As anticipation builds around Elden Ring Nightreign's release next month, FromSoft has released information regarding six of the eight Nightfarers that will be playable at launch. Four of these characters were already teased in the network playtest earlier this year, while two more have been announced with gameplay trailers since the Network Test period ended. Aside from these six confirmed Nightfarers, the other two rumored (but unconfirmed) characters have been highly speculated about, though it's unclear if they will be officially revealed before Nightreign's launch in May.

The confirmed Nightfarers from the Nightreign character leaks, with one very likely being the "Revenant," a Summoner class focusing around Spirit Ash summons. The final Nightfarer rumor is the "Executor," though very few details are available to date.

Wylder: A Nightfarer For Every Occasion

Wylder Is An All-Around Hero That Doesn't Specialize As Much As Other Classes

One of the first Nightfarers revealed in Elden Ring Nightreign, Wylder is your general, all-purpose class that can suit a wide range of playstyles. I opted to play Wylder during my first few rounds in the network test to get a good idea of what the gameplay was like, and I'd recommend the same if you're unsure which class is best for your playstyle. Wylder has the most balanced abilities, giving you more versatility in how you approach combat. Wylder's ive ability allows you to cheat death a single time, which comes in very handy as a first-timer.

Wylder's Character Skill is the Claw Shot, which launches a grappling-type claw. This can rope enemies in or help Wylder dodge or avoid incoming attacks. Wylder's Ultimate Art is the Onslaught Stake skill, which launches a powerful attack with an iron stake that explodes into an AoE that can be quite devastating against bosses and lesser enemy swarms alike. Wylder's starting weapons include Wylder's Greatsword and a Small Shield. Overall, Wylder is easy to control and gives you a good idea of how the game works, but he can also take a bit of strategizing to fully master.

Guardian: A Bird-Tank With High Defenses

Take Flight With Guardian & Utilize Heavy Shields

Guardian is a high-defense bird-type Nightfarer with an affinity for heavy shields, and is essentially the prototypical tank character option if that's your preferred sort of playstyle. Personally, I think Guardian is one of the best options if you're struggling to stay alive in Nightreign, as he has some incredible defensive buffs and is capable of really powerful heavy attacks as well. Guardian also has an awesome Weapon Art where he can fly into the air and dive to deal AoE damage to surrounding enemies.

Guardian's name is befitting of the character, with the Steel Guard ive ability allowing you to plant and brace with your shield for an enhanced guard. The Whirlwind Skill whips up a cyclone around Guardian that can rope in enemies and also break their guard depending on their physique. Finally, Guardian's Ultimate Art is Wings of Salvation, which lets you leap into the air and do a dive, causing damage to surrounding enemies, but also raising a protective AoE that can be held to Shield allies.

Duchess: The Agile Assassin Archetype

High Dexterity & Quick Successive Attacks Are Duchess' Specialties

Duchess is the thief and/or assassin-style character in Nightreign. She is capable of quick successive attacks and has one of the few stealth attacks in the game (so far). Time is of the essence for Nightreign stealth, and your stealth attacks will need to be executed on the fly, but mastering Duchess's abilities will prove extremely rewarding. Duchess is capable of high damage and also has a sort of riposte ability in her Restage skill, which will be very interesting for fans of that playstyle.

Duchess's ive ability is called Magnificent Pose, and it allows her attacks and dodge skills to be better optimized, also allowing her to dodge repeatedly. This ive lowers the stamina cost for attacks and dodges and allows up to two simultaneous evasive actions.

The Restage skill mentioned above also deals damage to the original phantom when attacking its minions and can be used at any time. Duchess's Ultimate Art is called Finale, and allows her to enter a shadow state that obscures her from enemy view, causing them to lose track of her and makes them vulnerable to sneak attacks.

Recluse: A Cursed Magic Caster

Use Spells & High Prowess With Recluse

Recluse is the caster class Nightfarer in Nightreign and specializes in Cursed Magic. Recluse is the final playable character from the network playtest that players have actually been able to try out for themselves. She's the only officially announced Nightfarer that focuses on magic skills and casting spells, though this is likely to change with one of the rumored Nightfarers yet to be revealed. With the Elemental Defense ive ability, she can use affinity attacks to create pickups called affinity residues that restore FP and can be collected and used by allies as well.

Recluse can collect these affinity residues to build up an attack that fires an affinity-exploiting Magic Cocktail, and these can be mixed and match to create more complex and powerful spells. Recluse's Ultimate Art is called Soulblood Song, which is a forbidden chant that brands enemies with blood sigils. These sigils increase damage taken on enemies and restore HP and FP for Recluse, making it an extremely useful Art that will allow Recluse to continue casting spells without running out of FP entirely.

Ironeye: A FromSoft Archer Class That's Actually Viable

Archer Builds Have Been Hit Or Miss In Soulsbornes Past

Ironeye is the official archer class in Elden Ring Nightreign, and by the looks of it, the class will finally make archery relevant as a playstyle. Archery in Soulsborne games has been pretty underwhelming, especially in the Dark Souls franchise. While archery is much more viable in Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree, it still leaves a lot to be desired and is simply outclassed by just about every other ranged build type. Ironeye promises to break that trend, and Nightreign's quick-paced mechanics and lack of an ammo requirement resolve many of the issues that made archery frustrating.

Ironeye has the ability to "see more items" to get from enemies, which likely means that enemies drop more loot that the entire party is able to acquire. Ironeye's Character Skill is Marking, and tags a target to create a weak point that can then be destroyed to stagger the enemy. Ironeye's Single Shot Ultimate Art is a powerful single shot that ignores all defenses and can even shoot through structures and terrain to damage anything and everything in its path, or even revive an ally if they are downed (this is true for all Nightfarer Ultimate Arts).

Raider: A Shout & Smash Seafarer

Raider Is A Great Weapon Wielder That Deals Heavy Damage

The last officially revealed Nightfarer in Nightreign to date is the Raider class, a seafaring barbarian who uses shout attacks and wields gigantic, oversized and overpowered weapons. Raider is the Barbarian style archetype for Nightreign and specializes in bonking enemies to the ground and pummeling them to death. Raider is likely the only character that truly specializes in oversized weapons, which are a favorite for many Elden Ring fans who simply love to smash enemies into the ground without thinking too much about overly complex strategies.

As you'd expect from a Barbarian class, Raider's ive ability, Fighter's Resolve, allows him to remain standing with a sliver of health even after taking major damage, and taking damage also increases his Retaliate potency. Retaliate is Raider's Character Skill, and is a brutal attack that smashes enemies into the dirt, but in the defensive posture will also reduce incoming damage. Raider's Ultimate Art is called Totem Stela, which drives his gravekeeper's wedge into the earth to summon a massive tombstone that can not only be climbed, but also buffs allies and blocks incoming arrows.

Revenant & Executor Are Likely The Final Unconfirmed Nightfarers

A Product Leak Has Revealed The Names & Likely Archetypes For The Final Two Nightfarers

Because of a Nightreign merchandise leak for a set of keychains from a company called MeeToMa, the images and names of the final two remaining Nightfarers have been more or less confirmed, though not officially announced by FromSoft just yet. The first unconfirmed Nightfarer shown in the leak is Revenant, a summoner-type Nightfarer that appears to wield a Harp weapon of sorts and is speculated to deal with the familiar Spirit Summons found in the original Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree.

The final unconfirmed class is called Executor, and very little is known about this archetype other than it wears some very familiar armor that resembles Rakshasha from the Elden Ring base game. If that happens to be the case, it's likely this is a katana-style samurai archetype, which would make sense and round out the eight character classes very nicely. While this is merely speculation at the moment, I can't imagine FromSoft keeping these final two classes under wraps for much longer, with only about a month left before Elden Ring Nightreign's official launch.