Amazon’s new open-world MMORPG New World offers you a complex crafting system in which crafters play an important role on the server. Those who wish can invest a lot of time in the system and become the best blacksmith on the server.
How does crafting work in New World? In Amazon’s upcoming MMORPG New World crafting is an important element of the gameplay. According to the developers, you should even be able to endlessly level your crafting skills and eventually become the very best master blacksmith on the server.
New World turns crafters into celebrities
What makes it so special? This ability to become the best blacksmith in the world sets New World apart significantly from other MMORPGs. For example, when you reach the end of progression in WoW or ESO, you are at the same level as all other end-level crafters. You just make the endgame stuff and are nothing special anymore.
In New World, however, as a dedicated hardcore crafter, with enough effort and commitment, you can actually become the very best if you are more diligent than the other crafters. Then, numerous players will likely show up to buy your masterpieces – the ones only you do so well.
How does progression work? To level up, you just need to continuously craft more items, which increases your crafting skill. The same system applies to other aspects of the game, there are no classes, everyone can learn everything.
You start as a complete beginner, who can only craft one boot (armor smithing) or a simple sword made of iron (weapon smithing). Later at level 40, you can craft steel weapons, and those who reach level 100 should, according to the developers, be able to use exotic alloys like star metal. We have embedded the video about crafting in New World here for you:
What crafting skills are there? Currently, there are 7 crafting skills in New World:
- Weapon Smithing
- Armor Smithing
- Engineering
- Jewelry Crafting
- Arcana
- Cooking
- Furniture for housing
By the way, here are all the details about the launch of the upcoming beta of New World:
You should be able to craft and customize the best weapons yourself
What else can you do? In addition to always better base models of weapons and armor, you can also further customize the items with increasing experience in your craft. Among other things, you can:
- Increase the item’s quality level
- Define the dependent traits
- Embed gemstones and embellish them with certain stones, which in turn provide even more bonuses.
By the way, you can adjust your equipment to your playstyle through traits. This makes it possible to reduce the weight and thus the disadvantages of heavy armor.
Where do the resources for crafting come from? If you want to be a master craftsman in New World, you need the finest and rarest resources. To make them available, it takes fearless and hardworking players who search for and find the materials in the game world.
Even these gatherers have skills and abilities that allow them to find better and rarer resources for you. So if you want to become the best blacksmith on the server, you need a good network of diligent players who can get you the best materials for your crafting. Unless you also become a master gatherer, but for that, you will likely need to invest even more time.
What else is there to know about New World? Do you want to know more about New World and how it has developed since the alpha and up to the launch of the beta? Our MeinMMO author Leya Jankowski has conducted an exclusive interview with the developers about the PvE content and learned many interesting details about the lore and storytelling in New World.
