Ragnarok X: Next Generation (ROX) is the official mobile MMORPG adaptation of the classic Ragnarok Online, reimagined for a modern audience. Developed by Gravity Game Hub, ROX blends nostalgic elements with contemporary features to offer a rich, immersive experience. Set in the vibrant world of Midgard, players can choose from various classes, including newly introduced 3rd-tier jobs, each offering unique skills and playstyles. In this class guide, we will be explaining all the different available classes and their pros/cons from a beginner’s perspective. Let’s begin!

Swordsmen Class

The Swordsmen class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a melee-ranged character that excel in both offense and defense. Being an innately tanky character, they have very high endurance and defense. This allows them to absorb tons of damage in the middle of fights without the need of extra protection. The Swordsmen class boasts high STR and VIT stats, giving them an edge in 1v1 battles. Their abilities also boast dramatic AOE effects that can change the tide of the game in your favour. What’s more? Swordsmen are one of the most beginner-friendly classes in the game, and their playstyle is also easy to grasp for a new player.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Swordsmen class:

  • Bash – Deals physical damage to a single enemy target.
  • Magnum Break – Deals fire physical damage to enemies within 3 metres. After casting this skill, your weapon will gain fire attribute, and normal attacks will deal 20% more damage for 5 seconds.
  • Endure – Gains the endure effect, preventing you from being interrupted and knocked back when being attacked. Also increases Defense and Magical Defense by 20. The endure effect will be removed after 10 seconds or being attacked 8 times.

Acolyte Class

The Acolyte class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a mid-ranged character that excels in supporting and healing. Acolytes are best used by an experienced veteran as it is a tough class to progress with. It requires very deep map knowledge and a sixth sense to protect vulnerable allies. As an acolyte, you have the ability to heal and even revive fallen allies. Use these tools to your advantage and provide several combat enhancements to allied members. If you couldn’t already tell, Acolytes are very important for group dungeons and party activities as they perform the best when alongside their teammates.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Acolyte class:

  • Heal – Heals a friendly target and yourself. If the target is an undead or demon monster, deals holy magic damage to it equal to the amount the friendly unit is healed for.
  • Blessing – Increase the STR, DEX, and INT of all friendly targets within 30 metres by 2 for 120 seconds, and remove Curse and Petrify effects on all friendly targets.
  • Holy Light – Smite the enemy with divine light, dealing holy magic damage and dispelling the target’s Kyrie Eleison effect.

Mage Class

The Mage class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a long-ranged character that boasts elemental magic and skills. This class is exceptionally great at crowd-controlling enemies and inflicting them with various debuffs. This class specializes in casting powerful AoE spells and is excellent for crowd control. To make things more exciting, this new job class is suitable for both PvE and PvP, making it ideal for gamers who want to deal significant damage to their opponents while utilizing more strategic gameplay. You should focus on increasing your INT and DEX stats to improve your magic damage and casting speed.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Mage class:

  • Fire Bolt – Call down a fire bolt on an enemy, dealing fire attribute magical damage. Every 120 points of INT will increase the skill coefficient of magic attack by an additional 0.1%.
  • Soul Strike – Summon holy spirits to attack, dealing ghost magic damage to an enemy. Deals 5% more damage to undead monsters.
  • Fire Wall – Conjures a ring of fire to obstruct enemies from advancing, dealing fire magic damage to enemies that attempt to pass the fire wall. Lasts for 10 seconds. The ring of fire can obstruct enemies up to 4 times.

Thief Class

The Thief class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a melee-ranged character that excels in both offense and agility. The thief class makes use of a certain mechanic called “Stealth”, which allows them to be invisible for a certain period of time. Use this skill judiciously as it enhances all your other abilities. This class is notorious for taking out squishy targets such as Archers, Mages, and Acolytes quite early on due to their high base damage and surprise factor. Make sure to build them on the more offensive side to take advantage of their ambush mechanic.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Thief class:

  • Brute Force – Deals physical damage of your weapon’s attribute to an enemy target and lowers their movement speed by 40% for 5 seconds.
  • Ambush – Deals physical damage of your weapon’s attribute to an enemy. If used while hiding, stuns the target for 2 seconds.
  • Venom Knife – Deals weapon physical damage to a single enemy. If the attacked target is in the poisoned state, the skill deals an additional 115% weapon damage. Every poisoned state inflicted by the caster reduces the cooldown of this skill by 0.5 seconds.

Archer Class

The Archer class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a long-ranged character that excel in both DPS and agility. Perhaps the biggest strength of archers is their strong mobility and long-range that allows them to manuevre easily on the map. The core priority of Archers should be to simply survive. They have low base health and defense, making them vulnerable to assassination attempts. But, their high base damage and attack speed can allow them to pierce through enemies if given enough time and space.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Archer class:

  • Double Strafe – Shoots 2 arrows at the same time, dealing physical damage of your weapon’s attribute to a single enemy. Can be used with elemental arrow.
  • Arrow Shower – Shoots 4 waves of arrows at a specified range, each wave dealing physical damage of your weapon’s attribute. Can be used with elemental arrow.
  • Charge Arrow – Deals physical damage of your weapon’s attribute to an enemy target and stuns them for 1 second. Can be used in conjunction with Elemental arrow.

Merchant Class

The Merchant class in Ragnarok X: Next Generation is a melee-ranged character that excel in earning you more zeny. In short, it’s more of an economy-oriented class that ensures you gain more Zeny compared to any other class. This is because of the bounty effect they bring to the table that can enhance the zeny reward for defeating a monster by up to 50% (at max level). Merchants also provide several in-game economies benefits such as lowered prices for crafting equipment, and more.

Ragnarok X: Next Generation Class Guide – Choose the Best Characters

Check out some of the skills of the Merchant class:

  • Midas Touch – Deals neutral physical damage to an enemy and inflicts bounty on it for 10 seconds. Killing a monster with bounty earns you 24% more zeny.
  • Mammonite – Expends 150 zeny, dealing physical damage of your weapon’s attribute to an enemy.
  • Cart Revolution – Can only be used when equipped with a pushcart. After casting, attacks an enemy target within a circular area using the pushcart, dealing neutral physical damage. After learning weight utility, the damage of this skill increases according to maximum weight.

Players can enjoy playing Ragnarok X: Next Generation on a bigger screen of their PC or Laptop via BlueStacks along with your keyboard and mouse.