This build is up to date for the August 23, 2025 patch.
Overview
This Cavalier Spear + Crossbow PvE build is one of the top choices for PVE content like Dimensional Trials or regular 1-2 Star dungeons as it does incredible DPS while remaining easy to play and also boasting high AOE damage making it easy to clear through higher tier trial dungeon runs. It is more than capable of clearing out open world mobs too, breezing through contracts or while farming out Abyssal Contract Tokens in places like Saurodoma Island, etc.
Attributes
PRIMARY
Dexterity
+
Strength
SECONDARY
Wisdom
+
Perception
With the unique stats and attributes system in Throne and Liberty, it can be difficult to determine exactly where to invest your attribute points at each stage of the game. This is because gear pieces provide attributes just like leveling up does, meaning everyone will have a different number of attribute points depending on what gear they are wearing at the time.
Given this variation, it's best to reset your attributes regularly to adjust to the new gear you acquire. Aim to reach the achievement effects, which provide extra benefits at milestones like 30, 50, and 70 points.
Prioritize Strength and Dexterity to boost your damage. Concentrate on these attributes early on, and as your gear improves, continue investing in them for better critical hit rate, heavy attack chance, and additional max HP. Aim for 50 Strength and stack Dexterity to maximize crit chances. Perception and Wisdom provide minor boosts to damage and mana but are secondary.
Skills
Depending on which Dungeon/Dimensional Trial you might run, consider using
Rare Roaring Steak,
Rare Thrilling Papillote, and even
Rare Scorpion Tail Fritters to make it easier and also deal a lot more damage.
Begin by upgrading the core crossbow skills first: 
Quick Fire, 
Mortal Mark and 
Nimble Leap along with 
Merciless Barrage as they are fantastic to pair with eachother, boosting your damage rotation by a good deal. 
Mother Nature's Protest is also important to level up as it increases the damage done with the extra projectile coming out of the spell.
Continue by upgrading your Spear skills next, beginning with 
Vicious Fury and 
Javelin Surge as they are used together in a combo to deal high AOE damage to all mobs for whenever your Merciless Barrage is on cooldown. Continue with 
Cyclonic Fury as its great for applying debuffs.
Lastly don't forget to upgrade support skills like 
Unyielding Sentinel and 
Selfless Diffusion.
As far as passives go, 
Ambidexterity and 
Imposing Form are good passives to upgrade as they increase your overall damage alongside the raw damage increase of 
Piercing Strike. 
Death Knell is great for constantly increasing your attack speed as mobs die with Weaken active on them.
Equipment
Crossbows of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Halberd of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Mask of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Deadeye's Cloak
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Gauntlets of the Resistance
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Trousers of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Necklace of Clarity
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Bracelet of Conquest
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Violent Signet
Max Health
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Ring of Precision
Max Health
Skill Damage Boost
Belt of Deftness
Skill Damage Resistance
Max Health
These are the first items you should strive for through the leveling period as they are very easy to get and upgrade or trait as needed. However, you shouldn't try to trait these items too much as you won't be spending too much time playing with this setup before you start changing pieces into the Midgame. The green accessories however are very easy to trait as you can craft many of them quickly in order to get the correct traits so you should consider traiting them until you change into purples. The same goes for the blue ring as you keep it for a long time.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Heroic Polearm of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Elusive Hexweaver Hat
Cooldown Speed
Magic Endurance
Melee Endurance
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Nature's End Gloves
Max Health
Melee Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Ruthless Enforcer Leggings
Melee Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Mana
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Clasp of the Conqueror
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Bracers of the Primal King
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Sapphire Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Violent Signet
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Butcher's Belt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
This is the gear you should transition to once you're leveled to 50 and start grinding gear. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by completing Litographs, they are relatively easy to trait up and you will spend most of the time wearing this set before advancing into the late game so traiting these items is very important and should be your main focus.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Primary
Shaikal's Mindveil Harpoon
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Shadow Harvester Mask
Mana Regen
Ranged Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Eldritch Whispers
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Swirling Essence Robe
Buff Duration
Melee Endurance
Magic Endurance
Phantom Wolf Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Shadow Harvester Boots
Max Mana
Movement Speed
Ranged Endurance
Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Sapphire Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Band of Universal Power
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Mana Regen
Belt of Bloodlust
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
While runes can be applied to different types of gear, you should make sure that you invest into the gear pieces that you plan on using for a long time. However, if the build you are using uses the same items between Mid Game and End Game, you can invest into adding runes to them as early as you get the items.
This is the current endgame gear you should aim for, and while it isn't easy to acquire, it offers great power without the need of acquiring archboss gear pieces. However, items like 
Tevent's Fangs of Fury or other archboss weapons are superior but difficult to acquire for the majority of players. If you do manage to get the archboss weapons for your build, feel free to use them over the weapons shown here.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Primary
Shaikal's Mindveil Harpoon
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Shadow Harvester Mask
Mana Regen
Ranged Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Eldritch Whispers
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Swirling Essence Robe
Buff Duration
Melee Endurance
Magic Endurance
Phantom Wolf Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Mana Regen
Shadow Harvester Boots
Max Mana
Movement Speed
Ranged Endurance
Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Sapphire Dimensional Band
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Band of Universal Power
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Mana Regen
Belt of Bloodlust
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed
Primary
Crimson Hellskewer
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Resonance Effect: Cooldown Speed
First Light's Halo
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Cooldown Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Opulent Noble's Mantle
Max Mana
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Imperial Seeker's Tunic
Max Health
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Forgotten Lotus Gloves
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Added Attack Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Forgotten Lotus Pants
Magic Endurance
Ranged Endurance
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Movement Speed
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Earrings of Forlorn Elegance
Front Heavy Attack Chance
Side Heavy Attack Chance
Side Critical Hit
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Bracelet of the Violent Undertow
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Solitare of Purity
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Resonance Effect: Max Mana
Weapon Masteries
Crossbow
Spear
You should be aiming to reach and unlock masteries (the corner nodes) as soon as possible as they usually make the largest impact in the build. While minor nodes shouldn't be forgotten, make sure to unlock masteries as fast as possible before spreading out and spending into less important nodes.
Artifacts
Abyssal Beast Talistone I
Damage: 10
Ranged Hit Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Bonus Damage
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Bind Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Abyssal Beast Talistone III
Max Health: 1750
Max Stamina
Stamina Regen
Amitoi Healing
Wildlands Protector Talistone II
Defense: 200
Ranged Endurance
Magic Endurance
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Bind Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Wildlands Protector Talistone IV
Bonus Damage: 12
Heavy Attack Evasion
Ranged Hit Chance
Ranged Endurance
Rotations
Single Target Boss DPS Rotation ↴
- Start off the rotation by buffing yourself with Unyielding Sentinel. Meanwhile Mother Nature's Protest should also be active at all times during boss fights.
- Start the damaging part of the rotation with Mortal Mark so the follow up damage is improved. Use Quick Fire before resetting its cooldown with Nimble Leap just to use it again. Buff yourself with Selfless Diffusion before using Cyclonic Fury up close to both do damage and apply Ignite stacks.
- Follow up with Vicious Fury to build up Ember stacks on yourself before using Javelin Surge to spend them and deal incredibly high DPS.
Short Single Target Crossbow Rotation ↴
- Use this rotation to kill mobs with low max HP. Beginning with Mortal Mark before using Quick Fire to deal damage before resetting its cooldown with Nimble Leap and just repeating the combo after that.
- Buff yourself with Unyielding Sentinel and Mother Nature's Protest before using Selfless Diffusion. Start damaging with Merciless Barrage after mobs were stacked together, applying Gale and dealing heavy damage before you use Cyclonic Fury to deal AOE damage and apply Ignite on mobs.
- Follow up with Vicious Fury and Javelin Surge to finish off whatever mobs are still alive.
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