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Ironbound Bowbringer - Leveling & End Game

0.4 TLotD

Warbringer

Warrior

End Game

Starter

Creator

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By KallTorak

Updated on May 18, 2026

May 18, 2026

Build Overview

Hey guys, KallTorak here! I'm an Off-Meta creator with an affinity for silly goose time builds! This is my Ironbound Warbringer guide for leveling through the campaign & end game.

Why Play Ironbound?

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Streams

Build Variants

Act 1 & Act 2

Act 3 - Interludes

Early Maps

Late Game Armour

Ultra Late Game EV SWAP

Equipment

Act 1 & Act 2

Act 3 - Interludes

Early Maps

Late Game Armour

Ultra Late Game EV SWAP

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

Valuable Starting Uniques

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Blackbraid - One of the best leveling body armours in the game. You can use this until red maps if you wanted to. Gets upgraded by the new runeforging system(TBD on how) as well. Getting one early is highly recommended. Won't replace until The Brass Dome likely or the EV swap with Hyrri's Ire.

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Titanrot Cataphract - Amazing body armour for this build because it gives us a massive amount of armour early on. This body armour should help us easily reach the base 50% block cap. With Rearguard in act 3 it will get you to block cap allowing you to focus on EV pieces or resistances in the other slots.
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Blackgleam - We need pierce for Ironbound to do its thing. Blackgleam is an interesting way of getting early game pierce. With Herald of Ash and some added damage as fire to attacks you should have things consistently ignited for automated pierce. This would eventually be replaced in act 3 by Rearguard. Rearguard will be used forever likely so only invest into Blackgleam if its cheap or after we confirm if there is any late game viability with it.

Skill Gems

Act 1 & Act 2

Act 3 - Interludes

Early Maps

Late Game Armour

Ultra Late Game EV SWAP

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 25

Dex 10

Int 20

Frost Bomb

Contagion

Lightning Arrow

Lightning Rod

Escape Shot

Armour Piercing Rounds

Snipe

Herald of Thunder

Barrage

Gem Priority

+11

After you kill Miller pray a bow drops. If no bow drops check to see if everything you got from drops can sell for enough gold to buy you a bow from Renly. If you get a bow from Miller or Renly you should take Lightning Arrow with your first support gem. The 2nd gem you get from Clearfell you will take Lightning Rod.

If you do not get a bow in your opener you will stick with a mace until you get one. Your first skill gem you will take Contagion from Renly. You will then take Frost Bomb from Clearfell. Unfortunately there is a bit of RNG in this opener. Keep in mind you can choose to farm Beira in Clearfell for a bow or extra gold to buy a bow.

Lightning Arrow will be our main skill for everything until level 31 where we swap to Ice Shot. For clear you will use Lightning Arrow. With its built in chain + eventual return mechanic from Ironbound you should have plenty of clear. For bossing early on you will drop 4 Lightning Rod and then spam Lightning Arrow. Once you have Ironbound with Pierce I you can start using Armour Piercing Rounds for bosses to break armour. Once you have Anvil's Weight you will no longer need a 2nd weapon set to break armour.

In act 2 once you have Escape Shot setup with the ability to freeze bosses, you can freeze any bosses very quickly, then one shot them with Snipe.