Best Classes in 99 Nights in the Forest with Tier List and Guide

Lumberjack

70

Crazy good wood production and virtually unlimited trees. Amazing in both early and late game.

Vampire

600

Strong starting weapon and night buffs. Lifesteal at max level can help correct any mistakes while kiting enemies.

Cyborg

600

Starts off with a powerful area of effect weapon and one of the best armors in the game. Really good at farming cultist strongholds and just combat in general.

Necromancer

600

Incredibly strong summoner class. Takes a while to really get going, but once you have your army sorted, you're going to breeze through the nights.

Witch

N/A

Costs 900 Candies and can only be acquired during the Halloween event. Extremely strong starting weapon with infinite ammo, and its area of effect can heal allies (including the user)

Gifting Elf

N/A

Costs 900 Candy Canes and can only be acquired during the Christmas event. Can generate virtually infinite essential resources, including ammo, fuel, and bandages.

Fire Bandit

200

Relatively cheap but extremely powerful class. Starts with a ranged weapon that has infinite ammo and can potentially stockpile Wildfire potions.

Fisherman

50

Completely focused on fishing, but can be an infinite source of food, healing items, and most importantly, scrap (which is normally finite).

Blacksmith

200

Good for quick base building and scrap generation. Its passive utility more than makes up for its lack of combat bonuses.

Poison Master

200

Starts with armor and a blowpipe, which has infinite ammo and decent damage over time. Potentially good area of effect if played well.

Alien

100

Starts off with a decent gun that has infinite ammo. Conditional but quick sprint boost that lets you explore or escape enemies faster than other players.

Beastmaster

400

Strong summoner class that takes a while to ramp up. Once you've maxed out on wolves, you can take down any threat within seconds.

Pyromaniac

600

It has pretty good area of effect damage, but its flamethrower can very quickly burn through fuel, which is hard to come by (even with an oil drill built).

Zookeeper

70

Basically an inferior Beastmaster. It's an okay summoner class, but there are better choices in this price range.

Brawler

100

Pretty good melee fighter, but needs to loot at least a spear before it can really ramp up. Can be annoying if you keep finding guns in solo play.

Chef

150

Can be a great food supplier in teams, but usefulness falls off slightly in solo play. It can also be hard to find ingredients for the best dishes.

Assassin

500

Starts with a good ranged weapon and a reskinned spear, but its passives are unreliable. Heavily outclassed by others in the same price range.

Big Game Hunter

600

Can ramp up over the course of a run, but still requires a lot of luck to get its passives unlocked.

Cook

40

Powercrept by the Chef. Its utility is mainly centered around cooking seasoned stews, which isn't even useful for more experienced players.

Ranger

70

Good starting loadout, but its ammo saving perk (10% chance) is unreliable. Provides no real utility outside of that.

Gambler

55

Completely RNG-dependent. Can potentially have the most disastrous streaks of bad luck while looting, and its ability is useless once the map has been fully explored.

Grenadier

100

Good area of effect damage, but can very quickly run out of grenades and ways to restock them.

Nightcrawler

200

Relatively weak starting weapon, and its passive buffs only work at night.

Gunslinger

600

Wildly expensive class with a gimmicky weapon. Having limited ammo for its special gun means that players are less likely to actually use it in combat, which has negative synergy with its "upgrade on kill" effect.

Medic

40

Its only utility is its improved revive (faster and better healing), which isn't particularly useful unless your teammates keep dying. Completely useless in solo play.

Scavenger

25

Its bonus sack space and chest opening speed are negligible buffs, but the small chance to get scrap as a bonus drop can actually be somewhat helpful as it's a finite resource.

Hunter

40

Its increased meat and pelt drop rate can actually come in handy once you have a Biofuel Processor. It's also decent if you're playing with a Big Game Hunter user.

Support

45

Its "Bond" mechanic can potentially be a hindrance if your bondmate is careless, as you could die from absorbing damage. It's also useless in solo play.

Explorer

80

Can save some time if you're speedrunning, but its perks are massively overrated. Its best perk is the speed boost, which can only work if you still have fog to clear.

Camper

10

Negligible perks and awful starting items. You may as well save the 10 diamonds for an actual class.

Base Defender

40

Its free defense blueprints will inevitably break, and there is no guarantee that you can even find new ones throughout a run.

Snowman

100

Alien heavily outclasses it at the same price. While its Snowball Cannon has infinite ammo, the weapon itself is mediocre because its projectiles have an unusual trajectory.

Undead

100

This class requires you to die regularly to gain passive buffs, which is counterintuitive in a survival game. It's also entirely useless in solo play.

Brute

50

Brute is really only useful for absolute beginners, as it expects you to take damage regularly (which you should ideally be avoiding).

Farmer

80

Only useful if you consistently tend to your farm plots. Plenty of classes with better utility at this price range.

Berserker

100

Another class that expects you to be taking damage regularly. Its perks require you to stay at a risky amount of health, which can lead to a swift and untimely death.

Feaster

150

Feaster will needlessly burn through food supplies, and it's way too expensive for what it can do.