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New World Update 1.9.3

Greetings, Adventurers!

New World Update 1.9.3 downtime will begin at 11:00PM PT (6:00AM UTC) on May 9 and includes fixes to Gear Set Slots, Springtide Bloom, and more. Downtime is slated to last approximately 1 hour.

[h2]WORLD EXPERIENCE[/h2]
[h3]SPRINGTIDE BLOOM[/h3]
  • The Beekeeper and Springtime Ruffles apparel sets have been broken into individual purchases inside of the Springtide event shop.
  • Added a Heartrune charge to the Wispy Wasp swarm.
  • The Springtide Premium Token recipe (the one where you exchange Wispy Wasp Goo) is now listed as "Premium Token" in the crafting menu.
  • Players can now get 4 Springtide Jingle coin bags a day, up from 3.

[h2]QUESTS[/h2]
  • Periville Guards now drop the Intact Spear Haft quest item in the ‘Book Three: Parodos in the A Spear to Pierce the Heavens’ questline.
  • Returning players who have only completed part of the original MSQ can now speak to Yonas to resume it in Brightwood.
  • Removed 3 deprecated lore notes from Elafry Pyrgo which caused the game to soft-lock on interaction.
  • Invisible collision has been removed once again from the entrance of the Crystal Cavern.

[h2]GAME MODES[/h2]
[h3]OUTPOST RUSH[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to unintentionally bring game-mode specific items like powder kegs into the open world.

[h3]Empyrean Forge Expedition
[/h3]
  • Commander Marius's magma ball hazard will now display a secondary ring to denote the area in which the impact shockwave will cause minor damage and stagger the player.

[h2]ECONOMY, PROGRESSION, & GEAR[/h2]
[h3]GEAR/ITEMS[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused items in purchased Gear Set Slots to return to player inventories on login.

[h3]Economy[/h3]
  • Open world Elite chests in Level 55+ Varangian POIs now have a 75% chance to drop a Flame Core, down from 100%.
  • Open world Regular chests in Level 55+ Varangian POIs now have a 10% chance to drop a Flame Core, down from 20%.
  • Unstable Casts now costs 3 Flame Cores to craft, down from 10.
  • Players can now craft 6 Unstable Casts daily, up from 3.
  • Improved quality of items generated by Unstable Cast from the Flame Core Forge. This was done by removing PvP perks and Resistance perks.

[h3]Season Pass[/h3]

Update: We will disable 5 Season Activities that proved more challenging and costly to complete than intended. We anticipate this change will make your Activity Card progression easier.

The 5 impacted activities are:
  • Craft 10 items using Poultry Thights.
  • Craft 10 items using Sumptuous Rabbit.
  • Craft 10 items using Prime Armadillo meat.
  • Consume 10 Tier 5 Tradeskill Consumables.
  • Consume 10 Tier 5 Resistance Consumables.


Fixed an issue where level 60 players sometimes would not receive the "Just Getting Started" task in Chapter 1.

Added several new Season Pass activity tasks:
  • Kill 10 enemies in Mykrguard
  • Kill 10 enemies in Imperial Palace
  • Kill 10 enemies in Malevolence
  • Kill 10 enemies in Eternal Pools
  • Kill 10 enemies in Beds of Ta-BitJet
  • Kill 2 named enemies
  • Kill 20 elite enemies

Adjusted the following PVP Season Pass activities:
  • Earn Flawless victory in PVP arena was changed to Earn 1 victory in PvP arena
  • Earn 1000 pvp experience from valid player kills was changed to earn 100 pvp experience from valid player kills.
  • Participate in 3 arenas was changed to participate in 1 arena
  • Deal 100000 damage or healing in arena was changed to deal 50000 damage or healing in arena
  • Earn 5000 azoth salt was changed to earn 1000 azoth salt
  • Complete 2 pvp faction missions was changed to complete 1 pvp faction mission

Adjusted the following crafting Season Pass activities:
  • Craft 5 tier 5 weapons or apparel was changed to craft 3 tier 5 weapons or apparel
  • Consume 10 tier 5 coatings was reduced to consume 2 tier 5 coatings

Adjusted the following Season Journey tasks:
  • Rush of Victory II - Reduced required Outpost Rush wins from 10 to 5
  • Holding the Fort - Reduced required Invasion completions from 2 to 1
  • Worldwide Warrior - Reduced required Open World player kills from 50 to 15

Adjusted requirements for multiple Season Journey challenges:
  • Outpost Rush Domination - Reduced required Outpost Rush wins from 100 to 30
  • Serial Killer - Reduced required kills from 500 to 100
  • Contesting the Control Points - Reduced required Faction Control Point captures from 50 to 30
  • Legendary Craft - Reduced required craft amount from 125 to 100
  • Give Me Gold or Give Me Death - Renamed to Mutation Master and changed required Expedition rating from Gold to Silver

[h2]UX/UI[/h2]
[h3]QOL[/h3]
  • Removed the Gear Set Storage tooltip commands when your character is under level 25. These previously showed if you had purchased an additional Gear Set Slot with another character.
  • Added translations for the Fire Storm Heartrune tooltip.
  • Added additional translations to the Territory Planning Board UI.
  • The Main Menu has returned to its standard music soundtrack.
  • Fixed an issue with Leaderboards where the rewards countdown message displayed earlier than intended, stating that the current season had ended even though it was still in progress.

[h2]SOCIAL[/h2]
[h3]GENERAL[/h3]
  • Fixed a rare issue that prevented players from turning off their PvP flag.

[h2]AUDIO[/h2]
  • Lowered the amount of echo when an NPC spoke within a small interior space.

Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Aeternum.