- “ …Having stated the relevant background information, I posit that the races of Lumen are the result of a Hereditary Vow. Supposing that a Vow was able to bestow upon the Gremor a preternatural ability such as Navae’s guidance, I believe that as a matter of course another Vow made long in the past may have originally bestowed the traits that the races of Lumen exhibit today. ”
Races in Deepwoken each have unique physical traits and innate abilities that are taken from various animals (with some exceptions). They are randomly selected when first created and can be rerolled for 150 
. Rerolling a race will give you the option between keeping your new current race or switching back to the previous race. This option is available until you finish creating the character or log off the character creation menu.
All 12 rollable races have their own individual Innate Talent Card and Attribute bonuses, which scarcely improve your character.
- While +3 or +2 into a given stat might not seem impressive, in certain builds where you need as many stat points as possible, this bonus into a given stat may be the key to making that build attainable.
The hairstyle of your in-game character is reflected by that of your Roblox avatar, with your race's hair color being covered by the variant of your race.
If you had a hairstyle modified when creating your character or from the Barber prior to wiping, it will stay for the replay of that file.
- If unsatisfied with your current selection, you can visit the Barber in order to modify the physical aspects of your character. Additionally, you can collect dyes to dye your hair any color respective to the hair color of your current variant.
Obtainable Races[]
These races are obtainable by any player via rerolling.
The percent chance of rolling a race changes per roll- given that you CANNOT roll the same race twice. The percentages listed below show what the chances would be upon initially purchasing the game:
| Race | Percentage | Race | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capra | 2.2% | Vesperian | 6.7% |
| Ganymede | 2.2% | Gremor | 13.3% |
| Tiran | 2.2% | Canor | 15.6% |
| Chrysid | 4.4% | Adret | 17.8% |
| Felinor | 8.9% | Celtor | 17.8% |
| Khan | 8.9% | Etrean | 17.8% |
Exclusive Races[]
These races are UNOBTAINABLE via ordinary means. They instead serve as gifts to notable members of the community, given by the developers of Deepwoken.
NPC-Exclusive Races[]
These races are currently exclusive to NPCs and are UNOBTAINABLE by current means.
Generic Surnames[]
- Fording
- Humbell
- Huthering
- Ruther
Trivia[]
- The chances of every other race will increase once you have already obtained a race, as logic would have it.
- As such, a method of obtaining rarer races is by keeping a common race and continually rerolling so that the common race will not appear, thus boosting the chances of other races.
- Take caution: it's not advised to reroll races until you have the maximum amount of slots, since the price difference of 50 Robux is rather minimal, and extra slots are always useful.
- NPCs may treat the player differently depending on their race, but most of the time, enough points in the Charisma stat - or otherwise having positive rep - will overwrite the NPC's aggression towards the player. Many of the factions in Deepwoken are inherently xenophobic/racist to other races.
- One of the most prominent effects of this is that if you are playing as one of the 3 Hive races (Chrysid, Ganymede, or Vesperian), when you start as a Voidwalker you do not have negative rep with the Hive.
- Race rarity does not make the race inherently better.
- However, do note that some races are better suited for certain builds, such as Felinor for Agility/Speedrun builds, or Vesperian for builds that require more Exoskeleton durability or tankiness.
- Players can come across other players tagged with familial relations if they are of the same race, such as being one's sibling, cousin, twin, parent, or any of the like.
- While this does not have any impact on gameplay, it can open up unique interactions between players if they so choose.
- All races can be acquired from initial game/slot purchase.
- During the Mudwoken update, every player was turned into a Mudskipper, each race was given their own "Mudskipper-fied" version but still kept some characteristics.
- The most common race attribute is Charisma, tied with Agility, granted by 5 races: Adret, Canor, Celtor, Chrysid, and Felinor.
- Tied for the most common attribute is Agility, granted by 5 races: Chrysid, Etrean, Felinor, Khan, and Tiran.
- Four races grant Intelligence (Capra, Celtor, Etrean, Ganymede), 4 grant Willpower (Adret, Capra, Ganymede, Vesperian) and three races grant Strength (Canor, Gremor, Khan).
- The least common is Fortitude, only granted by Vesperian and Gremor.