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The Ranger's statistics vary from game to game. In ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'', the Ranger increases Agility and Wisdom and gives the party an increased chance to flee from battle at higher ranks, though it decreases several other attributes as well. In ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'', the Ranger is most Deft of all vocations, and serves as a physically oriented jack-of-all-trades vocation by providing buffs, healing, and above-average damage output even from the back row.

~~==Requirements==~~

~~===''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''===~~

~~A character requires mastery of the [[Merchant]], [[Thief]] and [[Monster Master]] vocations to become a Ranger.~~

===''[[Dragon Quest ~~VII~~]]''===

==''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''==

~~The Ranger vocation does not appear at all in~~ the ~~PSX version of ''Dragon Quest VII''; due to a localization error~~, ~~the~~ [[~~Armamentalist~~]] ~~vocation was dubbed the~~ Ranger.

A character requires mastery of the [[Merchant]], [[Thief]] and [[Monster Master]] vocations to become a Ranger. Becoming a Ranger allows a character to flee battle more easily at higher ranks.

=~~==''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''===~~

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~~[[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)~~|The Hero]] must finish the quest Ranger Changer to unlock this vocation. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 ~~times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.~~

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! Rank !! Flee Rate

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| 1 || 0/8

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| 2 || 0/8

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| 3 || 0/8

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| 4 || 2/8

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| 5 || 2/8

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| 6 || 4/8

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| 7 || 7/8

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| 8 || 8/8

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===Stat Changes===

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* In the SFC and DS versions of 'VI', the Ranger's MP is '''reduced''' by 30%

* Formula for fleeing battle, dependent on rank: ''1 = 0/8, 2 = 0/8, 3 = 0/8, 4 = 2/8 (1/4), 5 = 2/8 (1/4), 6 = 4/8 (1/2), 7 = 4/8 (1/2), 8 = 4/8 (1/2), 9 = 7/8, 10 = 8/8 (100%)''

===Abilities===

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==''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''==

The Ranger vocation does not appear at all in the PSX version of ''Dragon Quest VII''; due to a localization error, the [[Armamentalist]] vocation was dubbed the Ranger.

==''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''==

[[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|The Hero]] must finish the quest Ranger Changer to unlock this vocation. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.

==Dragon Quest IX==

The Ranger vocation is unlocked late in the game after completing Quest 114. Rangers have the unique skillset "Ruggedness", and can also use skill points to learn [[Axe]], [[Bow]], [[Boomerang]], and [[Fisticuffs]] skills. Their [[Coup-de-Grace]] is "Brownie Boost," which increases attack, defense, and applies [[Insulate]].

The Ranger vocation is unlocked late in the game after completing Quest 114. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.

Rangers have the unique skillset ''Ruggedness'', and can also use skill points to learn [[Axe]], [[Bow]], [[Boomerang]], and [[Fisticuffs]] skills. Their [[Coup-de-Grace]] is "Brownie Boost," which increases attack, defense, and applies [[Insulate]].

===Stats===

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===Ruggedness===

===[[Ruggedness]]===

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 The Ranger's statistics vary from game to game. In ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'', the Ranger increases Agility and Wisdom and gives the party an increased chance to flee from battle at higher ranks, though it decreases several other attributes as well. In ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'', the Ranger is most Deft of all vocations, and serves as a physically oriented jack-of-all-trades vocation by providing buffs, healing, and above-average damage output even from the back row.
-==Requirements==
-===''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''===
-A character requires mastery of the [[Merchant]], [[Thief]] and [[Monster Master]] vocations to become a Ranger.
-===''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''===
+==''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''==
-The Ranger vocation does not appear at all in the PSX version of ''Dragon Quest VII''; due to a localization error, the [[Armamentalist]] vocation was dubbed the Ranger.
+A character requires mastery of the [[Merchant]], [[Thief]] and [[Monster Master]] vocations to become a Ranger. Becoming a Ranger allows a character to flee battle more easily at higher ranks.
-===''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''===
+{| class="wikitable"
-[[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|The Hero]] must finish the quest Ranger Changer to unlock this vocation. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.
+|-
+! Rank !! Flee Rate
+|-
+| 1 || 0/8
+|-
+| 2 || 0/8
+|-
+| 3 || 0/8
+|-
+| 4 || 2/8
+|-
+| 5 || 2/8
+|-
+| 6 || 4/8
+|-
+| 7 || 7/8
+|-
+| 8 || 8/8
+|}
 ===Stat Changes===
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 * In the SFC and DS versions of 'VI', the Ranger's MP is '''reduced''' by 30%
-* Formula for fleeing battle, dependent on rank: ''1 = 0/8, 2 = 0/8, 3 = 0/8, 4 = 2/8 (1/4), 5 = 2/8 (1/4), 6 = 4/8 (1/2), 7 = 4/8 (1/2), 8 = 4/8 (1/2), 9 = 7/8, 10 = 8/8 (100%)''
 ===Abilities===
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+==''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''==
+The Ranger vocation does not appear at all in the PSX version of ''Dragon Quest VII''; due to a localization error, the [[Armamentalist]] vocation was dubbed the Ranger.
+==''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''==
+[[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|The Hero]] must finish the quest Ranger Changer to unlock this vocation. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.
 ==Dragon Quest IX==
-The Ranger vocation is unlocked late in the game after completing Quest 114. Rangers have the unique skillset "Ruggedness", and can also use skill points to learn [[Axe]], [[Bow]], [[Boomerang]], and [[Fisticuffs]] skills. Their [[Coup-de-Grace]] is "Brownie Boost," which increases attack, defense, and applies [[Insulate]].
+The Ranger vocation is unlocked late in the game after completing Quest 114. By talking to a person at the base of the [[Heights of Loneliness]], the player can accept a quest which involves poisoning Hocus Chimeras and then letting them die by poison, nothing else. After doing this 3 times, the ranger vocation is unlocked.
+Rangers have the unique skillset ''Ruggedness'', and can also use skill points to learn [[Axe]], [[Bow]], [[Boomerang]], and [[Fisticuffs]] skills. Their [[Coup-de-Grace]] is "Brownie Boost," which increases attack, defense, and applies [[Insulate]].
 ===Stats===
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-===Ruggedness===
+===[[Ruggedness]]===
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