New World: Aeternum News

Greetings, Adventurers!

Updated on 9/12:
The Siege of Sulfur event will be extended until October 3rd.

• We recognize that the event's launch didn't go as smoothly as we had anticipated and are dedicated to improving the overall experience through additional fixes. In light of the difficulties that have affected completion and enjoyment, we have made the decision to extend the event. We hope that this extension will provide players with a better opportunity to fully experience the encounter and its unique rewards over the next few weeks.
  

New World Update 2.0.4 downtime will begin at 11:00PM PT (6:00AM UTC) on August 29 and last approximately 2 hours. As the final portals close on Luck of the Bones, a new danger descends upon Aeternum. Defend sandwurm eggs in the Siege of Sulfur event for a Mini-Devourer hat skin, sandwurm egg housing item, and more.

You can also check out the upcoming store catalogue in our first showcase video, plus Transmog bug fixes, a new community spotlight on fashion, and the August Q&A.

[h2]SIEGE OF SULFUR[/h2]
Team up with 10+ max-level players to defend sandwurm eggs from waves of Sulfur Elementals for limited-time, sandwurm themed rewards on August 30 through September 12. You’ll also earn rewards that will help you defeat Shah Neshen. How will you stop the Siege of Sulfur?

Explore our announcement article for more details.

[h2]STORE SHOWCASE[/h2]
There is a constant swirl in the balance between light and shadow, the real and the void. Take your stand and look for new apparel, weapon and emote bundles in the store throughout September. These items can be obtained individually or as part of a bundle in exchange for Marks of Fortune. Here’s a preview of what to expect:

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[h2]RELEASE NOTES[/h2]
[h3]CLIENT PERFORMANCE[/h3]

• We previously capped the number of sounds in high-density player scenarios. These limits were bypassed when developing new content which reduced the game client performance in any scenario with more than five players. Most players should now see improved client performance during PVP and heavy PVE game modes as a result of reinstituting those audio limits.
  

[h3]QUESTS[/h3]

• The proper Samuel Worthington Bloodgood III will now be visible for the Stalk of Shame quest turn in.
  

[h3]TRANSMOG[/h3]

• Updated the icons for the Corrupted Dynasty Longsword and Musket at the Stylemancer.
  
• Players with female character models will now see updated the icons for Thorpe's Helm, Prime Light Headwear and Yezariael's Visage when viewed at the Stylemancer.
  
• Updated icons for several items including Bear Bones Medium set, Vagabond Light Handwear, Breach Void Gauntlet and Corrupted Orichalcum Ice Gauntlet.
  
• Updated Transmog error messages to show which skin is not being applied, either because there is no item in that slot, or that skin is already applied.
  

[h3]SPEAR[/h3]

• Invigorating Crits - added a 0.1s cooldown to prevent it from triggering more than once per attack.
  
• Invigorating Combo - Reduced target limit from 4 to 2, so now it can only trigger 2 activations per use.
  

[h3]PVP ARENAS[/h3]

• Improved 3v3 Arenas queue to more quickly get players into pre-match games that need additional Adventurers.
  

[h3]NOTABLE FIXES[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that prevented trophy buffs from being applied and allowed some decorations to be placed more times than intended.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused a placeholder in the Crafting Station list upon first login.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Transmog preview when previewing gloves while using an Ice or Void Gauntlet would result in your right forearm turning invisible until you exited the Stylemancer screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed other players to appear when using the Stylemancer/Change Skin menu.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some skins to not show a proper tool tip in the Transmog window.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to gain more experience than intended after bulk leveling Trade Skills.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with some roofs throughout Aeternum.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Golden Scarab crafts to incorrectly count toward Season Challenges.
  

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES[/h3]

• Voice chat may briefly stop working while on the respawn screen.
  
• Voice chat may stop working upon joining a group or when entering/leaving an instance like Expeditions, 3v3 Arenas, and Outpost Rush.
  

[h2]COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT[/h2]
We asked you to share your best Transmog images in celebration of the new feature. Here are some of our favorites:

[h3]LIV WINDE - DEVALOKA[/h3]

[h3]MISAKI[/h3]

[h3]YE XIU - MARAMMA[/h3]

[h3]QUEENKIT - ISABELLA[/h3]

[h2]COMMUNITY Q&A[/h2]
Join the Development Team for our latest monthly Q&A session featuring your most common questions from Discord, Reddit, and YouTube. Topic include the expansion, desyncs, perk changes, and more.

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

Greetings, Adventurers!

Updated on 9/12:
The Siege of Sulfur event will be extended until October 3rd.

• We recognize that the event's launch didn't go as smoothly as we had anticipated and are dedicated to improving the overall experience through additional fixes. In light of the difficulties that have affected completion and enjoyment, we have made the decision to extend the event. We hope that this extension will provide players with a better opportunity to fully experience the encounter and its unique rewards over the next few weeks.
  

Team up with 10+ max-level players to defend sandwurm eggs from waves of Sulfur Elementals for a Mini-Devourer hat skin, housing item, and more on August 30 through September 12. You’ll also earn rewards that will help you defeat Shah Neshen. How will you stop the Siege of Sulfur?

Dunewalker Mage carts broke down while transporting sandwurm eggs to a secure location. Each Mage has created a shield to protect their precious cargo, but can only prolong the inevitable onslaught. Rush to provide support at locations across Brightwood, Ebonscale Reach, Edengrove, Mourningdale, and Brimstone Sands.

[h2]STANDARD REWARDS[/h2]

Face increasingly difficult waves of Sulfur Elementals, including the Remnant of the Unmaker, while the Mage recovers. Clear out every enemy to earn rewards based on your results. There is no daily limit for standard rewards, unless otherwise noted.

[h3]1 EGG DEFENDED[/h3]
Successfully defend 1 egg to receive one of the following rewards:

• 70% chance of rolling a procedural weapon or armor piece at your level
  
• 20% chance of rolling an item from the Global Named List
  
• 10% chance of rolling an item from the Brimstone Named List
  

In addition to level-appropriate consumables (health, mana, etc.), you’ll also have a 50% chance to earn 1 Obsidian Gypsum (standard 3x loot limit).


[h3]2 EGGS DEFENDED[/h3]
Save 2 eggs to net one of the following rewards:

• 50% chance of rolling a procedural weapon or armor piece at your level
  
• 30% chance of rolling an item from the Global Named List
  
• 20% chance of rolling an item from the Brimstone Named List
  

In addition to level-appropriate consumables (health, mana, etc.), you’ll also have an 80% chance to earn 1 Obsidian Gypsum (standard 3x loot limit).


[h3]3 EGGS DEFENDED[/h3]
Complete a perfect run for even better spoils like a guaranteed Obsidian Gypsum (standard 3x loot limit) and level-appropriate consumables (health, mana, etc.), plus a chance to earn one of the following rewards:

• 30% chance of rolling a procedural weapon or armor piece at your level
  
• 40% chance of rolling an item from the Global Named List
  
• 30% chance of rolling an item from the Brimstone Named List
  

[h2]BONUS REWARDS[/h2]

Bonus rewards can be earned up to three times daily. This limit will reset at 5 AM local time. For example, if you collect your third set of bonus rewards at 4:58 AM, you’ll be able to get more at 5:01 AM.

Guaranteed 1 event-only procedural weapon, always rolls Epic+:

• Weapon Appropriate Attribute
  
• Guaranteed Gem Slot
  
• Beast Bane
  
• Random Perk
  
• Random Perk
  

Guaranteed 1 event-only procedural armor piece, always rolls Epic+:

• Random Weight-Appropriate Single Stat Attribute
  
• Chitin in Gem Slot
  
• Beast Ward
  
• Random Perk
  
• Random Perk
  

Guaranteed 250 Umbral Shards
[h3]A roll with:[/h3]
A 33% chance for chance for 1 weapon perk item from the following set:

• Shimmering Animus
  
• Shining Animus
  
• Brilliant Animus
  
• Sliver of Consecrated Iron
  
• Shard of Consecrated Iron
  
• Thread of Corrupted Cloth
  
• Drop of Corrupted Essence
  
• Huge Elk Hoof
  
• Drop of Ironwood Sap
  
• Starmetal Weaponsmith's Charm
  
• Whetstone
  
• Squirming Vines
  

A 25% chance for 1 of 6 pieces of Named gear:

• Oasis of Life (Life Staff)
  
• Heatstroke (Blunderbuss)
  
• Stalker's Sand (Hatchet)
  
• Dunewinds (Ice Gauntlet)
  
• Sun Seal (Light Chest)
  
• Bloodwalker (Light Footwear)
  
• A 5% chance for a Timeless Shard
  

5% chance for Sandwurm Egg (Housing Item)

• Limit: one per event
  

2% chance for the Sandwurm Hat Skin

• Your chance of getting this skin will increase with each successful run.
  
• Limit: one per event
  

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

Greetings, Adventurers!

Show off your favorite skins when Transmog comes to New World on August 21. Downtime will begin at 5AM PT (12:00PM UTC) and last approximately 1 hour. Use consumable Transmog Tokens to capture the appearance of any gear collected in the world and then transform it into a usable skin for your cosmetic collection. How will your aesthetic inspire other players?

We caught up with the Development Team to discuss everything you need to know about the new feature. Read on for a breakdown of how it works.

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[h2]HOW DOES TRANSMOG WORK?[/h2]
Interact with the Stylemancer NPC in any settlement and select a specific piece of gear to view its Transmog options. Next, you’ll see a thumbnail grid of potential appearances for the slot. This includes both collected skins and entitled skins from Twitch Drops, Prime Gaming Loot, and the in-game Store.

After you’ve acquired an item as loot, the option to capture its appearance will be permanently available from the Stylemancer, even if you salvage, discard, or trade the item. Any items obtained prior to the release of this feature, but no longer owned must be reacquired for the menu to recognize and allow players to Transmog it.


The appearance of almost any weapon, tool, and armor can now be converted into a skin for 1 Transmog Token.

• Transmog Tokens cannot be spent on Twitch Drop, Prime Gaming Loot, Leaderboard reward skins, and in-game Store items since they’re already available as skins. New icons will identify the source of each item for your convenience.
  
• Some items like Leaderboard reward skins will not appear on the Transmog screen.
  
• Any item that was in your inventory following the release of Transmog can have its appearance captured, even if you no longer own it.
  
• Once confirmed, the skin will now appear in the Change Skin menu as a skin option. Transmog skins will be available forever account-wide, regardless of ownership status of the original gear piece.
  
• You can sort through the menu by Name, Source, Owned vs. Unowned, Captured vs. Uncaptured, Full Sets vs. Partial Sets (includes the option to apply appearances available from the matching set so you can quickly change the entire outfit), and Transmog Factor (Tier).
  

[h2]WHAT ARE TRANSMOG TOKENS?[/h2]
Use consumable Transmog Tokens at Transmog Stations to capture the appearance of any item in your inventory. Once an appearance has been captured, it is permanently available as a skin. The captured skin will then appear as an item that can be applied to another skin in the change skin menu.


Each skin capture will cost one Transmog Token. Your current amount of Transmog Tokens will be visible in the menu.

[h2]HOW TO GET TRANSMOG TOKENS?[/h2]
Transmog Tokens can be obtained for free through the following methods:

Free Season Pass Rewards Track:

• 1 Transmog Token can be earned at Level 15, Level 50, and Level 100 for a total of 3 Transmog Tokens.
  

Elite Chests: (1% Drop Chance)

• You can earn one Transmog Token per week from any Elite Chest.
  

Transmog Tokens can also be obtained for Marks of Fortune:

Premium Season Pass Rewards Track:

• 1 Transmog Token can be earned at Level 7, Level 18, Level 65, Level 75, and Level 85 for a total of 5 Transmog Tokens.
  

In-Game Store:

• 1 Transmog Token for 2,500 Marks of Fortune
  
• 2 Transmog Tokens for 5,000 Marks of Fortune
  
• 5 Transmog Tokens for 10,000 Marks of Fortune
  
• 10 Transmog Tokens for 20,000 Marks of Fortune
  

Please note that Transmog Tokens are not tradable. There is no functional difference between free and paid Tokens.

[h2]CAN I TRANSMOG SKINS ACROSS DIFFERENT WEIGHT, WEAPON, AND APPAREL TYPES?[/h2]

• You can Transmog from light to heavy or medium armor appearances and vice versa.
  
• You can only Transmog within the same Weapon type (Muskets can only apply to Muskets, Swords to Swords, etc).
  
• Transmog only works across the same slot for apparel (head only works with head, chest with chest, etc).
  
• All Tiers and rarities are eligible for Transmog.
  

[h2]HOW DO SKIN DYES WORK WITH TRANSMOG?[/h2]

You can use any consumable Dye to change the color of your Transmog skins. The underlying piece of gear and the Transmog version can have different appearances. For example, you can dye a Helmet after changing it’s appearance, but that Helmet will go back to its original color when you remove the Transmog skin.

[h2]ARE TRANSMOG TOKENS AND SKINS AVAILABLE ACCOUNT-WIDE?[/h2]

You will have a shared balance of Transmog Tokens across your account. That means spending a Transmog Token on any character will reduce your total account balance. Customized Transmog skins will also be available account-wide, making your preferred fashion accessible to all of your characters. Your alternate characters do not need the underlying skin to select a Transmog outfit. The custom skin will automatically be available to all of your characters through the change skin menu.

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

Greetings, Adventurers!

New World Update 2.0.3 downtime will begin at 11:00PM PT (6:00AM UTC) on August 15 and last approximately 1 hour. As the curtain closes on this year’s Summer Medleyfaire, mysterious gateways have been spotted around Aeternum. Catch Rafflebones in the new Luck of the Bones event for legendary loot. This update will also introduce a new emote bundle to the in-game Store.

[h2]LUCK OF THE BONES[/h2]

Find portals, summon Rafflebones, and snatch Legendary rewards in Luck of the Bones. The elusive loot collector, Rafflebones, will have his unpredictable spawns guaranteed at any of the numerous portals throughout Aeternum. Best of all, its rewards are even better than usual. How will you make the most of your luck before the event ends on August 29?

Explore the announcement article for details on rewards and more.

[h2]RELEASE NOTES[/h2]
[h3]WORLD EXPERIENCE[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that prevented all types of treasure chests that are fished up from progressing the Treasures of the Deep quest.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that crashed the game when entering Expeditions.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the final chest in the Lazarus Instrumentality Expedition to not unlock for all players.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented some players from completing the quest "The Ritual".
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented some players from completing the quest "Break Some Eggs".
  

[h3]SEASONS[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that caused Golden Scarab crafts to count incorrectly towards Season Challenges.
  
• Legendary Gypsum crafts no longer give seasonal experience.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused players to not get rewards for beating the Hatchery Trial if they died in the boss fight.
  
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Activity Card to not appear stampable when a stamp was available.
  

[h3]ECONOMY, PROGRESSION, AND GEAR[/h3]

• Bluefish, Flouder, Halibut, Clams, Frogfish, & Swordfish can now be fished up in Everfall's saltwater.
  
• Moved loot spawns for Nutmeg from Great Cleave and First Light to Windsward and Reekwater.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused an icon to disappear from the menu slot after unequipping a skin.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented dye from working on certain armor.
  

[h3]GAME MODES[/h3]

• Fixed an issue that caused players to remain dead in the open world after dying in a 3v3 Arenas match and then leaving.
  

[h2]STORE EMOTES[/h2]
[h3]USEFUL GESTURES EMOTE BUNDLE[/h3]
“Tell them how you really feel!”
Includes:

• Vanity Emote
  
• Put up your Dukes emote
  
• Mic Drop emote
  
• Referee Pin Count emote
  
• Give Trophy emote
  

Cost: 9,000 Marks of Fortune

This bundle is pro-rated, so if you’ve already purchased something in the bundle, that will reduce the cost.

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

Greetings, Adventurers!

Exclusive New World consumable items are now available through Prime Gaming until September 8, 2023. If you are an Amazon Prime member, make sure to pick up the Corroded Deep-Sea Chest! It contains Bloody Velvet Captain’s Bed x1, Candle Cluster x2, Vial of Suspended Azoth x10, Runestone Stopwatch x1, Umbral Shard x500, Glowworm Bait x100, and Gypsum Orb x5.


“The salt crust of prolonged submersion further protected its long-lost contents."

With Prime Gaming, Amazon Prime members enjoy tons of free, exclusive content for their favorite PC, console, and mobile games. Plus, they can claim a collection of PC games for free every month that are theirs to keep forever, and a monthly Twitch channel subscription. Prime Gaming’s selection of in-game content and 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 that are interested in accessing the exclusive New World 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.

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

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