If you want to play a ranged build in Crimson Desert, you can do so. With the right items, you will even have unlimited explosive ammunition available.
What kind of build is this? The playstyle of YouTuber Moxsy focuses on ranged damage, an infinite supply of arrows, constant resource regeneration, and special attacks that stun opponents or deal extremely high damage in a short time.
What weapon do I need? Choose a bow with 5 sockets. For these sockets, obtain the following Abyss equipment:
- Slot 1: 40 percent chance to not consume arrows (Endless Arrows Level 2)
- Slot 2: 40 percent chance to not consume arrows (Endless Arrows Level 2)
- Slot 3: 20 percent chance to not consume arrows (Endless Arrows Level 1)
- Slot 4: Restores stamina on attack (found in the Hwando, the katana can be found here)
- Slot 5: As you like
The effect of the Abyss equipment adds up, giving you a 100 percent chance of not consuming arrows. Alternatively, you can combine an Endless Arrows Core of Level 3 (60 percent) with one of Level 2 to gain an additional socket for free use.
How do I get Endless Arrows Cores? The easiest way: Go to a witch with your already acquired Abyss equipment and create a save. Then perform a special synthesis for a Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 2 Abyss equipment fusion at the sorceress.
If you get Endless Arrows, perfect! Otherwise, load your recently created save and try again. Repeat this until you reach 100 percent in your weapon.
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Ranged Build: Equipment, Talents, and Arrows
What else is important for the equipment? Important for the ranged build are the Ashen Flame Plate Gloves, as they have Abyss equipment Glowing Volcanic Bomb, which enhances your weapons through fire and allows you to hurl meteors at your opponents, in addition to spirit regeneration.
Which armor pieces you choose otherwise is secondary. The important thing is that they provide Abyss equipment that boosts your stamina regeneration. Another piece with spirit regeneration helps as well.
Which arrows should I use? Explosive arrows are currently the strongest projectiles for the bow, as they deal high stance and area damage to bosses. Poison arrows follow. Regular arrows are last. Since you don’t consume ammunition, a single explosive arrow is enough to make the build playable.
Moxsy’s video on his ranged build can be found on YouTube or below:
Which talents are important? When investing Abyss artifacts, you should focus first on increasing your stamina in the blue talent area. A high stamina supply is essential for continuously bombarding enemies with arrows.
Invest additional points in the talents Shooting, Precision Shot (for high damage in a short time), and Evasion Shot. Regarding Evasion Shot, the improvement Mastery is especially important, allowing you to fire two explosive arrows simultaneously.
You can initially forgo the Will of the Wind. With Multi-Shot, you only fire regular arrows, even if you have explosive arrows equipped. This makes your other attacks significantly more effective.
What you must have is the talent Enhance Elements (with the upgrade Elemental Precision Shot) from the red area, which activates the effect of the Glowing Volcanic Bomb of the gloves. To unlock the talent, you must solve a puzzle chain in the Abyss. The what and how is revealed in this video on YouTube by Fennek.
Finally, you also take the talent Focus Shot from the green area and improve it with Focus Evasion Shot and Focus Precision Shot. This way, you can repeatedly stop time in combat, charge multiple attacks, and turn these into extremely high burst damage. It is best if you stun your target first through a stance break. You can find more exciting builds, equipment parts, and weapons in our comprehensive guide overview for Crimson Desert.
