The essence of wear resistant materials for high performance tool applications leads to introduction of new categories of composite materials. An attempt was made in this research to study the superficial tribological behaviour of AISI H13 hot working tool steel, reinforced with titanium carbide (TiC) fabricated by a pulsed laser process. The high strength, hardness and electrochemical stability of TiC make it an ideal candidate as a reinforcing particle. For this purpose, the effect of laser process variables such as scanning speed, operational distance and laser beam pulse width was studied on the microstructure of the surface composite, and optimal condition for such variables were determined. To fabricate a superficial composite layer, pulsed laser process was used. Also, to optimize the laser process variables, the Response Surface Method (RSM) was used in which the scanning speed, distance from the sample surface and pulse width of the laser beam were selected as inputs of experimental design. The microstructure of the surface composite was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Dry sliding wear tests were in pin-on-disk mode at the different applied loads of 50, 100 and 150 N, and a constant sliding speed of 0.22 m/s and sliding distance of 1000 m. To achieve the desired wear resistance, the values of the laser process variables i.e. scanning speed, pulse width and operational distance were determined to be 12 mm/s, 9.96 ms and 5.94 mm respectively yielding a microhardness of 1606 Vickers for the surface composite. The results showed that by increasing the scanning speed, pulse width and operational distance, the solubility of TiC particles in the molten pool decreased. To conclude, it can be inferred that the presence of TiC particles with the desired characteristics give rise to a reduced friction coefficient as well as improved wear resistance in the composite specimens compared to that of the substrates.