Welcome to our Ranger Guide, updated for mod 16: Undermountain and Level 80. In this guide, we will give you tips and info on how to play the Ranger class, previously called the Hunter Ranger.

The Ranger is a melee & ranged DPS class, with a lot of crowd control abilities as well.

This build is a Melee Warden build as this is the best DPS build for Rangers currently. We will be posting a ranged based build later, along with updating this one continously.

This Ranger guide is meant as a general guideline. To get the most out of your character, tailor him or her to your playstyle. The Neverwinter Reddit is a good place to start if you want to learn more about your class. More builds and further info can also be found at MMOMinds.

Ranger Warden Guide Index

Basic Ranger Warden Info

Best Ranger Warden Races

1. Metallic Ancestry Dragonborn – 3% + Healing – +2 to Any two stats – 1500 Crit – 3% Increased Damage
2. Dragonborn – 3% HP + Healing – +2 to Any two stats – 1500 Crit – 3% Increased Damage
3. Wood Elf: 1% Critical Chance. +2 Dex and Wis. 10% Resistance to Slow
4. Drow: Darkfire (Defense Reduction Proc). +2 Dex and +2 Wis or Cha. Trance (Heal quicker at camps)
5. Half-Orc – 5% Crit Severity – +2 Dex and +2 Con or Str – 10% Movement Speed for 3 sec when entering combat

Ranger Warden Ability Score Priority

Put all your available Ability Scores into Strength and Charisma.

Ranger Warden Stat / Rating Priority

Offensive Stats:

Armor Penetration (Caps at 68k) > Critical Strike (Caps at 68k) > Accuracy (Caps at 68k) Combat Advantage (Caps at 118k) > Power (No Cap)

Defensive Stats:

Defense (Caps at 68k) > Deflection (Caps at 68k) > Critical Avoidance (Caps at 73k) > Awareness (Caps at 78k) > HP (No Cap)

Ranger Warden Paragon Path & Powers

Ranger Warden Combat Powers

At-Will Powers: Storm Strike- Clear the Ground

Encounter Powers: Hindering Strike – Marauder’s Rush – Boar Charge

Daily Powers: Call of the Storm & Forest Ghost

Class Features: Blade Storm & Seeker’s Vengeance

Ranger Warden Feats

• Focused
• Storm’s Recovery
• Blade Hurricane
• Skirmisher’s Gambit
• Enhanced Conductivity

Ranger Warden Boons

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

Tier 1 Boons

• Recruit’s Training – 250 Power
• Critical Strike – 250 Crit
• Cultist Bulwark – 1000 HP

Tier 2 Boons

• Squire’s Training – 250 Power
• Armor Penetration – 250 Armor Penetration
• Demonic Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Demonic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. demons.

Tier 3 Boons

• Knight’s Training – 250 Power
• Combat Advantage – 250 Combat Advantage
• Dino Bulwark – 1000 HP

Tier 4 Boons

• Captain’s Training – 250 Power
• Accuracy – 250 Accuracy
• Necrotic Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Necrotic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. undead.

Tier 5 Boons (Choose 2)

• Focused Precision – 1% Crit Severity per rank
• Call of Power – 1% Action Point gain per rank
• Quick Turnaround – 1% Recovery Speed per rank.

Master Boons

• Blood Lust 3/3

Guild Boons

• Offense – Power
• Defense – Hit Points

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.

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.

If you want to plan out your character and see what items are available the Neverwinter Character Simulator is a great tool.

Head

Protégé’s / of the Spy’s Guild (Best in Slot)

Armor

Fured Kuino of the Bear (Best in Slot)

Arms

Terrored Grips (Best in Slot)

Feet

Heels of Fury (Best in Slot)

Weapons

Alabaster Longbow / Blades

Main Hand Modification:

Offhand Modifications:

Rings

Ring of the Shadowstalker +4/+5 (Best in Slot)

Neck & Waist

Orcus Set (Demogorgon’s Girdle of Might, Baphomet’s Infernal Talisman)

Shirt

Ebony Stained Shirt (Best in Slot)

Pants

Protégé’s Pants / Trousers of the Spy’s Guild

Ranger Warden Artifacts

Primary Artifact

Wyvern-Venom Coated Knives (Best in Slot)

Secondary Artifacts

Choose secondary artifacts based on the stats you are lacking.

Arcturia’s Music Box – Staff of Flowers – Shard of Orcus’ Ward (For set)

Ranger Warden Enchantments

When getting enchantments, always get the ones with the stats you are lacking in with your gear, boons, etc in mind. For example, if you’ve capped Crit with your gear and boons, don’t get azure enchantments for your offense slots. If you still need to refine your enchantments, see our Refinement Guide for tips on how to farm refinement.

Offence Enchantments

Radiant Enchantment

Defence Enchantments

Radiant Enchantment

Armor Enchantments

Barkshield Enchantment

Weapon Enchantments

Vorpal Enchantment

Overload Enchantments

Various Marks from Stronghold Vendor > Corrupt Black Ice / Lethal / Piercing > Black / Red Dragon Glyph

Armor Reinforcement Kits

Power Kits

Jewelry Reinforcement Kits

Combat Advantage Jewel

Ranger Warden Consumables & Buffs

Consider to get 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.

Get one from each of the rows below:

• Empowered Chain of Scales (Best in Slot) > Adorable Pocket Pet > Tymora’s Lucky Coin

• Wild Storm Elixir > Elixir of Fate

• Squash Soup > Watermelot Sorbet

Ranger Warden Companions

Companions changed a lot in mod 16, so the information below is not yet complete.

Summoned Companion

Bulette Pup or Quasit

Bolster

You will want to maximise your Bolster by having more of the same type of companion as your summoned companion, up to 15% Bolster.

Companion Powers

There is a lot of viable Companion powers to choose from. Generally, choose powers for the stats you are needing. This section will be updated further.

Companion Choices

• Deepcrow Hatchling
  
• Kenku Archer
  
• Ghost
  
• Mercenary
  
• Neverember Guard Archer
  
• Minstrel

Companion Equipment

Bold / Fierce / Heroic of the Companion

of Adorable Licks / Bites

Companion Runestones

Enigmatic – Arcane – Profane – Empowered – Recondite

Ranger Warden Mounts

When choosing a Legendary Mount for the Mount Powers, look for a mount that has both a useful equip and combat power. The best choices for a first legendary mount as a Ranger is a Swarm or a Tenser’s Floating Disk.

What other mounts you use is not that important. What is important is to get the right insignia bonuses, and many different mounts can offer the various bonuses. To find out what mount has the bonus you want, check out our Insignia Bonus Guide.

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

Ranger Mount Insignia Bonuses

Barbarian’s Revelry – Protector’s Camaraderie –  Artificer’s Persuasion – Gladiator’s Guile – Cavalry’s Warning

Insignia Type

Aggression – Brutality – Mastery – Dominance – Skill

Ranger Mount Powers

Mount Equip Power:

2000 or 4000 Power / Critical Strike / Armor Penetration / Accuracy

Mount Combat Power:

Bat Swarm (Swarm) (Best in Slot) > Tenser’s Transformation

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Neverwinter Ranger guide, please leave a comment below! More info about the Ranger class can be found at The Neverwinter Reddit. More builds and further info can also be found at MMOMinds.