Archer

Archers train their focus to hunt monsters with bow and arrow. They like to shoot from a safe distance, but up close they can still loose several arrows in a row before a target reaches them. Raised in the forests of Payon, they know the local plants and animals well. This page follows the current International Ragnarok Online (Renewal) data.

Archers deal high ranged physical damage with very good HIT. DEX is their main stat; they add AGI for attack speed or VIT for survival. Arrows with an element (such as Fire, Wind or Holy) hit harder on monsters weak to it; regular and elemental quivers are sold by the Quivering Merchant on the 2nd floor of the Eden Group.

At job level 10 as a Novice, go to the Archer Guild in the Archer Village in northeast Payon and talk to the Archer Guildsman behind the desk. You become an Archer and receive a Novice Composite Bow [3] plus one Normal, Fire and Silver Arrow Quiver each, and you learn Arrow Repel and Arrow Crafting for free.

Older test (Pre-Renewal / Classic): the guildsman asked for tree trunks worth at least 25 points, dropped by Willows near Payon (Trunk 1, Barren Trunk 2, Solid Trunk 3, Fine-grained Trunk 5 points). irowiki marks this test as no longer used on iRO Renewal.

An Archer has 5 skills, 50 skill points and 2 quest skills (Renewal values).

Icon	Skill	What it does	Max level
	Double Strafe	Up to 380% damage on one target.	10
	Arrow Shower	Up to 250% damage to targets in a 5×5 area.	10
	Improve Concentration	DEX and AGI up to +12% for a while; reveals hidden enemies in a 3×3 area when cast.	10
	Owl's Eye	Up to +10 DEX (passive).	10
	Vulture's Eye	More range and HIT with bows (passive).	10

Icon	Quest skill	What it does	Job level
	Arrow Crafting	Makes arrows out of various items.	30
	Arrow Repel	A 150% shot that pushes the target back 6 cells.	35

• Arrow Shower build: kill whole groups from a distance with Arrow Shower, using the right elemental arrow. DEX for ATK and HIT, VIT to survive, and some INT for SP.
• Double Strafe build: kill passive monsters such as Willow or Bigfoot one at a time with one or two Double Strafes, or finish with normal shots to save SP. DEX first, then AGI for ASPD and FLEE.

The Archer card set is a good early boost, possibly useful until level 99: AGI +5, DEX +3, ranged damage +20% and Perfect Hit +20. On an Archer-type class it also adds a 1% chance to cause Coma on Brute monsters and +5% EXP from Brutes. See Cards and Card Slots.

With the Catherina Von Blood [1] weapon you can level in the Sunken Ship from base level 3 up to 56: pay Fisk in Alberta 250 Zeny for the trip and use Arrow Shower.

Without that weapon: kill Roda Frogs for the Geffen Bounty Board until level 21, Bigfoots for the Payon board until 41, then Orc Warriors, Orc Ladies and Orc Babies for the Eden Group and Geffen board quests until 60. A single quest turn-in never gives more than one full level, so hand quests in when your EXP bar is low.

• Eden Group equipment quests start at level 12 and give free gear for your class that is good enough up to level 99.
• In Izlude, the Enchanter Mounds quest adds Max HP +100 and Max SP +50 to the Cotton Shirt every new Novice gets, which stays useful after the job change.
• Stat and skill resets are available, so a build can be fixed later; see Stats for what each stat does.