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Join Us Live on Twitch for the Icy Veins Podcast

Our Mythic+ guru Petko is now live on our Twitch channel talking about Dragonflight! Join us to learn about everything you need to know to prepare for the new expansion! Nov 27, 2022 at 17:59 by Staff

New World update 1.5.6 is here with a host of quality-of-life fixes. Check out the official notes for more information. Jul 13, 2022 at 12:17 by Staff

TwitchCon Amsterdam New World PvP Arena Open & Twitch Drop

The New World Community Team will hang out with you at TwitchCon Amsterdam on July 16 - 17. Join the New World PvP Arena Open on July 16 for a chance to win a trip to TwitchCon San Diego, Alienware-sponsored peripherals, and New World merchandise. There's even a new Summer Event Cache Twitch Drop that will become available on August 8, 2022. Jul 08, 2022 at 16:15 by Staff

The New World Team discusses the development of Summer Medleyfaire, new mechanics in the Barnacles & Black Powder Expedition, and upcoming community events in the July Team Update video. Jul 08, 2022 at 12:37 by Staff

New World Steam Free Weekend (April 7-11)

Amazon Games are hosting a Steam Free Weekend starting April 7. During the event, players will be able to try out New World and the recent updates for free. The event runs through April 11. Apr 05, 2022 at 18:04 by Staff

Big New World Update: Heart of Madness Reveal and PTR Notes

There'sa big new update coming to New World, as Heart of Madness brings a new Expedition, a new weapon, the main storyline finale quest, new legendary quests and more! Mar 03, 2022 at 04:57 by Staff

New World January Update: Mutators and a Lot More

A massive update has arrived to New World as the January patch brings the new Mutator system to expeditions, as well as the new Umbral upgrading system that takes gear to level 625, in addition to many, MANY fixes and improvements you can read below. Jan 27, 2022 at 03:39 by Staff

A new patch has arrived to New World and it brings some more fixes, with some quests with missing rewards getting disabled, the bow jump-cancel, permanent disease and slow getting fixed and more. Jan 16, 2022 at 01:38 by Staff

New World January PTR Brings Mythic+ Expedition Feature and More

The January PTR is bringing a big update to the New World endgame, basically adding WoW's Mythic+ dungeon system to the game. Called Expedition Mutators, it introduces 10 difficulty levels and changes the way mobs behave in different ways (similar to Mythic+ affixes) and makes them more challenging, with a weekly schedule of which Expeditions and which Mutators are up. The update also adds a new gear score limit of 625 and a new resource for upgrading gear past 600, gained from the Mutated Expeditions and other sources. There's also some more balancing and fast travel cost reductions planned, so read up on the details below: Jan 10, 2022 at 05:26 by Staff

Game Director Scot Lane and members of the New World team discuss the current state of the game, the Winter Convergence festival, and their vision for the future of Aeterun in the latest team update. Dec 20, 2021 at 19:50 by Staff

We have a new patch that adresses some of the issues caused by the first major content patch for New World, including many profession fixes/improvements and a few Void Gauntlet fixes. Dec 02, 2021 at 08:25 by Staff

The Icy Veins Black Friday Giveaway ends later today, so don't forget to participate for a chance to win 20x 60-Day Game Time! 15 comments Nov 29, 2021 at 16:56 by Staff

Greetings one and all! As Black Friday descends upon us, and with the Season of Mastery having just launched, we thought we would celebrate with a few prizes for our loyal fans! Our giveaway will reward 20 lucky winners with 60-Day WoW Game Time prizes! 186 comments Nov 25, 2021 at 17:17 by Vlad

New Worlds First Major Patch: 1.1 Into The Void Patch Notes

The first major patch of New World arrives later today (5AM PT/1PM UTC) and is bringing a huge number of changes, as well as new content! We have the Void Gauntlet, new enemies, zone updates, move speed bonuses on roads, luck and gathering bonuses for PvP flagged players, new and updated missions, all trading posts linked, a LOT of tuning basically everywhere in the game, especially weapons and so much more, including a staggering amount of bug fixes. 2 comments Nov 18, 2021 at 08:29 by Staff

New World Developers Address Many Current Known Issues and Player Concerns

Amazon Games have posted a huge update on many, many current known issues and player concerns surrounding New World, going into detail on how each one is being handled. We are getting pretty in-depth information on what's happening with some of the most important topics lately - server merges and a potential minimap addition, as well as server transfers, how luck works, issues with quest design overall, weapon balancing and a lot more! Nov 13, 2021 at 07:16 by Staff

New World Public Test Realm Is Live: Void Gauntlet, New Enemies, Quests, Legendaries and More!

We have a huge milestone in New World's lifespan ahead of us, as Amazon Games have implemented a Public Test Realm for the first time! And there's plenty to test there as well, with the new Void Gauntlet weapon, new missions, mobs, legendary quests, improved main story and a lot more! Read up on how to participate and everything that's waiting you there below: Nov 10, 2021 at 02:21 by Staff

New World Steam Charts Ranking and Review Scores Fall and Rise

It's time to check in on New World's situation after it's been out for just under a month and a half, as its player numbers have declined, but its review score keeps rising! Nov 09, 2021 at 19:14 by Starym

New World Weapon Damage Vs. Enemy Type Modifier Chart

Here's a very useful New World tool if you're ever wondering if you're using the best weapon possible against a specific enemy type, as GerardOfRinbe put together a quick reference chart with all the relevant stats! Nov 07, 2021 at 04:14 by Starym

Developer Blog on Most Current New World Issues

We have a really big one today as Amazon Games have put out a huge blog focusing on the current issues New World is facing, from big topics like the economy and exploits, to Outpost Rush, transfers, moderation, taxes, specific bugs, and many more. It's well worth a read: Nov 05, 2021 at 05:50 by Staff

The new patch coming today is a big one, as it not only fixes many issues (like duping, Life Staff bugs, the Resilient perk, stacking damage buff for certain weapons and a lot more), but also brings some major changes like not being able to equip two of the same weapon, large discounts for stat and weapon mastery respecs, improvements aimed at reducing gold sellers and bots, and so much more. Nov 04, 2021 at 06:04 by Staff

Wealth Transfers Re-Enabled During Downtime, Exploit Explanation

Amazon Games has announced that all wealth transfers are being re-anabled as of this writing, with several server regions already back online, as well as explained how exactly the gold duping exploit that lead to the shutdown ocurred. Nov 03, 2021 at 05:31 by Staff

All New World Wealth Trading Suspended as a Result of Gold Duping Exploit

There has been a pretty huge gold duping exploit going on for a while now in New World, as players could very easily duplicate any gold traded using a lag-related exploit, and Amazon Games have now suspended all forms of wealth transfers to combat it: 1 comment Nov 02, 2021 at 05:41 by Staff

New World Is Not Client-Authoritative, Explain Developers

Amazon Games cleared up a misconception that has been brough up a lot recently due to a few bugs (like the window-moving invulnerability exploit), as they explain how the game is actually server based: Oct 31, 2021 at 07:09 by Staff

High Watermark System and Drop Sources Officially Explained

Here comes a developer blog talking all about the High Watermark system that governs which level drops players receive from enemies at level 60. Amazon Games dive into the details, including which mobs/zones/event rewards have the highest chance of upgrading the HWM, the bad-luck protection system and a lot more! We also find out that Tuning Orbs are getting a craft requirement revamp/nerf coming up in Novemeber. Oct 30, 2021 at 05:30 by Staff

Updated With Official Response - Warning: New World Auctions Do Not Pay Out Gold if Sold While Offline and More

Update: Amazon Games have posted an official response on this matter, clarifying that they are working on a fix and that all players will get the gold that they haven't received: Oct 28, 2021 at 16:42 by Starym

A new patch has arrived in Aeternum and it's focusing on some common issues players have called out and it's also re-enabling Outpost Rush and server transfers (both a while after the patch goes live, depending on region)! The big fixes include the AoE War-related exploit, faction token limit increases and fixes, a buff to Life Staff and many other bugfixes! Oct 28, 2021 at 05:58 by Staff

How to Get a Lot of Gold From Quests in New World

New World quests aren't a solid gold source, or really any good at all, but there is a poorly marked daily feature which will dramatically increase gold gains from one specific type of quest! Oct 25, 2021 at 19:13 by Starym

We're taking a look at weapon popularity in New World, based on achievements related to how many players reached level 20 mastery in each! 3 comments Oct 24, 2021 at 17:45 by Starym

New World Database has been updated with a useful tool that prevents you from accidentally salvaging recipes or schematics you've already learned. Oct 23, 2021 at 17:20 by Stan

New World Economy is Performing Within Acceptable Levels

Some players grew concerned about the state of the game's economy, but Amazon Games clarified that from a data standpoint the economy is performing within acceptable levels. 1 comment Oct 23, 2021 at 10:08 by Staff

CHANGELOG

18 Mar. 2023: Arcana Guide
- Gear, Leveling, and Trophies updated. Topaz Gypsum added.
18 Mar. 2023: Armoring Guide
- Gear, Leveling, and Trophies updated.
18 Mar. 2023: Cooking Guide
- Gear and Trophies updated.
18 Mar. 2023: Engineering Guide
- Gear, Leveling, and Trophies updated.
18 Mar. 2023: Fishing Guide
- Updated Tool Image and Gear.

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