Discover the three starting Archetypes in Remnant: From the Ashes: Hunter, Ex-Cultist, and Scrapper. Learn their starting weapons, armor, and traits to choose your playstyle.
Archetype is Remnant: From the Ashes' way of saying, "character class." You have a choice of three of them, offered to you by Ace as you prepare to help her defend the Reactor Level during the tutorial adventure (or during character creation if you skip the tutorial). There are three choices available, but don't worry--you can purchase the weapons and armor and earn the traits of other classes as you adventure.
Hunter
The Hunter is a long-range fighter. Your Hunting Rifle is deadly at a distance, but you're relatively lightly armored. Stay away from toe-to-toe fighting where you can and take down enemies before they can reach you. If enemies do get to you, your Repeater Pistol and Scrap Sword can make short work of them.
The Hunter starts out with these weapons:
| Hand Gun | Repeater Pistol |
| Long Gun | Hunting Rifle |
| Weapon Mod | Hunter's Mark |
| Melee Weapon | Scrap Sword |
The Hunter starts out with the Hunter Outfit armor set.
The Hunter starting traits are:
| Trait | Starting Level |
| Vigor | 3 |
| Endurance | 3 |
| Shadow Walker | 4 |
Ex-Cultist
The Ex-Cultist is a medium range fighter. Ex-Cultists are very versatile, their Coach Gun capable of delivering a quick pair of devastating shotgun blasts. The Scrap Axe is a deadly melee weapon when you're in a tight spot. Mender's Aura, the Ex-Cultist starting mod, allows you to establish a zone of healing, giving you and up-close fighters a place to retreat and quickly recover health.
The Ex Cultist starts out with these weapons:
| Hand Gun | Repeater Pistol |
| Long Gun | Coach Gun |
| Weapon Mod | Mender's Aura |
| Melee Weapon | Scrap Hatchet |
The Ex-Cultist starts out with the Cultist Outfit armor set.
The Ex-Cultist starting traits are:
| Trait | Starting Level |
| Vigor | 1 |
| Endurance | 4 |
| Spirit | 5 |
Scrapper
The Scrapper is exactly that, the character who wades right into the thick of the fight and starts distributing damage eyeball-to-eyeball. The Shotgun has a very short range and slow fire rate, but deals the most damage of any archetype's starting long gun. The scrap hammer is a real path-clearer, dealing giant chunks of damage to any enemies unfortunate enough to be standing in range. Heavy armor protects the Scrapper as he stands in the middle of the fight.
The Scrapper starts out with these weapons:
| Hand Gun | Repeater Pistol |
| Long Gun | Shotgun |
| Weapon Mod | Hot Shot |
| Melee Weapon | Scrap Hammer |
The Scrapper starts out with the Scrapper Armor armor set.
The Scrapper starting traits are:
| Trait | Starting Level |
| Vigor | 5 |
| Endurance | 1 |
| Warrior | 4 |
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