OUTRIDERS: Complete Guide

A player's guide to OUTRIDERS and the Worldslayer expansion: the four classes and how each heals, levelling through World Tiers, gear and mod crafting, the Expeditions and Trial of Tarya Gratar endgames, Apocalypse Tiers and Ascension, and build archetypes that work.

Researched September 2026 — current as of the final balance and bug-fix patches (July 28 and August 25, 2022) and the Complete Edition (February 2024). Live games change; check the linked sources if something differs.

Status: OUTRIDERS has had no content updates since the August 2022 patch. The Complete Edition (released February 8, 2024) bundles the base game, the Worldslayer expansion, the Hell's Rangers content pack and five exclusive emotes. The game needs an online connection even for solo play, so check it launches before relying on it long-term.

Quick Start

Each class heals differently, and you must play to it. Standing behind cover waiting to regenerate doesn't work. Healing comes from killing, damaging or using skills.
Be aggressive. The game rewards pushing into enemies, not sitting in cover. Cover is for reloading, not for camping.
Increase your World Tier. Higher tiers mean tougher enemies and better loot. Keep it at the highest tier you can clear comfortably.
Dismantle gear to learn mods. Breaking down Epic and Legendary items with mods teaches you those mods permanently for crafting.
Don't sell everything. Dismantling gives crafting materials (Iron, Leather, Titanium, Anomaly Shards) that you'll need to upgrade favourite gear.
Put skill points everywhere. You can reset the class tree anytime for free. Experiment.
Do side quests and hunts. They give strong early rewards, Legendary chances and good XP.
Co-op is up to three players, and drop-in play is supported.
Choose Worldslayer if you own it; it adds the new campaign, Apocalypse gear, PAX trees, Ascension and the Trial of Tarya Gratar.

The Four Classes

Class	Range and role	How it heals
Devastator	Close range tank	Killing enemies at close range
Pyromancer	Mid-range fire/crowd control	Killing enemies marked (burned, ashed) by your skills
Technomancer	Long range support/gadgets	A percentage of weapon and skill damage dealt
Trickster	Close range hit-and-run/time manipulation	Killing enemies at close range heals you and extends your shield

Devastator

Skills include: Earthquake, Gravity Leap, Golem, Tremor, Reflect Bullets, Boulderdash, Endless Mass, Impale.
Subclass trees: Vanquisher (weapon damage), Warden (defence), Seismic Shifter (Anomaly Power).
Play style: Walk into the middle of the fight. Golem and Reflect Bullets keep you alive; Earthquake and Gravity Leap deal damage.

Pyromancer

Skills include: Heatwave, Feed the Flames, Eruption, Thermal Bomb, Overheat, Volcanic Rounds, FASER Beam, Ash Blast.
Subclass trees: Ash Breaker, Tempest, Fire Storm.
Play style: Mark enemies with Burn or Ash, then kill them to heal. Volcanic Rounds builds lean on weapon damage; FASER Beam and Eruption builds lean on Anomaly Power.

Technomancer

Skills include: Scrapnel, Cryo Turret, Pain Launcher, Tool of Destruction, Fixing Wave, Cold Snap, Blighted Rounds, Blighted Turret.
Subclass trees: Pestilence, Tech Shaman, Demolisher.
Play style: The healer and ranged damage class. Blighted Rounds with a sniper or assault rifle is the classic solo build; turrets and Fixing Wave support the team.

Trickster

Skills include: Temporal Blade, Hunt the Prey, Slow Trap, Borrowed Time, Twisted Rounds, Cyclone Slice, Venator's Knife, Time Rift.
Subclass trees: Assassin, Harbinger, Reaver.
Play style: Teleport in with Hunt the Prey, kill up close and teleport out. Twisted Rounds with a shotgun is a classic weapon-damage build.

Stats That Matter

Stat	What it does
Firepower	Weapon damage
Anomaly Power	Skill damage
Armour	Reduces physical damage taken
Resistance	Reduces Anomaly damage
Cooldown Reduction	Skills return faster
Skill Leech / Weapon Leech	Heal from damage dealt
Status Power	Stronger status effects (Bleed, Burn, Toxic, Freeze and so on)

Pick either a weapon build (Firepower, weapon damage mods) or a skill build (Anomaly Power, Cooldown Reduction). Mixing them usually does neither well.

Levelling and World Tiers

Level cap: 30.
World Tiers: There are 15 World Tiers in the campaign. Higher tiers raise enemy level and loot quality (more Legendaries at the top).
Keep the tier as high as you can manage. If you're dying repeatedly, drop one tier; loot quality won't suffer much.
Loot level follows your World Tier. At the highest tier, items drop at the top item level for that system.

Gear and Crafting

Rarities: Common, Unusual, Rare, Epic, Legendary, plus the Worldslayer Apocalypse tiers of Epic and Legendary.
Mods: Epic and Legendary gear have two mod slots. You can replace only one of them per item; once you commit to changing one slot, the other is locked. Higher-tier mods are much stronger.
Learn mods by dismantling. Once dismantled, a mod is permanently in your crafting library.
Crafting options: Swap a mod, increase item level, raise rarity, boost attributes, change weapon variants.
Apocalypse gear (Worldslayer) has a third mod slot and higher stats. This is the main reason to farm the Worldslayer endgame.
Item locking and improved quick-marking (including Legendaries and Apocalypse Epics/Legendaries) arrived in the July 2022 patch.

Endgame: Expeditions (Base Game)

Expeditions are timed endgame missions: 18 hand-crafted levels in total, according to the store page.
Challenge Tiers replace World Tiers in Expeditions. Beat them fast for Gold, Silver or Bronze rewards and unlock the next tier.
Drop Pod Resources from Expeditions are spent at the Expedition vendor for Legendaries and other gear.
Speed matters. Expeditions reward fast clears. Build for damage and mobility.

Endgame: Worldslayer

New campaign ending with Ereshkigal.
Apocalypse Tiers replace World and Challenge Tiers with a new long ladder of difficulty. The July 2022 patch cut the XP needed to level each Apocalypse Tier by 10% from tier 20 upward.
PAX class trees add a new layer of class-specific nodes on top of the regular tree. The July 2022 patch rebalanced them after data showed a handful of nodes used by 40% to 60% of players.
Ascension System: long-term progression points earned by levelling Apocalypse Tiers, spread across stat categories. A missing-point bug was fixed and points were restored in the August 2022 patch.
Trial of Tarya Gratar: a dungeon-crawl endgame with multiple bosses (Arbiters), optional Trove areas, and the best loot.

Tarya Gratar farming (as of the final patches)

The July 12, 2022 patch added an extra guaranteed Apocalypse Legendary to the Cliffside Path, Daughter's Sanctuary and Arboretum Troves, matching each trove's targeted loot, and made troves drop their targeted loot more often.
The same patch lowered the final Arbiter's Apocalypse Legendary drop rate (the Choice of Legendary reward after beating him is unchanged) and made him less likely to drop helmets.
The July 28 patch increased Anomaly Extract from Tarya Gratar's Troves by 500%, roughly doubling Anomaly Extract per full run.
Takeaway: full runs with Troves are the intended and most rewarding farm now; boss-rushing the final Arbiter is weaker than it was.

Build Archetypes That Work

Class	Weapon build	Skill build
Devastator	Bleed or weapon-damage builds with Reflect Bullets and Endless Mass	Earthquake / Gravity Leap Anomaly Power build
Pyromancer	Volcanic Rounds	FASER Beam and Eruption
Technomancer	Blighted Rounds (sniper or assault rifle)	Turret builds with Cryo Turret and Blighted Turret
Trickster	Twisted Rounds (shotgun)	Temporal Blade and Cyclone Slice

Notes:

These are archetypes, not exact rolls. Look for legendary sets and mods that support the core skill.
Pick a lane and invest: stat priorities, mods and skill-tree branches should all point in one direction.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Playing like a cover shooter. You'll run out of health. Push and heal through your class mechanic.
Leaving World Tier on low. Loot won't keep up.
Selling mod-carrying items instead of dismantling. You lose access to mods.
Mixing weapon and skill stats.
Ignoring Resistance. Late-game enemies hit hard with Anomaly damage.
Boss-rushing only the final Arbiter in Tarya Gratar after the 2022 changes.

Advanced Tips

Crafting before farming. Level up and roll favourite gear to the top level rather than waiting for a perfect drop.
Mod synergy: Two mods that reinforce one skill (for example, damage plus cooldown for the same skill) are worth more than two unrelated mods.
Co-op roles: A Technomancer's healing and a Devastator's aggro make groups far more stable.
Speedrunning Expeditions: Learn spawn locations and use mobility skills to skip empty sections.
Apocalypse Tier pushing: Only move up when you clear consistently. Dying slows progress more than a slightly lower tier.

FAQ

Is OUTRIDERS still being updated? No. The last patch was August 25, 2022. The Complete Edition (February 2024) bundles everything.

Is Worldslayer worth it? Yes, if you like the endgame. It adds a campaign, Apocalypse gear with a third mod slot, PAX trees, Ascension and Tarya Gratar.

Can I play solo? Yes, though it needs an online connection. Co-op supports up to three players.

Which class is easiest? Technomancer (ranged healing) or Devastator (tanky close range) are the most forgiving.

Can I respec? Yes. Class skill-tree points can be reset for free at any time.

What's the level cap? 30, with further progression through Apocalypse Tiers and Ascension in Worldslayer.

Can I skip the base campaign with Worldslayer? Yes. Worldslayer includes a character boost to create a new level 30 Outrider geared for the new campaign.