Ranger BiS List for Kunark Expansion
This page is my BiS (Best in Slot) list for Ranger in Classic Everquest. I created this guide in 2024 after the Tower was released, this is a new zone which is available on Progression servers and it gives you an entire set of very powerful non-vis gear in early eras. For this reason I will have a (Pre-Tower) note for some items which let you know it was BiS before Tower. This makes the BiS list still useful for private servers.
Rangers will want to focus on either tank or dps stats, one or the other. The first most important thing is Haste which will boost your dps and threat production. If you're never going to tank then you'll want Strength and Dexterity the most. For those of you who want to tank I recommend you get AC, Agility and Stamina the most. You may also want some Resist Gear for raiding, especially if you do any pulling.
Weapon Slots
Primary: Earthcaller (North Karana Ranger Epic: Swiftwind and Earthcaller Quest)
Secondary: Swiftwind (Ranger Epic: Swiftwind and Earthcaller Quest)
Quiver: Fleeting Quiver (Tailoring 222 Skill)
Range: Windstriker (Plane of sky Ranger Test of Ranged Attack Quest)
Ammo: N/A
Visible Slots
Arms: Dark Scale Sleeves (a Wizened Herb Collector in Chardok)
Chest: Tolan’s Darkwood Breastplate (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)
Feet: Grey Suede Boots (Blood-Thirsty Racnor or Hoshkar in Veeshan's Peak)
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might (Severilous in Emerald Jungle or Talendor in Skyfire Mountains)
Head: Crown of Rile (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Legs: Tolan's Darkwood Greaves (Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle)
Wrist (1): Spirit Wracked Cord (Spirit Wracked Cord Quest or Grand Lorekeeper Kino Shai`din in Chardok)
Wrist (2): Dragon Hero Bracer (Gorenaire in Dreadlands, Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains, Faydedar in Timorous Deep)
(Pre-Tower) Non-Vis Slots
Back: Shroud of Veeshan (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Charm: N/A
Earring (1): Yunnb’s Earring (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Earring (2): Thunderforged Earring (Plane of Sky Ranger Test of Thunder Quest)
Face: Tribal War Mask (Various mobs in Chardok)
Fingers (1): Regal Band of Bathezid (Chardok Regal Band of Bathezid Quest)
Fingers (2): Di’Zok Signet of Service (Chardok Regal Band of Bathezid Quest or Di'Zok Signet of Service Quest)
Neck: Pulsating Gem (Qunard Ashenclaw in Veeshan's Peak)
Shoulders: Poisoned Mantle (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)
Waist: Runed Bolster Belt (Gorenaire in Dreadlands, Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains or Faydedar in Timorous Deep)
(Tower BiS) Non-Vis Slots
This section includes the best in slot items that come from Tower (aka Tides of Time), a dungeon added in 2024 which is available on the TLP servers. You can purchase a full set of non-vis armor from Tower which gets upgrades every 10 levels. During this era of EQ the best tower gear has the prefix "Outstanding"; in order to make this gear BiS though you'll need to purchase the augs that go with it too. Each piece of gear from Tower has a slot 25, you'll need to put an aug in this slot to make the Tower gear exceptional.
If you're a melee class you'll want to use the aug with Vigorous on it. Casters will want to choose the aug with Brilliant on it.
Back: Outstanding Cloak of Distant Echoes
Charm: Outstanding Charm of Distant Echoes
Earring (1): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes
Earring (2): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes
Face: Outstanding Mask of Distant Echoes
Fingers (1): Outstanding Ring of Distant Echoes
Fingers (2): Outstanding Band of Distant Echoes
Neck: Outstanding Neck of Distant Echoes
Shoulders: Outstanding Shawl of Distant Echoes
Waist(No Haste): Outstanding Belt of Distant Echoes
Note: Allakhazam doesn't have links to this level tower gear atm, they have spotty database links to all of the Tower gear from what I have seen.
Gear Alternatives
This section includes some other gear ideas which may or may not be BiS during this era. During this early phase of EQ you can't cap all of your stats and what's BiS varies a bit depending on your situation. That's why I wanted to give you a couple more options for gear instead of only using what's best in slot.
Primary: Earthcaller, Woodsman's Staff, Lamentation, Rod of Mourning, Steel Hilted Flint Dagger, Fayguard Parrying Dagger, Green Jade Axe, Jagged Blade of Mourning, Wurmslayer, Ringed Mace of the Ykesha, Sarnak Warhammer, or Jade Mace
Secondary: Swiftwind, Lamentation, Steel Hilted Flint Dagger, Fayguard Parrying Dagger, Jagged Blade of Mourning, Ringed Mace of the Ykesha, Sarnak Warhammer, or Jade Mace
Range: Wind Saber or Idol of the Thorned
Ammo: N/A
Arms: Sebilite Scale Vambraces, Adamantite Armband, Golden Efreeti Vambraces or Tolan's Darkwood Vambraces
Chest: Golden Efreeti Chestplate, Sebilite Scale Coat, Tree Weave, Fungus Covered Scale Tunic or Tolan's Darkwood Breastplate
Feet: Dark Rust Boots, Iksar Hide Boots or Tolan's Darkwood Boots
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might, Gauntlets of Potence or Tolan's Darkwood Gauntlets
Head: Sebilite Scale Cap, Kylong War Helm or Tolan's Darkwood Helm
Legs: Golden Efreeti Greaves, Sebilite Scale Leggings, Dark Scale Greaves or Tolan's Darkwood Greaves
Wrists: Bracer of Vajeen, Hardened Clay Bracelet, Golden Bracer, Dragon Hero Bracer or Tolan's Darkwood Bracer
Back: Dark Cloak of the Sky, Hierophant's Cloak, Siblisian Berserker Cloak or Cloak of Piety
Charm: N/A
Earrings: Fingerbone Hoop, Earring of Essence, Sarnak Earring of Station or Forest Loop
Face: Sarnak-Hide Mask, Fur Lined Mask, Enshrouded Veil, Mask of Wurms or Gangrenous Beetle Mask
Fingers: Golem Tear Ring, Band of Eternal Flame or Gem Encrusted Ring
Neck: Necklace of Superiority
Shoulders: Sebilite Scale Mantle, Obulus Death Shroud, Obulus Mantle, Poisoned Mantle or Earthshaker's Mantle
Waist: Sarnak Hide Girdle, Runebranded Girdle, Silken Cat-fur Girdle or Runed Bolster Belt