This build is up to date for the April 10, 2025 patch.
Overview
Crossbow and Dagger PvE build that stands out for its unparalleled damage potential, delivering remarkable damage output and lethal capabilities. It excels in providing sustained single-target damage, swiftly transitioning from one foe to another. The Crossbow & Dagger build is one of the most powerful builds for a DPS player while offering a great challenge for those looking to play a high APM class.
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.
To do more damage, focus on Strength and Dexterity. Start by putting points here and continue as your gear gets better. This will increase crits, heavy attacks, and HP. Aim for 50 Strength and stack Dexterity. Perception and Wisdom can help a little but aren’t the focus.
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.
Your main focus should be on enhancing 
Quick Fire, as it serves as your primary damage ability, alongside 
Mortal Mark and 
Selfless Diffusion, which offers high Off-Hand Weapon Attack Chance and cooldown reduction, being an important part of playing Crossbow Dagger. As you advance, prioritize improving both 
Cleaving Moonlight and 
Brutal Incision as they are your main damage skills in close range and will serve you well.
Meanwhile, 
Inject Venom is another core part of this build as it enhances your overall damage thanks to both 
Destructive Fang & 
Murderous Energy so you should always aim to have Inject Venom applied to targets.
As you keep upgrading your skills, your other passives shouldn't be forgotten either. Prioritize enhancing 
Ambidexterity, 
Assassin's Instincts and 
Wrathful Edge from the Dagger side of the build. 
Nature's Power will also offer a great increase to your damage so don't neglect it! These upgrades provide the most substantial damage boosts, while 
Piercing Strike can be postponed for later on.
Equipment
Crossbows of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Daggers of the Resistance
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Mask of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Deadeye's Cloak
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Mana Regen
Gauntlets of the Resistance
Melee Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Mana Regen
Trousers of the Resistance
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
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
Added Attack Speed
Hit Chance
Primary
Lequirus's Wicked Thorns
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Elusive Hexweaver Hat
Cooldown Speed
Magic Evasion
Melee Evasion
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Heroic Tunic of the Resistance
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Magic Endurance
Nature's End Gloves
Max Health
Melee Evasion
Added Attack Speed
Ruthless Enforcer Leggings
Melee Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Max Mana
Glade Stalker Boots
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Clasp of the Conqueror
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Bracers of the Primal King
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Amber 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
Lequirus's Wicked Thorns
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Phantom Wolf Mask
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Supreme Devotion
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Swirling Essence Robe
Buff Duration
Magic Evasion
Magic Endurance
Phantom Wolf Gloves
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Added Attack Speed
Shadow Harvester Trousers
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Magic Endurance
Shadow Harvester Boots
Ranged Evasion
Magic Evasion
Move Speed
Slayer's Quicksilver Pendant
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Ancient Saurodoma Bracers
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Amber 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.
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Bercant's Whispering Daggers
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Dread Admiral's Bicorne
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Cooldown Speed
Steadfast Commander's Cape
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Forgotten Lotus Garb
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Dread Admiral's Gloves
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Hit Chance
Forgotten Lotus Pants
Magic Evasion
Ranged Evasion
Max Health
Violent Demonic Beast's Fur Boots
Ranged Evasion
Magic Evasion
Movement Speed
Death Knell Gorget
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Bracelet of the Violent Undertow
Mana Regen
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Solitare of Purity
Skill Damage Boost
Max Health
Buff Duration
Symbol of Nature's Advance
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Hero's Legacy Warbelt
Max Health
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Bercant's Spineflower Crossbows
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Primary
Bercant's Whispering Daggers
Heavy Attack Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Hit Chance
Crowned Skull of Victory
Max Health
Magic Evasion
Mana Cost Efficiency
Starlight Fur Cloak
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Void Stalker's Overcoat
Buff Duration
Magic Evasion
Max Health
Void Stalker's Caress
Hit Chance
Attack Speed
Magic Evasion
Imperial Seeker's Trousers
Magic Evasion
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Imperial Seeker's Boots
Ranged Evasion
Max Stamina
Movement Speed
Pendant of Frozen Tears
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Bracelet of Agony
Max Health
Skill Damage Resistance
Debuff Duration
Ring of Spirited Desire
Skill Damage Boost
Mana Regen
Buff Duration
Runed Band of the Black Anvil
Skill Damage Boost
Buff Duration
Max Health
Undisputed Champion's Belt
Mana Regen
Debuff Duration
Skill Damage Resistance
Weapon Masteries
Crossbow
Dagger
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
Chaos Harbinger Talistone I
Damage: 10
Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Chaos Harbinger Solarstone
Weaken Chance
Silence Chance
Weaken Chance
CC Chance
Chaos Harbinger Talistone III
Max Health: 1750
CC Resistance
Weaken Resistance
Amitoi Healing
Chaos Harbinger Talistone II
Defense: 200
Ranged Evasion
Evasion
Heavy Attack Evasion
Chaos Harbinger Lunarstone
Weaken Resistance
Collision Resistance
Weaken Resistance
CC Resistances
Chaos Harbinger Talistone IV
Max Health: 1750
Ranged Heavy Attack Chance
Ranged Critical Hit Chance
Critical Hit Chance
Rotations
- This rotation serves as your primary DPS sequence for tackling dungeon bosses and high HP enemies such as open-world bosses but it can work perfectly well in all scenarios.
- Start with using Inject Venom so all your following attacks apply Thundercloud stacks before continuing with
Mother Nature's Protest before using 
Fatal Stigma so your Thundercloud stacks turn into raw damage at the end of the rotation. Use Mortal Mark for a similar effect before using Cleaving Moonlight and Quick Fire to both stack up poison and deal damage.
- Use Selfless Diffusion to lower your cooldowns before continuing with burst damage from Brutal Incision and
Knife Throwing while also lowering cooldowns for another Cleaving Moonlight and another Brutal Incision hit.
Mana Exchange: This ability is utilized to keep your mana levels high by exchanging HP for Mana. Ensure to adjust your Amitoi heal settings to initiate healing at 100% instead of the default 80% HP threshold to prevent your HP from dropping too low while using this ability.
Nimble Leap: You should use it to reset the cooldown on your Quick Fire and deal extra damage if you are dealing with small mobs or such.
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