Nightcrawler
Class in 99 Nights in the Forest · Cost 200 Diamonds
About
The Nightcrawler is a player class in 99 Nights in the Forest focussed on Nighttime activities. It spawns with a class-exclusive weapon, the Shadow Dagger, which is stronger than an axe but weaker than a Spear.
Quick Facts
- Cost
- 200 Diamonds
- Starter Tools
- Shadow Dagger
- Level 1 Perk
- + Gain speed, night vision, and damage bonuses in darkness
- Level 2 Perk
- + Detection radius of enemies is reduced at night
- Level 3 Perk
- + The Deer is less likely to spawn on you
Perks by Level
+ Gain speed, night vision, and damage bonuses in darkness
+ Detection radius of enemies is reduced at night
+ The Deer is less likely to spawn on you
Nightcrawler — In-Depth Analysis
The Nightcrawler is a 200 Diamond class that flips the game's most dangerous phase into your advantage. Where most survivors dread sundown, you spawn with the class-exclusive Shadow Dagger, a weapon described as stronger than an axe but weaker than a Spear and your Level 1 perk grants speed, night vision, and damage bonuses specifically in darkness. The result is a survivor who hunts comfortably while everyone else huddles by the fire.
Level 2 reduces the detection radius of enemies at night, letting you slip past or reposition around threats instead of fighting everything head-on. Level 3 makes the Deer less likely to spawn on you, shaving off one of the scarier nighttime ambush risks and reinforcing the theme of owning the dark.
Choose the Nightcrawler if you like aggressive, mobile play and want to keep gathering or pushing objectives after dusk rather than turtling. The Shadow Dagger keeps you combat-ready from the first minute, and the stacked darkness bonuses make late-night excursions genuinely safer. Note that the perks are tied to nighttime, so during daylight you're closer to an ordinary survivor, plan your most aggressive plays for when the bonuses are live.