Remnant 2 Archetypes: All 14 Classes Ranked and Unlocked

Remnant 2 has 14 archetypes. Archetypes are the classes of the game.

Each archetype has 5 perks and 3 skills.

Only your primary archetype gives its prime perk.

Archetype	Prime perk	How to unlock
Handler	Bonded	Starting pick, or the Old Whistle for 1,500 Scrap
Medic	Regenerator	Starting pick, or the Medic Pin for 1,500 Scrap
Invoker	Visionary	The Old Flute from a hidden room in Yaesha
Hunter	Dead to Rights	Starting pick, or the Rusty Medal for 1,500 Scrap
Engineer	High Tech	The Alien Device in N'Erud
Gunslinger	Loaded	The Worn Cylinder from Mudtooth's stories
Invader	Shadow	The Wooden Shiv from Bane
Ritualist	Vile	The Ragged Poppet on the Forlorn Coast
Archon	Tempest	The Strange Box in The Backrooms
Warden	Dynamic	The Weathered Mechanism in N'Erud
Alchemist	Spirited	The Mysterious Stone in Losomn
Summoner	Ruthless	The Faded Grimoire at the Blood Moon altar
Challenger	Die Hard	Starting pick, or the Old Metal Tool for 1,500 Scrap
Explorer	Lucky	The Broken Compass from Annihilation

Wallace in Ward 13 crafts each item into its engram.

The engram unlocks the archetype on your character.

A new save offers 4 archetypes: Challenger, Handler, Hunter and Medic.

Handler and Medic are the strongest of the 4. Both sit in the S tier.

Handler brings a dog. With Bonded, the dog revives you when you go down.

Medic heals the whole team. Regenerator gives back a spent relic charge after you heal your allies.

Hunter is the A tier pick for long-range damage.

Challenger sits in the C tier.

The items for all 4 starting archetypes cost 1,500 Scrap each in Ward 13. The 1st pick is easy to change later.

Every archetype unlocks the same way.

You find or buy its item, and Wallace in Ward 13 crafts the item into the engram.

Starting archetypes: Challenger, Handler, Hunter and Medic

Archetype	Item	Where	Engram
Challenger	Old Metal Tool	Reggie in Ward 13, 1,500 Scrap	Steel Enswell
Handler	Old Whistle	Ward 13 vendor, 1,500 Scrap	Silent Whistle
Hunter	Rusty Medal	Brabus in Ward 13, 1,500 Scrap	Sniper War Medal
Medic	Medic Pin	Ward 13 vendor, 1,500 Scrap	Caduceus Idol

Gunslinger

Play the campaign until Mudtooth in Ward 13 has new stories.

Listen to all of his stories. He then gives you the Worn Cylinder.

Wallace crafts it into the Iron Cylinder engram.

Alchemist

In Losomn, a creature can drag you through a sewer grate into its lair.

Kill it to get the Mysterious Stone.

Wallace crafts it into the Philosopher's Stone engram.

Archon

Find the Strange Box in The Backrooms.

Wallace crafts it into the Hexahedron engram.

Engineer

In N'Erud, pick up the Alien Device in the Timeless Horizon or the Eon Vault.

Wallace crafts it into the Drzyr Caliper engram.

Explorer

Defeat Annihilation, the final boss of the campaign.

Annihilation drops the Broken Compass. Wallace crafts it into the Golden Compass engram.

Invader

Use the Dreamcatcher to reach Bane, then defeat him for the Wooden Shiv.

Wallace crafts it into the Serrated Root Blade engram.

Summoner

In Yaesha, collect Blood Moon Essence during a Blood Moon.

Spend it at the Blood Moon altar on the Faded Grimoire.

Wallace crafts it into the Tome of the Bringer engram.

DLC archetypes: Ritualist, Invoker and Warden

Archetype	DLC	Item and where
Ritualist	The Awakened King	Ragged Poppet, in a cave under the harbor docks on the Forlorn Coast
Invoker	The Forgotten Kingdom	Old Flute, in a hidden room in Yaesha
Warden	The Dark Horizon	Weathered Mechanism, in the Withered Necropolis in N'Erud

Wallace crafts the Ragged Poppet into the Cursed Effigy engram.

He crafts the Old Flute into the Spirit Flute engram.

The Weathered Mechanism becomes the Warden engram the same way.

The prime perk is the signature effect of an archetype.

It works only while the archetype sits in your primary slot.

Archetype	Prime perk	What it does
Handler	Bonded	Your dog revives you when you go down.
Medic	Regenerator	Healing your allies gives back a spent relic charge.
Invoker	Visionary	Doubles the base skill charges of both your archetypes.
Hunter	Dead to Rights	Weakspot hits extend your active Hunter skills.
Engineer	High Tech	Hold the skill button to overclock your heavy weapon.
Gunslinger	Loaded	Gunslinger skills reload both guns and give infinite reserve ammo for a short time.
Invader	Shadow	Invader skills leave a decoy that draws enemy fire.
Ritualist	Vile	Your damaging status effects infect enemies and spread when they die.
Archon	Tempest	You generate mod power over time.
Warden	Dynamic	A shield builds up after a few seconds without damage.
Alchemist	Spirited	An extra concoction buff can be active at once.
Summoner	Ruthless	Hurting your own minion enrages it.
Challenger	Die Hard	Fatal damage leaves you alive with health back, on a long cooldown.
Explorer	Lucky	Stronger enemies can drop extra and rarer items.

Your secondary archetype adds its skills and its other perks.

Its prime perk stays off.

You can equip 2 archetypes at once.

The 2nd archetype gives its skills and perks, except the prime perk.

5 pairings stand out.

Primary and secondary	Why it works
Hunter and Gunslinger	Hunter lands the long-range crits. Gunslinger keeps both guns loaded.
Handler and Engineer	The dog and a turret fight for you. The dog can revive you.
Challenger and Medic	Challenger takes the hits up front, and Medic heals.
Ritualist and Archon	Archon boosts mods, and mods spread the status effects Ritualist feeds on.
Warden and Engineer	The Warden drone and shields keep you up while the Engineer turret fires.

For the full Hunter and Gunslinger setup, read the Hunter Gunslinger build.

S tier: Handler, Medic and Invoker

Handler and Medic keep you alive.

Bonded revives you, and Regenerator refills your relic charges.

Invoker doubles the skill charges of both your archetypes.

A tier: 7 archetypes

Hunter, Engineer, Gunslinger, Invader, Ritualist, Archon and Warden sit in A.

Archon is S in 1 tier list and B in the other, so it lands in A.

Warden is S in the newer list. The older list came out before the Warden, so it lands in A too.

B and C tier: Alchemist, Summoner, Challenger and Explorer

Alchemist and Summoner sit in B.

Challenger and Explorer sit in C.

Explorer's Lucky perk adds item drops.

For the guns that fit each archetype, read the Remnant 2 weapon tier list.

24 Sep 2024Last DLC

WardenLast archetype

453,438Last hotfix

12 Nov 2024Hotfix date

The Dark Horizon came out on 24 September 2024. It added the Warden.

Gunfire Games named it the 3rd and final DLC for Remnant 2.

The last update is hotfix 453,438, released on 12 November 2024.

No patch has come out since then, so the archetypes and the ranking stand as they are.

The Awakened King added the Ritualist. The Forgotten Kingdom added the Invoker.