and 20 Minutes	Abjuration	Group

Level 65 Spells

Name	Effect(s)	Mana	Duration	Skill	Target Type
Cry of Thunder	Self Only Enchant Weapon with Magic Based Direct Damage Proc	400	1 Hour	Alteration	Self only
Mask of the Stalker	Self Only Increase Player Size, Magnify Vision, Increase Passive Mana Regeneration, and See Invisible	150	3 Hours	Alteration	Self only
Natureskin	Single Target Increase Armor Class, Maximum Hitpoints, and Passive Hit Point Regeneration	400	1 Hour and 21 Minutes	Abjuration	Single target
Protection of the Wild	Self Only Damage Shield, Increase Attack, Increase Armor Class, and Increase Maximum Hit Points	450	2 Hours and 30 Minutes	Abjuration	Self only
Spirit of Eagle	Single Target See Invisible, Increase Movement Rate, Levitation, and Infravision	125	1 Hours	Alteration	Single target

References

• Official EverQuest classes

External links

• Official EverQuest classes