As we are slowly nearing Elden Ring Nightreign’s release, many previews and beta tests have begun to drop. Like in Elden Ring, you must choose a nightfarer out of the eight prebuilt heroes before beginning your nighfaring journey in Limveld. Nightreign brings a variety of characters and classes with its spin to it. So with that, let’s check out all the Nightfarer classes available in Elden Ring Nightreign here to pick the best character for you.
All Nightfarer Classes in Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign offers eight different nightfarer classes for players to pick one before they start their journey in Limveld. Each class has unique weapons, skills, passive abilities, and ultimate arts. But remember that you cannot change the character’s appearances; only modifications can be made to their armor. With that said, meet all the various Elden Ring Nightreign heroes:
1. Wylder
- Playstyle: Versatile Warrior
- Weapon: Greatsword and a Shield
- Skill: Claw Shot
- Passive Ability: Sixth Sense
- Ultimate Art: Onslaught Stake
Every Souls game has that one all-rounder class that offers a friendly experience for beginners, and it is the Wylder here. Wylder is a versatile warrior with his greatsword and a small shield, but is said to be proficient in all kinds of melee weapons. He also has a grappling hook prosthetic equipped to drag or pull close to enemies.
Furthermore, his passive ability can save you once from a life-ending hit from enemies, and his Onslaught Stake ultimate can be used to unleash a powerful explosion to deal massive damage to both health and stance.
2. Guardian
- Playstyle: Tank
- Weapon: Halberd and Greatshield
- Skill: Whirlwind
- Passive Ability: Steel Guard
- Ultimate Art: Wings of Salvation
A tanky guardian with a huge chunk of health and stamina is always here to save the day. So players who love to play defense and charge front with a Halberd and a Greatshield should go with the Guardian. With his Steel Guard passive ability, you can hold your shield to come up with a much stronger guard against enemies.
You can create a whirlwind to break enemy stances with the passive ability, protecting you from damage when you get pushed back. Lastly, you can leap up high in the air and crash down to leave your opponents devastated with your ultimate ability.
3. Recluse
- Playstyle: Sorceress
- Weapon: Staff
- Skill: Magic Cocktail
- Passive Ability: Elemental Defense
- Ultimate Art: Soulblood Song
Next up, we have a recluse if you are someone who prefers casting magic over melee fighting. As a sorceress, you rely on your good old staff for spellcasting. The recluse’s magical abilities are a bit tricky to explain in words, but once you start playing, everything starts to click for you.
Recluse can recharge her FP by collective affinity residues using her passive ability. She can also obtain affinity residues from her enemies to unleash a magical attack, as it’s her skill. Her ultimate is an overpowered move where you apply a curse mark to an enemy, and all of your allies can replenish their health and mana by attacking the marked enemy.
4. Duchess
- Playstyle: Stealthy and Agile Assassin
- Weapon: Dagger
- Skill: Restage
- Passive Ability: Magnificent Pose
- Ultimate Art: Finale
The character classes aren’t complete without having a stealthy assassin, which many players love to play as. We have a Duchess here who is extremely agile and can make anyone bleed in her path with her dagger. Her passive ability allows her to dodge multiple times, more than any other character.
Her Restage skill is quite powerful, as activating it will redo the damage you did right before that. If you and your friends need to go into complete stealth mode, you can always use Duchess’s ultimate to go invisible briefly.
5. Ironeye
- Playstyle: Archer
- Weapon: Bow and Arrow
- Skill: Marking
- Passive Ability: Eagle Eye
- Ultimate Art: Single Shot
In one of his interviews, Nightreign’s director, Junya Ishizaki, talked about “a certain character who could summon a rock pillar to climb and snipe arrows from.” This is undoubtedly the Archer class that debuted in the first trailer. This nightfarer’s class is befittingly titled, “Ironeye.” With his marking skill, Ironeye can break the poise of his enemies and expose their weakness to crush them.
Ironeye’s ultimate, Single Shot, unleashes an unstoppable strike that tears through everything in its way, leaving no survivors as the title indicates. Lastly, Ironeye’s passive ability helps the nightfarer find more valuable items from the enemies that can’t be discovered by the rest of the characters.
6. Raider
- Playstyle: Juggernaut
- Weapon: Hammeraxe
- Skill: Retaliate
- Passive Ability: Fighter’s Resolve
- Ultimate Art: Totem Stela
It seems like Guardian isn’t the only tank character, as there is one more juggernaut-esque character who wields a hybrid weapon that combines an axe and hammer. He is a relentless seafarer called the Raider. Raider doesn’t waver against any kind of enemies and stands firm on his ground during the battle, thanks to his passive ability. Moreover, taking a lot of damage automatically amplifies the power of his Retaliate skill.
You can deal a thunderous strike against enemies while taking less damage using the Retaliate skill. His ultimate art is called Totem Stela, with which you can call forth a towering tombstone. It is used to block the enemies’ attacks, take the high ground, and, more importantly, boost the strength of the allies surrounding the gravestone.
Unrevealed Nightfarer Classes in Elden Ring Nightreign
The above six classes have been unveiled in the Elden Ring Nightreign network test and previews. There is room for two more nightfarers yet to be revealed in the game. However, we have some glimpses of the upcoming ones based on the latest trailers shared. Here are the unknown nightfarer classes at the moment:
1. Executor
- Playstyle: Samurai
- Weapon: Katana
As someone who loves to parry, I was surprised to see a samurai-esque character wielding a katana and parrying an enemy in the trailer. With every perfect parry, the katana with golden veins seems to glow further, which hints at a power-up of this character.
The character’s name is revealed to be ‘Executor,’ and we would have to wait for the complete reveal to learn more about this character’s abilities.
4. Revenant
- Playstyle: Spirit Summoner
- Weapon: Double-Bladed Scythe and Harp
In an interview with IGN Japan, the game director Junya Ishizaki also teased another character whom we haven’t met in any trailer or previews. Junya mentioned that “one of the eight playable characters is a character who mainly fights using ashes.” Now, the latest overview trailer has shared a glimpse of this character’s abilities.
She is called the Revenant and wields a double-bladed scythe and harp. While the scythe is her melee weapon to deal attacks, she is expected to use her harp to summon spirits. So, we can look forward to a character who summons spirit ashes to have an extra hand in fighting against the gruesome foes of Nightreign.
And that’s a wrap to our list of various classes in Elden Ring Nightreign. There are only six confirmed classes so far, and we expect to hear more about the rest soon, as the game is coming out later this month. Nightreign is absolutely packed with a variety of nightfarers, so there are a lot of different playstyles to master.
In the meantime, what’s your favorite class that caught your eye? Let us know in the comments below.
