All New World Weapon Skill Trees

Each of the main skill trees for players of New World revolve around a specific weapon of choice. Players can bounce between the two trees provided for each weapon of their choosing. We'll cover all the possible options within every weapon skill tree.

Sword & Shield Skill Trees

Swordmaster

Active Abilities:

• Leaping Strike - Leap four meters and deal 135% weapon damage.
  • Final Strike
  • Cowarldly Punishment
• Whirling Blade - Two meter AOE dealing 145% weapon damage.
  • Opportunity
  • Tactical Strike
• Reverse Stab - Stab behind the player for 175% weapon damage.
  • Unstoppable Stab
  • Tactician

Passive Skills:

• Precision
• Mobility
• Opportunist
• Confidence
• Empowered Stab
• Freeing Justice
• Counter Attack
• Critical Precision
• Achilles Heel
• Leadership

Defender

Active Abilities:

• Defiant Stance - Reduce the incoming base damage of attackers by 30% for eight seconds.
  • Final Countdown
  • Restoration
• Shield Rush - Rush forward five meters, knocking back foes and dealing 125% weapon damage.
  • Improved Rush
  • Intimidating Rush
• Shield Bash - Deals 50% weapon damage and stuns foes for two seconds.
  • Intimidating Bash
  • Concussive Bash

Passive Skills:

• Sturdy Shield
• Elemental Resistance
• One With the Shield
• Final Blow
• Sturdy Grip
• Defensive Training
• Fortitude
• Recuperation
• High Grip
• Defensive Formation

Rapier Skill Trees

Blood

Active Abilities:

• Tondo - Slash that deals 100% weapon damage over 12 seconds and adds bleeding damage. Can be stacked three times.
  • Thirst for Blood
  • And Again
  • Proper Spacing
• Flurry - Five quick strikes with each dealing more damage than the last.
  • Overwhelm
  • Fleeting Strikes
  • To the Bone
  • Finalize
• Flourish & Finish - Flourish is a knockback attack, and Finish is a light attack thrown on the end of Flourish to lunge and consume all bleeds dealing 110% weapon damage.
  • With Flair
  • Swagger
  • Fuel
  • Bloody End

Passive Skills:

• Refreshing Strikes
• Unerring
• Heavy Puncture
• Engarde
• Light Edge

Grace

Active Abilities:

• Evade - Sidestep to provide the player with momentary invulnerability.
  • Breathe In
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Crescendo
• Riposte - Defensive stance that will counter an attacker facing them briefly. If successful, players are made invulnerable for 1.5 seconds.
  • Insult to Injury
  • Priority
  • Lasting Consequence
• Fleche - 10 meter lunge attack that deals 145% weapon damage to enemies in the AOE.
  • Quick Lunge
  • Backside
  • Interruption

Passive Skills:

• Desperation
• Red Curtains
• Controlled Breathing
• Perfectionist
• Swiftness
• Momentum

Hatchet Skill Trees

Berserker

Active Abilities:

• Feral Rush - Two-hit sprint attack dealing 115% weapon damage on the first hit and 130% on the second.
  • Dispatch
  • Crippling Strikes
• Berserk - Sends the character into a Berserk Mode, making all attacks deal 20% more damage for 15 seconds.
  • On the Hunt
  • Berserking Refresh
  • Berserking Purge
  • Uninterruptible Berserk
• Raging Torrent - Four swift attacks each dealing 90% weapon damage.
  • Aggressive Approach
  • Final Blow

Passive Skills:

• Enraged Strikes
• Against All Odds
• Frenzied Purge
• Accumulated Power
• Relentless Fury
• Fortifying Strikes
• Desperate Refresh
• Defy Death

Throwing

Active Abilities:

• Rending Throw - Axe throw dealing 110% weapon damage, applying Rend, reducing the target's damage absorption by 10% for 10 seconds.
  • Targeted Impact
  • Opportunistic
  • Second Wind
• Social Distancing - Throws an axe forward, while dodging backward. Deals 130% weapon damage and slow targets by 15% for three seconds.
  • Quick Power
  • Stay Back
• Infected Throw - Throws an axe dealing 150% weapon damage and sets disease and weaken on the target for five seconds.
  • Mortal Power
  • Aerial Transmission

Passive Skills:

• Aimed Throw
• Refreshing Throws
• Boot and Rally
• Rejuvenating Crits
• Critical Throw
• Exploitation
• On Fire
• Adrenaline Rush
• Persistent Hinderance

Spear Skill Trees

Zoner

Active Abilities:

• Cyclone - A spinning AOE that deals 100% weapon damage, pushes enemies back three meters, and applies 50% Slow to them for three seconds.
  • Invigorating Combo
  • Strong Momentum
• Javelin - Throw the spear to deal 125% weapon damage and stagger the target.
  • Forceful Impact
  • Refreshing Precision
  • Deadly Distance
• Sweep - Sweeps the target's legs out from under them, dealing 75% weapon damage and knocking them prone.
  • Tenacious Sweep
  • Coup de Grace

Passive Skills:

• Deadly Consistency
• Deadly Reach
• Refreshing Reach
• Invigorating Crits
• Strong Conditioning
• Evasive Maneuvers
• Merciless Strength
• Defensive Stance
• Reserved Strength

Impaler

Active Abilities:

• Perforate - Three quick strikes that each deal 70% weapon damage and apply Rend to targets, reducing their damage absorption by 5% for 10 seconds.
  • Rupturing Strikes
  • Impactful Strikes
• Skewer - A rush spear attack dealing 125% weapon damage. Applies bleed to the target, dealing 10% weapon damage for a 10 second DPS.
  • Deadly Ambush
  • Follow Through
  • Deep Wound
• Vault Kick - Use the spear to kick a target, dealing 75% weapon damage and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
  • Relentless Blows
  • Continuous Motion

Passive Skills:

• Precise Jabs
• Crippling Jabs
• Unerring Precision
• Exacerbating Crits
• Refreshing Jabs
• Finishing Blows
• Aggressive Maneuvers
• Exposed Wounds
• Exploited Weakness

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Great Axe Skill Trees

Reaper

Active Abilities:

• Charge - Charge 10 meters, dealing 120% weapon damage. This ability is unstoppable.
  • Frenzied Momentum
  • Unpredictable Strike
• Reap - AOE that pulls enemies within five meters of the player, dealing 110% weapon damage to each target.
  • The Collector
  • Hunger
  • Fatal Attraction
• Execute - An overheard swing dealing 200% weapon damage. Deals 30% more damage against enemies under 50% health.
  • Unstoppable Greed
  • Executioner

Passive Skills:

• Critical Gains
• Frustration
• Keen Edge
• Feed
• Greed
• Death's Embrace
• Critical Condition
• Executioner's Speed
• Blood Lust

Mauler

Active Abilities:

• Whirlwind - Spin AOE attack dealing 50% weapon damage up to four times in a row.
  • Gusting Winds
  • Unending Winds
  • Surrounded
• Maelstrom - An AOE spin and pull attack dealing 110% weapon damage.
  • Storm's Reach
  • Absorb
  • No Reprieve
• Gravity Well - Create a vortex with a thrown axe to pull enemies within 10 meters towards the player for three seconds. Deals 125% burst weapon damage.
  • Crowded Well
  • Unyielding

Passive Skills:

• Mauler's Resolve
• Gravity
• Center of Attention
• Heavy Pull
• Enduring Strike
• Revenge

Warhammer Skill Tree

Juggernaut

Active Abilities:

• Armor Breaker - Smashes through armor with 35% armor penetration and 140% weapon damage.
  • Indomitable
  • Lasting Trauma
  • Opening Act
• Mighty Gavel - Leaping attack dealing 160% weapon damage.
  • Summary Judgement
  • Impact Fracture
  • Expedite
  • Justice for All
• Wrecking Ball - Smash attack that flattens enemies, dealing 120% weapon damage.
  • Safety Measures
  • Breathing Room

Passive Skills:

• Epitome of Bonk!
• Exhaustive Attacks
• Quick Recovery
• Hammer Time
• Hardened Steel
• Contemption
• Power Through Pain

Crowd Crusher

Active Abilities:

• Shockwave - Three meter AOE dealing 80% weapon damage and stunning enemies for two seconds.
  • Frailty
  • Meteoric Crater
• Clear Out - Knock back attack tossing enemies four meters back and dealing 115% weapon damage.
  • Power Cleaner
  • Clean and Refreshed
  • Swing Away
• Path of Destiny - A wave attack dealing 110% weapon damage to all in it's path.
  • Seismic Wave
  • Stimulated Reduction

Passive Skills:

• Outnumbered
• Facilitated Expedition
• Resurgence
• I Can Do This All Day
• Guarded Sprint
• Acceleration
• Concussive Impact
• Prevailing Spirit
• Aftershock

Bow Skill Trees

Skirmisher

Active Abilities:

• Poison Shot - An arrow that creates a three meter AOE of poison for six seconds dealing 10% weapon DPS for 20 seconds.
  • Infected Arrow
  • Direct Hit
• Evade Shot - A leaping shot, moving the player back five meters and dealing 125% weapon damage.
  • Evasive Knockback
  • Go The Distance
• Rain of Arrows - An AOE arrow barrage seven meters wide, that deals 150% weapon damage.
  • Barred Arrows
  • Hooked Arrows

Passive Skills:

• Archer's Speed
• Battle Precision
• Catch Me If You Can
• Closing In
• Dodge and Weave
• Evasive Tactics
• Hunter's Insight
• Impale
• Knee Shot
• Mark

Hunter

Active Abilities:

• Rapid Shot - Three arrows, the first two dealing 100% weapon damage, and the third knocksback and deals 125% weapon damage.
  • Rapid Accuracy
  • Final Blow
• Penetrating Shot - A single arrow shot, dealing 100% weapon damage and passing through all enemies in that direction for 100 meters.
  • Blood Soaked Arrow
  • Deep Strike
• Splinter Shot - An arrows that splits into three, each dealing 50% weapon damage.
  • Scatter Shot
  • Calculated

Passive Skills:

• Aim True
• Arrow Range
• Bullseye
• Concussion
• Finishing Shot
• Hawkeye
• Long Range
• Opening Strike
• Surprise Attack
• Unbreakable Focus

Musket Skill Trees

Sharpshooter

Active Abilities:

• Powder Burn - Overloaded gunpowder shot that deals burn damage on top of the shot dealing 110% weapon damage and burns for 20% weapon damage for nine seconds.
  • Backdraft
  • Chronic Trauma
• Power Shot - An overloaded shot that cannot be stacked or combined dealing 150% weapon damage.
  • Initial Engagement
  • First Blood
  • Bullseye
• Shooter's Stance - A stance that enhances all shots made within it to deal 100% weapon damage, reduce mobility to zero, and reduce reload time by 75%.
  • Shoot More
  • Marksman

Passive Skills:

• Ballistic Advantage
• Called Shot
• Called Shot Resupply
• Critical Reload
• Empowering Headshot
• Greater Accuracy
• Heightened Precision
• Hit Your Mark
• Sniper

Trapper

Active Abilities:

• Stopping Power - Overloaded shot deals 120% weapon damage, staggering the target and knocking them back three meters.
  • Lasting Impression
  • Supplementary Repulsion
• Traps - Throws a trap out that lasts 20 seconds and roots an enemy who walks threw it for three seconds.
  • Trapped Damage
  • Scent of Blood
  • Double Trap
• Sticky Bomb - A short range bomb that sticks to the surface it's thrown against, detonating within three seconds, it deals a 175% weapon damage three meter AOE.
  • Unflinching Walk
  • Sticky Slow

Passive Skills:

• Back It Up
• Empowering Weakness
• Energy Burst
• Hustle
• Kick 'Em When They're Down
• Lethal Combo
• Salt On The Wounds
• Tactical Reload
• Weakened Defense

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Fire Staff Skill Trees

Fire Mage

Active Abilities:

• Pillar of Fire - A targeted spell dealing 134% weapon damage.
  • First Strike
  • Arson's Advantage
• Meteor Shower - An AOE of raining meteors dealing 34% weapon damage on impact and 20% weapon DPS.
  • Immolation
  • Fiery Determination
  • Judgement of Helios
• Fireball - A single fireball dealing 140% weapon damage leaving a three meter burning field dealing 10% weapon DPS.
  • Scorched Earth
  • Catch

Passive Skills:

• Clear Casting
• Clear Mind
• Fiery Restoration
• Flare
• Prophet Of A Fire God
• Runes Of Helios
• Singe
• Spell Focus
• Spellslinger

Pyromancer

Active Abilities:

• Incinerate - Fiery AOE explosion dealing 130% damage and knocking enemies back three meters. Additionally, catches enemies on fire dealing 3% weapon DPS for six seconds.
  • Scorched
  • Cauterize Wounds
  • Flame Out!
• Flamethrower - Jet of flame dealing 34% weapon DPS. Additionally, catches enemies on fire dealing 3% weapon DPS for six seconds.
  • Fire's Reach
  • Infernal Flames
  • Pyro Dance
• Burn Out - Dash through enemies dealing 129% weapon damage. Enemies caught in the path will catch fire, dealing 10% weapon DPS for eight seconds.
  • All In
  • Heat It Up!

Passive Skills:

• Combat Speed
• Heat It Up
• Kindle
• Let It Burn
• Pyromania
• Reheat
• Trial By Fire
• Watch It Burn

Life Staff Skill Trees

Healing

Active Abilities:

• Divine Embrace - Heal a single target for 150% weapon damage.
  • Privilege
  • Shared Struggle
  • Rebound
• Sacred Ground - A 12 seconds AOE healing for 10% weapon DPS.
  • Holy Ground
  • Blessed
• Splash of Light - Heal entire party for 50% weapon damage.
  • Shared Recovery
  • Purify

Passive Skills:

• Absolved
• Blissful Touch
• Desperate Speed
• Divine Blessing
• Enchanted Justice
• Intensify
• Revitalize
• Sacred Protection

Protection

Active Abilities:

• Orb of Protection - A light projectile, granting 15% Fortify for 20 seconds, healing an ally for 10% weapon damage. Additionally, dealing 95% weapon damage when it impacts an enemy.
  • Protector's Blessing
  • Shared Protection
  • Aegis
• Light's Embrace - Heals a single target for 75% weapon damage and an additional 30% for each buff on the target.
  • Inspire
  • Connection
  • Magnify
• Beacon - A light projectile dealing 95% weapon damage to enemies and attached to the one it impacts. Additionally, allies near the main target will be healed 20% weapon damage for 10 seconds.
  • Infused Light
  • Radiance's Blessing
  • Speed Of Light

Passive Skills:

• Balance
• Bend Light
• Defensive Light
• Glowing Focus
• Magnify
• Protector's Strength
• Protector's Touch
• Spirit's United

Ice Gauntlet Skill Trees

Ice Tempest

Active Abilities:

• Wind Chill - A burst of freezing wind of five meters, pushing back enemies and dealing damage to them for two seconds.
  • Enduring Chill
  • Chilling Blast
• Ice Spikes - An eight meter straight line of ice spikes that push out of the ground pushing enemies back. The last spike deals heavy damage.
  • Refreshing Spikes
  • Empowered Spikes
  • Deadly Path
  • Spiky Reach
• Ice Storm - A ranged AOE dealing damage and slowing to those within five meters. Those within 20 meters are slowed by 25% for five seconds.
  • Weakening Gust
  • Storm Summoner
  • Punishing Storm

Passive Skills:

• Cold Reach
• Critical Frost
• Critical Rejuvenation
• Energized Critical
• Gathering Storm
• Heavy Freeze
• Ultimate Chill

Ice Conjurer

Active Abilities:

• Ice Shower - Create an AOE of ice that is one by five meters, that stickens Will and causes Frostbite. Frostbite roots enemies, slows speed by 50% remaining for three seconds after leaving the AOE.
  • Enduring Shower
  • Quick Shower
  • Frigid Showers
• Ice Pylon - Creates an ice pylon that fires projectiles dealing 50% weapon damage against enemies within a 20 meter range for 15 seconds.
  • Greater Pylon
  • Pylon Regen
  • Pylon Dodge
  • Pylon Refresh
  • Ultimate Frost
• Entombed - Entombs the player in ice, making them invulnerable and increasing their mana and health regen for 10 seconds.
  • Strengthened Tomb
  • Cleansing Tomb

Passive Skills:

• Blocking Stamina
• Defiant Freeze
• Empowered Frost
• Frozen Touch
• Quick Frost
• Refreshing Frost
• Ultimate Frost

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