Not an official balance sheet

Tier list with both editors left intact

This is an editorial comparison of two public lists, checked 28 Oct 2026. Gravity has not published a tier table.

Last checked: 2026-10-28. Game build: not established in the cited public sources; dated snapshots are identified below.

Characters posing beside a ship in Ragnarok: The New World — Steam store screenshot for Ragnarok: The New World (app 4212480), checked 2026-10-28. Steam store.

Wardrobe hairstyle customization screen in Ragnarok: The New World — Steam store screenshot for Ragnarok: The New World (app 4212480), checked 2026-10-28. Steam store.

Wiki launch letters

Letter	Classes
S	Gunslinger, Mage
A	Swordsman, Archer, Acolyte, Druid (provisional)
B	Thief, Merchant

RTNW Hub, 14 Aug 2026

Mode	Their pick
F2P	Swordsman or Mage
PvE	Mage or Gunslinger
PvP	Thief or Swordsman
Party	Acolyte

Changelog: 28 Oct 2026 page created from those two sources. No in-game time trial sits behind the letters.

Questions people actually search

What is the best class?

RTNW picks Mage or Gunslinger for PvE, Swordsman or Mage for F2P, and Thief or Swordsman for PvP. The wiki's general launch S tier includes Mage and Gunslinger; that is a different ranking scope.

Where is Druid?

The source treatment is provisional, so this page does not present a stable current-patch rank.

Are Bard, Dancer, and Alchemist ranked?

They are not ranked in the tables reproduced here. OneOne describes their September update, but article dates alone do not establish what every later revision covers.

Sources

ROW Wiki launch tier list — Checked 2026-10-28. Community editorial ranking; independence from other lists is unproven.
RTNW class tiers — Checked 2026-10-28. 14 Aug 2026 opinion split by mode; not an October balance test.
OneOne major-update newsletter — Checked 2026-10-28. 23 Sep 2026 update: Glast Heim, Bard, Dancer, Alchemist, four MVPs.