Underkeep Ranger Guide: Range, Marks and Follow-Up Shots

The launch-period player guide calls the ranged weapon class Ranger. Older developer material called it Archer. Use the name in the installed game when checking skills and equipment.

Start with a usable ranged weapon

A back-row role is only useful if the equipped attack can reach the enemy. Check the weapon, selected skill and target distance. If the interface reports a range problem, moving the hero’s portrait is not automatically the right answer; first confirm which requirement is failing.

Read any weapon restriction in the skill tooltip. Do not assume a bow-oriented action applies to every object that can be thrown or fired.

Coordinate a marked target

The player guide describes Hunter’s Prey and Execution Shot as interacting with a marked target. It also notes a close-enemy restriction on the marking action. That distinction matters: a ranged damage role does not make every supporting action a long-distance ability.

1. Choose the enemy the party most needs to remove.
2. Check whether the marking action is unlocked and can target that enemy now.
3. Apply a compatible mark when useful and affordable.
4. Use follow-up damage while its stated condition is active.
5. Reassess remaining duration and cooldowns before assuming the next round repeats the same plan.

Other useful descriptions to inspect

Skirmisher’s Step is described as a free action; Runebound Arrows adds elemental behavior. Read the current cost, duration and passive description rather than treating either as an unlimited extra attack.

Scope

This is a role and decision guide, not a ranged damage ranking or full item progression. Exact skill unlock levels, hit formulas and equipment drop locations require stronger current-build verification than the sources used here provide.