What is the focus of the Aconite Build in New World Season 10: Nighthaven?

The Aconite Build focuses on delivering high damage for Invasions, the Broodmother Medusa fight in the Hive of Gorgons Raid, and ranged PvP, leveraging Aconite’s inherent damage bonus.

What mainhand weapon should I use for the Aconite Build?

Equip Aconite with Keenly Empowered perk to maximize its inherent damage bonus.

How should I allocate attributes for the Aconite Build?

Set attributes to Strength 100, Dexterity 453, Intelligence 25, Focus 25, and Constitution 25.

What armor perks should I prioritize?

Prioritize Weapon Perks (Penetrating Rapid Shot, Enfeebling Poison Shot, Lasting Rain of Arrows), Gem Slot with Onyx (x5), Vicious (x4), and Fixed Perks (Sacrificial Empowerment, Lifestealer's Draught, Prolonged Favor, Shirking Energy).

What jewelry should I choose for this build?

Select a Protection Amulet matching the activity’s damage type with Protection, Well-Being, Gem Slot, Leeching, and Keen perks (II versions). Use a Ring with Leeching, Gem Slot, Thrust Damage, Critical Infliction, and Enchanted Totality perks. Equip an Earring with Leeching, Keen, Gem Slot, Beloved, and Refreshment perks.

Which Heartrune is best for this build?

Use Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines for crowd control and Rend application.

What buffs and trophies should I use for Hive of Gorgons Raid?

Apply 3x Major Angry Earth Trophies (15% Angry Earth Damage), Infused Angry Earth Coating (15% Angry Earth Damage), Infused Angry Earth Ward (10% less damage from Angry Earth), Powerful Honing Stone (7% Empower), Desert Sunrise (25% reduced DoT duration), and +48 food. Aim for 5 buffs above your health bar.

What is the combat rotation for the Aconite Build?

Follow this sequence: 1. Rotate offhand abilities (e.g., Skewer, Perforate), 2. Use Poison Shot, 3. Use Rain of Arrows (optional for single-target), 4. Use Rapid Shot, 5. Perform light attack or Poison Shot between each Rapid Shot. Spam Rapid Shot and Poison Shot when bosses are under 50% health.

What are some tips for optimizing this build?

Land all 3 Rapid Shot hits on the same target for cooldown reduction, as it drives most of the Bow’s DPS. Use the Empower Calculator to track your 54% Empower total (capped at 50%) from Powerful Honing Stone, Evasive Tactics, Keenly Empowered, Thrust Harnessing, and Thrust Damage. Refer to New World Buddy and the terminology guide for support.

Aconite Build - New World Season 10

Using Aconite as a mainhand weapon is not a meta build, but can still pump out serious damage due to its inherent damage bonus. This New World Aconite Build for Season 10: Nighthaven is great for Invasions, Broodmother Medusa in the Hive of Gorgons raid, and has potential for ranged PvP as well. In this guide, I will provide the complete build details as well as How To Play it in PvE content in New World.

Additional Bow builds:

Weapons

Mainhand

Aconite with:
Keenly Empowered

Offhand (options)

Spear with:
Enfeebling Skewer
Runeglass of Arboreal Diamond

Void Gauntlet

Greatsword

Hatchet

Aconite Build offhand New World Season 10

Skill Tree

For Spear offhand, if there is already a mainhand Spear on your team, you should take a 1 point Perforate setup, since Spear is your offhand for a build like this.

Attributes

Strength	100
Dexterity	453
Intelligence	25
Focus	25
Constitution	25

Armor

This gear serves as a starting point to build upon as some of it may get replaced when you come into Set pieces with infixes. Infixes should replace your least favorite fixed perk on each piece. The Gem slot serves as your defensive piece with an Onyx.

Weapon Perks
- Penetrating Rapid Shot
- Enfeebling Poison Shot
- Lasting Rain of Arrows
Gem Slot x5
Vicious x4
Fixed Perks (Pick your favorite
- Sacrificial Empowerment
- Lifestealer’s Draught
- Prolonged Favor
- Shirking Energy

Jewelry

Pick the best Protection amulet that matches the most common damage you will be taking in the activity you are in. Assume all perks are the new “II” or “2” versions.

Amulet Perks:

Protection
Well-Being
Gem slot
Leeching
Keen

Ring Perks:

Leeching
Gem slot
Thrust Damage
Critical Infliction
Enchanted Totality

Earring Perks:

Leeching
Keen
Gem Slot
Beloved
Refreshment

Some of the Offensive and Defensive sockets are flexible for your to pick the your preferred perk.

Heartrune

Brutal Heartrune of Grasping Vines

Typical Buffs and Trophies

You should ideally have 5 buffs above your health bar, and Major trophies at each of your 3 houses matching the enemy type you are facing. For example:

3x Major Angry Earth Trophies – 3×5%(15%) Angry Earth Damage
Infused Angry Earth Coating – 15% Angry Earth Damage
Infused Angry Earth Ward – take 10% less damage from Angry Earth enemies
Powerful Honing Stone – 7% Empower
Desert Sunrise – reduce duration of incoming DoTs by 25%
+48 food

How to Play

Rotate offhand abilities (Skewer, Perforate)
Poison Shot
Rain of Arrows
Rapid Shot
Light attack or poison shot between each Rapid Shot

When bosses are under 50% health you should be spamming Rapid Shot, and firing Poison Shot when it’s up. Save Rain of Arrows for larger clumps since it does great AoE damage and bleed.

This rotation emphasizes all the potential Empower stacking you can utilize, to preserve precious Empower time with Aconite equipped, step #3 is optional.

Empower details

Powerful Honing Stone	7%
Evasive Tactics	15%
Keenly Empowered	13%
Thrust Harnessing	12%
Thrust Damage	8%
Total	54%

Empower is capped at 50%, but having more than 50% can help you manage to stay at cap at all times. To know where your current Empower total stands, check out the Empower Calculator. Even with Defiant Stance taking 15% empower away, you are still able to hit Empower Cap with a timed rotation.

Tips to Remember

When using Rapid Shot, make a considerable effort to land all 3 shots on the same target to get the cooldown bonus, since this ability is where most of a Bow’s DPS comes from.

Build made using the free tools at New World Buddy.

For unfamiliar terms, please refer to our terminology guide.