Elden Ring's mystery classes have been revealed and they are extremely weird
Between Prisoner and Confessor, Elden Ring classes are anything but cliche
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We finally know all 10 Elden Ring classes, sort of, and they're every bit as weird as you'd expect from the developer that brought us such classics as the Deprived.
The latest class teaser from the official Elden Ring Twitter detailed the Confessor and the Samurai. The Confessor is described as a "church spy adept at covert operations" and equally skilled with a blade and Faith-based incantations. The Samurai is just what it sounds like: a fighter "handy with katana and longbows" hailing from the mysterious Land of Reeds, which honestly sounds a lot cozier than The Lands Between.
Like the recently revealed Bandit and Astrologer, the Samurai was quietly showcased in some older Elden Ring gameplay trailers, but the classes were never explicitly announced. With today's update, we have the final names of eight of Elden Ring's 10 classes, some of which have been updated since the game's network test. Those are:
- Warrior
- Prisoner (the bizarre 'hard mode' class of Elden Ring)
- Vagabond (seemingly based on the network test's Bloody Wolf)
- Hero (formerly the Champion from the network test)
- Confessor
- Samurai
- Bandit
- Astrologer
We've also seen the Enchanted Knight and the Prophet – the spell swordsman and the devout priest from the network test, respectively – but it's possible that these two classes have been changed slightly since the test. However, based on the small changes made to the Bloody Wolf, the essence of these two classes will likely be about the same in the full game. Based on the class makeup in FromSoftware's previous games, we'd expect the Enchanted Knight to be the spell swordsman to the Astrologer's pure magic, with the Confessor being the warrior priest to the Prophet's pure incantations.
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.


