What changed in New World: Aeternum in 2021

Coin Lockboxes earned from the Tree of Light are now restricted to players level 14 and above.

Fixed an issue that occasionally caused the 'Weavers Needed' Town Project mission for the Winter Convergence to not be completed.

The amount of characters that can be created per day per account has been reduced.

Fixed an issue causing Azoth balances to not update after fast traveling or crafting.

Fixed an issue that caused potions to drop at multiple gear scores, resulting in inventory stacking issues.

Faction cooldown time has been reset for all players to a duration of 60 days after choosing or changing a faction.

A swathe of balance changes has been implemented in the December update.

Various quality of life updates have been included in the December update.

An overhaul to New World's end-game has been introduced.

The Winter Convergence Festival has been introduced, featuring quests and special activities.

General adjustments made to buffering windows for dodges, abilities, and basic attacks.

Adjusted armor mitigation calculations to improve balance between low and high-level players.

The holiday of the Winter Convergence has arrived, featuring new activities and quests.

Four Winter Villages have been established in Everfall, Monarch’s Bluffs, Weaver’s Fen, and Brightwood.

New quest series offered by the Winter Wanderer and additional side story territory quests.

New categories for 'Epic Weapons and Armor' and 'Skill Progression' quests have been added.

Critical damage bonuses are now applied additively instead of multiplicatively.

A new resource called Gypsum is added to enhance end game progression.

Players who lost Horticulturist armor will receive a Rewards Chest containing a full set of armor at the highest tier they previously acquired.

Improvements made to performance during Wars.

Fixed an issue causing a large number of motes to drop from elemental enemies and removed elemental motes as rewards from gathering elemental creatures.

Implemented technical groundwork for future server merges.

Resolved an issue preventing players from earning the Lumberjack achievement.

Trading, moving, and salvaging of furnishings/housing items has been re-enabled.

Fixed a bug where Jewel crafting recipes were not granting enough trade skill XP.

Fixed an issue where players were not able to fill Buy Orders from local Storage Sheds.

Fixed issues with the Void Gauntlet's Oblivion skill not going on cooldown and cleansing consumable status effects.

New weapon allowing manipulation of Void powers for DPS/support.

Numerous bug fixes included in the update.

A variety of new quests have been introduced in the update.

Trading Posts are now linked for easier trading.

Players will experience faster movement speed while on roads.

Face off against a new and fierce enemy type in Aeternum.

A new weapon that scales on both Intelligence and Focus, offering DPS and support capabilities.

Three new PVP mission types added, enhancing the PVP experience.

Main storyline quests have been enhanced with new task types and variants.

A new program allowing players to test upcoming features and provide feedback.

New enemy type with various classes including Varangian Hewers and Knights.

Almost all PVP missions now reset on death instead of being forfeited.

Quest series for players to obtain legendary weapons after reaching level 60 with the Void Gauntlet.

New enemies such as Withered Swarmancer and Pirate Alligator introduced to the game.

All Trading Posts linked for a unified buying and selling experience across the world.

To encourage competition in Outpost Rush, we've slightly reduced the Coin and Azoth rewards for the losing team.

Tooltips now properly describe the buffs they provide.

Players were able to initiate a server transfer while in the tutorial.

This prevents players from getting multiple summon tokens per 500 azoth.

Battle Bread was twice as effective as intended.

This includes spells like Ice Storm and Gravity Well.

This aims to reduce occurrences of the 'timed out while waiting for server to describe world' issue.

Bonus crafting percentages for tools were displaying as 0% for non-English languages.

This was due to pending group invites.

This improvement is for when a large number of players congregate.

The reduction varies depending on the tier of the chisel.

The perk was incorrectly reducing all damage instead of just critical hits.

This allowed PVP and PVE players to heal each other.

Time now properly accounts for the change from CEST to CET.

This caused primary attacks to fire faster than intended.

This specifically affected the quest 'Shivering Timbers'.

This was introduced by disabling trading and has been fixed to prevent future occurrences.

Players could not increase gear score past 589 from drop rewards.

Fixed an issue in the Starstone Barrows Expedition where arcane protection was not functioning correctly.

Fixed an issue where certain enemies in the Amrine Excavation were invulnerable.

Fixed an issue causing players to lose houses they owned in Cutlass Keys.

Fixed an issue where players would be unable to complete a variety of game actions after fast traveling.

Fixed an issue where the Faction token caps were not increasing after players had completed the rank-up quests.

Fixed an issue causing the GM chat tag to show on non-GM players.

Slightly improved performance within Wars.

Fixed an issue with Starmetal and Orichalcum ore veins rewarding incorrect amounts of ore.

Fixed an issue where enemies in Myrkgard Corrupted portal events were dropping loot.

Fixed an issue with the suspension/ban notification showing incorrect times.

Fixed an issue where players could obtain rings that had two perks sharing an exclusive perk label.

Faction token cap increased by 50% for each Faction tier.

Slightly improved the performance of the Life Staff with changes to passive abilities.

Fixed the render distance of the Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin lights.

Removed the Everfall starting beach to funnel new players through other locations.

Fixed an issue where the Ice Pylon could stay on an infinite cooldown.

Fixed an issue where Myrkgard Corrupted portals were distributing higher tier gear than intended.

Fixed an issue where players could use their world transfer token while having active trading post contracts.

Fixed a rare issue causing world time to skip ahead or behind.

Details on the plan for re-enabling Outpost Rush and server transfers.

Fixed an issue causing some AI to not spawn in the world as intended.

Fixed an issue where the War lottery timer would not pause correctly during the War lockout period.

Fixed an issue causing armor textures to flicker.

Compensating players who purchased a house before the UI fix with 2,000 coins.

Fixed an issue causing the projectile visual to be absent from Ice Gauntlet and Ice Pylon attacks.

Fixed an issue causing an unintended animation when interacting with the bubbling cauldron housing item.

Fixed several rare server crash issues.

Implemented back-end changes to help investigate client performance concerns in War.

Resolved an issue that caused Arena keys to not drop as intended.

Player titles and achievements now appear correctly and update as intended.

Enhancements made to the UI for selecting worlds.

Resolved issues with T4 and T5 azoth staffs preventing players from closing high level portals.

Final groundwork for the server transfer feature implemented, allowing players to transfer characters between servers.

Fixed an issue where not all items for Town Projects were consumed when completing the mission.

Added clearer messaging when a player is kicked due to going AFK or violating the EAC.

Resolved an issue that caused Company invites to persist after decline or acceptance.

Fixed an issue causing the abandoning event notification to persist.

Fixed an issue that caused Rajah spawns to stack indefinitely.

All players will receive the in-game title 'The Stoic' as a thank you for their patience during launch.

Dyes are now removed from items upon trade with a warning message present.

Corrected the housing UI to show that property taxes are subject to the full price of the home.

Fixed an issue that caused the Runic Bear armor to not be dyed appropriately during Wars.

Reverted a change that caused too many refining reagents to roll from chests.

The timer now visually pauses to indicate when an Invasion is imminent but not yet scheduled.

AP Southeast servers now display the correct time zone in-game.

Respawn timer adjusted for Boatswain Ambrose and various other elite enemies.

Pets placed in empty houses now remain in the home after the player logs out.

A new emote called 'Waiting' added to the in-game store for free as a gesture of appreciation.

Added general performance improvements for visual artifacts and graphics settings.

Resolved issues with early game spawning to ensure players respawn correctly at settlements.

Fixed login errors that prevented players from accessing their character.

Improved messaging regarding stacked discounts on property taxes.

Fixed an issue where completing the 'Goodwill Squashing' quest prevents obtaining the 'Arruda Jam' quest.

Fixed an issue where petting Barkimedes caused the camera to jitter.

Fixed an issue causing certain bears to respawn faster than intended.

Fixed an issue causing incorrect poses when previewing store items.

Fixed an issue where overflow items in storage transferred to a different territory.

Fixed an issue where the abandoning event notification could persist after the player abandoned the event.

Resolved an issue where players could respawn as a corpse.

Fixed an issue where Marshjaw respawned slower than intended.

Fixed an issue where completing the 'Curse of Ebony Hawk' quest prevents obtaining the 'Bond’s Gambit' quest.

Fixed an issue causing store previews for skins to not work correctly when wielding a weapon.

Fixed an issue where there were not enough chests at Hapless Homestead for Faction quest requirements.

Fixed an issue causing twice the intended number of Boars to spawn at Boarsholm POI.

Changed turret projectiles in War from physical projectiles to hitscan detection to improve performance.

Fixed an issue where certain item containers could be looted infinitely.

Fixed an issue where completing 'Facets of Light and Darkness' prevents obtaining 'Descent to Frosted Slumber' and 'Transmuting Iron to Dust' quests.

Fixed an issue causing leg animations to freeze.

Fixed a rare issue causing the interact key to not function properly on various objects.

Fixed various game crashes.

Reduced influence increase for attacking factions and removed decrease for defending factions.

Fixed an issue where completing the 'Twisted Metamorphosis' quest prevents obtaining the 'Blessings of the Fallen' quest.

Fixed a game crash caused by targeting another player with a healing effect while they fast traveled.

Fixed an issue where the tier 3 fishing treasure chest wouldn’t fight back after being hooked.

Implemented the groundwork for the character server transfer, visible in the in-game store.

Fixed an issue where the Righteous Guardian armor skin would not change color in War.

Fixed an issue where the 'Azoth Fulminate' quest would be unavailable if other Windsward quests were completed first.

Fixed an issue where the barkeep conversation state in First Light could block quest acquisition.

Fixed a rare issue where players could enter a state where they could not be hit by most attacks.

Fixed an issue where completing the 'Taste for Revenge' quest prevents obtaining the 'Predator, Prey' and 'Great Expectations' quests.

Fixed an issue causing player movement to stutter after becoming encumbered from logging.

Added clearer messaging for players penalized by Easy Anti-Cheat.

Fixed an issue causing enemies to spawn slower than intended in the Bullrush Wash POI.

Fixed an issue where settlement storage could overflow due to expired contracts.

Fixed a visual issue causing repeater turrets to appear misaligned when firing projectiles.

Fixed an issue causing players to randomly teleport.

Fixed an issue causing territory influence to reset after an Invasion.

Fixed an issue where completing 'The Expedition into Saircor' quest prevents obtaining the 'One Threat at a Time' quest.

Fixed an issue where players could be prompted to purchase an item they had previously started unlocking.

Fixed an issue in Territory Standing rewards where some localized text was missing.

Fixed an issue causing the Ice Pylon ability to not cooldown appropriately.

Fixed an issue where players disappear when holding a campsite turret blueprint.

Fixed an issue where players were asked to claim achievement titles multiple times after logging back in.

Fixed game crashes related to the New World Twitch integrations.

Fixed an issue where players did not receive coin as a reward from some activities.

Fixed an issue reducing variety and potential quantity of loot from game modes and chests.

Fixed an issue where crafting bonuses did not provide minimum intended values.

Fixed an issue where Master Zindt could have duplicated respawns at the Kannan Tomb POI.

Fixed an issue where the Runic Bear armor skin would not change color in War.

Added a confirmation screen when a player attempts to leave the queue for a world.

Added additional AFK prevention measures and shortened warning and disconnect times.

Fixed an issue causing Pastor Walsh to spawn aggressively at the Walsham point of interest.

Added missing journal information about the recommended quest level for players attempting to unlock the second faction rank.

Fixed an issue causing Overseer Zane to respawn slower than intended in the 'Something to Prove' quest.

Fixed an issue where completing the 'Strength of the Earth' quest prevents obtaining the 'Fading Lights' and 'Azure Tears' quests.

Fixed a bug where interrupting the fast travel animation could cause the character to become stuck inside a house.

Fixed various localization issues and text fields.

Fixed an issue where resetting the 'Blessings of Earth' quest would block progression in the Main Story Quest.

Fixed an issue causing the barrel to not appear in the 'Pirate Stance' emote.

Fixed an issue where players were charged for the entire cost of stacked items from a different settlement.

Implemented a system to prevent new players from creating characters on full servers, with messaging indicating the status.

More than doubled the number of servers and working to increase capacity to support higher population caps.

Feature to allow players to transfer characters to different servers is in development and expected to release next week.

Exclusive Pirate Packs available for Prime Gaming members starting September 28, including a pirate character skin and emote.

New World will officially launch on September 28, 2021.

Exclusive Vinespun weapon skin set available for Twitch viewers during the first two weeks after launch.

List of initial recommended language servers for New World's launch.

Open Beta test will begin on September 9 and continue until September 12, allowing players to request access for free.

There will be a progress wipe between Open Beta and launch.

Closed, technical tests will be hosted for previous Alpha testers, which are confidential and under NDA.

Players will need to download a new version of New World to access the Open Beta client through the Steam Playtest tool.

Open Beta will feature a higher server capacity than the Closed Beta, but will not represent the full server capacity available at launch.

Player progress in Closed Beta will not carry over to the official launch.

New Outpost Rush game mode available during Closed Beta.

Addition of new weapons and quests for players to experience in the Closed Beta.

Closed Beta for New World begins on July 20, 2021, with new features and content.

Players can access Closed Beta by signing up or pre-ordering the game.

Introduction of beautiful and dangerous new Territories and Expeditions in the Closed Beta.

Closed Beta will support multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese.

A new system to track and reward player actions with over 400 achievements.

Expeditions now include exclusive resources for crafting powerful items.

New mechanic allowing players to stagger large enemies by depleting their stamina.

A new expedition where players must defeat the Empress of Ebonscale and her fleet.

Level 60 players can embark on a quest to find the legendary Ice Gauntlet, Rimelash.

PvE missions are now multi-step across all territories, providing a curated tour.

Ranged attacks can now be fired through non-enemy players.

A new expedition featuring boss encounters with Cilla and Chardis.

Visual updates to all weights of Tier 5 armors and elite corrupted creatures.

Continued tuning and refinement of enemy AI combat experience.

Faction-specific Ice Gauntlets are now available in the Faction Shop.

Persistent bonuses for maintaining certain point values in each attribute.

Added voice-over lip sync to quest-givers in the Main Story Quest.

A new magic gauntlet weapon that harnesses the elemental power of Ice, with two mastery trees.

Players can capture control points in territory forts to gain various benefits.

Introduced new PvP missions in contested areas with adjusted rewards.

Added benefits for factions controlling territories, including linked storages.

New rewards for leveling and updated levels for current rewards.

Ebonscale Reach is a new territory with lush wetlands and remnants of a long-forgotten Dynasty.

The first version of Outpost Rush, a new 20v20 endgame PvP game mode.

Voice over for the main story quests and starter beaches has been added.

New hostile inhabitants include Corrupted Dynasty Musketeers, Heavies, Warriors, Spear Captains, Summoners, Maidens, Tigers, and Corrupted Tigers.

Bosses include The Caretaker and The Blighted Greenskeeper.

An expedition into the birthplace of the Angry Earth, featuring elemental protectors and a mysterious Blight.

Additional quest types added to enhance gameplay experience.

20 vs. 20 battles in a primordial river basin, focusing on control of strongholds and resources.

Improvements made to the combat system based on player feedback.

Players can now engage in duels.

A new end-game zone filled with lush wetlands and towering cliffs, featuring a corrupted fleet threat.

Five-player instanced adventures that challenge players with difficult battles against various threats.

New fishing mechanics introduced to the game.

Significant improvements made to the crafting system.