Ranged

Ranged is one of the three combat classes in Runesaga . It involves using bows, crossbows and Ranged armour to increase your ranged accuracy, ranged strength and defensive bonuses. All ranged weapons apart from the Serpentstrike in Runesaga require no ammo.

How to train Ranged

In order to gain experience in the Ranged skill, you need to have a Ranged weapon equipped. Accurate gives accuracy bonuses for using it, whilst rapid speeds up your attack speed for (Ranged). If you want to focus mainly on Ranged experience, you should use Accurate or Rapid.

Ranged bonuses

The ability to attack from a distance means that a player can safespot a melee monster while fighting from safety. Keep in mind that some melee monsters have high Ranged Defence, so a high Ranged level may be needed. Crossbows are useful against monsters with high Defence, as they are very accurate.

Players do not need ammunition on Runesaga.

A player's Ranged level will not increase their ranged defence, but magical defence is different - it is based on 70% of the player's Magic level, while the remaining 30% is the player's Defence level, which is then followed by the player's magical defence bonus from their armour.

Temporary Boosts

There are some temporary boosts you can get in RuneSaga to help not only your Ranged skill.

Boost		Level Increase	Other Information (For exact boost #'s see specific potions)
	Ranging potion	3-12	You get 3 base, +1 for every 10 range levels rounded down. So 99 range you get 3 + 9, 90 is the same. 80-89 is 3+8, etc.
	Super ranging	5-19	You get 5 base, +1 for 15% of your current range level rounded down. So 99 range gets you 5 + 14. Then at 93 attack it drops down to 5+13, etc.
	Celestial ranging potion	5-19	Boosts your ranged level by 10% +7 while lasting for 5 minutes with no state degradation. Requires the mining permit from Shooting stars to make. BREWS STILL LOWER YOUR STATS
	Focused heart	4-20	Base 2 + 20% of your ranged level. Maxes out at 99 for a +21 boost to ranged.
	20% Dmg Boost Card (Range)	0	Doesn't necessarily boost the Ranged stat, but I'd be remiss if I didn't include it. 20% damage increase to ranged damage for 30 minutes.