At level 40 your backstab dagger should be best-in-slot or close to it, with hitroll packed into every slot that accepts it. Endgame hunting is competitive; know your tweak targets before you camp a mob.
Recommended gear
Backstab dagger
- The serrated claw of a rift abomination (Lv 39, 13d3, +5 hitroll, +3 damroll, smitegood, smiteevil, dagger): skin the Rift Abomination in the Ruins of the Lorekeeper. Top neutral dagger dice
- A dagger of the Wyrm (Lv 32, 9d4, +5 hitroll, +3 damroll, +11 hit regen, dagger): lizardman assassin in Frostholt Mountain
- A long, jagged bone (Lv 28, 6d6, +8 hitroll, +6 damroll, dagger): fanged demon in the Ruins of Darksbay
Melee weapon
- A bone club capped by a demon's skull (Lv 37, 11d6, +5 damroll, +48 HP): composite from Village of Vangalis
- A red steel longsword (Lv 40, 6d6, -121 save breath): Torthuk in the Goblin Village commander room
- Volhannen, Axe of the Giants (Lv 30, 5d11, +5 damroll, +5 hitroll): Brule in Frostholt
Light
- A coal-black heart of a frost giant berserker (Lv 36, +3 hitroll, +3 damroll, +40 HP): skinning in Frostholt Mountain
- A blazing wyrm heart lantern (Lv 38, +48 HP, armor -17): composite purchase in The Gremlin Hovel
Neck
- A necklace of tusks (Lv 37, +5 hitroll, +3 damroll): morg lord in Cinderwood
Body
- Armor of the oceans (Lv 34, +52 HP, +3 damroll): composite from Vangalis Handmaiden
Head
- A hideous steel mask (Lv 33, +3 hitroll, +40 HP): royal torturer in Ily'kras
- A red-fringed prayer shawl (Lv 9, +36 move, +3 hitroll): from mobs in The Cathedral of All Saints
Legs
- Voluminous white pantaloons (Lv 29, +5 hitroll, +17 HP): from mobs in Casshiir Desert
- A pair of leg plates made from pure platinum (Lv 27, +3 hitroll, +3 damroll): from mobs in Frostholt Mountain
Feet
- Red and white dragonscale boots (Lv 15, +108 move, +3 hitroll): composite purchase in Village of Vangalis
- Pair of worn slippers (+4 hit regen, +5 damroll, -7 mana): ground load in The Ruins of Zakhban
Hands
- A pair of red dragon scaled gauntlets (Lv 35, +4 hitroll, +4 damroll): composite from Durnac in Ily'kras
Arms
- A mithril mantle, edged in silver (Lv 34, +3 hitroll, +3 damroll, +32 HP): General Kromd in Frostholt
Shield
- An iron tower shield (Lv 28, +5 damroll, armor -22): frost giant captain in Frostholt
About
- A sleeveless silk overrobe (Lv 25, armor -20, +25 HP, -2 save rod): from mobs in Tristala's Crystal Spire
- A tassled orange silk shawl (Lv 12, +3 hitroll, armor -15): from mobs in The Tk'il Hive
Waist
- A long strip of tough, scaly skin (Lv 36, +5 hitroll, +4 damroll): skin the Render in the Caves of Chaos
- A spiked belt, crafted from a remorhaz's hide (Lv 35, +4 hitroll, +3 damroll): royal torturer in Ily'kras
Wrist
- A tightly knotted band of quivering intestines (Lv 37, +5 damroll, +22 HP): skin the Defiler in the Ruins of the Lorekeeper
Finger
- A star sapphire ring (Lv 28, +4 hitroll, +2 damroll): Sultan's hoard in the Casshiir Desert
Hold
- A platinum chalice (Lv 30, +50 move regen): from mobs in The Celestial Fortress
Aura
- A paper coupon, written in scrawling red handwriting. (Lv 39, +4 hit regen, +4 mana regen): ground load in The Temple of the Zaratan
Hip
- A belted scabbard, made from a giant's skin (Lv 36, +40 HP, +3 hitroll) on the Frostholt Chaos Knight is one of the best hip slots for combat stats