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Turkulon Rewards and Lore

Greetings, Adventurers!

Turkulon is back for revenge. Hunt down the feathered menace and his ‘fowl army’ to earn unique rewards. Thanks to player feedback from last year, enemies will now respawn faster and offer more loot. Get the last gobble before this event ends on December 6.

Turkulon wasn’t always a threat. Find out the story behind our Thanksgiving world boss, plus a list of rewards that might not make players feel so bad about skinning countless turkeys.

[h2]TURKULON LORE[/h2]
What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI designers made Turkulon on the side, said Level Designer Zachary Holm. Here is the in-game origin story for Aeternum’s most fearsome Turkey:



Around the year 1600, a Farmer needed 100 turkeys to feed the settlement for the upcoming holiday feast. With his deadline fast approaching, the Farmer found an Ancient device that flowed with the power of Azoth. Wondering what would happen if he put his prized turkey in there...

This device had unintended side effects, and the beast became far larger than one could imagine - and escaped!

As rumors circled of a giant, monstrous bird and pamphlets started hitting the town boards, the Farmer (not one to spoil good publicity) promptly announced that he had created Turkulon the Peaceful Giant.

The holiday feast ensued, but Turkulon was not happy with the deaths of his feathered friends. The turkeys of Aeternum have been hunted for centuries. But during the fall seasons, the hunted become the hunters as Turkulon seeks vengeance on all settlers for its fallen flock!




[h2]EVENT REWARDS[/h2]
Regular turkeys and Turkulon reward players with different loot. Use the Turkulon’s Claw Skinning Knife to ‘finish your food’ for even more rewards. Each regular turkey has a 10% chance of dropping one.

Some items marked below have daily limits. These reset at 5 AM local time. For example, if a player grabs three Turkey’s Treasures at 4:58 AM, they’ll be able to earn another at 5:01 AM.



[h3]REGULAR TURKEY LOOT[/h3]
Regular turkeys can be found scattered across the map. Players will likely spend more time skinning than fighting them.

  • Diamond Gypsum - (20% Drop Chance) Daily Limit: 6 per day.
  • Turkey’s Treasure - (20% Drop Chance) Contains coin. Daily Limit: 3 per day.
  • Turkulon’s Claw Skinning Knife - (10% Drop Chance) Limit: One per event. This knife will vanish after the event.

[h3]TURKULON’S CLAW SKINNING KNIFE REWARDS FROM REGULAR TURKEYS[/h3]
Skin regular turkeys with the event-specific Turkulon Skinning Knife for additional loot:
  • Infused Turkey Coating (20% Drop Chance) Daily Limit: 5 per day. Major damage boost against Turkulon. Minor damage boost against other beasts. This item will no longer be available after the event.
  • Infused Turkey Ward Potion (20% Drop Chance) Daily Limit: 5 per day. Major damage absorption from Turkulon’s attacks. Minor damage absorption from other beasts. This item will no longer be available after the event.

[h3]TURKULON DROPS[/h3]
Turkulon can be found in specific locations throughout Everfall, Brightwood, Mourningdale, Restless Shore, Windward, Monarch’s Bluffs, First Light and Cutlass Keys. Team up with your friends, Faction, and fellow Adventurers to take down this level 66 feathered avenger of death for the following rewards. Note that players must deal a minimum amount of damage to receive rewards.



Players are guaranteed to receive all of the rewards after killing Turkulon 15 times. For instance, if someone has yet to receive the Feat-O-Plenty Food Trophy after 14 kills, then Turkulon will drop it on his next death. Similarly, if they only had the trophy after 14 kills, then the loot from the following Turkulon kill would include the pet, seat, and boots skin rewards.

  • Massive Turkey Leg - (100% Drop Chance) Daily Limit: 5 per day. Used to craft special Roasted Monstrous Turkey Dinner. Temporarily increases Constitution and Luck. Slowly recovers health. Potency scales depending on player level.
  • Feat-O-Plenty Food Trophy - (3% Drop Chance) Limit: One per event. Increases duration of all Food effects when placed in your house.
  • Turkuless Disgruntled Fowl Pet - (31% Drop Chance) Limit: One per event. Makes "gobble-gobble" sounds while it sits in your house.
  • Turkulon Egg Seat - (2% Drop Chance) Limit: One per week.
  • Turkulon’s Juicy Calves Boots Skin - (9% Drop Chance) Limit: 15 total.


We’re especially thankful for the support of our players as we head into the holiday season! Thanks for your continued feedback. We’ll see you in Aeternum.

New World server merges coming as Thanksgiving event begins

New World server merges are on the way for the MMORPG from Amazon Games Orange County, which will see the MMO's legacy worlds combined to help keep player populations at a healthy level. Following the launch of New World Fresh Start Worlds, designed to give long-time players a chance to start over, the developers are now looking to merge some of the legacy servers in light of population shifts. Meanwhile, the New World Turkulon event has launched in-game as part of New World update 1.7.2 to celebrate the Thanksgiving season.


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New World Update 1.7.2

Greetings, Adventurers!

New World Update 1.7.2 downtime will begin at 11:00 PM PT (6:00AM UTC) on November 15 and includes the launch of the Turkulon event.

[h2]COMBAT/AI[/h2]
[h3]NOTABLE FIXES[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the previous weapon’s ability to be cast when eating while swapping weapons.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the visual effects on the Firestaff Faerie Fire skin to appear in the wrong position.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Heartrune of Stoneform to give a permanent speed boost after cleansing certain status effects.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to desync while triggering an ability if their ability was used after unequipping an active weapon and exiting the inventory.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Faction Control Points to be held by a dead player.

[h3]EXPEDITION[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused Heru's Divine Doom spell to end earlier than intended.

[h3]PERKS[/h3]
  • Updated numerous weapon mastery ability perks to ensure that they cannot be triggered off of DoTs.
[h2]WEAPONS[/h2]
[h3]ICE GAUNTLET[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Entombed to remain active while using committed Heartrune abilities.

[h3]Blunderbuss [/h3]
  • We have re-enabled two upgrades on the Blunderbuss Weapon Mastery Tree: Apparatus and Barbed Netting.

[h2]ECONOMY/PROGRESSION[/h2]
[h3]GEAR/ITEMS[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused Nightveil Hallow items with over 600 Gear Score to no longer Bind to the player following an update in the last patch that made them Bind on Equip.

[h3]In-Game Store:[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused certain skins to no longer glow.

[h2]UX/UI[/h2]
[h3]NOTABLE FIXES[/h3]
  • Tentative fix for achievements and titles not appearing in the user interface.

[h3]QOL[/h3]
  • Improved message clarity for when the player is on a full server.

[h2]WORLD EXPERIENCE[/h2]
[h3]NOTABLE FIXES[/h3]
  • Improved handling of Steam outage during gameplay. Most players should now be able to continue playing during short Steam outages.
  • Fixed an issue that caused character transfers to get blocked if players had an outstanding Company invite.

[h3]QUESTS[/h3]
  • Fixed an issue that caused Yonas to not appear for some players on the quest Destiny Unearthed.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Anubis to not spawn during the quest Awakening Anubis.
  • Fixed a bottleneck on the quest Bear Co-Habitation by increasing the number of bears that will spawn in the area.
  • Fixed an issue that made players unable to progress past Camp Tier 2.

We have re-enabled rewards for the following events:
  • Sneed’s Revenge
  • Rumble on the Docks

[h3]EXPERIENCE CHANGES[/h3]
We changed the amount of experience given by the following encounters:
  • Rumble on the Docks
  • The Captain's Arrival
  • Sneed's Revenge

Defeating any of these encounter bosses will no longer give experience as an extra reward. The encounter experience rewards are now more in-line with the level of each encounter.

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

New World Fresh Start Worlds server list, character slots, and more

New World Fresh Start Worlds went live on November 2, 2022, with a staggered release spanning the past several days according to Amazon's rollout plan. At the time of writing, three of the four waves have been released, with the final fourth wave due to arrive on November 4 at 7pm GMT.


As the name suggests, the New World Fresh Start Worlds servers offer long-time players a fresh start, allowing them to experience (or re-experience) New World at launch - but with all the improvements that the multiplayer game has undergone in the meantime. What's more, any new content released will also be available in Fresh Start Worlds, so you won't lose out by taking the leap. Without further ado, are all the details we have for Fresh Start Worlds, including the servers per region and which characters you can take on your journey.


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