Loadouts

A loadout is what your hands add up to. The weapon in your main hand and whatever is in your off hand pick one of 25 loadouts, and that sets your whole kit: the combo graph, the resource you build and what holding it does, how you guard and dodge, and your execution takes.

Fighting loadouts

18

Momentum · Melee, Fast, Stab

The Pugilist — read the blow, answer with the fist

Precision · Melee, Fast, Slash

The Duelist's edge — speed, crits, and a little of something else

Dagger and Buckler

Precision · Melee, Fast, Slash

The Duelist, covered

Dagger and Kiteshield

Precision · Melee, Slash, One Handed

Patient, covered, no retreat

Arcane Power · Magic, Two Handed, Spell Chain

The Arcane Conduit - spell chains, barrier, magic mastery

Arcane Power · Magic, Two Handed, Spell Chain

The Arcane Conduit - spell chains, barrier, magic mastery

Fury · Heavy, Slow, Melee

The Juggernaut - overwhelming steel

Mettle · Melee, Heavy, Crush

The Wall — set, absorb, drive

Focus · Ranged, Heavy, Two Handed

The Long Shot — patience, weight, reach

Souls · Melee, Heavy, Reach

The Reaper — reach, momentum, and a blade that keeps going

Focus · Ranged, Mobile, Two Handed

The Swift Arrow — mobility, timing, distance control

Arcane Power · Magic, Two Handed, Spell Chain

The Arcane Conduit - spell chains, barrier, magic mastery

Arcane Power · Magic, Two Handed, Spell Chain

The Arcane Conduit - spell chains, barrier, magic mastery

Poise · Melee, Fast, Slash

The Duelist — speed over cover

Sword and Buckler

Poise · Melee, Fast, Slash

The Swordsman — parry, riposte, press

Sword and Kiteshield

Poise · Melee, Heavy, Slash

The Wall with an edge — set, absorb, cut

Momentum · Default, Starter, Fast

The Brawler - raw strength, no tools needed

Inertia · Melee, Heavy, Crush

The Anvil — weight, patience, and one blow that ends it

Tools and gathering

7

Gathering, Tool, Utility

The Patient Angler - patience, timing, rhythm

Gathering, Ranged, Two Handed

The Bowfisher — patience, aim, one arrow per fish

Fishing Crossbow

Gathering, Ranged, Two Handed

The Crossbow Fisher - power, precision, deep water

Gathering, Tool, Utility

The Netter - efficiency, bulk gathering

Harpoon Fishing

Gathering, Melee, Two Handed

The Harpooner - strength, ocean mastery, big game

Gathering, Tool, Two Handed

The Miner - patience measured in blows

Gathering, Tool, Two Handed

The Woodcutter - patience measured in swings

Which hands make which loadout

26

The server checks these rules top to bottom and uses the first match. The last row catches everything else.

#	Main hand	Off hand	Loadout
1	Dagger	Empty	Dagger
2	Dagger	Buckler	Dagger and Buckler
3	Dagger	Kiteshield	Dagger and Kiteshield
4	Sword	Empty	Sword
5	Sword	Buckler	Sword and Buckler
6	Sword	Kiteshield	Sword and Kiteshield
7	Empty	Buckler	Buckler
8	Empty	Kiteshield	Kiteshield
9	Greatsword	Empty	Greatsword
10	Staff	Empty	Staff
11	Fire Staff	Empty	Fire Staff
12	Frost Staff	Empty	Frost Staff
13	Storm Staff	Empty	Storm Staff
14	Shortbow	Empty	Shortbow
15	Longbow	Empty	Longbow
16	Bow	Empty	Shortbow
17	Woodcutting Axe	Empty	Woodcutting
18	Mining Pickaxe	Empty	Mining
19	Scythe	Empty	Scythe
20	Warhammer	Empty	Warhammer
21	Fishing Rod	Empty	Fishing
22	Fishing Net	Empty	Fishing Net
23	Fishing Bow	Empty	Fishing Bow
24	Fishing Crossbow	Empty	Fishing Crossbow
25	Harpoon	Empty	Harpoon Fishing
26	Anything else	Anything else	Unarmed