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New World: Aeternum – 40% Steam Summer Sale

[p][/p][p]Gear up, Adventurers! There’s never been a better time to return to Aeternum. With 40% off during the Steam Summer Sale, dive into the action-packed MMO that’s buzzing with life, danger, and opportunity.[/p][p][/p][p]Face the Return of the Angry Earth – a powerful new threat rising from the wilds. Whether you’re a fresh recruit or a seasoned warrior, new challenges, rewards, and fierce battles await.[/p][p][/p][p]Join the fight. Forge your legacy. Sale ends soon – don’t miss your chance to save big![/p]

July Store Showcase

[p]Step into the role of a divine warrior with the Myrmidon Host Bundle. Drawing on the might of ancient legends, this armor set honors the champions of myth who served beneath the gaze of the gods. Adorned in bronze, crowned with lion motifs, and forged for those who fight with discipline and purpose, this bundle is a call to ascend beyond mortal ranks.[/p][p]STORE ITEMS[/p][p]This bundle includes:[/p][p]Armor Skins:[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Cuirass: A chestplate forged in the image of lion-hearted champions. With layered bronze plating and radiant engravings, it offers more than protection — it projects the resolve of a warrior destined to stand above the ranks.[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Pteurges: Articulated bronze and layered leather form this traditional battle skirt, allowing for agility without sacrificing dignity. Each panel carries symbols of loyalty, sacrifice, and unyielding discipline.[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Helm: Crowned with a sculpted lion’s mane, this helm marks its wearer as a leader in the gods’ cause. The imposing silhouette speaks of ancient oaths and victories written in the stars.[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Knemides: Bronze greaves fitted for long marches and last stands alike. Built to anchor the warrior through dust and flame, they carry forward the weight of legacy with each step.[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Handguards: Intricately tooled gauntlets that combine utility with reverence. Their design channels divine precision, allowing the bearer to grip their weapon with clarity and conviction.[/p]
[p]Weapon Skins[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Xiphos: A finely balanced blade honoring the swordmasters of ancient war. With its gilded hilt and curved bronze edge, the Xiphos is not just a weapon — it is a rite of passage into divine warfare.[/p]
  • [p]Myrmidon Dory: Long and imposing, this spear extends the reach of the gods into mortal hands. Wielders of the Dory carry not just a weapon, but the commanding voice of Olympus into every battle line.[/p]
[p]The gods call for their champions. Will you answer?[/p]

Fury of the Spriggan 2025

[p][/p][p]From the deepest roots of Aeternum’s wilds, the Spriggan has risen again. Face one of the island’s most dangerous seasonal threats in open-world encounters designed for bold, coordinated adventurers.

Event Schedule
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  • [p]Starts: July 1, 2025 – 7:00 AM PT[/p]
  • [p]Ends: July 15, 2025 – 12:00 AM PT[/p]
[p]Answer the Call
Across Aeternum, elemental forces are erupting once more. The Spriggan’s influence spreads through corrupted earth, drawing players to high-stakes combat arenas scattered throughout the world. Join others in fast-paced group encounters where precision and teamwork are key to surviving—and thriving.
This limited-time event offers a steady rotation of arena spawns, giving you multiple chances each day to enter the fray and earn exclusive rewards.
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  • [p]World event-style arenas tuned for small to mid-sized groups[/p]
  • [p]Timed spawns and multiple locations ensure frequent access[/p]
  • [p]Victory leads directly to valuable loot drops—no guesswork[/p]
[p]Claim Powerful Rewards
Each victory offers the chance to earn event-exclusive gear that’s been forged from the Spriggan’s own corrupted energy. Every weapon, piece of armor, or shield you recover is crafted to feel purposeful, with stats and bonuses that support real builds and real progression.

Bonus Caches (3 per day)
Each cache contains:
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  • [p]A high-end Mossborne weapon (Gear Score 715)[/p]
  • [p]A matching piece of Mossborne armor (Gear Score 715)[/p]
  • [p]A stockpile of Dark Matter[/p]
[p]There’s also a chance at rare upgrades, including:
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  • [p]Named Mossborne weapons and armor (Gear Score 725)[/p]
  • [p]A Spriggan Brazier housing item[/p]
  • [p]The Fungalthorn, a brutal named logging axe (Gear Score 725)[/p]
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Standard Caches (Unlimited)
Even outside your daily bonuses, you’ll keep collecting:
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  • [p]Functional, high-quality gear (Gear Score 700)[/p]
  • [p]Useful consumables and loot for every level[/p]
  • [p]Resources to boost your loadout and playstyle[/p]
[p]Event Gear Highlights
Spriggan rewards aren’t just for looks—they’re built to support a wide range of playstyles. Mossborne equipment is tuned to give you the right stats, meaningful bonuses, and sockets where they count.
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  • [p]Weapons drop with damage-focused traits, scaling to your chosen build[/p]
  • [p]Armor pieces offer defensive flexibility, stamina recovery, and freedom from crowd control[/p]
  • [p]Shields are tailored by type—each with specialized bonuses for healing, burst, or blocking power[/p]
[p]This gear is crafted for immediate use, whether you’re pushing solo content, PvP, or preparing for expedition runs.

Standout Sets
For collectors and min-maxers alike, this is your chance to build out your wardrobe and arsenal with rare, standout pieces:
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  • [p]Vineborne Armor Sets (Light, Medium, and Heavy) now reach Gear Score 725[/p]
  • [p]Viridian Set available through the event shop[/p]
  • [p]The new Fungalthorn Logging Axe makes its debut—a must-have for dedicated gatherers[/p]
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Every item you earn here has a place in your loadout, your build, or your showcase.

Gather your group. Find the arenas. Claim what the wilds refuse to surrender.[/p]

Faction Fest Event

[p][/p][p]Rep your Faction, vie for dominance in Expeditions, and influence the future of Aeternum. How far will you go for your Faction?

Faction Fest is a celebration of all things Factions. From June 27 through June 29, the Marauders, Syndicate, and Covenant will compete to finish the most daily objectives for event-specific rewards. Due to the PvE nature of Expeditions, this is mainly a cooperative event. All players will receive rewards regardless of their allegiance.

The winning Faction will also influence the event narrative. Support your favorite to immortalize the next chapter of their story.
[/p][h3]How It Works[/h3][p]There’s no need to sign up for Faction Fest. Simply join a Faction and complete Expeditions. Your progress will automatically count toward the event.
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  • [p]Each day will feature a new daily objective tied to Expeditions. These objectives will be revealed starting on June 27 via the Faction Fest event page.[/p]
  • [p]Every time you complete an objective, your Faction’s score will increase. Objectives can be completed multiple times for additional points.[/p]
  • [p]After each day, all participants will earn Titles, such as Explorer and Scout. That day’s winning Faction will also be announced. An overall Faction Fest winner will be determined based on the total number of objective completions across all 3 days.[/p]
  • [p]There will be a Weapon Mastery XP bonus on day 3 for everyone to rally toward their final goals. All players will receive a complete armor set themed after the winning Faction.[/p]
  • [p]Unlocked rewards will be distributed to all participants in-game following the event.[/p]
[p]To round off the festivities, a discounted, commemorative Faction Fest Housing Item will be available through the in-game Store. Alongside the event, check out the Faction Store and earn even more desirable Mutated Expedition loot as part of the Season 8 rewards refresh.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p] All players, regardless of World, will be grouped into one of three global teams based on their Faction choice: Covenant, Marauders, or Syndicate. While playing Expeditions, players will likely team up with members from different Factions. That means all players in the same Expedition party, regardless of Faction, will contribute to the daily objective. However, each Faction will have their own individual progress. More details — including the complete FAQ, Faction score updates, and daily objectives — are available now on the official event page[/p][h3]Faction Missions[/h3][p]Here are the motives and relationships behind each Faction’s involvement. Play your part to help determine what happens next.
[/p][p]The Covenant: On a Journey for Divine Truth[/p][p]
The Covenant see Aeternum differently than most, believing it to be the home of gods – a place anyone should feel privileged to walk upon. Through their investigations, members of the Covenant seek to learn more about the divine nature of the island and what the place of mortals might be there. They preach that coming to Aeternum is no accident, and that underneath the strange nature of the island lies a grand design, a plan that each farmer, merchant, and adventurer all have a part to play in. In order to inspire faith in their members and the people of the island, the Covenant comb the depths of Aeternum in search of truth.

Some of the most dangerous places in Aeternum – known as the Expeditions – may harbor secrets that the Covenant can use to further their search for revelation. By tapping the skills of their bravest adventurers, the Covenant can gain access to these hidden truths by interpreting the writings, the artifacts, and overcoming the challenges within. To the Covenant, members of the Syndicate represent an active impediment to their quest for higher understanding, as their interpretations of Aeternum’s many relics and writings represent something akin to heresy. And the Marauders, who profess to be looking out for others, have no regard for the damage they do when parading through ancient, sacred halls. In the hearts of the Covenant, only they have the will and temperament to uncover and deliver the messages hidden in the ancient ruins of Aeternum.
[/p][p]The Marauders: Freedom for All[/p][p]
Aeternum is a place of wonders, a place where fantasy and reality meet, and a place of riches untold. It is also home to dangers unlike any that humans have ever seen, as if all the world’s myths sprang to life at once. While many of Aeternum’s people are just trying to etch out a living on the island, others take up arms and harness the power of the island to achieve their goals. The Marauders took that philosophy and made and ethos from it – using their own strength and prowess to create a better world for all. To them, the strong must stand to protect the weak, and ensure that every person has a chance for freedom on the island.

To the Marauders, there is no place on Aeternum to better test their resolve than in the Expeditions, where the most savage of Aeternum’s dangers lurk. There they can prove their strength and martial might, and rally others to their cause – a world ruled by the strongest and most fit among the people. The Covenant relies on platitudes and the promise of faith, which to the Marauders, represents little more than wishful thinking. On the other hand, the Syndicate deals in secrets and arbitrates who is able to access its knowledge, thus making everything they do inherently untrustworthy. Only the Marauders fight for the people themselves, and works to ensure that everyone is able to live free from the dangers that fill the hidden places of Aeternum.
[/p][p]The Syndicate: All Knowledge is Power[/p][p][/p][p]Although the age of Aeternum is unknown to scholars, the island is indisputably ancient, and houses knowledge long forgotten, or even never revealed, in the old world. The Syndicate knows that the power of these hidden secrets is vast, potentially unlocking the reality about who humans are and the nature of reality itself. Because of this, the Syndicate prizes that knowledge over everything else, looking to harness the power known to ancient civilizations on Aeternum. They see this as a boon not just for the members of the Syndicate, but to all humanity, both on the island and back in the old world. If they can put that power in the hands of mortals, there would be no limit to what people could potentially accomplish.

The Syndicate knows that the civilizations of the island were built upon one another in many cases, meaning that many of the apocrypha that they search for would be hidden in some of the most dangerous places on the island, the Expeditions. If their members can amass the relics and writings once thought lost to time, the Syndicate could make vast leaps in their understanding of ancient teachings. The Marauders and their might-makes-right stance leaves little room for the expansion of knowledge and suppresses the voice of those on the fringes of discovery, which makes them dangerous to a civilized order. The Covenant, on the other hand, actively targets those with dissenting opinions, and views everything through a lens of faith and holy ordination, meaning that their perception is skewed from the very start. The Syndicate believes that they alone have the temperament and presence of mind to properly grasp the island’s secrets and their implications for humanity.
[/p][h3]Eternal Isle Twitch Drop: June 27–30[/h3][p][/p][p]Celebrate with the community and earn rewards by tuning in! A special Twitch Drop will be active from June 27 through June 30. Whether you cheer on your favorite streamer or hang out with a few new Creators, tune in for 4 hours of cumulative watch time to claim the following in-game items:
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  • [p]5x Vial of Suspended Azoth[/p]
  • [p]25x Dark Matter[/p]
  • [p]5x Gypsum Orbs[/p]
  • [p]5x Powerful Honing Stone[/p]
[p]If you haven’t done so already, make sure your Twitch account is linked to your Steam, Xbox or PSN account (depending on which platform) you play on. Twitch Drops can only be claimed once per account.

Thanks for your support and may the best Faction win! We’ll see you in Aeternum.[/p]

Twitch Drop: 3v3 Arena Preview Weekend

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Greetings, Adventurers! [/p][p]Gear up for battle with the Hearty Twitch Cache, packed with essential consumables to keep you sharp in the arena. Whether you’re diving into combat or honing your tactics, this cache has what you need to stay in the fight. Watch any New World stream on Twitch with Drops enabled from June 17 at 10AM PT (1PM ET / 5PM UTC) to June 23 at 10AM PT to earn your reward. This is a time-based Drop—just watch for 6 hours, and the cache is yours. Don’t forget to claim your reward on Twitch once you’ve hit the time goal. See you in the arena! Here's what you'll earn in your Hearty Cache: [/p]
  • [p] 5× Vial of Suspended Azoth [/p]
  • [p] 25× Dark Matter [/p]
  • [p] 3× Gypsum Orbs [/p]
  • [p] 15× Infused Health Potion [/p]
  • [p] 5× Infused Regeneration Potion [/p]
  • [p] 5× Banana Parfait [/p]
  • [p] 5× Powerful Honing Stone [/p]
  • [p] 5× Powerful Gemstone Dust [/p]
[p] All items will be delivered simultaneously once you've claimed your reward. If you haven't done so already, make sure your Twitch account is linked to your Amazon Games and Steam accounts. You can find the steps you need to follow on our Twitch Drops page. Thanks for your support! We'll see you in the Aeternum. [/p]