Today marks the release of New World Aeternum, the revamped version of the MMORPG from Amazon Games, which will now also be playable on PS5 and Xbox Series for the first time. We have the official patch notes for the Season of Opportunity launching alongside the game.
What changes are there with Aeternum? The new version of New World will be released on October 15, 2024, at 09:00 AM on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. The highlight changes are as follows:
- New free-for-all PvP area: The Cursed Mist
- First raid for 10 players: The Lair of the Gorgons
- Repeatable Soul Trials for solo players
- New artifacts are coming
- Cross-world arenas and improved matchmaking coming
- The targeting of objectives is changing
- New rewards series for the Season of Opportunity
- Swimming is now possible
- New cinematic storytelling
- New repeatable expedition tasks
- New fishing tasks
- Fourth maximum character slot
- Cross-platform play
- New player onboarding
- Performance optimizations
- New default worlds
- Improved controller support
- Player archetypes
- Maximum gear score increased to 725
Here you can see the launch trailer for New World Aeternum:
New World Aeternum: Official Patch Notes for the Launch
Below you will find the official patch notes for the launch of New World Aeternum, providing you with many more details about the features and improvements.
Changes to Targeting
Thank you once again to everyone who took the time not only to participate in the open beta but also to leave extremely detailed and constructive feedback. We have made the following changes to targeting: We would like to point out that these changes are only effective in PvP. In PvE, it works as before.
- Killing a targeted PvP opponent no longer automatically switches to another target
- This led to situations where an ongoing skill immediately targeted another player when the current target was killed. This maneuver would not be possible without manual targeting using keyboard and mouse, so we removed it.
- Targeting will now be interrupted more aggressively when losing line of sight to the target
- If the line of sight is broken even briefly, targeting will be canceled, allowing for easier evasions and enabling players to remain undetected better in PvP.
- The turning speed of a character is now slower when using targeting
- We have slowed the turning speed of the character while using targeting. This leads to a slower tracking speed for targets, meaning that homing attacks will miss a moving target more often.
- Temporarily – The musket now does less damage in PvP
- We agree with the feedback from new players that guaranteed hits just don’t feel right. To mitigate this, we have temporarily reduced the base damage of the musket in PvP to balance out guaranteed hits. We will continue to seek long-term solutions that can be implemented in the near future.
Cross-world Arenas & Improved Matchmaking
Thanks to cross-world matchmaking, it will be much easier to find a match in 3v3 arenas. We have also introduced skill-based matchmaking in both arenas and Outpost Rush. You can look forward to high-quality matches against other players with similar skills. Finally, we have added role selection to these modes. Similar to expeditions, we will now better distribute roles among teams to provide a more balanced experience.
New PvP Area: The Cursed Mist
In the foggy areas in the southwest of the Marauders’ Reefs, lawlessness reigns. There, the curse of “Greed for Gold” drives the treasure hunters of La Esperanza into murderous madness. Even the closest companions betray each other. Collect cursed doubloons and resources, but flee in time before other hunters claim your prey. To learn more about what awaits you, check out the detailed report from our development team.
New Raid for 10 Players: The Lair of the Gorgons
One of the most exciting new features is our first raid for 10 players, the Lair of the Gorgons. After players defeat Medusa in New Olympus, they will learn of a new threat. The Gorgons have risen and are gathering an army of the Herkynes around them. To stop them, you must assemble a team of powerful players, infiltrate the Lair, and overcome a gauntlet of challenging puzzles and epic boss fights. Learn more in the detailed report from our development team.
New Artifacts
Fight your enemies with their own means, enhance your survivability, and much more. These 8 new artifacts, each with their own quest line for upgrades, will redefine your play style. Here is a preview of what you can expect from their unique abilities.
- Light headgear: Hood of Power
- Desperate Energy: When you hit an opponent while your mana is below 50%, you deal 25% more damage for 4 seconds (10 seconds cooldown).
- Heavy chest armor: Survivors’ Cloak
- Survival: When you are hit while your health is below 50%, you gain 50% stamina, remove all debuffs, and gain a Swelling Potion that instantly reloads your next healing potion (120 seconds cooldown).
- Medium gloves: Ghostly Touch
- Ghostly Embrace: When you hit an empowered opponent, you banish two of their empowerments and gain 10% empowerment for 10 seconds (4 seconds cooldown).
- Medium pants: Azoth Ladder
- Mage’s Blessing: With medium armor weight, you deal 15% more elemental damage.
- Elemental Band Ring
- Elemental Affinity: When you hit a target with an elemental attack (not tuning or damage over time), you gain 4% empowerment for 6 seconds. (10 seconds cooldown per elemental damage type, maximally 1 stack per elemental damage type).
- Trsna Warhammer
- Consume: Gain 25% life steal against downed enemies.
- Grace Greatsword
- Offensive Speed: When you take an offensive stance, you gain +20% movement speed for 6 seconds.
- Eager Pace: Upon a critical hit, you gain 20% haste for 7 seconds (7 seconds cooldown).
- Mace: Stone of Power
- Heavy Burden: At over 90% health, attacks apply a 20% weakening for 5 seconds (5 seconds cooldown per target).
New Season Rewards Series
The season pass offers players a variety of opportunities to earn new cosmetic items, transmog tokens, artifacts, and more! The highlights of the premium rewards series include: 1 seasonal armor skin set (5 pieces), 9 seasonal weapon skins, 3 seasonal mount charms, and 2 season emotes. The free rewards series is available to all players and also includes unique cosmetic items, while the premium rewards series allows for the chance to earn additional rewards with 20,000 luck tokens.
Additional Important Innovations
- Repeatable Soul Trials in the endgame
- The following content has been increased to level 70 and now includes upgraded rewards:
- Sandworm
- Breeding Grounds
- Winter Rune Smithing Trial
- Swimming
- New cinematic storytelling
- New repeatable expedition tasks
- New fishing tasks
- Fourth maximum character slot
- Cross-platform play
- New player onboarding
- Performance optimizations
- New default worlds
- Improved controller support
- Player archetypes
- Maximum gear score increased to 725.
