Amazon Games has officially announced the launch of season 9 in New World: Aeternum, the Season of the Banner. Here’s everything you need to know about this upcoming season, including its release date, new features and updates, and what players can expect as they enter Aeternum.
New World Season 9 Release Date
Season 9 of New World: Aeternum will officially kick-off on July 29, 2025. This new season, known as the “Season of the Banner”, will be the latest major update for New World, and is named after one of the newest additions being added to the game – an PvP-oriented Capture the Flag mode.
New PvP “Capture the Flag” Game Mode
The release of this new PvP “Capture the Flag” mode will be the primary highlight of Season 9 and will actually be launched with two unique maps that will cycle throughout the season: the Frozen Pass and the Forbidden City (in a 50/50 rotation).
Within the Capture the Flag mode, players can expect class flag-capturing chaos with a New World spin to it. Be sure to check out some of our New World PvP builds to get ready for the fun!
New World Season 9 Features & Updates
On top of the additional “Capture the Flag” mode (and two maps) being added to the game, there are a handful of other notable features and updates that will also be added, including the following:
- New 3v3 Arena Map (Verdant Court)
- Major Updates to the Free-For-All PvP Zone
- Anti-Grouping Curse: Stay too close to other players in free-for-all (FFA), and you’ll start accumulating a debuff that reduces outgoing damage and increases damage taken. Kill to reduce stacks. Die to reset.
- Reward Improvements: Faster chest interactions, increased doubloon drops, and max gearscore on doubloon shop items were increased and the spread was narrowed (lower min gear score.
- New and Reworked New World Artifacts:
- Plagueherald (Helmet)
- Yeeterson (Warhammer)
- Crescent’s Wave (Greatsword)
- Vengeance (Life Staff Rework)
- Grey Wizard’s Hat (Hat Rework)
- Creed Boots (Feet Rework)
- New Seasonal Rewards Track (including new cosmetics and transmog tokens)
- Seasonal Events:
- Summer Medleyfaire
- Expeditions Unleashed
- Boost Events (Double Refining XP, Weapon XP)
- New Outpost Rush Map Preview
- In-Game Store Updates (Skins, Emotes, etc.)
To learn about some of these new features being added to the game, watch the overview video below.
What About Seasonal Worlds?
New World: Aeternum launched a total of two seasonal worlds thus far. The first being an “Always-on” PvP server, and the second being a “Hardcore” server. The community quickly (and efficiently) shared their thoughts on the approach to seasonal worlds, and overall were not a fan of how it divided the populations of limited server sizes further and further, and it seems like the team hear them loud and clear.
AGS confirmed in their recent news post that seasonal worlds will NOT return in Season 9 and are not planned for future seasons.
