Welcome to our Wizard Thaumaturge Guide, updated for Mod 18: Infernal Descent and Mod 19 Avernus.

To learn more about the new mod, check out our Mod 19 Avernus Guide.

In this guide, we will give you tips and info on how to play the Wizard class.

At level 70 you will be able to access gear that has 5 utility slots. If you’re aiming to hit the 10.5% cap easily, you would use 4x R9 enchants and 1x R10 enchants (4x2%+1x2.5%=10.5%). Jul 11, 2017 Thanks to our friends at Neverwinter Uncensored, they put together this handy list of utility enchantments that you should know. Chettlebell Explains It All Vol. 8: Utility Enchantments Guide May 24, 2017 NWOUnblogged 2 Comments Refining. New Rings of Undermountain: Right Now, at the time of Mod 16, This game has some legendary and non legendary rings like Ring of the Shadowstalker +5 are BIS simply because of Swordsman’s Perk. In Neverwinter Mod 17 Uprising, we are going to get around 14 new ultimate and super awesome rings with the same kind of bonus with far better iLvL.

The Wizard is a ranged DPS class capable of doing single target and AoE damage.

The purpose of our class guides is not just to show you a build that you can copy and use on your character, but to show you a base build and teach you the mechanics and stats of the game, so you can understand and play your class to its fullest capabilities.

Try different gear, feats, and powers and learn to tailor your own build for your playstyle. See our guide to making your own build for more info.

Basic Wizard Thaumaturge Info

Other Wizard Builds

Best Wizard Thaumaturge Races

1. Metallic Ancestry Dragonborn – 3% + Healing – +2 to Any two stats – 1500 Crit – 3% Increased Damage
2. Dragonborn – 3% HP + Healing – +2 to Any two stats – 1500 Crit – 3% Increased Damage
3. Tiefling – 5% + Damage to targets below 50% health – +2 Cha and +2 Con or Int – 10% to reduce damage of target for 5 sec by 2.5%
4. Sun Elf – 2% Action Point Gain – +2 Int and Dex or Cha – 10% Control Resistance

Wizard Thaumaturge Ability Score Priority

Put all your available Ability Scores into Intelligence and Dexterity.

Wizard Thaumaturge Stat / Rating Priority

Offensive Stats:

1. Armor Penetration (Caps at 90K)
2. Critical Strike (Caps at 90k)
3. Accuracy (Caps at 90k)
4. Combat Advantage (Caps at 140k)
5. Power (No Cap)

Defensive Stats:

1. Defense (Caps at 90K )
2. Deflection (Caps at 90K)
3. Critical Avoidance (Caps at 95K)
4. Awareness (Caps at 100K )
5. Health (No Cap)

Wizard Thaumaturge Paragon Path, Feats, Powers & Rotation

Wizard Thaumaturge Combat Powers

At-Will Powers:

• Ray of Frost
• Chilling Cloud

Encounter Powers:

• Icy Terrain
• Fanning the Flame
• Conduit of Ice
• Fireball (Spell Mastery)

Daily Powers:

• Furious Immolation
• Ice Knife

Class Features:

• Critical Conflagration
• Swath of Destruction

Wizard Thaumaturge Feats

• Smoldering Recovery
• Glowing Flames
• Chilling Advantage
• Critical Burn
• Directed Flames

Wizard Thaumaturge Rotation

• Use your artifact and or mount power
• Icy Terrain
• Conduit of Ice
• Fanning The Flames
• Fireball
• Ray of Frost
• Daily

Wizard Thaumaturge Boons

You should always choose boons based on what stats you currently need. Therefore a selection of several viable boons is available to you for each tier.

At end-game you should hit the stat caps without needing any of the boons.

Tier 1 Boons

• Recruit’s Training – 250 Power
• Critical Strike – 250 Crit
• Cultist Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Cultist Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. Cultists.

Tier 2 Boons

• Squire’s Training – 250 Power
• Armor Penetration – 250 Armor Penetration
• Demonic Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Demonic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. demons.

Tier 3 Boons

• Knight’s Training – 250 Power
• Combat Advantage – 250 Combat Advantage
• Dino Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Simple Support – 2% Companion Influence
• Dino Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. dinos.

Tier 4 Boons

• Captain’s Training – 250 Power
• Accuracy – 250 Accuracy
• Necrotic Bulwark – 1000 HP
• Necrotic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. undead.

Tier 5 Boons (Choose 2)

• Severe Criticism – 1% Crit Severity per rank
• Call of Power – 1% Action Point gain per rank
• Quick Turnaround – 1% Recovery Speed per rank.

Master Boons

• Deathly Rage – 3/3

Guild Boons

• Offense – Power
• Defense – Hit Points

Wizard Thaumaturge Weapons & Gear

If you are new to Neverwinter and need to know how to get better gear and increase your item level, check out our Gearing Up Guide.

The best way to gear up in Neverwinter is by making a lot of Astral Diamonds, check out our Astral Diamond Guide to learn all the secrets of AD farming.

Head

• Lion Guard’s Raid Cap (Best in Slot)
• Fancy Duelist Mask of Cormyr (Boss Fights)
• Infernal Forged Cowl

Armor

• Ebony Stained Robes
• Seer of the Star’s Robes

Arms

• Lion Guard’s Raid Armlets (Best in Slot)
• Bralliel’s Planar Bindings

Feet

• Lion Guard’s Raid Shoes
• Fiend / Devil Forged Shoes
• Rusted Iron Leggings

Weapons

• Celestial Set
• Lionheart Set
• Legion Guard Set
• Alabaster / Burnished Set

Main Hand Modification:

• Ray of Frost

Offhand Modification:

• Critical Severity

Rings

• Ring of Fallen Power +5
• Ring of the Brutal Fiend +5
• Gold Ring of the Herald
• Guiding Ring of the Sharp-shooter
• Ring of the Shadowstalker +4/+5

Neck & Waist

• Dark Remnant’s Set (Book of Vile Darkness, Whip of Erinyes, The Engine Master’s Mantle)

Shirt

• Slip of the Herald
• Infernal Forged Shirt

Pants

• Leggings of the Herald
• Infernal Forged Trousers

Wizard Thaumaturge Artifacts

Primary Artifact

• Envenomed Storyteller’s Journal
• Wyvern-Venom Coated Knives

Secondary Artifacts

Choose secondary artifacts based on the stats you are lacking.

• Frozen Storyteller’s Journal
• Flayed Storyteller’s Journal
• Darkened Storyteller’s Journal
• Arcturia’s Music Box
• Trobriands Ring
• Staff of Flowers
• Halaster’s Blast Scepter

Wizard Thaumaturge Enchantments

When getting enchantments, always get the ones with the stats you are lacking in with your gear, boons, etc in mind. For example, if you’ve capped Crit with your gear and boons, don’t get azure enchantments for your offense slots. If you still need to refine your enchantments, see our Refinement Guide for tips on how to farm refinement.

Offense Enchantments

• Radiant Enchantments

Defense Enchantments

• Radiant Enchantments

Utility Enchantments

• Dark Enchantment
• Fey’s Blessing / Dragon’s Hoard / Quartermaster’s Enchantment

Armor Enchantments

• Elven Battle Enchantment
• Barkshield Enchantment
• Shadowclad Enchantment

Weapon Enchantments

• Lightning Enchantment

Overload Enchantments

• Demonic Empowerment / Bulwark Of Brimstone from Hell Pit
• Various Marks from Stronghold Vendor
• Corrupt Black Ice / Lethal / Piercing
• Black / Red Dragon Glyph

Armor Reinforcement Kits

• Power Kit

Jewelry Reinforcement Kits

• Combat Advantage Jewel

Wizard Thaumaturge Consumables & Buffs

Consider to get VIP for the Power of VIP HP buff if you aren’t already. Also always stand in campfires to get the +1 ability campfire buff.

Get one from each of the rows below:

• Awakened Forger’s Box
• Wild Storm Elixir > Elixir of Fate
• Watermelon Sorbet > Squash Soup

Wizard Thaumaturge Companions

Summoned Companion

The most important thing to consider for a summoned companion is to get an Augment Companion. There are a bunch to choose from, some have more useful powers than others.

• Bulette Pup
• Deepcrow Hatchling
• Owlbear Cub
• Ioun Stones
• Quasit

Enchantment Power

Neverwinter Utility Slot Ring Holder

• Potent Precision

Companion Powers

Below is a selection of viable companion powers.

Offense Powers

• Tamed Velociraptor – 2000 Power per party member using it.
• Staldorf – 8000 Combat advantage
• Deepcrow Hatchling – 8000 Power
• Batiri – 4% Damage against bosses

Defense Powers

• Minstrel – 4000 Power and 2000 Awereness
• Broom – 4% Critical Severity
• Splinters – 4% Critical Severity and 2000 Critical Avoidance
• Green Slime – 8000 Defense
• Phase Spider – 2000 Critical strike and 4000 combat advantage

Utility Powers

• Alpha Compy – 5% Power
• Owlbear Cub – 10% chance to hit for 50% of you Power

Companion Equipment

Double offense slotted “Of the Companion” gear

Companion Runestones

• Empowered Runestone
• Any runestone you might need for stats

Wizard Thaumaturge Mounts

When choosing a Legendary Mount for the Mount Powers, look for a mount that has both a useful equip and combat power. The best choices for a first legendary mount as a Wizard Thaumaturge is a Swarm.

What other mounts you use is not that important. What is important is to get the right insignia bonuses, and many different mounts can offer the various bonuses. To find out what mount has the bonus you want, check out our Insignia Bonus Guide.

Mount Insignia Bonuses

All classes and specs should consider using Wanderer’s Fortune before you have refined all your gear and enchantments, for extra refinement every day.

• Cavalry’s Warning
• Combatant’s Maneuver
• Artificer’s Persuasion
• Gladiator’s Guile
• Survivor’s Gift
• Survivor’s Blessing
• Barbarian’s Revelry
• Knight’s Rebuke

Insignia Type

Brutality / Dominance for Power, or alternatively any other with stats you need. You can also use Insignia’s to get your defensive stats to cap for survivability.

Mount Equip Power:

• 5000 or 10000 Power

Mount Combat Power:

• Bat Swarm (Swarm) (Best in Slot)

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Neverwinter Ring With Utility Slot

Utility enchantments are enchantments that fit in Utility Slots typically found on Head, Arms and Feet equipment.

Neverwinter Utility Slot Ring Mandrel

There are a few items that offer utility equipment slots: