New World: Aeternum News

New Prime Gaming Loot - Halloween Drop

Greetings, Adventurers!

An exclusive New World item is now available through Prime Gaming until November 29, 2024. If you are an Amazon Prime member, make sure to pick up the Halloween Drop! Celebrate the Nightveil Hallow event with a new pet for your house. Once claimed, your Starlight Grimalkin pet will appear in your House decoration options. Obtain a home in your favorite settlement and start decorating to place it in your house.

“This midnight prowler regards you with eerily intelligent eyes, almost like those of a... a human's."
With Prime Gaming, Amazon Prime members enjoy a rotating, monthly selection of free games, a free monthly Twitch channel subscription wherever Twitch is available, and more. Prime Gaming’s selection of free PC games is always growing and rotating to stay fresh, with new items and free games added every month.

Players who are not currently Amazon Prime members and are interested in accessing this exclusive New World: Aeternum loot can sign-up for a free, 30-day trial on the Prime Gaming website. Prime Gaming Loot can only be claimed once per account.

Current PC players who want to continue to receive loot on PC don’t have to take any additional actions, but if you want to receive this loot on console instead, please follow these steps to ensure you have selected your gaming platform of choice:

Visit the Prime Gaming account linking page to validate your account link and gaming platform.
If needed, follow step 2 to unlink or switch to your gaming platform of choice (Steam, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X|S).
Claim on Prime Gaming.

Stay tuned, we’ll have more content for Prime Gaming members in the future.

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

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New World: Aeternum Update 1.1.0

Greetings, Adventurers!

New World: Aeternum Update 1.1.0 downtime will begin at 5:00 a.m. PT (12:00 p.m. UTC) on October 22 and last approximately 1.5 hours. Banish the shadowy demon back to the darkness, don unique costumes, and trick-or-treat for unique candy rewards during the Nightveil Hallow event.

Check out the full release notes, including various bug fixes, below.

[h2]Nightveil Hallow[/h2]
Shapes in the mist! Shrieks in the night! The demon Baalphazu, Marquis of Terror, and his horde of ghoulish Pumpkinites are spreading a living nightmare across Aeternum. Aid Salvatore the Mad in his quest to banish these foul terrors and collect a bounty of Nightveil Hallow rewards.

Nightveil Hallow returns on October 22 through November 5. You can also purchase event-specific items in the Event Shop.

[h3]World Experience[/h3]

Fixed a rendering issue in Ebonscale Reach that caused flags to become discolored on HDR displays.
Improved the blending of shadows after transitioning cameras (e.g., during in-game cinematics), game modes, and fast traveling.
Fixed an issue that caused the chapter 4 task "The Trial of the Devourer I" to not be completable. This task was previously disabled.
Fixed a rare issue that caused a crash when when crossing boundaries between certain areas in the open world.

[h3]AI[/h3]

Fixed an issue that caused Ifrit's Flame wave attack damage to not properly scale based on the mutation level.
Decreased Ifrit's Flame wave attack damage in the Empyrean Forge Expedition and Mutation 1 difficulty.

[h3]Game Modes[/h3]

Fixed an issue that caused the player to receive a second, non-usable Outpost Rush cache after matches.
Players can no longer enter Fort Luna without using the doors in Outpost Rush.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from opening the Carry Bonus Cache in Expeditions and Mutators. This will now award the player 100 Coin.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to enter the battleground during the prep phase in War.

[h3]UX/UI/Social[/h3]

Certain territory related notifications will no longer appear during the First Time Player Tutorial.
Fixed an issue that caused house payments to occasionally fail.
Fixed an issue that caused claimable achievement notifications to not appear when logging in.

Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in the shadows of Aeternum throughout Nightveil Hallow.

Nightveil Hallow

Greetings, Adventurers!

Shapes in the mist! Shrieks in the night! The demon Baalphazu, Marquis of Terror, and his horde of ghoulish Pumpkinites are spreading a living nightmare across Aeternum. Aid Salvatore the Mad in his quest to banish these foul terrors and collect a bounty of Nightveil Hallow rewards.

Nightveil Hallow returns on October 22 through November 5. Banish the shadowy demon back to the darkness, don unique costumes, and trick-or-treat for unique candy rewards. You can also purchase event-specific items in the Event Shop.

[h3]Costumes[/h3]

Transform into some of your favorite characters, like Captain Thorpe, to celebrate the spooky season. Costumes can be obtained for the duration of the event from town centerpieces and Baalphazu.

Here’s the full selection:

Captain Thorpe
Adiana
Anubian Reaver
Lost Monarch

[h3]Trick-or-Treat[/h3]

Once you’re in costume, search each town for hidden Treat Baskets. These have a chance to contain Baalphazu armor pieces (10% chance), 2 Nightveil Tokens (3 times daily), and a unique item—candy. This limited-time consumable comes in 4 flavors. Visit multiple Treat Baskets to discover what surprises linger behind every bite.

Items marked with daily limits will reset at 5 a.m. local time. For example, if a player grabs their third set of Nightveil Tokens from Treat Baskets at 4:58 a.m., they’ll be able to earn another at 5:01 a.m.

[h3]Baalphazu[/h3]
The Level 66 world boss is back with a vengeance. Join large groups of Adventurers to defeat Baalphazu for armor pieces (5 times daily), costumes (3 times daily), and Ichor.

[h3]Quest Reward: Nightveil Hallow Cache[/h3]
Salvatore the Mad can be found at any Cauldron throughout the towns of Aeternum. Bring him Ichor to prove your victory over Baalphazu and finish the Nightveil Hallow questline. Upon completion, you’ll receive the Nightveil Hallow Cache:

5 Nightveil Tokens
2 Random Nightveil Hallow weapon patterns
Access to the Nightveil Sentinel section of the Event Shop

[h3]Ichor Exchange: Nightveil Cauldron Cache[/h3]

Collect additional Ichor from Baalphazu to net additional rewards. Salvatore will give you 1 Nightveil Cauldron Cache in exchange for each Ichor. Every cache contains multiple Nightveil Tokens and more:

7-13 Nightveil Tokens
1 Random Nightveil Hallow weapon pattern
Coin Bag (3 times daily)
1 White Gypsum

[h3]Event Shop[/h3]

Use your Nightveil Tokens at the Event Shop to purchase Nightveil Hallow rewards. Thwart Baalphazu across the Eternal Island, collect Ichor, collect Nightveil Tokens, and then reap these event-specific spoils:

Updated Nightveil Hallow armor/weapon patterns
Chromatic Seal
Basket of Treats Housing Item
Chiroptera’s Cowl (Helm Skin)
Druid’s Headdress (Helm Skin)
Necromancer’s Crown (Helm Skin)
Crone Visage (Helm Skin)
Throne of the Hollow (Furniture Item)
Baalphazu’s Offering (Furniture Item)
Summoning Circle (Furniture Item)
Tremble in Fear (Emote)
Possessed Walk (Emote)
Hexed Canopy Tent Skin
Updated Nightveil Weapon Patterns
Skeleton Twirl Emote
Docile Pumpklin Housing Item
Baalphazu’s Mantle Armor
Jack-o-Lantern’s Smile (Helm Skin)
Baalphazu’s Cowl Head Piece
The Pride of the Witch Hat
Slithering Skull Head Piece

For more Nightveil Hallow, look forward to our upcoming audio, design, and lore deep dives.

Thanks for your support!

We’ll see you in the dark corners of Aeternum.

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