Best Weapon Combinations to Try Outor

Key insights

• The bow and hatchet combination is agile and deals high damage, perfect for solo adventurers.
• Fire Staff and Rapier focus on DOT and deal consistent damage over time.
• Great Sword with Sword & Shield is for strong hitters who can switch between big hits and defense.

Although players are assigned a weapon pairing at the start of their game New World: Aeternum On your journey, it's worth exploring other combinations as the game progresses. While one weapon combination may be sufficient for the early stages of the adventure, a player's strength may turn out to lie elsewhere.

This becomes particularly evident when players venture into PvP or join other heroes on raids. The following recommendations offer some strong weapon combinations suitable for each mode. Whether a player loves solo adventures or wants to try out different builds, the combos offer something new to play with.

1 Bow and hatchet

For agility and DPS

• Best Bow Skills: Piercing Shot, Evasive Shot, Poison Shot
• Best hatchet skills: Berserk, raging torrent, tearing throw

The weapon combination of bow and hatchet New World: Aeternum is great for players who prefer agility and quick attacks. The bow is a favorite weapon among players who prefer ranged weapons, especially those who enjoy playing alone. On its own, it offers long range, high damage with fast reloads, and some AOE capabilities. Add the hatchet to the mix and players become a force to be reckoned with both at long range and in close combat.

The Hatchet provides high-damage, high-speed attacks at close range, while also giving players the ability to quickly throw the Hatchet at medium range. Adding this underrated weapon to a fan favorite like the bow creates a powerful weapon pairing in both PvP and PvE.

Both weapons are easy to use and have powerful abilities that you can spend attribute points on. The hatchet's berserk and throwing abilities increase the damage dealt and the speed at which players can attack the enemy. The bow, on the other hand, has AOE damage with the Skirmisher skill tree and quick, powerful buffs in the Hunter category.

2 Fire staff and rapier

For damage over time

• Best Firefighter Personnel Skills: Fireball, Flamethrower, Pillar of Fire
• Best Rapier Abilities: Flurry, Flourish and Finish, Tondo

The combination of fire staff and rapier has a similar feel to bow and hatchet, with an emphasis on speed and damage. However, this pairing has its strengths in dealing damage over time (DOT) rather than AOE damage. Players have slightly less range with the fire staff than with the bow, but the constant DOT added by the skills makes up for it.

When the gap between player and enemy closes, the one-handed rapier comes into play. While the enemy takes smoldering damage thanks to the fire staff, the rapier can add more DOT with the bleed effect. It's a powerful combination of constant damage buffs, and the reduced cooldown ensures the abilities recover quickly.

The Fire Staff skill trees are Fire Mage and Pyromancer and provide the player with magical abilities that cost mana to use. Each of the recommended skills attempts to keep the enemy at a distance by dealing so much damage that they are low on health by the time they reach the player. The Rapier's strongest skill tree, Blood, then brings with it three abilities to increase the player's DPS, with the bonus of Courage to stop possible stagger effects.

3 Greatsword and Sword & Shield

For heavy hitters

• Best Greatsword Skills: Relentless Onslaught, Onslaught, Skyward Slash
• Best Sword and Shield Skills: Upheaval, Spinning Blade, Shield Bash

The greatsword abilities allow the player to deal heavy damage, but have one downside: the damage taken is also increased. For this reason, it is great to combine with slashing and blocking weapons such as sword and shield. The combination gives players the opportunity to score big hits, but also have time to block oncoming attacks.

This two-handed weapon combo rewards heavy attacks, meaning players attack slower but do more damage. The greatsword's abilities can slow players down, but when the sword and shield come into play, players have the chance to make faster attacks, block with the shield, and avoid being staggered by enemy hits. This weapon pairing can take some time to master, but once a player knows when to switch between the greatsword and sword and shield, they can become quite powerful.

The Greatsword Onslaught skill tree is the first choice for a damage-focused player. As mentioned, this skill build boosts damage dealt, but also increases damage taken. However, this is a simple compromise, as a well-timed heavy attack with a greatsword can corner even the strongest opponent. The Sword and Shield skill trees, Swordmaster and Defender, offer the player some improvements. This eliminates the stagger effect and keeps the player on their feet and ready to attack.

4 Musket and rapier

For reach and traps

• Best Rapier Abilities: Flurry, Flourish And Finish, Tondo
• Best Musket Skills: Stopping power, traps, sticky bomb

The combination of musket and rapier gives the player high damage and full range. The Musket is a long-range weapon with powerful shots that rewards players who land critical hits and headshots. While precision is crucial with the musket, the capabilities it brings can also contribute to medium and close range combat. Also bring the Quickblade Rapier to the party and the result is a formidable weapon combo.

Players attempting this combination should be prepared to deal precise damage from a distance before moving in. With the musket's traps in hand, players can slow down the enemy, giving themselves time to equip the rapier and make some quick close-range attacks. The Rapier's strongest abilities give it a bonus DOT effect, which can be useful when the player needs to take on many enemies at once. It can take a while to master the balance between rapier and musket, but once the player gets comfortable with the way they work together, battles can be very satisfying.

The player's focus should be on the Musket's Trapper skill tree. When the entire Trapper page is completed, the Lethal Combo effect is activated. Any enemy slowed by the Musket debuffs will receive additional damage. As long as the player continues to throw traps and sticky bombs, the enemy's attack will be slow and sluggish. This gives players time to perform some stylish flourishes with the rapier to complete it.