Ranger

Rangers in Dragon Quest X

The Ranger (レンジャー, Renjā) is a recurring, nature-themed vocation in the Dragon Quest series. Eschewing the typical Robin Hood designs seen in other games, DQ rangers are modeled after the inhabitants of the great Steppes such as the Mongolians and American Indians.

Characteristics

The Ranger's statistics vary from game to game. In Dragon Quest VI, the Ranger increases Agility and Wisdom and gives the party an increased chance to flee from battle at higher ranks, though it decreases several other attributes as well. In Dragon Quest IX, the Ranger is most Deft of all vocations, and serves as a physically oriented jack-of-all-trades by providing buffs, healing, and above-average damage output even from the back row. Though the vocation's only high stat is deftness, their tool-set is broad enough to cover a wide variety of circumstances while providing relief for the party's main healer, and also inflict tremendous damage through the powerful Wolf Whistle skill.

Dragon Quest VI

A character requires mastery of the Merchant, Thief and Monster Master vocations to become a Ranger. Becoming a Ranger allows a character to flee battle more easily at higher ranks. Note that vocation flee rates stack with base encounter flee rates; I.E. being at rank 1 does not cut the base chance in half.

Vocation trait

Rank	Flee Rate
1	1/8
2	1/8
3	3/8
4	3/8
5	5/8
6	5/8
7	5/8
8	8/8

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	199
Strength	-10%
Agility	+20%
Resilience	-20%
Wisdom	+10%
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+20%
Trait	Increased chance of fleeing the enemy
Mastery Bonus	+20 Agility

• In the SFC and DS versions of 'VI', the Ranger's MP is reduced by 30%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Woodcutter	Holy Protection	1	Party	Generates a holy aura that keeps weaker monsters away.	4
2	Trailblazer	Venom Mist	20	One group	Envenomates a group of enemies.	0
3	Gatherer	Safe Passage	50	Party	Travel with impunity across terrain that would otherwise cause harm.	2
4	Trapper	Stomp	80	All enemies	Creates a violent vibration that shakes up enemies.	0
5	Tracker	Dazzleflash	110	Enemy group	Blinds the enemy with a bright flash of light.	0
6	Stalker	Defending Champion	140	Self	Greatly reduces the damage inflicted by physical attacks.	0
7	Predator	Pyre o' Fire	170	One enemy	A pillar of flame that singes the enemy.	0
8	King of the Hunt	Backdraft	200	Self	Whips up a tailwind that reflects an enemy breath attack.	0

Dragon Quest VII

The Ranger vocation does not appear at all in either version of Dragon Quest VII; due to a localization error, the Armamentalist vocation was dubbed the Ranger in the PSX script.

Dragon Quest IX

The Hero must finish the quest Ranger Changer to unlock this vocation. By talking to a person at the base of the Heights of Loneliness, the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.

Rangers have the unique skillset Ruggedness, and can also use skill points to learn Axe, Bow, Boomerang, and Fisticuffs skills. Their Coup-de-Grace is "Brownie Boost," which increases attack, defense, and applies Insulate.

Stats

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	31	510
MP	14	229
Strength	18	305
Agility	16	264
Resilience	14	241
Magical Might	0	0
Magical Mending	12	200
Deftness	30	500
Charm	4	61

Ruggedness

Accolade	Required points	Name	Effects
Backpacker	4	Soothe Sayer	Calms an enraged enemy
Happy Camper	10	Natural Deftness +10	Permanently adds 10 to deftness
Outdoorsman/woman	16	Mercy	Gives a weakened enemy a chance to escape
Forest Dweller	22	Natural Agility +20	Permanently adds 20 to agility
Wild Child	32	Vanish	Hides party on field; reduces user's chance of being attacked
Survivalist	42	Natural Resilience +20	Permanently adds 20 to resilience
Bushcraftsman/woman	55	Mist Me	Summons fog that thwarts enemy attacks
Talented tracker	68	Natural Deftness +30	Permanently adds 30 to deftness
Pathfinder	82	Wolf Whistle	Summons two wolves to attack enemy
King/Queen of the Jungle	100	Natural Deftness +60	Permanently adds 60 to deftness

Spells

Name	Level	MP	Description
Safe Passage	3	2	Travel with impunity across harmful terrain.
Squelch	4	2	Cures a single ally of the effects of poison.
Evac	7	3	Exit instantly from dungeons, caves, and towers.
Heal	10	2	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally.
Insulate	12	4	Protects a party member from breath-based attacks.
Tingle	16	2	Cures all party members of the effects of paralysis.
Cock-a-doodle-doo	18	2	Awakens any sleeping party members.
Midheal	22	4	Restores at least 75 HP to a single ally.
Zing	24	8	Resurrects a fallen ally, but sometimes fails.
Insulatle	26	8	Protects the whole party from breath-based attacks.
Moreheal	34	8	Restores at least 165 HP to a single ally.

Revocation Award

• Medal of Freedom

Dragon Quest X

Rangers were added to the game in the version 1.1 update. The stat spread and abilities are similar to the previous game, and the class has the highest deftness by far once again. The biggest difference between IX and X for the ranger is that the tenth game gives them access to Rubblerouser, Boulderbringer, Mountainmover and Ridgeraiser as their sole offensive spells.

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Dragon Quest Walk

Rangers as they appear in Walk

The ranger vocation was added to the game in the January update. Unlocking it requires that a player reach level 50 in the thief and martial artist vocations, the latter of which due to the monster master not being present in the game. The vocation's weapon choices are Boomerangs, Claws, Knives, and Whips

Trivia

• The rank accolades for the Japanese version of VI are taken from the Super Sentai series of tokusatsu television programs, rather than any bushcraft or survivalist terms. They are:

• White ranger (シロレンジャー)
• Yellow ranger (キレンジャー)
• Red ranger (アカレンジャー)
• Blue ranger (アオレンジャー)
• Black ranger (クロレンジャー)
• Power ranger (パワーレンジャー)
• Mega ranger (メガレンジャー)
• King ranger (キングレンジャー)

• Due to their natural deftness and the alterations done to stealing mechanics in Dragon Quest IX, a Ranger will typically be better at robbing monsters than a Thief if no stat boosting items are equipped.