Prestige classes have requirements that are more restrictive than those for advanced classes, and therefore reflect deeper specialization. In general, prestige classes are usually accessible only after 8 to 10 character levels and often have requirements only found in advanced classes.
| Prestige Class | Advanced Class1 |
| Archmage | Mage, Techno Mage |
| Artificer | Mage, Techno Mage |
| Ecclesiarch | Acolyte, Mystic |
| Holy/Unholy Knight | Strong and Fast2 |
| 1 The given advanced class provides the fastest path to the associated prestige class, though not the only path. | |
| 2 The fastest path into this prestige class is from a combination of the Strong and Fast hero basic classes, in particular those which proceed through the Archaic Weaponsmaster and Swashbuckler advanced classes. |
