Backpack Battles Characters: All Four Classes and Their Abilities Explained

Backpack Battles is known for having different classes, i.e. characters that the players can engage in battle with, so, here are all four of the Backpack Battles Characters and their abilities explained.

Backpack Battles is a game created by PlayWithFurcifer that was released officially on March 8, 2024 in its early access form. It is a strategy-based inventory management auto battler game where damaging your opponent is the main objective. Like many other auto battlers, Backpack Battles has different characters or classes you can play. You have to engage in a series of battles with five lives to go as one of these characters. Hence, here is a complete list of all four of the Backpack Battles Characters and their abilities explained in detail. 

Backpack Battles Characters: The Four Classes 

As the game is in early access, Backpack Battles only has four classes or characters. These Backpack Battles characters are all different from each other with different class-specific items, sub-class items and a unique bag. Each of these classes also possesses a different unique ability or specialty. Here are all four of the Backpack Battles classes:

Now, without further ado, here are all the details of the four Backpack Battles characters and their abilities, class-specific items and more.

Ranger

The first on the list of the Backpack Battles characters or classes is the Ranger. The Ranger is the poster class or cover class of the game in general. She is a nature-themed and wild class. She is called the “Lucky Ranger” because most of the Ranger class-specific items use the buff “Luck.” The Lucky Ranger has the ability or specialty to deal critical damage with her weapons. This class has a total of 9 Melee and Ranged Weapons. This class has a unique bag called the “Ranger Bag” which looks like a hiker’s backpack. 

Here are the starting items for the Ranger class when you choose to play with it:

• Ranger Bag
• 2x Leather Bag
• Wooden Sword
• Lucky Clover

Here are the class-specific items in the game that can only be purchased when playing with the Ranger class:

• Acorn Collar
• Bow and Arrow
• Carrot
• Hedgehog
• Lucky Clover
• Rat
• Shortbow
• Squirrel

Here are the recipes that can only be crafted with the Ranger class-specific items:

• Belladonna’s Shade
• Belladonna’s Whisper
• Carrot Goobert
• Critwood Staff
• Fortuna’s Grace
• Fortuna’s Hope
• Lucky Piggy
• Rainbow Goobert Megasludge Alphapuddle
• Tusk Piercer
• Tusk Poker

Here are the sub-class items of the Ranger class:

• Big Bowl of Treats
• Mega Clover
• Piercing Arrow
• Poison Ivy
• Yggdrasil Leaf

Reaper

The second on the list of the Backpack Battles characters or classes is the Reaper. She is a witchy and devious class. She is called the “Devious Reaper” because most of the Reaper class-specific items use the debuff “Poison” which does damage over time. The Reaper has the ability or specialty to deal damage over time with effects and afflictions, specifically Poison. This class has a total of 5 class-specific Melee and Ranged Weapons. This class has a unique bag called the “Storage Coffin” which looks like a coffin-shaped suitcase or luggage. 

Here are the starting items for the Reaper class when you choose to play with it:

• Storage Coffin
• Leather Bag
• Fly Agaric

Here are the class-specific items in the game that can only be purchased when playing with the Reaper class:

• Death Scythe
• Deck of Cards ( including 7 Playing Cards)
• Demonic Flask
• Fly Agaric
• Miss Fortune
• Mrs. Struggles

Here are the recipes that can only be crafted with the Reaper class-specific items:

• Ice Dragon
• Poison Goobert
• Rainbow Goobert Omegaooze Primeslime
• Ruby Chonk
• Staff of Unhealing
• Strong Demonic Flask
• Strong Divine Potion
• Strong Mana Potion
• Strong Pestilence Flask
• Strong Vampiric Potion

Here are the sub-class items of the Reaper class:

• Cauldron
• Cursed Dagger
• Mr. Struggles
• Nocturnal Lock Lifter
• Snake

Pyromancer

The third on the list of the Backpack Battles characters or classes is the Pyromancer. She is an arsonist class. She is called the Pyromancer because most of the class-specific items use the buff “Heat.” The Pyromancer has the ability or specialty to use fire for everything and burn her opponents to the ground. This class has a total of 13 class-specific Melee and Ranged Weapons. This class has a unique bag called the “Fire Pit” which looks like a pit where you’d light a fire. 

Here are the starting items for the Pyromancer class when you choose to play with it:

• Fire Pit
• Leather Bag
• Wooden Sword
• 2x Flame

Here are the class-specific items in the game that can only be purchased when playing with the Pyromancer class:

• Amethyst Egg
• Book of Ice
• Burning Blade
• Burning Sword
• Chili Goobert
• Chili Pepper
• Draconic Orb
• Emerald Egg
• Flame
• Flame Whip
• Frostbite
• Frozen Buckler
• Ice Armor
• Ice Dragon
• Molten Dagger
• Molten Spear
• Obsidian Dragon
• Phoenix
• Rainbow Goobert Epicglob Uberviscous
• Sapphire Egg
• Spell Scroll: Frostbolt
• Staff of Fire
• Sun Armor
• Sun Shield

Here are the recipes that can only be crafted with the Pyromancer class-specific items:

• Amethyst Whelp
• Emerald Whelp
• Sapphire Whelp

Here are the sub-class items of the Pyromancer class:

• Burning Banner
• Dark Lantern
• Dragon Nest
• Friendly Fire
• Frozen Flame

Berserker

The last and fourth on the list of the Backpack Battles characters or classes is the Berserker. She is a rough, tough and angry class. The Berserker has the ability or specialty to enter a state called the “Battle Rage” during a battle. In this state, she amplifies the effects of items and increases the duration of inflictions. This class has a total of 6 class-specific Melee and Ranged Weapons. This class has a unique bag called the “Duffle Bag” which looks like a regular gym goer’s duffle bag and this allows her to enter Battle Rage. 

Here are the starting items for the Berserker class when you choose to play with it:

• Duffle Bag
• 2x Leather Bag
• Forging Hammer

Here are the class-specific items in the game that can only be purchased when playing with the Berserker class:

• Axe
• Badger Rune
• Cheese
• Cheese Goobert
• Courage Puppy
• Double Axe
• Elephant Rune
• Hawk Rune
• Power Puppy
• Rainbow Goobert Deathslushy Mansquisher
• Spiked Collar
• Wisdom Puppy

Here are the recipes that can only be crafted with the Berserker class-specific items:

• Armored Courage Puppy
• Armored Power Puppy
• Armored Wisdom Puppy
• Busted Blade
• Chain Whip
• Dragon Claws
• Dragonscale Armor
• Dragonskin Boots

Here are the sub-class items of the Berserker class:

• Anvil
• Brass Knuckles
• Deerwood Guardian
• Shaman Mask
• Wolf Emblem

With that, you’re done learning about all of the four Backpack Battle characters or classes. Other than that, the game also has two side characters including Furcifer the Shopkeeper, who gives tips to you when clicked on and Chestnut, the chest sitting right next to the Shopkeeper who eats items dragged into it and pays you half of the original amount of Gold coins you bought the item for. 

Also, make sure to check out our article on the Backpack Battles Goobert recipes and the tier list of the best builds to find out the most meta builds for Ranked battles. You can also check out class-specific best builds for the Ranger and Reaper classes. Stay tuned for more such content from ESTNN!