All 99 Nights in the Forest classes in an overall tier list for beginners, team players, and solo survivors

⚒️ Starts with a Rifle, (12) Ammo
Good in both solo and multiplayer games, a late-game powerhouse after acquiring its third perk and stacking permanent buffs. The best choice for amassing higher day counts.

⚒️ Starts with a Laser Canon and Alien Armor
Good for solo and co-op play, offensive playstyles. Strong early to mid-game, but needs to kite stronger enemies much longer in the late game. Beware of overheating and taking extra damage.

⚒️ Starts with a Cultist Staff
Good for solo and co-op runs looking to last longer in the late game. Not very impressive until resurrecting Cultist Kings, but worth the grind if you can survive long enough. More situational as it's dependent on the volcano biome.

⚒️ Starts with a Katana, (120) Throwing Knives
Good for solo and co-op, a competitive alternative to Cyborg, but with limited ammo. Suitable for speedruns and diamond farming. Bad RNG can make late survival harder with limited Throwing Knives and reduced HP.

⚒️ Starts with a Good Taming Flute
Good for solo and co-op play, a competitive alternative to Necromancer that's faster to beef up early on but seems to have less damage potential later. Makes the Hunter class more useful in multiplayer games.

⚒️ Starts with Leather Armor
Good for solo or group runs, a late-game monster a good melee weapon like the Morningstar or Cultist King Mace. Can be difficult to see its full potential with greedy teammates, but even weaker melee weapons see meaningful returns.

⚒️ Starts with a Chef's Station Blueprint, Recipe Book
Good for co-op games and easily one of the must-have support classes for bigger groups. Its recipe buffs can provide the team with extra health, speed, and vision. Excellent value at 150 diamonds and worth investing in its perks and talent.

⚒️ Starts with an Infernal Crossbow, Wildfire
Good for solo and co-op play, and excellent when paired with the Cyborg for AoE damage to Cultist Stronghold mobs. Easily outclasses the more expensive Pyromaniac class for less than half its diamond cost.

⚒️ Starts with a random item
Good for solo runs, but harder to maximize its potential in uncoordinated big groups if you can't reach chests first. Incredible value at just 55 gems, but extra bad RNG can make some runs painful.

⚒️ Starts with a Good Axe
Good for solo and co-op games, and another must-have support alongside the Chef class since it makes farming wood and saplings trivial. Needs its Level 2 perk to see the best value, but easily the best "support" to run singleplayer.

⚒️ Starts with a Raygun
Good for solo and co-op survival, but beware of overheating when playing alone. A consistent, predictable experience, but Gambler's RNG and cheaper cost may make it the better choice if you're feeling lucky.

⚒️ Starts with a Medkit
Good for solo and group play, but a pricey for something that requires heavy investment before it feels satisfying in its role. Auto-revive is great for clutch saves, but its level 3 perk is hard to manage in enemy mobs.

⚒️ Starts with a Hammer
Good for co-op survival, though its level 3 perk is challenging to coordinate if random teammates grind scraps themselves. All perks are easy to unlock, and the crafting discount can be nice on the right recipe.

⚒️ Starts with a Blowpipe, Poison Armor
Good in multiplayer scenarios, but still outclassed by most major damage dealers in its cost range. Its second upgrade can be hard to make use of when other AoE-heavy classes kill mobs faster.

⚒️ Starts with a Flamethrower
Good in solo runs and fine in a coordinated multiplayer group, but you'll want to rush crafting the Oil Drill. It was once the king of speedruns, but it's hard to justify the cost unless you already have the Cyborg and Flame Bandit.

⚒️ Starts with (2) Defense Blueprints
One of the better cheap 2-star options for a starting support class, but its level 3 perk is useless if random teammates don't allow you to place base defenses.

⚒️ Starts with Seasoning
An acceptable multiplayer midpoint between upgrades to Chef for its cost, but needs its third perk to cook its healing recipe. The first two only feel helpful in large, uncoordinated groups.

⚒️ Starts with a Watering Can
Incredibly circumstantial, no singleplayer value, and only an asset to late-game teams of 4-5 players. The increased chance for rare crops comes in handy, but it needs a Chef to fully make use of the buff.

⚒️ Starts with a Fishing Rod
Incredibly niche use, but it's good in groups of 4-5 players (preferably including a Chef). Faster fishing is helpful in higher tier fishing holes for bandages, ammo, scrap, cultist gems, and forest gems.

⚒️ Starts with a Bandage
Only sees value in co-op games and not as strong as other support-style classes. Only worth it if you primarily play with randoms and don't mind being the group ambulance.

⚒️ Starts with a Flashlight, Revolver, (18) Ammo
Acceptable in singleplayer or co-op, but another instance where its cost doesn't feel justifiable with such an easy-to-obtain starting kit. Its only significant perk is its second, though it's quite an easy upgrade to make without spending diamonds.

⚒️ No starting items
Good for beginners in any context, but its appeal quickly wears off after mastering the basics. The most compelling factor is its cheap diamond cost—a little more expensive than Camper, but half of Gambler.

⚒️ Starts with a Bandage
Good in multiplayer situations and a much better choice over Support as a class taking free damage. Needs heavy investment and a worthwhile talent to feel truly satisfying, and its perks are difficult to level in random groups.

⚒️ Starts with a Flashlight
A cheap option for beginner players, but for just 15 diamonds more you can grab the Scavenger for a better long-term value. Its only semi-useful perk is its first; the third isn't even worth the hassle.

⚒️ Starts with a Hammer, Paint Brush
Functionally useless in both singleplayer and multiplayer games. Despite its significantly cheaper cost, it's better to save for the Blacksmith. Coins are too easy to collect to make the class discount valuable.

⚒️ Starts with a Bandage
Its only justifiable use seems to be for helping new players, but even then it's better to save for heavy damage classes that can survive to escort someone vs. tanking tons of extra damage at risk of death.

⚒️ Starts with (2) Bear Traps
Only sees value when paired with a Chef or Beastmaster in groups of 4-5 players. Its starting items are cheap defensive crafts with limited durability. Pelt drops help with making bandages, but Fisherman would be a better choice.

⚒️ Starts with an Old Taming Flute
Taming is too easy to justify the diamond cost, and its only useful perk is the extra tamed animal upgrade. Cheaper starting classes with two pets ultimately feel more satisfying.