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Starter Weapon Tier List: Best Weapons To Start With

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Last updated on: October 3, 2021 04:02 AM

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Best Starter Weapons - New World

This is a tier list of the best weapons you can choose for your early adventures into New World! Read on to learn what weapon you should use at the early stages of the game and why.

List of Contents

Best Starter Weapons
Starter Weapon Explanations
S Tier Weapons
A Tier Weapons
B Tier Weapons
C Tier Weapons
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Best Starter Weapons

Starter Weapon List

	► ► Life Staff ► Sword and Shield ► Great Axe
	► Spear ► War Hammer
	► ► ► Rapier ► Hatchet ► Fire Staff ► Ice Gauntlet
	► Musket ► Bow

Starter Weapon Explanations

S Tier Weapons

Life Staff	Life Staff is an amazing weapon as it allows you to sustain yourself for free during your journey and it also allows you to support other players if you do wish to group up to tackle challenges.
Sword and Shield	Sword and Shield are light on their tracks, has a good amount of range on its attacks and skills, and it is also pretty durable with defensive skill bonuses. An ideal starter weapon for the player to use while getting used to the game.
Great Axe	Great Axe is not the best PvP weapon around. But if your focus is on challenging the PvE contents of the game, Great Axe will prove effective not just on the early stages of the game but even further as you go on your journey!

A Tier Weapons

Spear	The Spear is a decent weapon for both PvP and PvE. There are other weapons that are more specialized on one aspect more than the other but the Spear's balance makes it a great training ground for you to use before deciding on what path to specialize in. It also scales with both Strength and Dexterity allowing you to be flexible with your primary/secondary weapon.
War Hammer	War Hammer is a weapon that is focused on CC and tanking. It's slow on its tracks but it can disrupt enemy positioning if played properly.

B Tier Weapons

Rapier	The Rapier is one of the more difficult weapon to use. It is only placed on the B tier as a sub-optimal starter weapon due to its Dexterity scaling and Intelligence scaling which allows it to partner with nearly all non-tank weapons in the game but if you're looking for an easy weapon to use, it is best to stay away from the Rapier until you get more experience in playing New World.
Hatchet	The Hatchet is a strong melee weapon that can be played as a ranged weapon too. It's focused on buffing yourself and inflicting debuffs on enemies which makes it a great weapon for PvP. It is a tad bit difficult to use due to the weapon losing its guard ability in favor of its throwing skill.
Fire Staff	The Fire Staff is a ranged weapon that can cause AoE damage via its spells. Its a strong weapon but its stat compatibiltiy being funneled to Intelligence makes it unflexible.
Ice Gauntlet	Similar to the Fire Staff, the Ice Gauntlet is also centered around the Intelligence stat. Unlike the Fire Staff however, it is focused on inflicting slows and debuffs instead of damage.

C Tier Weapons

Musket Bow	Both ranged physical weapons are placed in the C-tier due to the player's inability to craft the required ammunation for both weapons. Avoid focusing on both weapons until you gain the consistent ability to farm the materials to craft the necessary ammunation for your chosen ranged weapon.

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Tips and Tricks: Beginner's Guide to New World

Tier Lists
Best Weapon Combos	Best Starter Weapons
Game Mechanics
How to Set Up and Upgrade Camps	Factions Guide
Fast Travel Guide	Repair Guide
How to Play with Friends	Gem Sockets Guide
How to Cleanse Portals	Azoth Staff Guide
Crafting Guide	How to Gain Territory Standing
Respec Guide	Stats Guide
Leveling Rewards	AFK Timer Guide
How to Sell Items	How to Enable PvP
How to Create and Join a Faction Company	New World Keybinds
How to Split Item Stacks	Housing System
List of Damage Types and Effects	Outpost Rush Guide
Guides
Character Creation Guide	Leveling Guide
Controller Support	How to Get Azoth
How to Track Resources	List of Marauder Gear and Resources
List of Syndicate Gear and Resources	List of Covenant Gear and Resources
Trading Post Guide	How to Farm Faction Tokens
Money Making Guide	List of Legendary Weapons
Timeless Shards Guide	Gypsum Guide
Trade Skill Aptitude System
FAQs
What Happens When You Die?	What to Do With Old Gear
How to Use Voice Chat

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