In Elden Ring: Nightreign will have 8 classes, known as Nightfarer, at release. You can choose one of them and control it during your journeys. You will learn which ones are known, what they look like, and what they can do in this overview.
What are Nightfarers? In Elden Ring: Nightreign, you cannot model your hero as usual in FromSoftware titles. Instead, you must choose one of the 8 Nightfarers. The Nightfarers serve as so-called “classes”.
They come with a predetermined appearance and distinctive skills that only they can activate. It might be wise to rely on different Nightfarers in a trio to fight diversely and surprise opponents.
To know which Nightfarers exist and what they are capable of, we show you all of them in our overview. With our directory, you can also jump to the classes that interest you:
Wylder
What can the Wylder do? The Wylder is the classic Sword & Shield
fighter. His passive skill allows him to escape death once, which can be advantageous for beginners.
Additionally, the Wylder has a grappling hook with which he can latch onto enemies to quickly close the distance or pull enemies towards him.
His ultimate transforms his grappling hook into an explosive bolt that he can charge. When fully charged, you can unleash a devastating blow on your enemies, dealing massive damage.
Guardian
What can the Guardian do? The Guardian is a massive paladin who takes on the role of a tank. His passive skill supports him by preparing his shield for more powerful blocking.
Since the Guardian is a brown eagle and has wings, he can utilize them to unleash a storm with his character talent and direct it at his enemies.
Despite being a tank, he is not sluggish on his claws. With his ultimate, he can ascend into the air, target an area, and clear it of enemies with a dive. Thus, you are well served as a tank and clearer with the Guardian.
Countess
What can the Countess do? With the Countess, you have chosen a nimble melee fighter, which is evident on the battlefield. Her passive ability allows her to dodge often and quickly.
With her character talent, you can also repeat recently executed attacks to maximize damage on enemies and bosses.
Finally, with her ultimate, you can make yourself and your allies invisible. This can be especially useful if you want to explore places or lure enemies into an ambush. The Countess can be very powerful in experienced hands, but she is not recommended for beginners.
Hermit
What can the Hermit do? The Hermit represents the classic mage class. Powerful attacks, moderate health, and a focus on ranged combat. To cast her spell, you need FP, and her passive skill allows you to regenerate it through affinity traces.
With her character talent, she can combine her collected affinity traces into a powerful spell and then launch it at enemies with high damage.
As a supporter, the Hermit can also prove valuable, as her ultimate creates a blood seal that marks nearby enemies and bosses. When these marked enemies are then attacked, health and FP are regenerated.
Iron Eye
What can Iron Eye do? Iron Eye is a hybrid of a DPS/support class. With him, you maximize your damage against enemies due to his passive skill, as the drop chance of loot is increased.
The support is achieved through weakening the enemy. Iron Eye can mark an enemy and create a weakness, making your enemy more susceptible to damage.
His ultimate takes on the DPS role. Iron Eye draws a large bow and fires an arrow at supersonic speed at his enemies. This arrow ignores any defense of the enemy and thus inflicts maximum damage.
Raider
What can the Raider do? The Raider represents the more aggressive tank, unlike the Guardian, which is also evident in battle. Through his passive skill, he cannot be knocked down during a successful retaliation.
With retaliation, you take a firm stance and execute a devastating blow against your enemies. This blow is so strong that it can knock back bosses. Coupled with the passive ability, your enemies stand no chance.
Although the Raider likes to dive into the fray, he can use his ultimate to stamp a massive gravestone from the ground. This creates distance for himself and his allies from the opponent and provides a place to catch their breath. Especially in combination with Iron Eye and his bow, this is a strong tactic.
Executor
What can the Executor do? Not much is known about the Executor, except for a small combat segment in the latest trailer for Elden Ring: Nightreign.
In this, the swordswoman can use her katana to parry a series of attacks, then execute a devastating counter that can knock back your opponent. Since the counter executes a large horizontal strike, it is quite possible that enemies in the vicinity of your target could also be victims of the attack.
Revenant
What can the Revenant do? Also, nothing is known about the Revenant except for her appearance. She carries a harp, and her clothing closely resembles that of Ranni from Elden Ring. It is possible that she assumes the role of a summoner and can summon spirit ashes or the souls of fallen enemies on the battlefield, but we can only speculate until she is officially introduced.
Will I be able to play all classes immediately at release? This is still not entirely clear. According to the previous product description of Elden Ring: Nightreign on Steam, a DLC was supposed to offer new bosses and classes – this part has now been removed.
Whether FromSoftware will stick to the idea and hide some of the presented classes behind a paywall cannot be ruled out or confirmed. However, it is a fact that the four known classes from the network test will be available at release.
These were all the important details about the known classes from Elden Ring: Nightreign. Should new information and trailers about the two last classes be published, this overview will be updated. You can find out more about the spin-off of Elden Ring here: Elden Ring: Nightreign – All information about the release, gameplay, and price
