In the heavily revamped New World Aeternum, you can choose between 7 Knight classes, or archetypes. Each of them has undergone a very significant revamp, which has led to some changes in their current tiers.

If you are currently struggling with which class to choose to start your quest, the class tiers introduced in this guide will definitely help you make a choice. In addition, this guide will also give you some recommendations for the best weapons for each class, so that you can use them together.

Class Tier List

• S Tier - Musketeer & Swordbearer
• A Tier - Occultist
• B Tier - Destroyer & Ranger
• C Tier - Mystic & Soldier

Since archetypes are an important but not permanent choice, this tier list ranks them based on their ability to handle the early content time in the game and how fun they are to play, rather than their late-game viability. So you can follow us later.

Class Details

Now that we know the current Class levels in New World Aeternum, let’s inspect some ways to use Classes in S Tier and A Tier and the best weapons!

Musketeer - S Tier

Musketeer has the most 16th century-style visuals in the game, but is also one of the most interesting and diverse Classes. Musketeer comes with a Rapier and a Musket, which requires you to give him a curly beard when creating his appearance, otherwise he will most likely hurt himself in battle.

His Rapier has excellent mobility skills, such as Fleche, which allows you to sprint forward, and Evade, which allows you to be temporarily invincible and move sideways. When these are combined with Musket’s super long range, Musketeer can use high mobility to deal a lot of damage and help you quickly get the final New World Aeternum Coins reward.

It is important to note that Musketeer weapons are all based on positioning, rather than passive and defensive skills, which means you have more room for error when learning this class. Also, this archetype that provides both melee and ranged attacks gives you more build possibilities later.

Best Musketeer Weapons

• Bow (100% Dexterity)
• Fire Staff (100% Intelligence)
• Ice Gauntlet (100% Intelligence)
• Musket (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Rapier (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Spear (90% Dexterity, 65% Strength)

Swordbearer - S Tier

Swordbearer may look like a very destructive class in New World Aeternum, but that’s only half true - it has strong offensive power and excellent defense. Great Swords it holds have two passive stances - Path of Onslaught and Path of Defiance, which can provide you with some nice damage and defense buffs.

In addition, its other weapon, the Blunderbuss, has Mortar Charge skill, which is a projectile skill that can fire a grenade-like projectile at the enemy. This allows you to deal unpredictable damage to the enemy from a safe range, which is a great way for you to explore alone.

In addition, Swordbearer archetype is also very flexible, because all the starting weapons can be appropriately adjusted, no matter which key attribute you build it around later. For example, if you want to use Swordbearer to explore with your friends, then you can replace Blunderbuss with a Sword or Shield to increase defense.

Best Swordbearer Weapons

• Blunderbuss (90% Strength, 65% Intelligence)
• Great Axe (100% Strength)
• Great Sword (80% Strength, 80% Dexterity)
• Flail and Shield (90% Strength, 65% Focus)
• Hatchet (90% Strength, 65% Dexterity)
• Musket (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Rapier (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Spear (90% Dexterity, 65% Strength)
• Sword and Shield (90% Strength, 65% Dexterity)
• War Hammer (100% Strength)

Occultist - A Tier

If you prefer to use magic damage in this kind of MMO game, then Occultist will definitely be your best choice in the early game. Because Fire Staff and Ice Gauntlet it holds are the strongest in terms of long-range, high-damage spells. For example, Flamethrower skill, when used, allows you to spray a stream of fire, which is irresistible to some low-level enemies, and you can even use it as the best skill to farm New World Coins in the early stage.

In addition, Fire Staff also has Burnout skill, which adds some mobility to this seemingly very fragile Class. Ice Gauntlet has the skill that can slow down the enemy’s movement speed and Entombed skill that can greatly increase mana recovery, which adds a lot of defensive capabilities to this Class.

So whether you are exploring New World Aeternum alone or want to explore with friends, Occultist will be a good choice because it has enough survival skills to match its huge damage output.

Best Occultist Weapons

• Blunderbuss (90% Strength, 65% Intelligence)
• Fire Staff (100% Intelligence)
• Ice Gauntlet (100% Intelligence)
• Life Staff (100% Focus)
• Musket (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Rapier (90% Dexterity, 65% Intelligence)
• Void Gauntlet (90% Intelligence, 65% Focus)

The above is the current Class tier list in New World Aeternum, as well as some detailed information about Classes in S Tier and A Tier and their best weapon choices. I hope you can better explore this new game that has undergone a very big change with the help of these powerful Classes. I wish you a happy game!