When Eternal Frost is released on December 12, you can defeat the Glacial Tarn Expedition, rejoice in the Winter Convergence Festival, and thwart a Knight of the Round Table. You'll need the best PvE and PvP builds to fight when New World Season 4 releases. Read our New World Season 4 build guide, we'll bring you the best PvE & PvP builds and weapon combos.

New World Season 4 PvE & PvP Build Guide - Top 3 Best Builds & Weapons In New World

In New World Season 4, having a well-optimized PvE or PvP build is crucial for several reasons. Firstly, these builds enhance your overall effectiveness in combat scenarios, allowing you to tackle challenges more efficiently. In PvE, a specialized build can significantly improve your ability to defeat challenging mobs, bosses, and participate in expeditions. It optimizes your damage output, survivability, and utility, making PvE content more accessible and rewarding. Next, we'll break down the top 3 New World best Season 4 builds PvE and PvP, including their weapons, skills, attributes, perks, and gems.

Top 3 New World Season 4 Best PvE Builds

1. Greataxe Hatchet Build

The Greataxe/Hatchet build is one of the best New World S4 PvE builds. This build utilizes both weapons' strong AoE and crowd control abilities. Greataxe excels at mob management and damage through skills like Reap and Gravity Well. Hatchet provides buffs, heals and survivability via Berserk. Season 4 weapon balancing has kept this best NW Season 4 PvE combo effective for both single-target and mob damage. Max Strength capitalizes on the raw power of these melee weapons. Defense and healing from Hatchet perks/abilities give durable sustainability for endgame PvE group content. Mobility from both weapons aids in keeping up sustained damage uptime.

• Weapons: Greataxe primary, Hatchet secondary

• Greataxe Skills: Reap, Gravity Well, Maelstrom

• Hatchet Skills: Berserk, Raging Torrent, Rending Throw

• Attributes: All points into Strength for maximum melee damage

• Armor: Barbarian gear for Strength bonus, perks like Refreshing, Ward

• Greataxe Perks: Bane, Treacherous Momentum, Rending Strikes

• Hatchet Perks: Berserking Thrust, Thwarting Strikes, Refreshing Feral Rush

• Jewelry/Gems/Consumables to boost melee damage and survivability

2. Void Ice Gauntlet Build

The best PvE build for New World Season 4 is the Void Gauntlet/Ice Gauntlet CC Build. This build utilizes both weapons' abilities to inflict crowd control and deal high burst magic damage. Orb of Decay and Petrifying Scream allow setting up damage combos, while Ice Gauntlet provides supplemental CC, AOE, and constant mana regeneration. By capitalizing on the synergies between the weapons' skill effects, this build remains strong for PVE content in Season 4 thanks to its consistent damage output and crowd control capabilities against multiple enemies. Pairing magic damage over time with disables makes this an effective magic DPS option.

• Weapons: Void Gauntlet primary, Ice Gauntlet secondary

• Void Gauntlet Skills: Orb of Decay, Baleful Tether, Petrifying Scream

• Ice Gauntlet Skills: Ice Storm, Ice Shower, Entombed

• Attributes: Focus on Intelligence for magic damage

• Armor: Light armor, with perks like Cruel IV and Focused

• Void Gauntlet Perks: Empowering Precision, Radiant Efficiency, Refreshing Frailty

• Ice Gauntlet Perks: Energized Critical, Enduring Shower, Punishing Storm

• Jewelry and gems/consumables boost Intelligence and elemental damage

3. Greatsword PvE Build

The best Greatsword PvE build for New World Season 4 is the Greatsword/Great Axe DPS build. This build takes advantage of both weapons' strong AoE abilities. Greatsword provides excellent single-target and cleaving damage. Great Axe excels at mob control and damage through skills like Reap and Gravity Well. Season 4 weapon balancing has kept this combo effective. It remains top-tier due to versatile damage output against both bosses and packs of enemies through optimized skill synergies. Max damage stats and perks allow maximizing the raw power of these melee weapons in group PvE content. 

• Weapons: Greatsword primary, Great Axe secondary

• Greatsword Skills: Relentless Rush, Crosscut, Skyward Slash

• Great Axe Skills: Reap, Maelstrom, Gravity Well

• Attributes: Focus on Strength for damage

• Armor: Mixed armor types like heavy/medium for balance

• Greatsword Perks: Relentless Charge, Trophy Taker, Vorpal

• Great Axe Perks: Bane, Treacherous Momentum, Rending Strikes

• Jewelry perked for physical damage

• Gems/Consumables to boost STR and physical damage

Top 3 New World Season 4 Best PvP Builds

1. Greatsword PvP Build

This build maximizes the Greatsword's gap closing and burst potential through skills like Relentless Rush and Skyward Slash. The Hatchet adds survivability through defensive abilities and mobility from Feral Rush. It remains one of the best New World Season 4 builds PvP due to high engage-disengage capability. Season 4 changes have left this weapon combo powerful for disruptive play in group PvP modes. High burst damage and tankiness from perks/attributes keeps this a top tier pick for flagship melee DPS. Survival tools from Hatchet round it out.

Weapons: Greatsword primary, Hatchet secondary

Greatsword Skills: Relentless Rush, Skyward Slash, Steadfast Strike

Hatchet Skills: Feral Rush, Berserk, Social Distancing

Attributes: Focus on Strength and Constitution for damage and survivability

Armor: Mixed heavy and medium armor for balance

Greatsword Perks: Keenly Empowered, Voracious Blade, Enchanted

Hatchet Perks: Berserking Thrust, Thwarting Strikes, Refreshing Feral Rush

Jewelry perked for damage and survivability

Consumables/gems to boost melee damage and survivability

2. Bow PvP Build

This maximizes the Bow's ranged damage and crit potential while allowing escapes with Hatchet abilities. It remains one of the top DPS builds for flagged PvP due to its burst damage and pick potential at range. Dexterity focus and light armor amplify the glass cannon playstyle.

• Weapons: Bow primary, Hatchet secondary

• Bow Skills: Penetrating Shot, Rapid Shot, Explosive Shot

• Hatchet Skills: Rending Throw, Social Distancing, Berserk

• Attributes: 500 Dexterity, 100 Constitution (glass cannon damage build)

• OR 550 Dexterity, 50 Constitution (riskier glass cannon build)

• Armor: 5 pieces light (medium chest), perks like Shirking Heals, Refreshing, Elemental Aversion

• Bow Perks: Vicious, Arboreal Attunement, Keenly Empowered/Jagged

• Hatchet Perks: Arboreal Attunement, Refreshing Distancing Throw, Vicious/Rogue

• Jewelry focused on damage stats like Thrust Damage

3. Hatchet PvP Build

This build maximizes the Greatsword's mobility and burst potential with skills like Relentless Rush and Skyward Slash. The Hatchet adds survivability through defensive abilities like Berserk and Feral Rush. It's one of the best New World PvP Season 4 builds due to strong engage-disengage playstyle from the weapon combo. Season 4 updates have left this build highly effective for close-range damage dealing and disruption in wars and Outpost Rush. The survivability from Hatchet self-heals keeps this bruiser-style build competitive in Season 4's PvP meta.

• Weapons: Greatsword primary, Hatchet secondary

• Greatsword Skills: Relentless Rush, Skyward Slash, Steadfast Strike

• Hatchet Skills: Feral Rush, Berserk, Social Distancing

• Attributes: Focus on Strength and Constitution for melee damage and survivability

• Armor: Mixed heavy and medium for balance of damage and defenses

• Greatsword Perks: Keenly Empowered, Voracious Blade, Enchanted

• Hatchet Perks: Berserking Thrust, Thwarting Strikes, Refreshing Feral Rush

• Jewelry perked for damage and survivability

• Consumables/gems to boost melee damage and defenses

Last time we published New World Season 4 Best Builds & Weapon Combos (PvE & PvP), hopefully, you enjoyed this New World Season 3 Best Builds & Weapon Combos (PvE & PvP) as well.