This configuration keeps Hatchet damage and recovery together, with Great Axe for gathering enemies and changing position. It is an equipment-and-active-skill setup for existing players. It does not claim to reproduce a raid damage record, and it does not depend on an expensive named artifact or a particular temporary event reward.
- Activity
- Solo quest PvE for existing owners
- Edition / reference
- Aeternum weapon-guide snapshot August 2025, checked against the January 2026 service-ending notice. Not a new season meta ranking.
- Named choices
- 12
Configuration and exact selections
- Primary weapon
- Hatchet — Strength/Constitution attributes
Use the Berserker melee branch for this bar.
- Hatchet active 1
- Berserk
The recovery and pressure window of the setup.
- Hatchet active 2
- Feral Rush
A deliberate gap closer; do not spend it before needing access.
- Hatchet active 3
- Raging Torrent
Use when the target will remain in the sequence.
- Hatchet upgrades
- On the Hunt; Berserking Refresh; Berserking Purge; Uninterruptible Berserk
Named Berserk upgrades rather than an unspecified healing assumption.
- Secondary weapon
- Great Axe — Strength/Constitution attributes
Shares Strength investment with the Hatchet.
- Great Axe active 1
- Reap
Pulls a reachable target into the melee plan.
- Great Axe active 2
- Charge
Movement and target access; retain it when the route needs an exit.
- Great Axe active 3
- Gravity Well
Creates a grouping window before the Hatchet sequence.
- Chest and legs
- Heavy chest; light legs — Strength/Constitution
Part of the explicit medium-load equipment recipe.
- Head, hands and feet
- Medium head; medium gloves; medium boots — Strength/Constitution
Verify the resulting medium load in the character panel.
- Jewellery and recovery
- Constitution amulet; Strength ring; Constitution earring; health potions
A survivable attribute baseline without invented item names or fixed gear-score gates.
How to use this setup
- Approach with Great Axe, place Gravity Well on a manageable pack and use Reap when a target needs pulling into reach.
- Switch to Hatchet before the damage window. Activate Berserk, use Feral Rush for access and complete Raging Torrent when safe.
- Continue Hatchet attacks while managing enemy telegraphs. Do not assume Berserk makes every attack harmless.
- Use Charge or ordinary movement to reposition after switching back. Recover before gathering another pack.
Priorities and progression
- Strength is the shared offensive attribute; Constitution supplies a survival buffer.
- Choose a medium equipment load with the listed slot weights; do not copy a light-build dodge expectation.
- No fixed current gear-score, gold price or latest-season stat breakpoint is asserted.
Change weapons before committing the attack sequence
The Great Axe creates the encounter shape; the Hatchet uses it. Opening Raging Torrent while creatures are spread makes the sequence less dependable. Gather only the enemies you can survive, switch while the window is useful and keep a movement response available. This is a dated functional weapon combination during the service’s remaining availability, not a promise of future content or balance updates.