Classes

You can only have two classes active at any time but, except for racial restrictions, you can actually have all of them to choose from. Visiting a House Maid will allow you to change your currently-active Primary and Secondary classes.

Remember that you can use a  Home-sweet-home rune to portal to your house from anywhere. There, just talk to the House Maid by your front door to change your Primary and Secondary classes.

Monster's Class

Every mob has a Class and his attacks will be based on that Class. If you are on RoM-Welten looking at a mob entry, click on the GUID# to see the raw data, then search (ctrl-F) for "vocation" to find the number that reveals this mob's Class.

Vocation#	Class	Vocation#	Class
0	GM or  Knight	7	Warden
1	Warrior	8	Druid
2	Scout	9	Warlock
3	Rogue	10	Champion
4	Mage	11
5	Priest	12
6	Knight	13

MOST mobs default to vocation=0. IF the character is NOT a GM, then 0 is treated as  Knight (which is also vocation=6).

Note: "vocation_sub" indicates the mob's Secondary Class, if they have one. MOST non-Boss mobs do not and this field's value will be 0 or -1. Many Boss mobs will have a Secondary Class.

Combining More Than One Class

This is possibly the single thing that sets Runes of Magic apart from all other MMORPGs. In RoM you can have more than one class at a time, and actually have the ability to learn all (or most) of them.

Primary Class

Your Primary is your main class. All skills of that class will be available to you, plus any non-exclusive skills of your Secondary class, and certain Elite Skills available only to those with the specific combination you are using.

Generally, your party Role is determined by your Primary Class, but some combos can help fill a different Role in a pinch.

Secondary Class

This controls what additional skills you may have, in addition to the skills of your Primary class.

For instance, although a Warden cannot heal himself except through certain weapon skills, if you are a Warden/Priest or a Warden/Druid, you will be able to use some basic Buff and Healing Spells belonging to your Secondary class.

Third Class (and beyond)

Although you can only have two active classes at a time, having an extra class, or five, to choose from makes you a more well-rounded and universally useful player.

To get your third class you can talk to Johnny Dutin [Eye of Wisdom] in the Hall of the Eye of Wisdom in Varanas. You must be at least level 20 in both of your first two classes to do this. He starts the quest, [10] The Price for Improvement: A Promise.

For Humans, you may now go talk to a Class representative to get your new class.

For Elves, you need to talk to mob name missing in POI name needed.

For Dwarves, to complete this task you must go talk to one of the Class Instructors standing around Karfan Blackbook [Ceremony Minister] in Morfantas City.

Additional classes may be unlocked by purchasing (for 699 ($20.86)†  from the Item Shop) and using a  Class Maximum Expansion Ticket.

What is the Most Useful Class?

Please see this post on the Joint Forums for a good guide to the most useful classes, by role.

Ultimately, the right class combo for you is the one you enjoy playing!

If you would like to have a guide as to what each class combination can do, refer to Class Combinations by Role.

Physical vs. Magical

Those classes that, when single-classed, do most of their damage through physical attacks are the Physical Classes, regardless of how they act when dual-classed. Those that use magical attacks are the Magical Classes.

For instance, even though he does most of his damage via magic, a Warrior/Mage is still a Physical Class. The same is true of a Rogue/Mage. A Mage/Warrior or a Mage/Rogue, on the other hand, is a Magical Class because Mage is.

There are six Physical Classes: Warrior, Scout, Rogue, Knight, Warden, and Champion.

The remaining four are the Magical Classes: Mage, Priest, Druid, and Warlock.

The Classes

Classes in Runes of Magic

Class	Combat role	Resource	Recommended armor	Recommended weapon
Warrior "Dominating the Battlefield"	Melee DPS	Rage	Chain (and shield)	Swords or axes
Scout (Ranger) "Rangers of the Wilds"	Ranged DPS (physical)	Focus	Leather	Dagger or sword, and bow or crossbow
Rogue (Thief) "The Cunning Scoundrel"	Melee DPS	Energy	Leather	Daggers, poisons, and projectiles
Mage "Masters of the Elements"	Ranged DPS (magical)	Mana	Cloth	Staff or wand
Knight "The Righteous Shield"	Tank	Mana	Plate and shield	One-handed hammer
Priest (Augur) "Instruments of the Divine"	Healer	Mana	Cloth (and shield)	Staff or wand
Warden "Guardians of the Forest"	Tank or melee DPS	Mana	Chain	Two-handed axe or two-handed sword
Druid "Commanders of Nature's Might"	Healer or ranged DPS (magical)	Mana and nature's power	Cloth (and Shield)	Staff or wand
Champion "Rampaging War Machines"	Melee DPS or tank	Rage	Chain	Hammers
Warlock (Harpsyn) "Exploiting the Dark Arts"	Ranged DPS (magical) or Support	Focus and soul points (psi)	Cloth	Staff or wand