Ranger Equipment Guide

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Notes

• Arrows and Bolts that can be made into quivers will be BOLD.
• Item notes will be in Italics below the item name

Ranged Weapons

	Archery	Marksmanship	Bullets	Arrows	Bolts
Lv 1	Shortbow +1 The +1 gives +3 Ranged ACC just buy it	Light Crossbow +1 The +1 gives +3 Ranged ACC just buy it		Wooden Arrow Use these they cost ~4 gill each from NPC's	Crossbow Bolt Use these they cost ~5 gill each from NPC's
Lv 5	Longbow Longbow +1 +1 or Bust on this one as well
Lv 10				Bone Arrow NPC's sell for ~4 each use these asap	Blind Bolt Blinds the enemy useful if you have the speace Quiver-Able
Lv 12	Hunter's Longbow The first RNG only bow, very good for awile	Crossbow +1 +1 is only one worth getting
Lv 15				Fang Arrow More damage and +5 accuracy use if you can afford	Acid Bolt Extremely useful on crabs, works like a low level dispel as well as def-. Quiver-Able
Lv 16	Power Bow +1 Only real thing worth replacing Hunter's Longbow until level 30
Lv 17				Beetle Arrow Less dmn the Fangs bit cheaper and Quiver-able Quiver-Able
Lv 20					Sleep Bolt Very useful for when there are links Quiver-Able
Lv 24				Silver Arrow Bought from NPC for ~17 gill each
Lv 25					Bloody Bolt Deal damage and heal hp just plain sexy ^.^'Quiver-Able Venom Bolt Poison the mob ok bolt jsut dont use and try to sleep a mob ;p'Quiver-Able
Lv 29				Horn Arrow Good till 40
Lv 30	Great Bow +1 I strongly recommend the +1	Zamburak +1			Holy Bolt Cheap, deals decent damage as well as added holy damage based on MND. Holy damage does not get calculated into enmity gain. A perfect bolt to TP gain with for thrifty rangers.'Quiver-Able
Lv 40	Shikar Bow What I recommend personally Battle Bow +1 Little better then Shikar Bow but a lot more expensive			Scorpion Arrow Just simply the next upgrade usable to 60'Quiver-Able	Mythril Bolt Just simply the next upgrade usable to 52'Quiver-Able
Lv 50	War Bow +1 Use till 70 unless you can get help on the level 55 or 60 bow's	Musketeer Gun Good gun. Use with Silver bullets	Silver Bullet Best bullet use till 75'Quiver-Able	Bodkin Arrow More expensive and not much better your choice, also not quiverable
Lv 52					Darksteel Bolt Use for rest of game'Quiver-Able
Lv 55	Eurytos' Bow/Vali's Bow Best bow other than relic
Lv 60	Selene's Bow Good bow for its level, if you haven't managed to get the 55 bow			Demon Arrow Use for the rest of the game'Quiver-Able Patriarch Protector's Arrow Macro in with unlimited shot for weaponskills	Gold Musketeer's Bolt Macro in with unlimited shot for weaponskills
Lv 71	Master Caster's Bow Not as good as the lvl 55 bow's. You can use this until you get one of those tho Cobra Bow Slightly better then Master Caster's Bow still not Vali's/Eurytos'

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Notes

• Recommended items will be BOLD.
• Item notes will be in Italics below the item name

Ranger Mele Weapons and Armor Chart

	Main	Sub	Head	Neck	Body	Hands	Legs	Feet	Back	Waist	Earrings	Rings
Lv 1	Bronze Axe Might as well use an axe if you can get it if not use whatever you can get		Circlet Just defense nothing special		Robe Just defense nothing special	Cuffs Just defense nothing special	Slops Just defense nothing special	Ash Clogs Just defense nothing special		Blood Stone +5 HP	Cassie Earring Strength +1, Vitality +1, Convert MP to HP +50	Copper Ring x 2 HP +1, MP -1
Lv 5
Lv 7	Beestinger +1 AGI +1 DEX, poor damage, use in PTs.			Wing Pendant Super easy quest, +1 AGI				Bounding Boots/ Leaping Boots Best boots till AF.
Lv 10			Royal Footman's Bandana +1 Agi so more ranged accuracy
Lv 12									Traveler's Mantle Use till Nomad's.
Lv 14				Ranger's Necklace Useable till 75 but there are better things.
Lv 15			Njord's Mask +1 Ranged Attack
Lv 16					Trailer's Tunica R/EX drop from Maltha							Bone Ring +1 First of many rings for racc.
Lv 20								Royal Footman's Clogs has Agi bonus on it, use if you don't have bounding/leaping.
Lv 21												Beetle Ring +1 Another racc ring
Lv 24			Empress Hairpin Just get it and stop complaining already						Nomad's Mantle +1 Use till Bullseye cape or Amemet +1
Lv 28	Archer's Knife Dual wield these till Hawker's.	Archer's Knife
Lv 29								Savage Gaiters STR is good for rattk, only Mithra though.				Bowyer Ring RARE racc and rattk
Lv 30	Hawker's Knife Dual wield these till Francisca & Kriegsbeil	Hawker's Knife	Noct Beret +1 Use this if you don't have Emperor/Empress hairpin.		Noct Doublet +1 Use till AF or JSE	Noct Gloves +1 Use till AF or Deadeye	Noct Brais +1 Use till Jaridah or Akinji	Noct Gaiters +1 Use if you don't have Royal Footman's Clogs.		Mercenary Captain's Belt Use till RK Belt
Lv 35											Drone Earring Use till 75 or Triumph Earrings.	Horn Ring +1 Yet another racc ring
Lv 38	Chiroptera Dagger NM Drop, better than Hawker's, but long pop time
Lv 40				Jagd Gorget great piece to get								Crossbowman's Ring / Marksman's Ring rattk ring / racc ring
Lv 45												Carapace Ring +1 another racc ring
Lv 50					Shikaree Aketon +7 rattk, -1 enmity					Royal Knight's Belt
Lv 52						Hunter's Bracers Af Gloves
Lv 54			Hunter's Beret Af Head
Lv 55												Scorpion Ring +1 another racc ring
Lv 56							Hunter's Braccae Af legs
Lv 58					Hunter's Jerkin Af body
Lv 60						Deadeye Gloves
Lv 61	Trailer's Kukri +14 Racc	Trailer's Kukri +14 Racc							Amemet Mantle +1 next best back since Nomad's Mantle
Lv 63	Fransisca NM drop, +7 Racc & rattk, Fairly easy to obtain with help
Lv 67												Marid Ring +1 another racc might wait till Behemoth ring in 3 levels though
Lv 70		Kriegsbeil +4 Racc, +8 Rattk, +5 AGI. Very good offhand/mainhand with Fransisca	Optical Hat Best racc head piece R/EX drop off Hakutaku War Beret +1 Will work if you dont have Ohat					War Boots +1 Rattak +6		Scout's Belt		Behemoth Ring +1 Best racc ring you can get
Lv 71-75							Lv 72 Scout's Braccae	Lv 74 Scout's Socks