- For other uses, see archer.

The Archer is the basic might class of the Preserve faction in Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It starts with Basic Combat and Basic Archery. Its magic counterpart is the Druid.
Lore[]
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Skills[]
The Archer has the following priorities to learn secondary skills:
- 5: Archery
- 4: Combat, Melee, Magic Resistance
- 2: Scouting, Pathfinding
- Nature Magic, as well as all of its related skills, have a priority of 2.
- 1: Charm, Demonology, Enchantment, Necromancy, Occultism, Seamanship, Wizardry
- Chaos Magic, Life Magic, Nobility and Tactics, as well as all of their related skills, have a priority of 1.
- 0: Death Magic, Order Magic, Stealth
Trivia[]
- Archers have fully functional melee animations. including standing and walking, but these can only be seen by creating an Archer without the Basic Archery skill in the Map Editor, which itself can only be achieved as a glitch.
- It seems that male archer model was loosely based on Fahtrim and female one on Snowjay, only made to have black features.
Preserve heroes in Heroes of Might and Magic IV |
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Archers |
Anium · Avanine · Blackdog · Callis · Enathrae · Erensar · Erutan Revol · Fahtrim · Gillion · Gramin · Gwedmyr · Ignatius · Ilia · Ivor · Jenova · Kamiana · Kyrre · Lindette · Lord Harke · Mephala · Merlith · Neska · Pyral · Ryland · Shaera · Shyn · Snowjay · Theritos · Trinni |
Druids |
Aeris · Agraynel · Aleta · Arebell · Braebar · Brook · Coronius · Derden · Eleece · Elleshar · Elwin · Farnivon · Gathran · Gem · Gue · Iscandel · Kaliki · Labetha · Lowell · Melodia · Oris · Regina · Saleena · Sannah · Tonwen · Vianne · Yesterfox |
Heroes of Might and Magic IV classes | ||
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Standard hero classes | Knight - Death Knight - Lord - Thief - Archer - Barbarian - Priest - Necromancer - Mage - Sorcerer - Druid | |
Advanced classes | Archmage - Assassin - Bard - Battle Mage - Beast Lord - Beastmaster - Cardinal - Crusader - Dark Lord - Dark Priest - Demonologist - Enchanter - Field Marshal - Fire Diviner - Fireguard - General - Guildmaster - Heretic - Illusionist - Lich - Lord Commander - Monk - Ninja - Paladin - Prophet - Pyromancer - Ranger - Reaver - Seer - Shadow Mage - Summoner - Warden - Warlock - Warlord - Witch King - Wizard - Wizard King |