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[0.4] Lightning Crossbow Pathfinder

0.4 TLotD
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Starter
End Game
By ds_lily
Updated on Dec 14, 2025
Dec 14, 2025

Build Overview

Lightning crossbow is a very solid starter build with a super smooth campaign and mapping experience. This season it'll be run as a pathfinder due to significant pathfinder buffs getting no sprinting stun, more damage / defence, and slight deadeye nerfs. This build also has many powerful builds to pivot to if you feel like lightning crossbow isnt for you. You can easily swap to explosive shot / grenade pathfinder, lightning arrow pf/deadeye, poisonburst pf, and more

Venom Draught: stun threshold + chaos resistance

tattoos: resistance

pillar: movement speed


!!!!!!!READ THE NOTES BELOW EACH SECTION!!!!!!

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Good clear
  • Good damage
  • Great leveling
  • Can't be knocked down while sprinting after 2nd lab
  • Solid all rounder
  • Grenade leveling can be clunky if skill issue, but you can also go lightning arrow / rod

Build Variants

The build starts off by leveling as grenades as it is by far the smoothest starter. You can still use Lightning Arrow / Lightning Rod as most of the nerfs were for later in the game

Equipment

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Equipment Priority
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Gear priorities

Crossbow: Flat lightning > Flat Phys + % phys > Flat cold > really any damage mods you can get

Rings: Flat damage / resistances > life

Gloves: Flat damage / resistances

Belt: Res / life

Body: Evasion > res > life

Helmet: Evasion > life > res

Amulet: Res > proj skills > life

Boots: Move speed > res > life

Skill Gems

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 5

Dex 20

Int 5

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Contagion

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Explosive Grenade

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Flash Grenade

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Frost Bomb

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Herald of Ash

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Wind Dancer

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Gem Priority
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You can choose Herald of Ash or Wind Dancer, preference up to you if you want more clear or defence

If you find a good bow but cant find a good quiver you can continue using Lightning Arrow for clear

Passive Tree

main:
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set 1:
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set 2:
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Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack
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Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell
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Freythorn — The King in the Mists
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Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut
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Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite
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Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen
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Valley of the Titans — Medallion
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Deshar — Final Letter
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The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan
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Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist
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The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught
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Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant
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The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch
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The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault
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Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice
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Journey's End — Captain Hartlin
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Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest
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Halls of the Dead — Yama The White
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Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test
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Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice
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Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test
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Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test
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Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden
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The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr
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The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine
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Qimah — Tabana's Pillar
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Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear
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Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti
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Table of Contents

1. Build Overview2. Strengths and Weaknesses3. Build Variants4. Equipment5. Skill Gems6. Passive Tree7. Quest Rewards

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