The MMO New World celebrates its release on September 28. We at MeinMMO have compiled 10 tips that can be very helpful for entering the game.
What is this about? In this article, we have gathered tips and tricks for New World. The article was originally published on August 29, 2020, and was last updated on November 2, 2022.
We have also compiled a guide with beginner mistakes that you should avoid: New World: 7 Beginner mistakes you should definitely avoid.
All guides from MeinMMO to New World can be found in this overview:
1. Try all weapons early
In New World, there are no classes. Instead, your weapons determine what skills you have, and your equipment gives you corresponding (or non-corresponding) stats. Additionally, you can allocate attribute points with each level-up.
Up to level 20, you can reset your allocated points for free. Therefore, it makes sense to try out all weapons and different builds early on, since you won’t incur any losses by doing so.
All weapons have been available to you since the latest update in the starting area.
For leveling up, it is advisable to attack enemies with a ranged weapon to gain an initial advantage. Many enemies will attack you in melee, so a melee weapon is useful. To help you find your way as a newcomer, we have compiled some beginner builds here:
New World: 3 builds for beginners that are ideal for PvE and leveling
2. Use campfires for respawning
Every player can place their campfire almost anywhere in the world. It is inexpensive and provides you the opportunity to craft at your current location. But the campfire has an even more important function.
It can be used as a respawn point.
So, if you know that you will be gathering and questing in the area for a while or are facing a big challenge where you might die, you should place your campfire early.
3. Choose a faction and join a company
Between levels 10 and 17, you learn about the three factions in the game and should join one of them:
- Marauder – A faction reminiscent of pirates. It is largely about freedom rather than power.
- Covenant – This is a faction of crusaders focused on fighting evil and the Corrupted.
- Syndicate – A faction of alchemists focused on potions and magic.
Only after you have joined a faction can you create your own company or join one. You should definitely do this, as New World is an MMO and playing with many players is much more fun.
Additionally, you can conquer or defend a stronghold with them. Participation in a PvP war in New World is already possible as soon as you join a faction.
4. Gather everything and dismantle it
New World uses a weight system for its inventory. If you carry too much, you will move slower. The equipment you find that you carry also weighs down your inventory. But you can easily get around this.
Just use right-click + the “S” key and the found equipment will be dismantled. This will give you materials with which you can repair your current equipment.
As a rule of thumb: If the equipment is weaker than yours and not worth selling in the AH, then dismantle it immediately.
In general, you should pick up everything you can find on your way, as you can use it to craft your first new equipment.
5. Use the storage in the cities
Another tip to avoid unnecessary weight in your inventory is to store raw materials in cities. The cool thing is that you can automatically access the stored items for crafting.
You don’t even have to take them out of storage again unless you want to change cities.
6. Always equip ammunition and food
Throughout your adventures, you will repeatedly fill your inventory with arrows, ammunition for rifles, and various food items. However, when you equip these items, they do not actually take up inventory space, even if you don’t want to use the arrows at all.
A useful tip to save a bit of space, even though ammunition is no longer required to use a ranged weapon since the latest patch in March.
7. More bags are available at higher levels
A final tip about inventory is related to additional bag slots. You automatically unlock these when you reach levels 30 and 45. So, if you’re close to these milestones, push through to be able to carry a bit more while on the move.
8. This is how fast travel works
In New World, you can quickly travel to a settlement if you want to save long walking distances. Simply open the map, select the respective settlement, and click on fast travel.
With a patch in spring 2022, the Azoth costs for fast travel were drastically reduced.
Another useful tip: Fully loaded, you cannot fast travel. However, you can die and then respawn in the city. Thanks to MeinMMO reader Thomas Lauterbach.
9. More XP through PvP
If you want to be a bit riskier while traveling in New World, you can activate optional PvP. This allows other players to attack you, but you will receive 10% more experience points in all your activities.
However, be aware that you can only activate and deactivate PvP in settlements.
10. For housing, you need territory levels
To increase your storage space in cities or simply to build your own home, New World offers an interesting housing system. To own a house, you must reach level 15 in the respective territory.
After that, you can buy 1 house per territory and a total of 3 houses in the game. However, each house incurs weekly maintenance costs, which can get expensive.
For more useful information about New World, the current test, and the release of the MMO, you can find it in our comprehensive overview.
