The Archer class is a class within Dungeons that focuses heavily on Bows and non-melee damage. This class depends heavily on ❁ Strength, ☣ Crit Chance and ☠ Crit Damage, like the Berserk class: as a result, both classes play very similarly.

It is worthy to note that it is much more recommended to play Berserk until one obtains a powerful bow like the  Juju Shortbow, or  Terminator: it is also not recommended to play this if one doesn't have a decent money-making method, as setups can get very expensive on later floors, especially in Master Mode.

Recommended Weapons

These are heavily recommended items/weapons to use when playing as the Archer class. The best of these often have requirements such as a high  Combat, Slayer, or  Catacombs level. Archer setups are very expensive by nature, and thus the best items will often cost and be worth tens, if not hundreds of millions of coins.

An important note is that most regular Bows that have a drawing time and do not fire instantly, which will be referred to as Longbows, will be almost entirely irrelevant.

Status	Slot	Name	Requirements	Notes
Early Game		Dragon Shortbow	Combat XV  Catacombs VIII (when dungeonised)	The  Dragon Shortbow is a good starting bow for Archers, granting very decent ❁ Strength and ☠ Crit Damage. If you play your cards right, this or the  Machine Gun Shortbow will be the first bow you use in Dungeons: it is decent up to Floor II, but useless beyond that.
Early Game		Machine Gun Shortbow	Catacombs II	The  Machine Gun Shortbow is a very early-game shortbow with decent stats, as well as the Rapid Fire ability that fires 40 arrows over the course of 8s. It is cheaper to fully upgrade than the  Dragon Shortbow and will be much more useful until Floor IV.
Mid-Game		Mosquito Shortbow	Spider Slayer VII  Catacombs XIII (when dungeonised)	The  Mosquito Shortbow is an all-around amazing bow for ❁ Damage, ❁ Strength, ☠ Crit Damage, and notably ♨ Vitality. The healing capabilities of its Nasty Bite ability are worthy of mention, although its ❁ Damage falls short of the  Juju Shortbow. This is also easier to grind for than the aforementioned  Juju Shortbow, but will take much longer.
Mid-Game		Juju Shortbow	Enderman Slayer V  Catacombs XV (when dungeonised)	The  Juju Shortbow is a bow all archers should aim for as soon as they obtain Enderman Slayer level 5 however, its a very stat reliant bow and should only be used if the player has +450 Magical Power, its high ❁ Damage and ☠ Crit Damage make it great for DPS and clearing rooms. As a result, the  Juju Shortbow is capable of killing minibosses in very short time. Unless you really want to play Archer early-game, it is recommended to play Berserk until you obtain a  Juju Shortbow.
Late Game		Terminator	Enderman Slayer VII  Catacombs XXVII (when dungeonised)	The  Terminator is commonly regarded as the best bow in the game. While it divides your ☣ Crit Chance by 4, it is exceptional for clearing mobs and has incredibly high ❁ Damage and ☠ Crit Damage. It is advised to aim for 400% ☣ Crit Chance to guarantee that every strike critically hits; Overload also pairs well with this, as high ☣ Crit Chance grants a chance to land a Mega Critical Hit: one should strive for at least 400 ☣ Crit Chance. This is also the most expensive bow in the game, and is crafted with an exceedingly rare  drop: as a result, most who cannot afford it use either a  Juju or  Mosquito Shortbow.

Recommended Armor Sets

These armor pieces/sets provide bonuses to bow damage and are the standard for anyone who wants to play as an Archer.

Status	Slot	Name	Requirements	Notes
Early Game		Unstable Dragon Armor	Combat XVI  Catacombs XV (when dungeonised)	Unstable Dragon Armor is a decent starting set for Dungeons, and good for ☣ Crit Chance and ☠ Crit Damage. It has the same ❤ Health and ❈ Defense as  Strong Dragon Armor, though the latter grants much more ❁ Strength: however,  Strong and especially  Superior Dragon Armor are noth worth it for Archers. If you're really struggling with survivability, you could swap out the helmet for a  Revived Heart or  Bonzo's Mask.
Early Game		Skeleton Soldier Armor	Catacombs IX	Skeleton Soldier Armor is a decent Archer set. While it may have worse stats than  Unstable Dragon Armor, it vastly improves damage dealt with arrows and scales with your Dungeon progress.
Early Game		Spirit Boots	Floor IV completion	The  Spirit Boots are quite useful for ✦ Speed, which is very important for Archers. It is important to note that you should avoid crouching as to not activate its Spirit Glide ability.]
Mid-Game		Shadow Assassin Armor	Floor V completion	Shadow Assassin Armor is an exceptional armor set. It is great for ❁ Damage, ❁ Strength, ☠ Crit Damage, and ❤ Health and will get you quite far up to Floor VII: make sure to upgrade it with  Livid Fragments and fully star it, and replace the boots with  Spirit Boots for that extra ✦ Speed.
Mid-Game		Necron's Armor  Maxor's Boots	Floor VII completion	While a set of  Maxor's Armor may sound enticing due to its buff to arrow damage, it is better to use 3/4  Necron's Armor and  Maxor's Boots for an overall damage boost and extra ✦ Speed. You may want to swap out the helmet for a Golden or Diamond Head, but it is not recommended to use  Maxor's Leggings or  Necron's Boots.
Late Game		Skeleton Master Chestplate	Catacombs XII	While you may unlock this much earlier into your playthrough, the  Skeleton Master Chestplate is only useful in later floors of Master Mode due to its arrow-saving perk. It is highly recommended to use a full-quality chestplate obtained from Master Mode Floor VII ("Floor 10").
Late Game		Golden Heads Diamond Heads	Boss Collections	Golden and Diamond Heads should always be substituted for the helmet you currently use if you have them. Granting 2x stats while on their respective floors, these will always be useful inside of the Catacombs.

Recommended Utility Items

Status	Slot	Name	Requirements	Notes
Universal		Aspect of the End  Aspect of the Void	Ender Pearl VIII	The  Aspect of the End, both inside out out of Dungeons, will be in your hotbar at all times. Its Instant Transmission ability, allowing you to teleport forward 8 blocks (up to 12 with  Transmission Tuners), is incredibly convenient and can be used anywhere in Dungeons outside of the Floor VII and Master Mode Floor VII boss arenas. At Enderman Slayer VI, you unlock the recipe for the  Aspect of the Void: however, you do not need to meet the requirements to use this item. Both can have the Etherwarp Transmission ability added to it through an  Etherwarp Conduit and  Etherwarp Merger.
Universal		Rogue Sword		The  Rogue Sword is likely the first weapon you will obtain outside of a  Wooden Sword or  Stone Sword, and its Speed Boost ability grants a lot of ✦ Speed. It has very, very little ❁ Damage, and should only be used for its utility purposes.
Recommended		Explosive Bow	Gunpowder IX	The  Explosive Bow is recommended for Archers running low on  Superboom TNT, which shouldn't be a problem since it can be bought in bulk at Ophelia and Walter and is especially cheap on the Bazaar.
Recommended		Gyrokinetic Wand	Enderman Slayer VI	The  Gyrokinetic Wand is great for clearing mobs in boss fights, especially Terracottas in Floor VI and Storm's phase during Floor VII.
Late Game		Death Bow	Floor VI completion	The  Death Bow is an additional weapon that is most commonly only used in Master Mode - Floor VII. A common strategy involves shooting a separate mob, commonly a Wither Miner or Wither Guard, with the  Death Bow due to its high single-hit damage: the Archer's Rapid Fire ultimate ability deals 75% of the highest damage dealt in the past minute, so this strategy helps Archers deal incredibly high damage with the ability. A similar strategy is used in Necron's phase, but using the  Bonemerang: by throwing the  Bonemerang and waiting for it to reach the apex of its journey and swapping to a weapon with high ❁ Strength and ☠ Crit Damage, incredibly high damage can be achieved.
		Bonemerang	Floor IV completion

Recommended Pets

Having a good Archer pet can greatly improve your progression as an Archer. These are some recommended ones.

Status	Slot	Name	Requirements	Notes
Recommended	Legendary Skeleton Pet	Skeleton Pet	Bone III	The  Skeleton Pet is a useful pet for Archers, as it grants decent ☣ Crit Chance and ☠ Crit Damage: its Bone Arrows and Combo perk are also beneficial for increasing your overall ❁ Damage and ❁ Strength, and will be useful up until obtaining a  Ender Dragon Pet or  Golden Dragon Pet.
Required		Ender Dragon Pet		The  Ender Dragon Pet is a great pet for ❁ Strength and ❤ Effective Health. Similar to the  Baby Yeti Pet, it has two relatively useless perks, but its Superior perk is very useful as it grants a 10% increase to all Combat Stats and ✯ Magic Find: this means 10% more ❤ Health, 10% more ❈ Defense, 10% more ☠ Crit Damage, 10% more ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed, 10% more of everything. It's an all-around amazing pet, and you should go for it if you can afford it.
Required		Golden Dragon Pet		The  Golden Dragon Pet is the best pet in the game for ❁ Damage, although it is slightly worse for ❤ Effective Health. While granting +500% ❁ Damage and +104.9 ❁ Strength, making it exceptional for high damage, you will need at least 1,000,000,000 coins before even thinking about using this pet, and even more if you plan to use its Legendary Treasure perk to its full capacity.

Recommended Modifiers

Enchantments

Given that dealing significant ❁ Damage with bows is regularly much harder than dealing large amounts of ❁ Damage with a melee weapon, the Enchantments that an Archer puts on their weapons is extremely important.

Enchantment	Notes
Bows
Power	Power is a vital and required Enchantment for all Archers, as it directly boosts your bow's damage. It grants up to +65% ❁ Damage on your bows: additionally, since Power VI is so cheap, there is no reason not to apply it.
Snipe	Snipe is useful for when you are trying to hit enemies from far away, since it grants increased damage depending on the distance between you and the target. It is useful when the enemy you are trying to hit is very far away or has a large hitbox.
Piercing	Piercing is great for clearing, allowing arrows to pass through mobs and deal additional damage to a lesser degree. It pairs well with the Bouncy Arrows passive.
Infinite Quiver	Infinite Quiver is useful for saving arrows: Infinite Quiver X is surprisingly cheap, and the enchantment will be vital as Archers often use a lot of arrows.
Overload	Overload is, similarly to Power, absolutely vital and required for all Archers: it grants base ☣ Crit Chance and ☠ Crit Damage, essential stats for all Archers. Additionally, depending on your ☣ Crit Chance, it has a chance for you to deal a Mega Critical Hit: when paired with a  Terminator, which requires players to have high ☣ Crit Chance due to it dividing your ☣ Crit Chance by 4, this Enchantment will be invaluable.
Dragon Tracer	Dragon Tracer is relatively niche inside of Dungeons, only being used in Master Mode Floor VII during The Wither King's phase. However, it still proves to be useful. The same can be said for Dragon Hunter.
Armor
Rejuvenate	Aside from the obvious picks that are requied for every armor piece, being Protection and Growth, Rejuvenate grants lots of ❣ Health Regen. Not only is it great for survivability, it is also buffed by ♨ Vitality.
Ferocious Mana	These two Enchantments, though mutually exclusive, will be useful for ⫽ Ferocity and ❁ Strength respectively as they grant these stats based off of Mana used near the player: Mages will be more prevalent in higher floors, especially Master Mode, so this will be useful.
Strong Mana

A good Ultimate Enchantment is also vital for efficient Archer progression.

Enchantment	Notes
Bows
Soul Eater	Soul Eater is a recommended Ultimate Enchantment that is excellent for clearing rooms, as its bonus of adding the damage of the last mob killed and applying it onto your next hit: with high enough ❁ Damage, ❁ Strength, and ☠ Crit Damage, you could clear rooms very efficiently.
Duplex	Duplex is a recommended Ultimate Enchantment that is excellent for DPS, allowing your bow to shoot an extra arrow dealing a percentage of the first arrow's damage and dealing increased damage over time. It is not very efficient for clearing, but is recommended to use during boss fights: as a result, it is better to have two bows, one for clearing and one for DPS. This contributes to the Archer class being very expensive.
Armor
Legion	Legion is the best Ultimate Enchantment for Armor, granting increased Combat Stats and ✯ Magic Find per player near you, which is vital for stats like ❁ Strength, ☠ Crit Damage, and ☣ Crit Chance.

Reforges

Bows

Status	Slot	Name	Notes
Early-Game		Rapid	The Rapid reforge grants the most ❁ Damage out of any basic Reforge for Bows. It is great for early game.
Early-Game		Unreal	The Unreal reforge grants the most ☣ Crit Chance out of any basic Reforge for Bows at the cost of ❁ Strength, and is a great alternative to Rapid.
Mid-Late Game		Optical Lens Precise	The Precise reforge has the same reforge stats as Unreal, as well as granting increased ❁ Damage when hitting the head of an enemy, making it excellent for ❁ Damage. If you can get consistent headshots on enemies, this reforge is worth using.
Mid-Late Game		Spirit Stone Spiritual	The Spiritual reforge is essentially a better version of Rapig, with the added bonus of occasionally spawning a Decoy on kill. This is widely considered the best reforge for an Archer. When at 100% ☣ Crit Chance, one should use this reforge instead of Hasty, for example.
Late-Game		Hasty	The Hasty reforge is commonly used by players who are not able to reach 100% ☣ Crit Chance: until one reaches a sufficient amount of ☣ Crit Chance to use a  Terminator efficiently, most players will apply Hasty to it until they reach sufficient ☣ Crit Chance or at least 800 Magical Power, after which they will move on to either Precise or Spiritual.

Armor

Status	Slot	Name	Notes
Early Game		Fierce	Fierce is a great early-game armor reforge for Berserks purely for its ❁ Strength and ☣ Crit Chance, as well as having the highest ☠ Crit Damage of any basic reforge.
Early-Mid Game		Dragon Horn Renowned	Essentially a slightly worse Ancient, Renowned grants very decent stats all around, as well as increasing all of your Combat stats by +1%. This is generally not worth it as  Dragon Horns can reach prices of 40x more expensive than  Precursor Gears.
Mid-Game		Precursor Gear Ancient	Ancient grants exceptional base stats on your armor, as well as granting +1 ☠ Crit Damage per Catacombs level, meaning that with this reforge you become exponentially more powerful. This is one of the best reforges on armor and you will find almost everyone using this.

Accessory Powers

A proper Accessory Power and high Magical Power is important to ensure optimum survivability and damage capabilities. Tuning Points should be tuned towards ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed, although you can spend them on ☣ Crit Chance until you can reach 100% ☣ Crit Chance with a  Terminator.

Status	Slot	Name	Notes
Early-Game		Fortuitous	The Fortuitous Power is good for getting that extra bit of ☣ Crit Chance that you might lack, and should get you through the early game until you obtain a better Power.
Early-Game		Beating Heart Bloody	The Bloody Power grants decent ☠ Crit Damage and has the added bonus of granting 10 ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed, which are both stats that are very important for Archers. It is relatively cheap and easy to obtain as well.
Early-Game		Luxurious Spool Silky	The Silky Power grants more ☠ Crit Damage than the Bloody Power, although it sacrifices ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed. It is much cheaper and easier to obtain than the  Beating Heart as well, and is great for starting out.
Early-Game		Furball Itchy	The Itchy Power grants significantly more ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed than the aforementioned Bloody and Silky Powers, though it lacks ☠ Crit Damage. You should aim to balance your ❁ Strength and ☠ Crit Damage as evenly as possible, so it is good to mix and match to see which builds work for you.
Mid-Game		Acacia Birdhouse Forceful	The Forceful Power grants significant ❁ Strength and ☠ Crit Damage, as well as a miniscule amount of ⫽ Ferocity. It is good for DPS, though lacks ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed.

Attributes

A number of Attributes should be maxed out as soon as possible, as they greatly benefit playing as an Archer.

Slot	Name	Notes
	Flash Shard Light Elemental	Grants +1-10 ❁ Strength, maxing out at +50 ❁ Strength with all Elemental Shards maxed out. Buffed by the Echo of Elemental attribute, increasing the effect of these attributes by +20%.
	Quake Shard Stone Elemental
	Bolt Shard Lightning Elemental
	Aero Shard Wind Elemental
	Tempest Shard Storm Elemental
	Skeletor Shard Deadeye	Increases ranged damage by +25%.
	Jormung Shard Unlimited Power	Increases your ❁ Strength and ☠ Crit Damage by +1%. Buffed by the Almighty attribute, which buffs the aforementioned attributes by +50%.
	Etherdrake Shard Unlimited Energy
	Burningsoul Shard Attack Speed	Grants +10 ⚔ Bonus Attack Speed, which is exceptionally useful for Archers; you can obtain  Burningsoul Shards relatively easily, cheaply, and quickly by placing Huntraps in the ⏣ Smoldering Tomb.
	Shellwise Shard Shell	When maxed out, grants complete immunity to all sources of Knockback. Can substitute a  Dwarf Turtle Shelmet or  Hephaestus Shelmet.

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