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12.02.2024 - 19:09 / newworld.com
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Survive the Winter Rune Forge, master Cooking Trade Skill changes, experience the updated Shattered Mountain main story quest, and play with a controller when Season of the Guardian releases on March 12. There are also new combat optimizations for smoother combat in PvP modes like Wars. Check out the next PTR for an early preview of our latest features.
Join the Development Team for an in-depth breakdown of Season of the Guardian:
The Winter Rune Forge, new Artifacts, Mounts in Outpost Rush, some Journey tasks, and a few of the Challenges will all require Rise of the Angry Earth to experience.
Join up to 10 max-level players in a bone-chilling gauntlet of increasingly difficult enemies. This Seasonal Trial requires teamwork to overcome Rune puzzles, slay an Icey Construct, and fell an Ancient Ice Guardian for unique rewards.
Grab 8 new Artifacts that excel through unique playstyles. Here are some of their key traits:
Sin — Hatchet
Corruption: Debuffs last 25% longer. (Works on both weapons)
Defile: Deals 2% more damage per debuff on target. (5 stacks max)
Venom — Spear
Poison Tipped: Heavy attacks with either weapon cause poison dealing 20% weapon damage for 5s.
Tempest Fury — Great Axe
Momentum: Successful attacks gain 3% movement speed for 3s. (Works on both weapons and stacks 10 times).
Nature’s Wrath — Medium Chestwear
Nature’s Blessing: Empower expires 200% faster but you deal 20% more damage.
Gilli’s Gravity Gauntlets — Heavy Glove
Whenever you take damage, gain a charge that increases the damage of your next attack by 3% (max 10 charges).
Ironheart — Heavy Legwear
When not in heavy loadout, gain 20% more max health.
Creed Boots — Light Footwear
Ambush: Deal 15% more damage and 25% critical chance as long as you haven’t hit the target within 20s.
Phoenix — Amulet
Phoenix Revival: When you receive lethal damage, avoid death and become invulnerable for 2s (180s cooldown)
Season of the Guardian introduces a new Season Journey, new Activity Card, new Challenges, and new rewards including cosmetics and consumables.
Look forward to ingredient updates, revamped Cooking progression, Legendary Fish recipe tweaks, the removal of split attribute food, and more. We’ll have additional details to share in a future Deep Dive article.
We’ve upgraded our old combat and animation system to improve performance in high traffic areas with many players like Wars and OPR. This new system will also make it easier to improve on our combat going forward. We’ve done our best to keep the feel of the game the same or better, but would definitely like to hear about things that don’t feel right after the upgrade.
Controller support is coming to New World! Select from two pre-set controller layouts to
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