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Best Warden Races
What race you play doesn’t play a huge role, but will give you a small boost. Generally, I would advise you to play a race that you enjoy.

Neverwinter Race
Metallic Ancestry Dragonborn – Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any two Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power
Dragonborn – Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power
Human – 1% Bonus to all stats – +3 To any Ability Score
Tiefling – 5% + Damage to targets below 50% health – +2 Cha and +2 Con or Int – 10% to reduce damage of target for 5 sec by 2.5%
Gith – 5% Combat Advantage – +2 Dex and +2 Str or Int – 5% Stamina Regen
Wood Elf – 5% Critical Strike – +2 Dex and +2 Int or Wis – 20% Resistance to Slow
Half-Orc – 5% Crit Severity – +2 Dex and +2 Con or Str – 10% Movement Speed for 3 sec when entering combat

Warden Ability Score Priority
Put all your available Ability Scores into Strength and Charisma.

Warden Stat / Rating Priority
The Combat Rework introduced major changes to how stats and item level work, for more info see the official post.

Your cap for each stat is based on your item level. To cap a stat, the numbers of the stat need to be equal to or higher than your item level.

If your stat number is higher than your item level, you are wasting stats and should try to allocate stats differently.

For every 1000 points, a stat is lower than your item level you lose 1% in that stat.

You won’t be able to easily cap all stats, but capping your power is quite easy.

Offensive Stats

Power (90%)
Combat Advantage (90%)
Critical Strike (90%)
Critical Severity (90%)
Accuracy (90%)
Defensive Stats

Defense (90%)
Deflection (90%)
Critical Avoidance (90%)
Awareness (90%)
Health (90%)
Ranger Warden Paragon Path Feats, Powers & Rotation
This part is all about optimizing the Warden with the best feats, powers, and boons.

ranger warden build

Ranger Warden Combat Powers

At-Will Powers:
Electric Shot / Clear the Ground (ST)
Penetrating Arrows / Storm Strike (AoE)

Encounter Powers:
Hindering Shot / Hindering Strike
Marauder’s Escape / Marauder’s Rush
Boar Hide / Boar Charge (ST) or Constricting Arrow / Steel Breeze (AoE)

Daily Powers:
Call of the Storm
Snipe

Class Features:
Blade Storm (ST) or Twin Blade Storm (AoE)
Seeker’s Vengeance
Ranger Warden Feats
Focused
Storm’s Recovery
Blade Hurricane
Skirmisher’s Gambit
Enhanced Conductivity
Ranger Warden Rotation

Single Target Rotation:
Use any melee encounter to trigger Blade Hurricane > Clear the Ground or Storm Strike for 3 seconds > Use Daily / Mount / Artifact when available.

AoE Rotation:
Use any melee encounter to trigger Blade Hurricane > Clear the Ground or Storm Strike for 3 seconds > Use Daily / Mount / Artifact when available.

Ranger Warden Boons
You should always choose boons based on what stats you currently need. Therefore a selection of several viable boons is available to you for each tier.

Tier 1 Boons
Recruit’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Critical Strike – 0.2% Critical Strike Per Rank
Critical Avoidance – 0.2% Critical Avoidance Per Rank
Cultist Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Cultist Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. Cultists.

Tier 2 Boons
Squire’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Armor Penetration – 0.2% Critical Severity Per Rank
Defense – 0.2% Defense Per Rank
Demonic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Demonic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. demons.

Tier 3 Boons
Knight’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Combat Advantage – 0.2% Combat Advantage Per Rank
Awareness – 0.2% Awareness Per Rank
Dino Bulwark – 0.2 HP Per Rank
Dino Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. dinos.

Tier 4 Boons
Captain’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Accuracy – 0.2% Accuracy Per Rank
Deflect – 0.2% Deflect Per Rank
Necrotic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Necrotic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. undead.

Tier 5 Boons (Choose 2)
Call of Power – 1% Action Point gain per rank
Quick Turnaround – 1% Recharge Speed
Master Boons
Blood Lust 3/3
Guild Boons
Offense – Power or Critical Strike Bonus
Defense – Defence or Hit Point Bonus

Ranger Warden Weapons & Gear
If you are new to Neverwinter and need to know how to get better gear and increase your item level, check out our Gearing Up Guide.

Note that the best in slot for your build might vary depending on what stats you have.

The best way to gear up in Neverwinter is by making a lot of Astral Diamonds, check out our Astral Diamond Guide to learn all the secrets of AD farming.

Head
Goristro’s Horns (Avernus Hunts)
Order Mercenary’s Armet / Alliance Soldier’s Helmet (Seals Store)
Enclave Scout’s Hat
Blessed Whisper’s Hood of Quiet (Avernus Hunts)

Armor
Blessed Bone Devil’s Ribcage (Avernus Hunts)
Forest Guardian’s Ward/Raid (Vault of Stars)
Lion Guard’s Ward/Raid

Arms
Wristguards of Precipitation
Spiked Defenders Vambrace
Forest Guardian’s Ward/Raid(Vault of Stars)
Lion Guard’s Ward/Raid

Feet
Wasteland Wanderers
Rusted Iron Leggings (Avernus Rare Monsters)
Forest Guardian’s Ward/Raid (Vault of Stars)

Weapons
Masterwork Set
Scalebreaker’s Wrath
Mirage Set
Celestial Set
Lionheart Set
Grand Alliance Set
Main Hand Modification:
Penetrating Arrows / Storm Strike

Offhand Modifications:
Forte & whatever stat you need

Rings
Band of Air
The Red Eye’s Glare
The Fallen Lord’s Authority
The Queen’s Golden Opal Ring
The Fallen Lord’s Authority
Gold Ring of the Herald
Silver Ring of the Herald
Ring of the Brutal Fiend +5
Ring of the Shadowstalker +4/+5
Twisting Gold Ring
Striking Ring of the Veteran / Master

Neck & Waist
Demogorgon’s Wrath Set: Heart’s Twine & Sinous Chord
Apprentices’ Spoils: Jhesiyra’s Tattered Mantle & Trobriand’s Conduction Cable

Shirt
Shirt of the Dragon Cult
Vale Tunic
Upper Pact Brands (Avernus Hunts)

Pants
War-Worn Pants
Lower Pact Brands (Avernus Hunts)
Ranger Warden Artifacts
Primary Artifact
Wyvern-Venon Coated Knives
Halaster’s Blast Scepter
Staff of Flowers
Envenomed Storyteller’s Journal

Secondary Artifacts
Choose secondary artifacts based on the stats you are lacking.

Mythallar Fragment
Neverwinter’s Standard
Jewel of the North
Demogorgon’s Reach
Or choose 3 Storyteller’s Journals for the bonus

Frozen Storyteller’s Journal
Flayed Storyteller’s Journal
Darkened Storyteller’s Journal
Envenomed Storyteller’s Journal
Other Artifact Choices
Arcturia’s Music Box
Trobriands Ring
Staff of Flowers
Halaster’s Blast Scepter
Shard of Orcus’ Wand

Ranger Warden Enchantments

When getting enchantments, always get the ones with the stats you are lacking in with your gear, boons, etc in mind.

If you still need to refine your enchantments, see our Refinement Guide for tips on how to farm refinement.

Offense Enchantments
Cobalt Enchantment
Garnet Enchantment
Citrine Enchantment
Amethyst Enchantment
Jade Enchantment

Defense Enchantments
Garnet Enchantment

Utility Enchantments
Garnet Enchantment
Bonus Enchantments
Recharge Speed
Combat Enchantments
Poisoned Thorn
Cursed Burn
Overload Enchantments
Rage of Flames or Devil’s Precision
Various Marks from Stronghold Vendor
Corrupt Black Ice / Lethal / Piercing
Black / Red Dragon Glyph
Armor Reinforcement Kits
Critical Strike or Severity or Accuracy Kit
Jewelry Reinforcement Kits
Combat Advantage Jewel
Ranger Warden Consumables & Buffs
Consider getting VIP for the Power of VIP HP buff if you aren’t already. Also always stand in campfires to get the +1 ability campfire buff.

Pick one from each of the categories below depending on the stats you are lacking.

Invocation Blessing: Grace of Battle / Gift of Awareness / Righteous Boon / Gamber’s Fortune

Stronghold Food:
Seared Tuna / Prime Rib / Ratatouille

Event Food:
Watermelon Sorbet / Hotwings / Squash Soup / Mochi

Elixir:
Wild Storm Elixir

Potion:
Superior Flask of Potency +1

Reusable Item:
Awakened Forger’s Box > Empowered Chain of Scales > Adorable Pocket Pet > Tymora’s Lucky Coin

Ranger Warden Companions
Summoned Companion
For your summoned companion you have the choice between using Augmented companions which will make it easier to cap stats or an active combat companion which will do damage.

Augment Companion Choices
This is just a selection of augment companions. Use one that has the stats you need.

Owlbear Cub
Bulette Pup
Deepcrow Hatchling
Ioun Stones
Quasit

Active Companion Choices
Pseudodragon
Honey Badger
Tomb Spider
Spined Devil
Kuo-Toa
Wayward Wizard (AoE)
Regis (AoE)

Enchantment Power
Potency
Acute Senses
Potent Precision
Precision

Companion Powers
Below is a selection of viable companion powers.

Offense Powers
Wulfgar (Wulfgar’s Wrecking) – 4.7% Combat Advantage & Accuracy
Drizzt (Drizzt’s Devestation) – 4.7% Critical Change & Severity
Neverwinter Knight (Neverwinter Knight’s Discipline) – 7.5% Outgoing Damage
Wild Hunt Rider (Wild Hunt Discipline) – 2/3/5% chance to increase damage by 10% for 5 seconds.
Siege Master (Siege Master’s Discipline) – Combined Rating – Increases the power of your At-Will powers by 11% (Doubled on Stronghold Map)
Black Dragon Ioun Stone (Black Dragon’s Insight) – 7.5% Critical Chance
Staldorf (Staldorf’s Presence) – 7.5% Combat Advantage
Razorwood (Twigblight’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Accuracy
Hawk (Hawk’s Insight’s) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Critical Chance
Armored Orc Wolf (Orc Wolf’s Instincts) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Accuracy
Batiri (Batiri’s Wisdom) – 11% Damage Versus Bosses

Misc (The Bigger They Are) – More damage against big mobs (bosses)
Dancing Blade (Dancing Blade’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Combat Advantage
Flame Sprite (Flamesprite’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Accuracy
Golden Cat (Golden Cat’s Insight’s) – 7,5% Combat Advantage
Defense Powers
Phasespider (Phasespider’s Presence) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Combat Advantage
Fire Archon (Fire Archon’s Insight) – 10% on At-Will use to increase Combat Advantage for 10 seconds

Utility Powers
Alchemist Experimenter (Alchemist’s Discipline) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Combat Advantage
Golden Cat (Golden Cat’s Insight) – 7.5% Combat Advantage
Companion Equipment
Double offense slotted “Of the Companion” gear

Companion Enchantment

Ranger Warden Mounts
Bolster
When it comes to mounts, you should focus on getting them all to Mythic quality to increase Bolster.

Bolster Contribution depends on the quality of the mount, with Mythic mounts contributing 10% Bolster, this again increases the values of your Equip Power and Combat Power.

Mount Insignia Bonuses
All classes and specs should consider using Wanderer’s Fortune and or Traveler’s Treasures before you have refined all your gear and enchantments, for extra refinement every day.

Insignia bonuses are mostly down to preference. Some boost damage a bit, and some boost survivability, while others add utility.

DPS
Warlord’s Inspiration
Artificers Persuasion
Assassin’s Covenant
Calvary’s Warning
Gladiator’s Guile

Self Healing
Barbarian’s Revelry
Survivor’s Blessing
Survivor’s Gift
Knight’s Rebuke
Oppressor’s Reprieve

Utility
Wanderer’s Fortune
Traveler’s Treasures
Insignia Type
Insignia of Aggression
Insignia of Skill
Insignia of Brutality or Dominance if you still need power

Mount Collars
Sturdy Crescent Collar
Suportive Crescent Collar
Unified Crescent Collar
Wayfaring Barbed Collar
Unified Regal Collar
Ranger Warden Mount Powers

Mount Equip Power:
Ferocious Predator (Power & Critical Severity)
Armor Breaker (Critical Severity)
Rapid Accuracy (Accuracy)
Precision (Critical Strike & Severity)
Ruthless Efficiency (Critical Strike
Dominant Force (Power)

Mount Combat Power:
Tunnel Vision (Several)
Golden Touch (Golden Warhorse)
Divine Intervention (Celestial Wings)
Cauldron Fumes (Hag’s Hexing Cauldron)
Giant Toad Tongue Lash (Giant Toad)

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Ranger Aug 24, 2023 0:59:58 GMT -6

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The Complete Ranger Hunter Archer Build – Neverwinter Mod 24: Northdark Reaches
Posted onLast updated: November 6, 2022

Best Hunter Races

What race you play doesn’t play a huge role, but will give you a small boost. Generally, I would advise you to play a race that you enjoy.

Metallic Ancestry Dragonborn – Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any two Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power

Dragonborn – Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power

Human – 1% Bonus to all stats – +3 To any Ability Score

Tiefling – 5% + Damage to targets below 50% health – +2 Cha and +2 Con or Int – 10% to reduce damage of target for 5 sec by 2.5%

Gith – 5% Combat Advantage – +2 Dex and +2 Str or Int – 5% Stamina Regen

Wood Elf – 5% Critical Strike – +2 Dex and +2 Int or Wis – 20% Resistance to Slow

Half-Orc – 5% Crit Severity – +2 Dex and +2 Con or Str – 10% Movement Speed for 3 sec when entering combat

Hunter Ability Score Priority
Put all your available Ability Scores into Strength and Charisma.

Hunter Stat / Rating Priority
The Combat Rework introduced major changes to how stats and item level work, for more info see the official post.

Your cap for each stat is based on your item level. To cap a stat, the numbers of the stat need to be equal to or higher than your item level.

If your stat number is higher than your item level, you are wasting stats and should try to allocate stats differently.

For every 1000 points, a stat is lower than your item level you lose 1% in that stat.

You won’t be able to cap all stats, but capping your power is quite easy.

Offensive Stats

Power (90%)
Critical Strike (90%)
Critical Severity (90%)
Combat Advantage (90%)
Accuracy (90%)

Defensive Stats

Defense (90%)
Deflection (90%)
Critical Avoidance (90%)
Awareness (90%)
Health (90%)

Ranger Hunter Paragon Path Feats, Powers & Rotation
This part is all about optimizing the Hunter with the best feats, powers, and boons.

Ranger Hunter Combat Powers
At-Will Powers:
Aimed Shot (Single-target)
Split Shot (AoE)

Encounter Powers:
Hindering Shot
Longstrider’s Shot
Commanding Shot

Daily Powers:
Disruptive Shot
Snipe

Class Features:
Aspect of the Falcon
Seeker’s Vengeance

Ranger Hunter Feats
Rate of Change
Thorned Roots
Predator
Forestbond
More Than Disruptive

Ranger Hunter Rotation
Use Daily / Mount / Artifact when availabl.e
Disruptive Shot
Commanding Shot
Aimed Shot x2
Longstrider’s Shot
Hindering Shot
Aimed Shot x2
Switch Stance
Gushing Wound
Hindering Strike
Switch Stance
Repeat

Ranger Hunter Boons
You should always choose boons based on what stats you currently need. Therefore a selection of several viable boons is available to you for each tier.

Tier 1 Boons
Recruit’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Critical Strike – 0.2% Critical Strike Per Rank
Cultist Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Cultist Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. Cultists.

Tier 2 Boons
Squire’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Armor Penetration – 0.2% Critical Severity Per Rank
Demonic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Demonic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. demons.

Tier 3 Boons
Knight’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Combat Advantage – 0.2% Combat Advantage Per Rank
Dino Bulwark – 0.2 HP Per Rank
Dino Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. dinos.

Tier 4 Boons
Captain’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
Accuracy – 0.2% Accuracy Per Rank
Necrotic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
Necrotic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. undead.

Tier 5 Boons (Choose 2)
Masterclass – 1% Forte Per Rank
Quick Turnaround – 1% Recovery Speed per rank.
Master Boons
Blood Lust 3/3

Guild Boons
Offense – Power or Critical Strike Bonus
Defense – Defense or Hit Point Bonus

Ranger Hunter Weapons & Gear
If you are new to Neverwinter and need to know how to get better gear and increase your item level, check out our Gearing Up Guide.

Note that the best in slot for your build might vary depending on what stats you have.

The best way to gear up in Neverwinter is by making a lot of Astral Diamonds, check out our Astral Diamond Guide to learn all the secrets of AD farming.

Head
The Dark Maiden Assault Shroud
Serene Hood of the Dragon Hunter
Goristro’s Horns (Avernus Hunts)
Blessed Whisper’s Hood of Quiet (Avernus Hunts)

Armor
Tactful Leathers of the Dragon Hunter
Mighty Cuirass of the Dragon Hunter
Blessed Bone Devil’s Ribcage (Avernus Hunts)

Arms
Tactful Gloves of the Dragon Hunter
Wristguards of Precipitation
Spiked Defenders Vambrace

Feet
The Dark Maiden Resolution Greaves (Temple of the Spider)
Wasteland Wanderers
Rusted Iron Leggings (Avernus Rare Monsters)

Weapons
Stormforged Set (AOE)
Masterwork Set
Lionheart Set
Scalebreaker’s Wrath
Main Hand Modification:
Aimed Shot
Offhand Modifications:
Recharge Speed & whatever stat you need

Rings
Eilistraee’s Harmony + Elistraee’s Beauty (AOE)
Soothsayer’s Ring of Absolution
Waywatchers Ring of Precision
Waywatchers Ring of Punishment
Mightbreaker’s Ring of Elegance
The Red Eye’s Glare
Band of Air

Neck & Waist
Demogorgon’s Wrath Set: Heart’s Twine & Sinous Chord
Star Set: Starshard Choker & Twinkle of the Stars (Trickster’s Gift)

Shirt
Mighty Dwarven Body Pattern
Shirt of the Dragon Cult

Pants
Mighty Dwarven Limb Pattern
War-Worn Pants

Ranger Hunter Artifacts
Primary Artifact
Demogorgon’s Reach
Wyvern-Venon Coated Knives
Halaster’s Blast Scepter
Staff of Flowers
Envenomed Storyteller’s Journal

Secondary Artifacts
Choose secondary artifacts based on the stats you are lacking.

Mythallar Fragment
Neverwinter’s Standard
Jewel of the North
Demogorgon’s Reach
Or choose 3 Storyteller’s Journals for the bonus

Frozen Storyteller’s Journal
Flayed Storyteller’s Journal
Darkened Storyteller’s Journal
Envenomed Storyteller’s Journal
Other Artifact Choices
Lantern of Revelation
Arcturia’s Music Box
Trobriands Ring
Staff of Flowers
Halaster’s Blast Scepter
Shard of Orcus’ Wand
Ranger Hunter Enchantments
When getting enchantments, always get the ones with the stats you are lacking in with your gear, boons, etc in mind.

If you still need to refine your enchantments, see our Refinement Guide for tips on how to farm refinement.

Offense Enchantments
Cobalt Enchantment
Garnet Enchantment
Citrine Enchantment
Amethyst Enchantment
Jade Enchantment

Defense Enchantments
Garnet Enchantment
Utility Enchantments
Garnet Enchantment
Bonus Enchantments
Recharge Speed

Combat Enchantments
Poisoned Thorn
Cursed Burn

Overload Enchantments
Rage of Flames or Devil’s Precision
Various Marks from Stronghold Vendor
Corrupt Black Ice / Lethal / Piercing
Black / Red Dragon Glyph

Armor Reinforcement Kits
Critical Strike or Severity or Accuracy Kit

Jewelry Reinforcement Kits
Combat Advantage Jewel

Ranger Hunter Consumables & Buffs
Consider getting VIP for the Power of VIP HP buff if you aren’t already. Also always stand in campfires to get the +1 ability campfire buff.

Pick one from each of the categories below depending on the stats you are lacking.

Invocation Blessing: Grace of Battle / Gift of Awareness / Righteous Boon / Gamber’s Fortune

Stronghold Food: Seared Tuna / Prime Rib / Ratatouille

Event Food: Watermelon Sorbet / Hotwings / Squash Soup / Mochi

Elixir: Wild Storm Elixir

Potion: Superior Flask of Potency +1

Reusable Item: Awakened Forger’s Box > Empowered Chain of Scales > Adorable Pocket Pet > Tymora’s Lucky Coin

Ranger Hunter Companions
Summoned Companion
For your summoned companion you have the choice between using Augmented companions which will make it easier to cap stats or an active combat companion which will do damage.

Augment Companion Choices
This is just a selection of augment companions. Use one that has the stats you need.

Owlbear Cub
Bulette Pup
Deepcrow Hatchling
Ioun Stones
Quasit

Active Companion Choices
Pseudodragon
Honey Badger
Tomb Spider
Spined Devil
Kuo-Toa
Wayward Wizard (AoE)
Regis (AoE)

Enchantment Power
Potency
Acute Senses
Potent Precision
Precision

Companion Powers
Below is a selection of viable companion powers.

Offense Powers
Wulfgar (Wulfgar’s Wrecking) – 4.7% Combat Advantage & Accuracy
Drizzt (Drizzt’s Devestation) – 4.7% Critical Change & Severity
Neverwinter Knight (Neverwinter Knight’s Discipline) – 7.5% Outgoing Damage
Wild Hunt Rider (Wild Hunt Discipline) – 2/3/5% chance to increase damage by 10% for 5 seconds.
Siege Master (Siege Master’s Discipline) – Combined Rating – Increases the power of your At-Will powers by 11% (Doubled on Stronghold Map)
Black Dragon Ioun Stone (Black Dragon’s Insight) – 7.5% Critical Chance
Staldorf (Staldorf’s Presence) – 7.5% Combat Advantage
Razorwood (Twigblight’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Accuracy
Hawk (Hawk’s Insight’s) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Critical Chance
Armored Orc Wolf (Orc Wolf’s Instincts) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Accuracy
Batiri (Batiri’s Wisdom) – 11% Damage Versus Bosses
Misc (The Bigger They Are) – More damage against big mobs (bosses)
Dancing Blade (Dancing Blade’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Severity & Combat Advantage
Flame Sprite (Flamesprite’s Insight) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Accuracy
Golden Cat (Golden Cat’s Insight’s) – 7,5% Combat Advantage

Defense Powers
Phasespider (Phasespider’s Presence) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Combat Advantage
Fire Archon (Fire Archon’s Insight) – 10% on At-Will use to increase Combat Advantage for 10 seconds
Utility Powers
Alchemist Experimenter (Alchemist’s Discipline) – 3.8% Critical Chance & Combat Advantage
Golden Cat (Golden Cat’s Insight) – 7.5% Combat Advantage
Companion Equipment
Double offense slotted “Of the Companion” gear

Companion Enchantment
Companion Enchancement

Ranger Hunter Mounts
Bolster
When it comes to mounts, you should focus on getting them all to Mythic quality to increase Bolster.

Bolster Contribution depends on the quality of the mount, with Mythic mounts contributing 10% Bolster, this again increases the values of your Equip Power and Combat Power.

Mount Insignia Bonuses
All classes and specs should consider using Wanderer’s Fortune and or Traveler’s Treasures before you have refined all your gear and enchantments, for extra refinement every day.

Insignia bonuses are mostly down to preference. Some boost damage a bit, and some boost survivability, while others add utility.

DPS
Warlord’s Inspiration
Artificers Persuasion
Assassin’s Covenant
Calvary’s Warning
Gladiator’s Guile

Self Healing
Barbarian’s Revelry
Survivor’s Blessing
Survivor’s Gift
Knight’s Rebuke
Oppressor’s Reprieve

Utility
Wanderer’s Fortune
Traveler’s Treasures
Insignia Type
Insignia of Dominance
Insignia of Brutality
Insignia of Aggression
Insignia of Skill

Mount Collars
Sturdy Crescent Collar
Suportive Crescent Collar
Unified Crescent Collar
Wayfaring Barbed Collar
Unified Regal Collar
Ranger Hunter Mount Powers

Mount Equip Power:
Ferocious Predator (Power & Critical Severity)
Armor Breaker (Critical Severity)
Rapid Accuracy (Accuracy)
Precision (Critical Strike & Severity)
Ruthless Efficiency (Critical Strike
Dominant Force (Power)

Mount Combat Power:
Tunnel Vision (Several)
Golden Touch (Golden Warhorse)
Divine Intervention (Celestial Wings)
Cauldron Fumes (Hag’s Hexing Cauldron)
Giant Toad Tongue Lash (Giant Toad)

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How To Create a Hunter Ranger

Hunter Ranger Class Description
The Hunter Ranger in the Neverwinter MMORPG is a character class focused on taking out enemies from a distance, finishing them off quickly. Hunter Rangers focus on ranged damage, to engage enemies before they can get close to the Hunter Ranger. They cannot withstand much punishment from enemies, so strategy and tactics play a large role in a Hunter Ranger. Play a Hunter Ranger if you like characters that attack from a distance using strategy versus brawn.

Hunter Ranger Class Role Specifics
The Dungeons and Dragons 4e role that Hunter Rangers fit into is the Striker, a DPS (Damage Per Second) class. Hunter Rangers specifically focus on concentrating their efforts on a doing lots of damage to many enemies. Many of their powers focus on doing damage to an area rather than a single powerful enemy. They favor offense over defense, using powers that attack a group of enemies with deadly force.

Their primary method of defeating enemies is by doing a lot of damage, fast. This has the advantage of taking out many weaker enemies quickly. For more powerful enemies, the Hunter Ranger can root, or hold monsters in place, for a short duration, allowing a little more time to finish them off. Hunter Rangers should focus on as many weaker enemies as possible so they can take them out quickly. Then the Hunter Ranger can use close in powers to battle whatever is left.

Hunter Rangers have the ability to switch between two completely different sets of powers. The first set of powers is all range focused and the second is melee focused. Hunter Rangers change between these two fighting styles by using the Tab key. Though this is a fun strategy, the Hunter Ranger tends to be much more effective and survivable using the ranged mode as their primary way to defeat enemies.

Creating a Hunter Ranger
When you create a Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter, keep in mind the primary abilities that make a good Hunter Ranger:

Dexterity– Dexterity is a must for a Hunter Ranger. Your skill and ability with ranged combat is primarily determined by it. This should be a Hunter Ranger’s main purpose.
Strength – Strength is the best second option for a Hunter Ranger. This helps the melee side of a Hunter Ranger perform a little better.

Picking a Race for your Hunter Ranger
Next, you will need to select the race of the character you want to play. A couple of good choices for Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter are Elves and Half-Orcs. These races may give you a slight advantage just starting out with their stat boosts. However, as you level, you can easily mitigate any advantage you may have had through assigning leveling points, feat points, and magic items. So don’t worry too much about what stats the race gives you.

Instead, choose a race that makes you happy, then look at the racial abilities they may offer as secondary, and lastly look to the ability bonuses the race may offer.

Rolling Dice for Ability Scores
You will roll virtual dice to determine starting ability scores. When you roll up your character you can roll all you want. So make sure you keep rolling until you get the best stats possible for your Hunter Ranger. Dexterity should be maxed out, and Strength should also be very high. If you can, try to get your character’s Constitution at an OK score. Your other ability points will affect your character some, but not much, and not as importantly as your two primary abilities.

When you level up these abilities throughout your career as a Hunter Ranger, you should put 1 point in Dexterity and 1 in Strength every time, unless you plan to raid heavily. If that is the case, you may want to put a few points into Constitution.

Items and Gear for a Hunter Ranger
The items and gear in the game definitely help fine tune your Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter. As a Hunter Ranger your main purpose is to deal damage so make sure to keep all your weapons upgraded including all of the offensive item enhancements. The more damage a Hunter Ranger can do, the better, so make dealing damage your main focus. Power and Critical work great for Hunter Rangers when it’s time to decide on enchantments. If a Hunter Ranger keeps these up to date, they should be able to handle most solo content that is appropriate for their level.

Armor and other protective items should not be neglected on a Hunter Ranger. Hunter Rangers should avoid duking it out with enemies but there will be times that the Hunter Ranger will be getting hit. When these occasions arise, it is important to have decent defensive gear.

Playing a Hunter Ranger
When you are playing a Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter you will want to keep your eye out for enemies. The advantage of Hunter Rangers comes from surprising enemies, not the other way around. When a group of enemies is found, find the best place to stage your battle, preferably as far as possible from the group of enemies you are about to engage. Then open up with your most powerful Area of Effect (AOE) attacks. Follow that up with your less powerful or single target attacks. With decent gear and a good plan, the Hunter Ranger should be able to dominate just about any encounter they begin.

If the tables turn and the Hunter Ranger is ambushed, it can be a different story altogether. Make sure to have a backup plan in case this happens, because it will on occasion. In this case Hunter Rangers can tackle the problem by either jumping right into melee mode or by using some of the evasion powers to skip away from the ambush and unload their ranged powers. Be ready with whatever tactic and powers suit your particular gaming style.

Daily Powers for Hunter Rangers are best used when they are ambushed or get stuck into melee combat. Unlike other classes that rely on frequent use of Daily Powers, it is much better to wait to use them until they are needed. When things go bad, Hunter Rangers can quickly get overwhelmed, so it is important to have these Daily Powers ready to use.

Hunter Rangers should be able to look out for themselves in a battle, with a few powers they can use to heal and buff themselves. Try to have at least one available to use. As a Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter, you definitely need healing potions. Make sure to have a good supply of these as you head into dungeons. Also be sure to pick up the newest, most powerful healing potions as soon as they are available to you. You want to have the best healing available, and plenty of it!

You can also get short term buffs through collectibles you will gather in each of the public areas. Make sure to use these collectibles and turn them into the Bounty Boards to get items to use for short term bonuses. These will always relate to the area you are in so use them while you are in the area.

Companions of your Hunter Ranger
As you learn to play your Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter you will learn what you like and what you don’t. You will get a feel for your character and what may be a good complement to your style. This is where your companion choices will come into play in Neverwinter.

Companions are the last thing these basic or Heroic guides will talk about. Heroic is level 1-20 and somewhere in your mid to late teens you will be able to afford a companion. There are many different ones to choose from but only a few real roles that they will serve.

I found that the best companion for my Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter was a Guardian. They worked well to pull the enemies together making them easy pickings for a Hunter Ranger. Though if you really push the speed of running into encounters, the guardian companion can get worn down.

The other choice would be a leader (healer) companion. This often is the default companion for players. I found, though, that if encounters with enemies were managed right, the healer companion didn’t get much work except during a boss fight. Most observant players should be able to tell when a boss fight is coming and switch to a healing companion if they feel they might need it. This technique worked really well for me.

Grouping as a Hunter Ranger
When you are playing a Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter, you will want to group with others. If you play your Hunter Ranger well, you’ll be vital to the group’s success. All classes can be played poorly but a well-played Hunter Ranger will really help to make a group dominate a quest.

When a Hunter Ranger is in a group, they should take out the groups of weaker creatures quickly, then help with the more powerful enemies:

With the Hunter Ranger’s range and skill at AOE Powers, they can easily handle the weaker groups of enemies.
Hunter Rangers can do a lot of damage quickly, but it is important to let others engage powerful enemies first because they cannot take the attention like other classes.

It’s important to know that a well-played Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter should always keep the attention of the party’s enemies off themselves. This can be hard to do at times because of the Hunter Ranger’s abilities but by checking targets and having a little patience, the Hunter Ranger should be able to play a key role and help keep the group alive.

Remember to keep an eye on your other party members, especially the healers or controllers. If needed, a Hunter Ranger can help out as an off tank or melee fighter in a pinch. Hunter Rangers do have a few abilities they can use to slow and debuff enemies, which can really help out on tougher fights.

The main thing to keep in mind when playing a Hunter Ranger is to clear out the weak enemies with AOE powers and avoid getting the attention of the more powerful enemies while still utilizing your abilities. If you find that your Hunter Ranger is getting too much attention, try cycling through enemies to spread out the hate generated between the enemies.

Player Versus Player as a Hunter Ranger
Disclaimer of Bias: First off let me say that Dungeons and Dragons has never been, nor ever should be, a game based on single player versus player battles. The whole point of Dungeons and Dragons is to bring players together in a group, not have them fight each other. To this end, each role in Dungeons and Dragons is meant to be part of a whole cohesive unit. Each piece cannot be balanced on its own, due to the unique role each fill. Being able to kill something is a very narrow view of what makes a character. That is just one thing in a long list of things that makes any Dungeons and Dragons game and group successful. Player versus player is a bit blasphemous, in my opinion, and goes against the true spirit of Dungeons and Dragons. However, group versus group battles are more reasonable and have a better chance of succeeding in balance. I will talk a little about both below.

Hunter Rangers in solo player versus player combat can be pretty powerful as long as they can avoid face to face battles. Hunter Rangers can deal a good amount of damage quickly, but they will not be able to take much damage. If you are caught or cornered in PVP most classes can handle a Hunter Ranger. So, the trick is to keep moving and to not let yourself be cornered.

In group-based player versus player combat, a Hunter Ranger can be a boon. With their ability to fight at great range they can quickly switch between battles in PVP to help players in need. The biggest thing is that the Hunter Ranger is dependent on the party communicating so they know where they can be of most aid.

In a group, the Hunter Ranger can rain devastation down on an opposing group. This makes them a prime target, so make sure to keep moving and watch for those that will be trying to take you out. It is a good idea to have at least one power ready in PVP just to escape those that track you down.

Overview of a Hunter Ranger
All in all, a Hunter Ranger in Neverwinter is a lot of fun to play. They are great at soloing and can be a welcome addition to by group.

Hunter Rangers can take a little patience to play correctly. With their ability to switch between range and melee, there are a couple of different approaches that can be taken when playing a Hunter Ranger. They seem to work best at range as their primary mode of fighting, with melee as their second, but they are feasible either way.

Through the use of feats and Paragon abilities, you will be able to tune your Hunter Ranger into the specific kind of character you want for Neverwinter.

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Post by Xxsuperheroxx on Aug 24, 2023 11:24:35 GMT -6

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General Powers/Abilities

Shift (Tactical, Personal): Quickly shift out of the way of incoming attacks, moves you 8 feet in any direction.
Nature (Skill)
Grasping Roots (Mechanic): Some of your powers apply grasping roots, tethering your enemy to their current location. (note: weak roots are stretchy, and larger enemies seem to be able to break the roots)

Combat Powers

Daily

Seismic Shot pt.0 80' Fire a concussive blast into the ground, causing a shockwave that pulls enemies in and damages them. Costs 100% Action Points.

Forest Ghost pt. 10 15' Slip into the forest where you remain unseen for a short duration. While hidden, you automatically strike nearby foes you come across. (Each target will not be attacked more than once per second.) Costs 50% Action Points.

Forest Meditation pt.10 personal Become one with the forest, regenerating hit points for several seconds. You may deactivate this power. Costs 75% Action Points.

Disruptive Shot pt.40 80' Quickly fire an arrow at your target's head, dealing damage and interrupting their attack. Costs 25% Action Points.

Cold Steel Hurricane pt.50 StromWarden 60' Call forth a mighty electrical storm in front of you, damaging and snaring foes that come in contact with it. Costs 100% Action Points.

Slasher's Mark pt.50 83' PathFinder lunge Leap to your target with a slashing strike, leaving behind a mark. This mark fortifies you and your allies by restoring Stamina or Guard Meter whenever they damage the marked target. Costs 100% Acton Points.

Class Feature
Aspect of the Falcon pt.0 Increase the range of your ranged powers by 3', and your Ranged powers deal additional damage based on your distance from your target (1% more damage for every 5').

Aspect of the Lone Wolf pt.15 30' burst Gain 5% deflect chance and 2% bonus deflect chance for each enemy within 15' of you. Maximum bonus 10%

Aspect of the Pack pt.15 25' burst If you are within a 10' radius of an ally, you and your ally again Combat Advantage.

Aspect of the Serpent pt.20 personal Add a stacking buff on every power use, increasing your damage by 2.5%. If the stacks are added from Ranged Stance, they will affect your melee attacks and vice versa. Each buffed attack reduces the stacks by 1.

Blade Storm pt.30 personal StromWarden When dealing melee damage, gain a 20% chance to deal an additional 16% of your attack's damage in an area around you.

Primal Instincts pt.30 PathFinder Call upon your Primal Instincts, increasing the effectiveness of the buffs granted by Boar Hide, Hawkeye, Oak Skin, and Stag Heart by 20%. Fox's Cunning has its duration increased by the same amount.

Stormstep Action pt.40 personal StormWarden Whenever you activate a Daily power, you reduce your Encounter cooldowns by up to 2 seconds based on the amount of Action Points spent. Forest Meditation reduces cooldowns by 1 second.

Pathfinder's Action pt.40 personal PathFinder When activating a Daily power, increase your Run Speed and Deflection Chance by 10% for 5 seconds.

Twin-Blade Storm pt.50 personal StormWarden Any time you hit more than 2 enemies, deal an additional 5% damage.

Cruel Recovery pt.50 personal PathFinder When you deal critical damage to an enemy, gain 1% of your maximum Hit Points as special Temporary Hit Points.

Seeker's Vengeance pt.60 personal Hunter Ranger When you strike a foe from behind, your attacks deal 10% more Damage.

Crushing Roots pt.65 personal Hunter Ranger Your Weak Grasping Roots now also Dazes the target for .125 sec and your Strong Grasping Roots Dazes your target for .25 sec.

At-Will
Rapid Shot/Rapid Strike ranger pt.0

Rank 1
Range: Rapid Shot - Fire a flurry of arrows at your enemy. Range 80'
Melee: Rapid Strike - Strike your target at close range. Melee
Rank 2
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%
Rank 3 (Spend 20 Points to unlock)
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%

Split Shot/Split Strike pt.0

Rank 1
Range: Split Shot - Shoot a spray of arrows at your enemy, dealing more damage the longer you focus. Range 80'
Melee: Split Strike - Quickly dash forward, striking enemies in front of you. Range 15'
Rank 2
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%
Rank 3 (Spend 20 Points to unlock)
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%

Aimed Shot pt.20 80' Take precise aim, firing an incredibly deadly shot into your enemy.

Aimed Strike pt.20 20' Take careful aim, striking your foe in a vital spot. Causes significant bleed damage but can only stack once.

Electric Shot pt.35 80' Fire a storm-imbued arrow at your target, causing a deadly gust of damage in an area around them.

Clear the Ground pt.35 personal Slice your enemies in an area around you, dealing extra damage the closer they are.

Hunter's Teamwork pt.35 80' You spot supplies on an enemy, and shoot an arrow at them to mark their location for a long duration. Your marked enemy deals less damage, and if killed, they drop supplies that can be picked up to restore a small amount of Action Points, Stamina, and Hit Points to everyone on your team. You may only have one target designated at a time.

Careful Attack pt.35 40' You study your target, signaling gaps in their defense to your allies. Enemies studied in this way are damaged by this power when they are hurt by an At-Will, Encounter or Daily power. Applying this debuff does not build threat, but the damage itself does. Damage effect can not be triggered more than once every 1.5 seconds, and you can only have 1 target studied at a time.

Encounter

Marauder's Escape/Marauder's Rush pt.0

Rank 1
Range: Marauder's Escape - Dash Backward 50 feet, escaping your enemies.
Melee: Marauder's Rush - Rush your target, striking them with your weapons. 83' lunge
Rank 2
Range: Action Point Bonus: +100%
Melee: Damage: +10%
Rank 3 (Spend 20 Points to unlock)
Range: Action Point Bonus: +100%
Melee: Damage: +10%

Hindering Shot/Hindering Strike pt.5

Rank 1
Range: Hindering Shot - Fire two arrows into your enemy's shins, applying Weak Grasping Roots. This power has 3 charges. 80'
Melee: Hindering Strike - Slash your enemies ankles, applying Strong Grasping Roots. Personal.
Rank 2
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%
Rank 3 (Spend 20 Points to unlock)
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Damage: +10%

Rain of Arrows/Rain of Swords pt.5

Rank 1
Range: Rain of Arrows - Fire several shots into the air which rain down on enemies in a small area. 80'
Melee: Rain of Swords - Adds 50% bleed damage. 30'
Rank 2
Range: Damage: +10%
Melee: Adds 50% bleed damage
Rank 3 (Spend 20 Points to unlock)
Range: Damage: +10%

Thorn Ward/Thorn Strike pt.15

Rank 1
Range: Thorn Ward - Summon a thorn ward to attack your enemies. Each attack reduces the target's defenses by a slight amount. 40'
Melee: Thorn Strike - Strike your opponent with thorny vines. Deals additional Damage Based on how full the enemy's health is. 15'
Rank 2
Range: Ward Duration: +6

Constricting Arrow/Steel Breeze pt.20
Constricting Arrow 80'Fire an arrow at your opponent, causing Strong Grasping Roots to constrict around them and all foes near them.
Steel Breeze personal

Boar Hide pt.30 personal Channeling the thick skin of the boar, you grant yourself, and nearby allies, 5 stacks of Thick Skin which increases your Damage Resistance by 4% per stack. Taking damage removes a single stack.

Boar Charge pt.30 26 lunge, Charge your foe, dealing damage and knocking them to the ground.

Split the Sky pt.30 (StormWarden) pt.30 80' Lacerate the sky, opening a storm in a large area. Periodically, a random enemy in this area will be struck by lightning, snaring them and dealing damage. Additionally, enemies who attack you or your allies in this area will be struck by the same lightning.

Throw Caution pt.30 (StormWarden) 15'Quickly strike your target, and risk lowering your defenses to deal increased damage for a short period.

Ambush personal pt.30 (Pathfinder) Hide in tall grasses, gaining Ambush and Stealth for a short period. Ambush causes your next attack to deal bonus damage. Targets succesfully damaged by your Ambush take additional damage from your Encounter powers for a short duration. (Bonus damage reduced for Area of Effect attacks) Stealth and Ambush end when you use a power.

Bear Trap pt.30 (pathfinder) melee Toss a massive bear trap at target location. The first opponent to walk near the trap will trigger it, and they will be Stunned momentarily, become Slowed, and start bleeding. This ability has 2 charges.

Hawk Shot pt.35 80'Fire an arrow towards your target that deals damage to all enemies in a line. The arrow deals up to 50% more damage based on distance, capping at 60'.

Hawkeye pt.35 personal With the precision of a Hawk, you grant yourself, and nearby allies, 5% increased damage with Encounter powers for 5 seconds.

Binding Arrow pt.45 80' Fire an arrow at your opponent, binding them with Strong Grasping Roots. If another foe is directly behind them, the vines will bind them as well.

Oak Skin pt.45 personal Enhances yourself, as well as nearby allies, with Oaken Skin for 9 seconds. Oaken Skin heals you for 9% of your maximum life over its duration and increases your incoming healing by 10% while active.

Commanding Shot pt.45 80' With the powerful bugle of the Stag, your shot lowers the damage your target deals and increases the damage they take for a short period.

Stag Heart pt.45 personal Grant yourself the constitution of the Stag, giving yourself, and nearby allies Temporary Hit Points equal to 7.5% of their maximum life..

Fox's Cunning pt.50 personal With the precise timing of the Fox, you and nearby allies dodge the next incoming attack within 8 seconds.

Fox's Shift pt.50 15'Dash to nearby targets, reducing their runspeed while increasing your own. Each target can only be hit twice.

Longstrider's Shot pt.60 80' You launch a swift arrow at your target. If you are standing at least 30' away from the target all allies gain a damage bonus and 60% move speed for 4 seconds. This speed bonus diminishes to 0 over 4 seconds.

Gushing Wound pt.60 15' You slice a target, causing them to bleed over 20 seconds. Allies who strike this target cause the bleed to advance, ticking immediately.

Cordon of Arrows pt.65 personal Designate a target location. If a hostile creature steps within 15' of it, it becomes entangled, takes damage, and is pulled to the center of the trap. You may have a maximum of 3 of these areas active at any time.

Plant Growth pt.65 personal Slash your foe, causing plants to grow wildly around them, rooting all targets for 10 seconds (5 seconds on players). This root breaks if the target takes more than 500% of your weapon damage.

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