In New World, the major April patch is released today, April 25. It includes several bug fixes and “Quality of Life” changes. We at MeinMMO reveal what is included in the update and how long the servers will be offline.
What are the highlights of the update? The major April patch does not bring new content, but several important and useful adjustments:
- The map in cities and outposts now zooms directly in to make it easier to find crafting stations and NPCs.
- The treasure goblins added in March are now always level 66 in endgame areas to provide better rewards.
- Body blocking by certain bosses in instances will be adjusted to prevent exploits.
- Upon entering instances, progress banners for crafting will no longer be shown.
- There is a fix for the gravity well at the war axe.
- Many small objects lose their collision, so you no longer have to jump over them in the animation.
Another highlight may be the new character transfers. These can be purchased for 15 euros, and the selected character can then transfer to any server – even in another region.
Furthermore, the patch notes list a total of 73 bug fixes and several other adjustments. We have attached the complete patch notes below.
When will the update be released? The patch will be deployed on April 25 at 1:00 PM German time. The maintenance works are expected to take about two hours. The servers should be back online around 3:00 PM.
If there are extensions to the server maintenance, we will keep you updated in this article.
When is the next big patch coming? A large content update is planned for May, which will bring PvP arenas among other things.
In the long term, new dungeons, a dungeon finder, and additional content are planned. You can find everything about it in the roadmap for 2022.
New World Patch Notes April 25
Note: The patch notes are currently only partially available in German. We will update the article when the translation is provided.
Game World
Quests
- The shrouds in caves at the starting beaches now have significantly less health. The fight against the shrouds should be hard, but not too hard – especially not in the starting areas!
- The master quest at the starting beach, where new players have to craft a weapon, has been adjusted and now accepts a named weapon in the last step if players are lucky enough to craft one.
- The names of four items that are rewards for different quests in Brackwater, which previously referred to weapons for other areas, have been corrected. This affects the rewards for the quests “Hide and Seek”, “The Crossing of a Plan”, “The Queen is Dead (Elite)” and “The Eternal Marsh (Elite)”. The affected weapons are: Razors of the Occult, Vengeance of the Wanderer, Bow of Navarona, and Demonclaw.
- The quest “Covenant Initiation” in Windsward has been updated to ensure players are tasked with collecting the correct items.
- Fixed an issue where faction missions from areas without settlements (Edenhain, Deep Gorge, Bruchberg) could no longer be completed after a patch. When players log in for the first time after this change, open faction missions from these areas will be automatically cancelled, and missions that only need to be completed will be automatically finished, granting the expected rewards.
Exploration
- Oracle bones now only appear at level 66 in areas with level 60+, so players can receive upgradable weapons.
- Smaller flints no longer have collision with players. No more tripping over stones!
Expeditions
General
- Fixed an issue where players could body block certain expedition bosses and prevent the transition into a new phase.
- Fixed several issues where expedition bosses could fail to reset if players disconnected in the middle of the boss fight or left the dungeon.
- Fixed an issue where the respawn point text “Expedition Entrance” was not translated in other languages.
- Fixed an issue where progress in an expedition could be prevented if players died before entering an expedition.
Garden of Origins
- Alluvium clay can no longer jump back and land outside the arena of the pedagogue.
Lazarus Instrumentarium
- Adjustments made to minimize blinking lights in certain areas of the map.
- Fixed an issue where Cilla was not correctly reset when players logged out while being on the same platform with her.
Heart of the Storm Winds
- Fixed an issue where Ekheke could die prematurely.
- The animation when Uzret appears during the destruction of the Corrupted Monolith battle has been corrected.
- The amount of gold players receive from bosses has been adjusted to match that of other expeditions.
- Duskenheim musketeers now grant points when defeated in the mutated version of the expedition.
Global Mutators
- Fixed an issue where the final boss animations were not triggered after the group was wiped.
Important Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where fast traveling to a private home would prematurely end the loading screen even though the world was still loading.
- The NPC Gregory Jones is no longer standing in a barrel in an improved trading post in Everfall.
- Fixed an issue where no AI appeared during a Corrupted Portal event.
- Fixed a rare client crash that could occur while loading the game.
Combat and AI
General
- Fixed an issue where buffered attack inputs were not removed by weapon swapping when made at the end of an attack.
- Fixed an issue where status effects gained from equipping weapons could become permanent when crossing region borders.
- Fixed slight stuttering/desynchronization when moving and casting spells.
- Fixed an issue that caused players to get stuck in the reaction animation to a knockback.
Effects
- Fixed an issue with the war axe weapon effect “Insatiable Source of Gravity” that led to inconsistent activation and missing graphic effects. The unintended one-second root of targets next to the spellcaster when the effect was activated has been removed.
- Various weapons of the Blackwatch had the effect “Plagued Heavy Strikes”. This has been changed to “Plagued Critical Hits” for the bow and Blunderbuss of the Blackwatch and to “Refreshing Dodge” for Fire Staff, Unholy Gauntlets, and Ice Gauntlets of the Blackwatch.
Weapons
BOW
- Fixed input buffering when ending the aiming to prevent unintentional activation of the quick shot.
Blunderbuss
- Fixed occasional stuttering/desynchronization of the character while using the ability “Explosive Shot”.
- Fixed an issue where ammunition was consumed incorrectly when players used primary shot and abilities simultaneously.
War Axe
- Fixed occasional stuttering/desynchronization of the character while using the ability “Raff”.
Ice Gauntlets
- Fixed an issue where using Ice Spikes while moving could lead to a desynchronization between server and client.
Life Staff
- There are now hotkeys for targeted healing. You can assign hotkeys 1 to 5 for members of your group. The group mode can now be toggled with a new assignable hotkey. You can find the new hotkeys in the settings under “Life Staff Combat” and “Key Bindings”.
Musketeer
- Fixed an issue where the camera could get stuck in the aiming position when players jumped during the activation of the ability.
- Fixed an issue where the upgrade “Blood Scent” applied to all roots, not just those of traps.
- Fixed an issue where the camera could get stuck while aiming and slow down player movement when aiming and shooting simultaneously.
Rapier
- Fixed an issue where bleeding from the effect “Eager Slasher” could trigger the cooldown reduction of the passive evasion armor “Crescendo”.
Spear
- Fixed an issue where the spear could become invisible if a player was interrupted immediately after throwing it.
- Fixed an issue where players could throw spears over the fort limit during the war preparation phase.
Sword and Shield
- Fixed a desynchronization that could occur during the quick camera rotation at the start of the ability “Whirling Blade”.
- Fixed an issue where shield attribute bonuses were only applied when the sword and shield were drawn. However, a sword must still be equipped to receive shield bonuses.
Game Modes
- Arenas
- Fixed an issue where world arena bosses sometimes did not trigger aggression on non-combat targets.
- Outpost Rush
- Fixed an issue where players could trigger aggression on allied minions with projectile attacks.
- War
- Fixed an issue where companies could declare war solely based on their participation in a previous race for influence, rather than only on their participation in the current and active race.
Economy and Progress
Items
- Fixed an issue where the pocket effect “Stimulated Azoth” was not stacking with multiple pockets with the same effect.
- Hidden reserves can now only be collected from collectible items that require tools. They will no longer drop from bushes, cattails, nuts, etc.
Crafting
- Replicas of named items from the “Heart of the Storm Winds” expedition can now be crafted at the respective crafting stations.
- Fixed an issue where the crafting screen could unexpectedly close.
Gathering
- Fixed an issue where collectible items ceased to function when the gathering was interrupted mid-way.
- Fixed an issue where the active gathering tool symbol disappeared from the quick slot when gathering.
Important Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where players could exceed the limit of 500 items in their inventory.
- The gemstone graphic effects for Isabella’s war axe are now displayed correctly.
- Net clipping around the neck area of the gear pieces “Shrunken”, “Wise”, and “Tactician’s Hat” has been fixed.
UI/UX/Social
Comfort
- When players open the map upon entering a settlement or outpost, it automatically zooms to the corresponding settlement or outpost map.
- Revamped icons for quests on items now indicate whether they are completed or still open.
- Unequipped items now display the correct total damage.
- Players can now drop multiple items while moving when opening the inventory once.
- The button “Withdraw from Company Account” is now disabled when the personal account is full.
- For named items crafted with the rarity “Epic” but receive a 5th effect when upgraded to “Legendary,” the last effect on the crafting screen is now shown as disabled, so players know it will be available in the future but not while crafting.
- The position of the quest marker for items in the crafting menu has been changed to cover the item image less.
- The goals window on the map screen now has additional functionalities:
- The UI window has been renamed to “Manage Goals”.
- The map can now be opened with already opened goals by pressing a key. The default key for this is [I].
- A click on “View on Map” in the Journal and HUD now opens the map with the goals window open.
- The tabs in the map have been reordered. The new order is: Manage Goals, Territory Fame, Upcoming Wars, Resource Locations, Filter.
- The territory fame symbol in the map window now correctly changes color when territory points are available.
- Control information has been removed from the UI banner when entering a settlement to declutter it.
- A right-click on an inventory item no longer opens the action menu. This should create a more consistent operation in menus and avoid undesired actions with the new functionality for moving character/camera while the inventory window is open.
Chat
- The readability of system and faction messages in the chat has been improved.
In-Game Shop
- Fixed an issue where the preview window did not work as expected when certain items were equipped.
- The shop region is now correctly displayed in the confirmation window.
Important Bug Fixes
- The inventory category “Alchemy and Arcana” has been renamed to “Arcana” for simplification.
- The display of remaining XP until level up in the XP bar has been removed when players already have max level.
- Fixed an issue where ammunition could be dropped when already fully equipped and the same ammunition type was selected from the inventory for equipping again.
- Fixed an issue with text overflow in the quest list in the journal.
- The button to pin quests should no longer disappear when restarting the game client.
- Fixed an issue where talents banners were displayed when entering or leaving instances, such as expeditions.
- Fixed an issue where player achievements did not load correctly at the beginning of a new game session.
- Fixed an issue where a tile on the world map was not rendered correctly at certain zoom levels.
- Fixed an issue where players whose network connection was unstable during trade could receive the message “Trade aborted” even though the trade was successful.
- Fixed an issue where compass markers for goals from the open world could be displayed in the expedition in the shipyard of the dynasty.
Translations
- Added missing translations for the message “Locked” for doors not yet enterable in expeditions.
- Added missing translations for various messages related to houses.
- Corrected untranslated tooltip descriptions for weapon mastery.
- Adjusted translations in the UI of the tailoring crafting station to avoid truncated text.
- The banner when accepting main storyline quests is now translated into all languages.
- Headings for main storyline quests and skill progress quests on the map are now translated into all languages.
- Added missing translations for gameplay tips in the loading screen in the dynasty shipyard.
- Corrected incorrect symbols for ghost shrines in the journal in non-English clients.
Regional Transfers
With this update we’ve enabled paid server transfers that can be purchased via the in-game shop. These will allow players to move a character to the available world of their choice as long as they don’t already have a character on that world.
We’ve also added functionality to allow players to transfer cross-region with these tokens. For Cross-Regional Character Transfers, players can select a desired destination region where the character will be moved to a random world within that region. This allows players to then move from the random destination world to their desired world via the standard character transfer process using the same transfer token. Transfer Tokens will not be debited from Player’s accounts during the Cross-Region transfer, but will be used when selecting the desired world. In addition to the standard transfer rules, Cross-Regional transfers also require:
- You must be at least level 25 before transferring
- You must not own any houses before transferring
A paid server transfer will cost $14.99, with each supported region using another currency having an equivalent cost in the applicable local currency. Regional prices with local currency can be found in the in-game store.
PRT Patch Notes
The following notes were added or changed as a direct result of internal testing efforts and players submitting feedback in the PTR. Thanks to all those who participated!
World Experience
Heart of Storms
- Return to the Tempest’s Heart and face a brand new challenge for end-game rewards! Tempest’s Heart is now part of the weekly Expedition Mutator rotation.
- Made changes to ensure players are not able to enter the arena of the final Isabella boss fight after it locks to new participants.
- Fixed an additional location where it was possible to avoid damage from Neishatun by going prone.
- Fixed issue where healing effects could be gained outside of boss encounter arenas.
- Fixed an issue that caused drops for Tempest’s Heart bosses to not include Expedition gear. You should now see Expedition gear dropping from bosses.
- Fixed an issue causing Tempest’s Heart Expedition loot to roll on the wrong perk buckets. You should now see higher rarity loot more frequently with improved perk spread!
Quests
- When players are on “The Dryad Promenade” quest, they will now be able to pick up the Protector’s Tuning Orb on defeating the targeted Pride of the Trees AI.
- Updated the “Covenant Initiation Quest” in Windsward to ensure players are tasked with collecting the proper items.
- The quest marker will now stay on screen instead of disappearing once the player reaches the Genesis of Spite for the quest “A Stock of Ironwood”. We hope this leads to less confusion if a player dies or leaves the area, since the location marker will now persist.
Important Bug Fixes
- Fixed missing collision on a number of housing furniture pieces.
- Fixed a rare issue where if a player left an Expedition at the same time their open world server was crashing, the entire party would unintentionally be ejected from the instance.
Combat and AI
Wars
- Fixed an issue that could cause a war to not occur if the defending company was abandoned prior to the war. Wars should now proceed as usual and the attacking company will have a chance to become the new owner.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players who are removed from a War/Invasion to re-signup for the wrong side.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from sometimes being able to signup for a War/Invasion from the world map (as opposed to using a territory War Board).
- The scoreboard during the respawn screen can now be closed with the top right close button.
Outpost Rush
- Fixed a situation where attempting to place equipped bound items into Outpost Rush storage could potentially result in the item being permanently destroyed.
Damage Formula
- Weapon damage tooltips now ensure elemental perk attribute scaling is accounted for.
Perks
- Fixed an issue that allowed the “Shirking Fortification” perk to stack multiple times, allowing up to a 50% Fortify.
- Fixed an issue where swapping bags with the same weight reduction perk could result in weights being continuously reduced.
- “Refreshing Move” was deemed overpowered on the Blunderbuss. As such, faction-issued Blunderbusses and the “Troublemaker” and “Troublemaker 9000” now have “Refreshing” instead, and “Pirate’s Piece (T5)” now has “Vicious” instead.
- Fixed an issue where a perk added when upgrading items to 600 GS was not activated until the player’s next play session.
Weapons
- Fire Staff
- Fixed a slight desync when using the Fire Staff “Meteor Shower” ability.
- Rapier
- Fixed an issue where ‘Riposting’ players were obtaining status effects that could not harm the player from several attacks while in the riposte defensive stance.
Economy and Progress
Equipment and Items
- Fixed an issue causing some named blunderbusses to use musket appearances.
- Fixed an issue where the Chef’s armor set was not providing the correct ‘Additional Items’ bonus for Recovery Foods in the Cooking station.
- Fixed an issue where consumables or ammo could become unusable after picking them up off the ground.
Rewards and Loot
- Fixed an issue that was causing Tempestuous Caches to sometimes not reward an item and not be consumed.
- Added the new in-game player title “Warmonger” as a participation reward for a recent PTR event.
- The Regents Bow, which was obtainable from a quest in Reekwater, has been transformed to the Bow of Navarona. All of its gear score, perks, attributes, and socketed gems remain unchanged.
- There are some early quest items that will have their rarity classifications changed due to odd interactions with other systems. Although the rarity for these items is changing with this update, they will not lose any perks, attributes, or gems. Only the color rarity will be downgraded. The items will return to “green” rarity in a future update. The impacted items are:
- Watcher’s Warding Charm
- Constable’s Boar Spear
- Naval Medicine Chest
- Silken Gloves
- Traveler’s Tabard
- Scorched Breastplate
Gathering
Changed the minimum and maximum efficiency for a number of gathering tool tiers:
- Raised the base efficiency of the T1 gathering tools from 100% to 200%
- Raised the minimum base efficiency of T2 gathering tools from 125% to 200%
- Raised the maximum base efficiency of T2 gathering tools from 225% to 350%
- Raised the minimum base efficiency of T3 gathering tools from 250% to 350%
- Raised the maximum base efficiency of T3 gathering tools from 350% to 450%
- Raised the minimum base efficiency of T4 gathering tools from 400% to 450%
- Raised the maximum base efficiency of T4 gathering tools from 550% to 625%
- T5 gathering base efficiency has remained the same at 625% and above.
UX, UI, & Social
General
- Crafting menus have been updated to display the cooldown timer for recipes that have an active cooldown.
- Disabled the ability to drag Umbral Shards, Gems, and Repair Kits directly from Storage onto equipped items. This should prevent instances where upgrading shows you the wrong amount of available shards in certain instances.
- Added AFK timer warnings before players get AFK kicked in all circumstances.
Translations
- Fixed an issue with Tempest Heart Replica crafting categories displaying placeholder names in non-English languages.
- Fixed an issue with the names and tooltips of “Desecrated Flesh” and “Madness Incarnate” items appearing untranslated.
- Fixed an issue where speaking to NPCHeloise Saville again for a brief summary after accepting the MSQ quest “Encroaching Corruption” did not display text in non-English languages.
Important Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could occur at the start of a new game session where player achievements did not load correctly.
- Fixed an issue where players could move while accessing Storage.
- Fixed an issue in the Achievement menu where text overlapped in some languages.
- Fixed an issue with dropped item bags where items were sometimes deleted after choosing ‘Take All’.
- Fixed an issue with dropped loot bags where items were sometimes deleted after attempting to move quickslot items into them.
- Fixed an issue where Schematics played dropped stone SFX when moving between the Inventory and dropped item loot bags.
- Fixed an issue where being interrupted while interacting with a corrupted pylon would cause the player to be unable to open their Inventory until they relogged.
- Fixed an issue with the Map where players were offered to sign up for an Invasion before they were allowed to.
- Fixed an issue in the Inventory where the upgrading with Umbral Shards didn’t show the expertise requirement and the player’s current expertise level.
- Fixed an issue with the Covenant Corruption Breach Faction mission where the text was incorrect.
