Our Rune Slayer Race Tier List ranks all playable races from best to worst, alongside their rarities, passives, and exclusive abilities.

Roll for new races in Rune Slayer. Find out more about the Rune Slayer Classes with our guide, including rarities and abilities.

Rune Slayer Race Tier List

All races in Rune Slayer, ranked.

S Tier

  • Slime
    • Rare (6% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Slime Body
        • Fire Resistance -7.5%
        • Magic Resistance -7.5%
        • 25% overall Immunity
      • Viscous Remains
        • When you are hit, you have a chance to release slime that attacks the enemy
    • Abilities:
      • Viscous Shock
        • Use 10 Magic to sacrifice your own HP to send out a shockwave of slime
      • Black Ooze Slime
        • Your slime can turn into Black Ooze which has a higher poison potency and strengthens the Viscous Shock ability
  • Half Golem
    • Rare (6% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Stone Body
        • Maximum Speed -5%
        • Maximum Weight increases by 10
        • Take 5% less DMG
        • Robustness increases by 25%
    • Upgrades:
      • Siege Body
        • DMG Reduction +10%
        • Robust +25%
        • Speed -10%
        • Magic Resistance +5%
        • Max Weight +25
      • Crystal Body
        • Speed +6%
        • Magic Power +12%
        • Robust +25%
        • DMG Reduction -10%
      • Assault Body
        • Robust +25%
        • Attack Power +12%
        • Speed +6%
        • DMG Reduction -10%

A Tie

  • Dullahan
    • Legendary rarity (2% drop rate chance)
    • Passive Abilities:
      • Grim Reaper
        • Regenerate some HP when killing enemies
      • Undead Body
        • Cold Resistance increases by 25%
        • Robust +25%
        • Holy Resistance decreases by 10%
    • Abilities:
      • Severed Sight
        • You can take your head off to use it like a camera
      • Soul Harvest/Death Sickle
        • At level 15, you can turn Death Sickle into Soul Harvest
  • Vampire
    • Legendary rarity (2% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Vampiric Merit
        • Luck +1
      • Nocturnal Being
        • Stats decrease by 15% during the day but increase by 20% during the night
      • Vampiric
        • You take 5% more Holy DMG
      • Bloodthirst
        • You heal 50% of the Bleed DMG you inflict on enemies
      • Famished
        • When you receive Bleed DMG, your HP replenishes
        • You take 15% more Holy DMG in combat

B Tier

  • Elf
    • Common rarity (25.3% drop rate chance)
    • Passive Abilities:
      • Strider
        • Cooldowns are reduced by 10%, Stealth increases by 10%, and Speed increases by 3%
      • Mana Affinity
        • You have 10% more Mana
      • Focus Affinity
        • You have 5% more Focus
    • Ability:
      • Duskwalk
        • Once you reach level 15, you unlock the ability to turn invisible for a duration
  • Ailuran
    • Rare (10% drop rate chance)
    • Passive Abilities:
      • Fleetfoot
        • Speed increases by 8%
      • Beastly Coat
        • Fire Resistance increases by 10%
        • Cold Resistance and Heat Resistance increase by 25%
      • Prowler
        • You can jump 25% higher
        • You take 15% less Fall DMG
  • Ghoul
    • Common rarity (14.25% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Ghoul Lineage
        • Magic Attack increases by 2.5%
      • Ghoulish Screech
        • When your HP is below 30%, you have a slight chance of screeching, which applies the Sleep debuff to enemies
      • Ghoulish Gut
        • You are 50% more resistant to poison
  • Amphibu
    • Uncommon rarity (10.714% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Amphibius Immunity
        • Your Immunity gets a 50% boost
      • Amphibu Lineage
        • You get a +35 swim boost
      • Echolocation
        • You ribbit now and then, which highlights nearby enemies and their hitboxes
  • Seraphim
    • Legendary rarity (1% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Seraphim Lineage
        • Cold Resistance +10%, Fire Resistance -5%, and +1 Luck
  • Infernim
    • Legendary rarity (1% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Hellborn
        • Heat Resistance +10%, Holy Resistance -5%, and +1 Luck

C Tier

  • Human
    • Common rarity (25% drop rate chance)
    • Passive Abilities:
      •  Tenacity
        • When HP is below 50%, your DMG increases by 15% and the DMG you take reduces by 15%
      • Ghoul Slayer
        • When attacking an Undead enemy, you deal more DMG
      • Hunger Efficiency
        • Mana Efficiency increases by 2 and Focus Efficiency increases by 1
    • Ability:
      • Surge
        • Drain 50 Hunger to boost your Stamina
  • Chiroptran
    • Rare (7.143% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Chiroptran Lineage
        • Holy Attack +5%, Holy Resistance -5%, Wind Resistance -5
  • Bunny
    • Epic (4.412% drop rate chance)
    • Passive abilities:
      • Bunny Dash
        • Your dashes go much further

D Tier

  • Orc
    • Common rarity (25.3% drop rate chance)
    • Passive Abilities:
      • Battle Hardened
        • Base HP regeneration is 10% higher
      • Ravenous
        • Maximum Hunger is 15% higher
      • Ash Walker
        • Your Heat Resistance is 20% stronger

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