Dimraeth Classes: All Three EA Classes Explained

Dimraeth has three playable classes in the build live on 21 September 2026 (EA build 0.107.7725): the Brawler, the Magician and the Shadow. The store also advertises "8 races and 6 classes", but that line describes the 1.0 target rather than what you can pick today, and the studio's Early Access announcement confirms three of each at launch. Class is only half the decision, because the archetype is built out of race and class together — an Elf Shadow and a Minotaur Brawler are not variations of one character but two different ones. Everything below is what can be sourced as of that date, with the parts that rest on creator footage rather than studio wording labelled as such.

The three classes you can play today

Class	What the studio says it is	What the current build gives you	Where the detail comes from
Brawler	"a close-combat specialist who combines weapon strikes with feral, instinctive techniques, excelling in grappling, swift attacks, and unpredictable movements"	A melee cleave character with stamina-driven attacks, stun build-up and a health cost on its biggest skills	Studio description on dimraeth.com
Magician	"wields elemental magic to enhance their combat skills, seamlessly blending spells with weapon strikes", able to "summon fire, ice, or lightning"	A hybrid caster that keeps attacking between spells and adapts its damage type to the enemy	Studio description on dimraeth.com
Shadow	No official class description appears in the text captured from the studio's site	Creators describe it as the rogue equivalent: stealth, teleporting strikes and status damage	Creator guides only (single source)

The studio's own words for the Brawler add that it is "lightly armored and agile" and leans on "relentless stamina and cunning to overwhelm foes in chaotic, melee encounters", which matches how the class plays in recorded footage. The Magician blurb frames its spells as something woven into weapon strikes rather than a separate ranged mode, so it is a hybrid by design. The Shadow is the exception here: it is confirmed as a playable class by the store Q&A and the Early Access announcement, but the descriptive writing about it comes from players.

Brawler, Magician and Shadow in practice

Brawler — creators running the class describe it as an area-damage melee character whose basic attacks hit several enemies at once and build more stun than other weapons (single source — creator guides). Its signature published ability is Furious Strike, which costs health on top of stamina and is built to land critical hits (single source — creator guides). That trade defines the class: heavy, committed swings that stay affordable only while you keep enough health to pay for them.

Magician — the studio's wording covers the intent, while creator coverage shows the class being played either as a ranged attacker that keeps its distance or as an elemental damage dealer that swaps schools per fight (single source — creator guides). Because its output can be pushed toward one damage type, it is the class most sensitive to which spellbooks you have found. The schools themselves are covered on the spells page.

Shadow — third-party write-ups treat it as the bleed and damage-over-time class, built around applying stacks and then spending them for burst (single source — third-party guide). The documented routes depend on status effects more than raw hits, and the best-covered one uses a racial capstone to gain an extra clone (single source — creator guide). There is no studio description of the class in the material captured for this page, so nothing in this paragraph is stated as official.

Race and class combine into one archetype

The pairing is the real choice: creator commentary describes race plus class as your "class or archetype" and says the combination decides which skills your tree can reach, while leaving plenty of non-class-specific skills available to everyone (single source — creator guides). That is also why the "48 archetypes" figure you may see quoted is a 1.0 number — it multiplies the planned 8 races by the planned 6 classes, not the nine pairings that exist now.

Weapons follow the race rather than the class, which is the detail that most often forces a rethink (single source — two creator guides, not the studio). Creator guides report that Humans use a sword or a bow, Minotaurs a battle axe and Elves twin daggers, so "I want to play a Magician" is not a complete decision until you have also accepted the weapon that comes with it. The races page collects what is and is not confirmed about that split.

If you want…	The material points toward	Documented by
A forgiving first character	Minotaur Brawler — wide cleave, described as not gear-dependent	Creator guides (single source)
A ranged or elemental playstyle	Magician, with the race chosen for its ranged weapon	Creator guides (single source)
Status damage and burst windows	Shadow, usually built around Bleed	Creator and third-party guides (single source)

Which class to pick for your first character

The most repeated advice across the published guides is not to chase a theoretical best, and the material gives a concrete reason: a creator who had played the build for a year still described the opening choices as correctable rather than permanent (single source). The game is forgiving enough that a first character can be a test run, particularly once skill-point respec is available.

The trade-off between the three is about risk rather than a ranking. The Brawler must stand in melee range and pays health for its main ability, so it forgives bad positioning least but clears groups fastest. The Magician keeps its distance and can adapt its damage type, but depends on spells it may not have unlocked yet, which makes it the most sensitive to your spellbook luck. The Shadow offers repositioning and status pressure, which suits players who prefer setting up a kill to trading blows.

A practical way to choose is to start from the weapon instead of the class name, because the weapon is the part you cannot change later without rerolling the race (single source). If you dislike daggers or slow axes, that preference narrows the race before it narrows the class, and the races page sets out the trade-offs on that side.

What the level 25 cap means for your build

The build live on 21 September 2026 capped characters at level 25 (single source — the studio's Early Access announcement). Because levels award skill points, that ceiling limits how much of a class tree you can actually fill, and one creator at the cap reported having spent their points down two of the tree's four directions rather than four (single source — creator guide). In practice the cap pushes you toward a build rather than a buffet, and the studio has said Early Access will expand the late-game progression ceiling without publishing a new number.

That is less punishing than it sounds. Levels come from spending experience on attributes rather than banking it, and creators report that training hands out two skill points per level (single source — third-party guide), so attribute spending and tree progress move together. Skill points can also be taken back later, which is why the guides written so far treat a first attempt as a draft. If you want the opening steps in order, the beginner guide covers the first hours, and builds covers how the pieces fit together.

What 1.0 is planned to add

The studio's stated target is 8 races and 6 classes, so the class list should roughly double over Early Access. Beyond the count, the studio has said Early Access will expand the late-game skill and equipment ceiling (single source), which matters most for builds that currently stop at level 25. No names for the remaining three classes have been published, so any list you see is speculation.

Nothing in the official record commits to a date for that expansion. The studio describes Early Access as a roughly 18–24 month window with no fixed end date (single source), and the roadmap page collects what has actually been written down by the studio. Until then, the three classes described above are the entire list you can play.

What the studio has not published

There is no official class tier list, no official damage table and no statement that any class is stronger than another, so this page ranks nothing. There is also no official confirmation of the weapon-per-race rule in the text captured for this page, even though two separate creator guides describe it the same way — it stays creator-reported until the studio says it in writing. The Shadow's official class description is likewise missing from what was captured, so its summary here is third-party throughout.

Where the studio has said nothing, this page says so instead of filling the gap. Party roles, exact skill counts per class and the timing of the remaining three classes are all still open, and the early access page tracks the state of the build itself.