New World brings a new update today with winter event and many revisions – Patch Notes

New World received the new update 1.8 today, on December 6th. This brings back the Winter Convergence Festival and includes a new dungeon as well as adjustments to guilds and crafting. We at MeinMMO will tell you everything important and attach the German patch notes.

What are the highlights of the new update?

• The Winter Convergence event is returning. You will find festively decorated settlements, old tasks, and new rewards. Additionally, there is the Winter Warrior as a new world boss, which functions similarly to the turkey from last time.
• There is a new mutated version of the expeditions Starstone Barrows and Amrhein Excavation. It will be a mash-up in which enemies from both dungeons appear, bringing a whole new touch.
• A new heart rune is introduced.
• Discounts for certain recipes will be introduced in crafting. Additionally, some of them will no longer be blocked by crafting station ranks, like the merging of gems, which will now be possible in the settlement of any rank.
• Guilds will be revamped to reduce “mailbox companies.” More about this here: New World changes guilds because large groups with multiple companies controlled entire servers.

Overall, the last major update of the year is very extensive. In addition to the major highlights, it also brings numerous bug fixes and balance adjustments. Essentially, there is something for every type of player, only PvP fans miss out aside from the balance.

When will the update be released? Patch 1.8 will be deployed today – on December 6th – at 14:00 German time. This also marks the end of the Turketalon event.

The maintenance work is expected to take about 2 hours. The servers should be back online at 16:00. We will keep you updated here should the downtime take longer.

New World Patch Notes for Update 1.8

Game World

General

• The X, Y, and Z coordinates for players have been removed from the “Show FPS” option in the visual settings.

Important Troubleshooting

• A bug has been fixed that caused the “Auto Run” feature to be disabled after using portals or gates.
• A bug has been fixed that caused players to constantly slide in “Threshold of Death”.
• A bug has been fixed where resources were blocked by campsites.
• A bug has been fixed that allowed players to enter the Ennead without completing the prerequisite quest.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the scoring in Dynasty Shipyard to use incorrect values.
• A bug has been fixed that caused settlement and outpost taverns to have incorrect names.
• Bug fixes have been made regarding visual effects, materials, and collisions in the Sulfur Sand Desert.
• The staircase of the mountain temple and the surrounding cliffs have been updated to make the path smoother.
• The cooldown for bosses has been updated.
• A message has been added when a player tries to fish or start a music performance while in combat.
• The ability to invite players without factions to companies has been added.
• The wording has been changed to more accurately reflect the cooking of bait that can be crafted.
• A bug has been fixed that caused animation issues when clicking on an open song title in the song selection menu.
• A bug has been fixed that caused Grace O’Malley’s Polish voiceover to break.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the color of the faction control point to change when the owning company changed its emblem or name.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the Wind Circle War Camp not to appear on the map.
• A bug has been fixed where removing a player from a performance sometimes led to an infinite recursion.
• The spawn rate of Fay, the last protector, has been increased when multiple players are in the area.
• It has been prevented that music performances can start in houses.
• An invisible tree in Harmony has been removed.
• A bug has been fixed where players could get stuck in run animations when trying to place building materials.

Sulfur Sand Desert

• A gypsum oven has been added to the Sulfur Sand Desert settlement.
• The cutscene for the quest “Decoding the Secret” has been adjusted to allow full duration of voice output in all languages.
• The drop rate of the item “Cactus Flower” for the quest “Flowers in the Sand” has been adjusted.
• The map marker for the quest “Decoding the Secret” has been adjusted.
• Adult Highland Scorpions in the Sulfur Sand Deserts have been adjusted.
• Sand beds of Ta-Bitjet: The slime affix has been removed from young scorpions spawning from rotten eggs. Young scorpions near the waypoint are unaffected and are still slimy.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the screen to be blurry when opening the journal during the quest “Snake Head”.
• A bug has been fixed that caused interactions at the Temple of Thoth teleporter to duplicate.
• A bug has been fixed where not all servers were marked for the quest “In Honor of the 19”.
• A bug has been fixed where the map marker was missing in the quest “The Demonic Cauldron”.
• A bug with the animation of the Sand Soldiers in Jupiter Grove has been fixed.
• A bug with the visual effects in the exit portal of the Apophis trial has been fixed.
• Wrong name of the target AI for the quest “The Claims of the Gods” has been fixed.
• Hellmouths now have the correct compass symbol.
• Players can now visit Rare Fishing Spots of the Rowers and Secret Oasis Fishing Spots without wading deep into the water.
• Line breaks in Imhotep’s dialogue have been removed to improve subtitle display.
• Redundant map marker during the quest “The Antiquarian’s Dream” has been removed.
• Redundant quest marker on the interactive object “Old Pillar” has been removed.
• Unnecessary map markers in the quest “Power of the Ancestors” have been removed.
• The marker for the entrance to the Trial of the Nine Gates now remains for the entire duration of the puzzle.
• The respawn rate of Imhotep has been updated.
• The text of the map marker for the quest “Eye of Horus” has been updated.

Expeditions

Barnacles and Gunpowder

• A bug was fixed that caused some of the alligator hatchlings’ attacks in Barnacles and Gunpowder to deal no damage.
• A bug was fixed which caused Admiral Gunpowder’s barrels to get stuck in walls and go through gates.

Dynasty Shipyard

• A bug was fixed that caused the boss music in Dynasty Shipyard to stop playing when the group died during the boss fight and tried again.

Garden of Origin

• A bug in the Garden of Origin was fixed that caused the poison stock of the Rotting Gardener to persist even after the group was cleared.
• A bug was fixed that caused the interaction for using the Purifying Flame in the Garden of Origin to sometimes not occur.
• Music now plays in the Garden of Origin.

Lazarus Instrumentarium

• A bug was fixed that caused Chardi’s radiation attack in the Lazarus Instrumentarium to deal no damage to players running into a wall.

Starstone Barrow Hills

• A collision bug was fixed that allowed players to bypass the fog wall in the Starstone Barrow Hills.
• The description for the expedition to the Starstone Barrow Hills was updated.

Heart of the Stormwind

• A bug was fixed that caused the relic shrine to disappear when the bearer died.
• The brightness of the “Whirling Dragon” attack by the shield maiden Lai in the Heart of the Stormwind expedition was reduced to be more suitable for players with light sensitivity.
• The collisions in Isabella’s arena in the Heart of the Stormwind expedition were made more precise.

The Depths

• A bug was fixed that caused incorrect footstep effects to be played in expeditions at times.
• A bug was fixed that caused Thorpe’s attack “Hunger of the Void” not to deactivate after his death.
• Commander Thorpe’s room was additionally illuminated.
• A bug was fixed that caused players to fall out of the expedition during the Thorpe fight.

The Ennead

• The Ennead expedition has been added with rock footprints.
• A bug has been fixed that caused enemies on the creator’s terrace not to reach players behind obstacles.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented General Crassus from receiving subtitles for his death.

Mutators

• A bug has been fixed where the tooltips of the Flammability mutation displayed outdated information about harmful AI. The part about harmful AI has been removed and these tooltips have been clarified.
• Minor changes in how drops from uniquely named mutator items function.
• Custom sound effects for the chest celebration at the end of a Mutated Expedition have been added.

Tasks

• Missing voiceover for the following NPCs added: Guardian Lin, Guardian Reynolds, Commander Hakim, Alchemist Zhi, Hughes Ducquet, Yonas Alazar, and Judge Hansen.
• It has been clarified where certain tasks of the Syndicate faction can be completed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused a marker to be placed outside the map for the quest “Looting the Kelleher Farm”.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented players from completing the quest “Foreman’s Ledger in Amrhein”.
• A bug has been fixed that caused completed quest markers not to appear on the map or compass.
• A bug has been fixed where the bones in the quest “Bones for Snarchimedes” were not counted. The quest has been reactivated.
• A bug has been fixed where faction quests did not display the correct location on the map.
• A bug with the quest “Home of the Harvester Expedition” has been fixed so that the player no longer needs to be at the location of the destroyed obelisk. The player can now join the expedition from anywhere in the world, and it will continue successfully.
• Several bugs with missing or incorrectly labeled lore pages around Aeternum have been fixed, which prevented players from achieving successes.
• A typo in the lore “Among Colleagues” has been fixed.
• Typo in the rewards for the main storyline quest has been fixed.
• The quests “Seizing Twilight”, “Gloomy Focus”, and “Hold Back the Night” can now be reset to provide the necessary quest schedule again.
• The lore note in First Light that kept players in a reading animation has been removed.
• The corruption remnants at the Daughters’ Well after completing the quest “Adiana’s Fountain” have been removed.
• The weight of the transfer seal, the transfer trailer, the transfer symbol, and the transfer protection used in the armor of the Wyrd protection, the darkened active ingredient, the dark active ingredient, the shadow active ingredient, and the sinister active ingredient used in the armor of the veiled intent, as well as the spark of combat, the spark of adrenaline, the spark of willpower, and the spark of impulse used in battle fervor, has been removed.
• The quest for the faction mission “Eradicate the Corrupted (Elite)” has been removed due to a missing interaction point.
• Kills of South Wall scouts now count for Wooden Hearts and Iron Heads in the quest “Forging the Azure Destroyer”.
• Tiger now drops Great Animal Tooth.
• The last two side quests from William Heron regarding Amrhein and the Starstone Barrows can now be completed by all players who have completed the main storyline quests of the Everfall story.
• The loot from empty faction missions will no longer be displayed as lootable and cannot be looted until reset.
• A bug has been fixed in quests where players had to enter an expedition as a step. They can now be completed either through group search or by using the door.
• Bug fix that caused the city projects of the Sulfur Sand Desert to target the wrong animals.
• Bug fix that caused faction hunting missions with “The Expansion” as a target to not be completed.
• Murder and collection count for legendary weapon quests has been reduced.
• Captain Korrapati and Susanne have been moved to a location nearby to avoid spawning issues.
• Bug fix that caused Rotten Egg to not reappear after destruction.
• Bug fix that prevented progress in “Search for the Huntress” after crafting the weapon ‘The Huntress’.

AI Innovations

World AI

• A bug was fixed that caused the cloud colossus animation to stutter during the patrol walker navigation.
• A bug was fixed that caused the eye beam attack of the corrupted cyclops to deal no damage.
• A bug was fixed where the smoke trails of the lost navigator’s pistols originated from the wrong weapon.
• A bug was fixed that caused the ancestor mage spawns to not die instantly when they reached 0 health.
• The pathing of wolves and other AI creatures while patrolling was improved to ensure they reach their target more accurately.
• The camera shake range caused by the corrupted cyclops was reduced to 7 m.
• A bug was fixed that caused the AI to sometimes veer left while moving.
• A bug was fixed that caused corrupted enemies to not play their running animation while navigating.
• A bug was fixed that caused enemies to show a “Stunned” symbol when they were not successfully stunned by an attack.
• A bug was fixed that allowed lasers to penetrate the arcane shield barrier.
• Even tier enemies were removed from Endless Fall.
• The spawn positions of archers during the entropy wave event in Treachery were adjusted.

AI Opponents in Expeditions

• A bug has been fixed that caused Anpus Hellish Strike to send players over the threshold of death.
• A bug has been fixed that caused a victory with Archdeacon Azamela not to trigger correctly when all players were at the threshold of death.
• A bug has been fixed that caused Thorpe’s Dark Calls fire to not continuously damage the player.
• A bug with the passive AI in the Heart of the Stormwinds, which ignored threat and provocation, has been fixed.
• The damage dealt by Herus’ “Divine Destruction” has been reduced.

Changes in Combat

Mechanics

• A bug has been fixed where the quick cancellation of a light attack during multiple rolls caused stamina to enter a state of exhaustion.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck in the “Roll to Evade” animation when switching weapons too quickly.
• Interactions are now disabled while aiming.
• Status effects now apply the strongest stack instead of the last stack when targeting.

Weapon Updates

Important Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the weapon coating was not always displayed correctly after the weapon was moved to a different equipment slot.
• All dampenings for magical weapons have been updated for weapon switching. Switching magical weapons should now be more predictable.

Thunder Rifle

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to use a claw shot on their own ice pillar.
• Fixed a bug that caused the effects of the ultimate “Unloading” of the Thunder Rifle to persist when switching weapons.
• Fixed a bug that caused shrapnel grenades to not always detonate in sync with each other.
• Fixed a bug that caused the effects of the Thunder Rifle’s passive weapon “Lucky Streak” to persist when switching weapons.

Bow

• Fixed a bug that led to incorrect arrow projectile sizes when the bow’s passive arrow range was used. Now all primary arrow shots have a radius of 0.15 and all charged shots have a radius of 0.33.
• The projectile “Dodge Shot” has been updated to work correctly with passive arrow range of 0.33.
• The size of the explosive arrow projectile has been updated from 0.05 to a radius of 0.33.
• Fixed a bug that caused unnatural animations after firing a cannon shot while idle or running backward.
• The recovery time before the dodge window after the last shot of the bow’s quick shot has been increased. Previously, the dodge cancel window was too short after the shot, allowing players to easily bypass the recovery of the last shot and end the action before the arrow hit the target.

Greatsword

• Fixed a typo in the tooltip for the upgrade “Relentless Refresh.”
• The tooltip for the passive skill “Flawless Defender” has been made clearer.
• Fixed a typo in the description of the mastery node “Intimidating Roar” of the greatsword.
• The tooltip for “Flawless Defender” has been updated to clarify that “Ripped” only applies to attackers hitting the player while the effect is active.
• The tooltip for the greatsword’s “Ultimate Unquenchable Defiance” has been updated to provide additional clarity on the healing bonus that requires a successful block.
• The tooltip for “Relentless Power” has been updated to better describe its functionality.
• Fixed a typo in the tooltip for the upgrade “Relentless Refresh.”
• Reduced the strength of the crosscut skill “Crosswise Execution” from 100 % to 50 %.
• The greatsword “Hard Times” can now be crafted with matter.
• The greatsword of the Black Watch can now be crafted with expedition matter.

Battleaxe

• A bug was fixed that caused the skill “Mahlsturm” to absorb projectiles from allied and neutral players.

Axe

• The tooltip for the axe “Wilder Ansturm” has been clarified to indicate which attack staggers.
• The description of the skill “Anhaltende Behinderung” of the axe has been made clearer.
• A bug was fixed that could trigger “Dem Tod entgehen” while lying on the ground.
• A bug was fixed that caused the animations for “Gezielter Wurf” of the axe to distort the player’s face.
• The Rending Throw has been updated to not interrupt the player’s movement during the throw. The timing of the attack and cancel windows has been adjusted to better fit the new functionality.
• Social distancing has been updated so that the player’s movement during the throw is not interrupted when moving forward or sideways, but if moving backwards or inactive, they will back away.
• The timing of the attack and cancel windows has been adjusted to better match the new functionality during movement. The stagger from Social Distancing has been removed to compensate for the additional versatility and ensure the skill remains primarily focused on range. Furthermore, damage has been increased from 100 % to 115 % weapon damage, and slow has been increased from 25 % to 30 %.

Life Staff

• A bug has been fixed that caused the upgrades “Shared Burden” and “Rebound” of Divine Embrace to not consistently bounce to nearby targets upon activation.
• Bug fixed where the passive Life Staff skill “Effectiveness” was triggered when taking damage over time from Runeglass gems.

Musket

• A bug has been fixed that caused musket impact effects to play even when the shot missed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the cooldown of the musket sharpshooter stance to not always trigger.
• The player can now move while throwing the sticky bomb.
• The stagger of the sticky bomb has been removed to improve usability.
• Charging “Power Shot” and “Powder Burn” can now also occur while moving.
• The damage reduction of the musket has been adjusted so that damage is reduced by 60% at full 125 m and by 30% with the passive skill “Ballistic Advantage.” This is an increase from the previous 37.5% and 18.75% with Ballistic Advantage.
• Passive skill “Ballistic Advantage”:
  • The passive skill has been updated to no longer completely remove damage reduction, but to reduce damage reduction by 50% at more than 50 m.
• Keep you in sight:
  • The passive skill has been updated and now applies to all hits, not just headshots and critical hits.
• The functionality of the “Empowering Sharpshooter Stance” effect has been updated. Previously, there was a strong empowerment with every hit from the sharpshooter stance. This was incredibly powerful in PvP. The effect has been updated to now grant a stack of 4%-15% boost (depending on the armor value and weapon/armor) for each hit in the sharpshooter stance.
  • The effect is stackable up to 4 times.
  • The duration of the boost has been extended from 3 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • The boost is now removed upon exiting the sharpshooter stance.

Spear

• A bug was fixed that prevented base attacks from being dampened during the spear throw recovery.
• Movement speed is no longer completely halted when throwing the spear. Additionally, the spear is now thrown when pressing the skill key while aiming, instead of being sheathed again.

Wicked Gauntlets

• A bug was fixed that caused the enhancement “Rending Essence,” “Overwhelming Essence,” not to trigger when the opponent died before the debuff wore off.
• Fixed a bug where the passive Wicked Gauntlets skill “Empowering Proximity” and its associated tooltip were displayed incorrectly in French.

Ice Gauntlets

• The ability input when exiting Ice Grave after activating the ability was delayed to match the behavior before version 1.7.0.

Fire Staff

• The “Smolder” damage over time effect of the “Flamethrower” ability, as well as the passive skills “Scorching” and “Blazing Spectacle,” were increased from 6 % to 10 %.
• The base damage of the Fire Staff weapon was increased by 3.5 %.
• The description of “Meteor Shower” has been updated to include information on how the initial damage occurs with volume input and not just on the first cast. The tooltip has also been updated to include the effect range.

Effects

• A bug has been fixed that caused the “Amplifying Whirlwind” effect to combine the slashing damage bonus and “Amplification” into a single effect, preventing players from receiving all the benefits of both effects. The effect has been split into two effects and both effects have been correctly categorized.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the Rune Glass Provocation gems not to work properly with the AOE provocations “Berserker”, “Riposte”, and “Defender’s Resolve”.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the “Elemental Damage Counter” effect not to deal damage to all targets hit by the next attack.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented effects providing additional damage instances (e.g. Chain, Eager Slasher, Expanded Frosty, etc.) from granting Heart Rune charges.
• A bug has been fixed where the base duration and maximum duration of the “Strengthening Counter” effect were set to the same value. The base value should be lower. The duration of “Amplification” has been reduced from 6 to 4 sec.
• The tooltip for “Eager Tempo” has been updated to match the updated duration of 5 sec. Additionally, the maximum duration has been increased, allowing any effect that extends the duration of haste effects to also extend the duration of “Eager Tempo”.
• The tooltip for the “Mortal Empowerment” effect has been updated to clarify its functionality.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the cooldowns of the Rune Glass Provocation gems “Energy Giving”, “Siphoning”, and “Sucking” to prevent threat generation and provocations while the cooldown was active.
• The triggering logic for all effects and passive skills that activate on the start or end of the ability has been updated. This update fixes the activation of effects when the abilities are not executed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the “Persistent Consumption” effect to have no impact on the food duration of “Desert Sunrise”.

Heart Runes

• The visual effects of the Heart Rune skill “Vine” are now visible at a distance of 75 m.
• A bug has been fixed where the Cunning Heart Rune in Stone Form did not follow the same naming convention as the other Heart Runes.
• Heart Rune: Stone Form: “Reinforcing Form” now applies “Enhancement” separately from the status effect “Stone Form”.
• Cannon Shot:
  • Base damage has been increased by 20 %.
• Explode:
  • Critical damage multiplier has been reduced from 1.3 to 1.2.
  • The Escalating Explosion damage bonus has been reduced from 30 % to 20  %.

Updates to Game Modes

Invasions

• A bug has been fixed that allowed multiple Doombringers to overlap.

Outpost Rush

• A bug was fixed that caused invitations from other group members to be revoked when another member accepted an invitation.
• A bug was fixed where the healing pop-ups were visible when the buff was obtained by killing Baroness Hain in Outpost Rush.
• A bug was fixed where the queue window did not always close after invitations for 3v3 arenas and Outpost Rush appeared.
• Handled Potion of Toughness has been removed from the armory.
• When a factionless player is killed in Outpost Rush, the player icon is now displayed on the “Death’s Threshold” screen accordingly.
• Speculative fix for a rare bug that caused players to only see the “Random” option (which does not work) when trying to respawn in Outpost Rush.
• A bug was fixed that required a double key press to display the results of Outpost Rush.
• A bug was fixed where the waypoints for the main story quest were displayed during Outpost Rush and 3v3 arenas on the compass.

PvP Arenas

• A bug was fixed that caused attributes not to display correctly when players were in the spectator box.
• A bug was fixed where an arena invitation was accepted while in an expedition. Opening an expedition now removes active invitations from the player.

War

• A bug has been fixed where war invitations were not displayed when a player was logged out or retreated to the main menu when they were sent.
• A bug has been fixed that caused certain fortifications for war and invasion to sometimes begin with a cooldown when they should not have.
• A bug has been fixed where wars could sometimes not be moved properly after a server crash.
• A bug has been fixed where active wars incorrectly displayed December 31 as the date.

Economy, Progress, and Equipment

Territory Ownership

• To mitigate damage from a reduction in completed city projects after the removal of EP from quests on the city board, we have lowered the amount of contributions required to complete city projects. If a city project would have met the new criteria before the update and the timer only ends after the update, the project will be completed when the timer runs out, even if the UI might indicate that it is still active.
• The territory reputation gained from quests on the city board has been increased by 40 %.

Equipment and Loot Overview

• Some named enemies in the Sulfur Sand Desert can now wear the crafting attire “Smelting Refinement”.
• The rarity for certain blueprints has been changed from Epic to Legendary to match the craftable item.
• The tooltip for Shadow Shards has been adjusted. The tooltip for Shadow Shards should now be easier to understand.
• Items rolled with plaster casts now have a chance of rolling a blank gemstone slot instead of a filled gemstone slot. This fixes a bug where certain types of items rolled from plaster casts could not be rolled to Legendary due to issues with gemstone slots.
• For the bow “Setcheh’s Beast Fangs,” the effect “Plague Strikes” has been changed to “Plague Critical Hits.” For the life staff Petra Ataraxia, the property “Plague Strikes” has been changed to “Refreshing.”
• The Privilege Tulip has been renamed to “Naturally Cold,” and the text has been changed to “Some things are just inherently cold.”
• The Static Shock Axe should now have the expected attribute values.
• The icons for weapon blueprints have been updated for better recognition of the weapon symbols.
• The Endless Band has been updated so that the first effect is now additional health instead of luck.
• The crafting plan for certain weapons with a filled gemstone slot has been updated to include the gemstone in the crafting plan.
• The name of the effect “Spirit Bond” has been changed to “Soul Bond,” and the description has been adjusted.
• The war/invasion ammunition has been updated and now has no weight.
• The Heart of Maahebgal now has no effect for increased critical hit chance. Instead, it now has an effect for reduced poison duration.
• Runeglaze markings have been updated to make the symbols easier to read.

Changes in Loot, Equipment, and Rewards

• The loot buckets have been adjusted to allow for more named items to drop. These items are now in the global bucket but may be added for specific bosses or creatures in the future.
• The named enemies in the Sulfur Sand Desert have been given the “Fisher Collector” set.
• The loot for rare trophy components has been adjusted to make acquiring them less frustrating.
• Armadillos now drop venison when skinned, while still dropping armadillo meat as a rare drop.
• Epic weapon quests now reward a clay ball for each completed quest in any quest line.
• Glyph Stones now have the same chance to drop from containers as they do from enemies. The drop rate for Glyph Stones that drop from particularly small landmarks has been increased.
• Music sheets awarded by crafting stations now drop only once per day and station.
• The music sheets for the Weaving Song, Daily Soup, and Home can now be acquired by using the crafting stations Loom, Cooking, or Engineering. The player’s first craft at each station has a 20% chance to receive a music sheet.
• The “Loot Search” quest now rewards a ring.
• The notable great sword Wodao is now displayed correctly as level 5 in the crafting menu.
• To prevent bots from farming coins at the initial quests, we have reduced the number of coins awarded at entry-level quests until players reach their first settlement.

Important bug fixes

• A bug has been fixed where the Axe Marauder had an incorrect strength attribute.
• A bug has been fixed where the Blight of the Axe had an incorrect strength attribute.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the Illusion Elemental to not drop Obsidian Gypsum.
• A bug has been fixed that caused many rewards from named quests to not display correctly as named items.
• A typo in Chitin armor pieces has been fixed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the Greatsword Wodao to drop from R4 of the Shipyard Mutator of the Dynasty.
• A bug has been fixed where the icons for some items were not displayed correctly.
• A localization bug has been fixed where the ring “Finger Curse of the Tormentor” was incorrectly referred to as “Finger Curse of the Herald”.
• A bug has been fixed where the Crystalline Crusher Warhammer did not use its updated appearance.
• A bug has been fixed that caused named PvP items to lack animated frames.
• A bug was fixed where crafted dresses did not have the correct chance for attributes and gem slots due to player feedback. Well done, adventurer!
• The crafting plans for greatswords have been adjusted for Timeless Shards and Golden Scarab, so the attributes require the correct crafting mods.
• A bug was fixed that caused some named elite enemies of level 60+ not to drop Obsidian Gypsum.
• A bug was fixed that caused some Small Cacti not to drop bonus particles when using a 600+ Scythe with a blessing effect.
• A bug was fixed that caused the expedition access interface to not display certain items with the correct armor value.
• A bug was fixed that caused some items from drops not to yield the correct salvaged items.
• A bug was fixed that caused certain items (Desecrated Hammer, Dark Fire Mage’s Wand, Hellstrike, Frost Wall, Heartvine Jewelry, Trundraw Guardian Musket, Cave Creeper) to not drop as expected from the Depths Mutator. These items should now drop more frequently in this mutator.
• Bugs were fixed that caused the AI to drop items in a large armor value range when your expertise was high.
• Bugs were fixed that caused specific named mutator items not to appear on the expedition interface.
• Graphics glitches fixed for the following:
  • Clothing Skin “Fallen Spirit”
  • Metal Raven Gloves
  • Clothing Skin “Bloodthirsty Count”
  • Boots of the Deathly Crown
  • Shirt of the Lost
  • Hypatia Armor Skin
  • Helmet “Help of the Deep Source”
  • Frost Wall and the Ice Gauntlets of the Creeping Cold
  • Pants “Pharaoh’s Death Shirt”
  • Titania and Leggings Skin of Sprout of Darkness
• A visual bug has been fixed that caused the axe of the mad warrior to be held incorrectly.
• A bug with the facial animation for the emote “Headbang” has been fixed.
• The scout hood has been adjusted to cover hair.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the wrong animation to be played for the emote “Shrug Dance”.

Housing

• No building plan is required for the creation of the Motherly Love sculpture.
• For the Ash rocking chair, ash wood is now used instead of maple wood according to the manufacturing plan.
• The first house purchase now costs a flat rate of 5000 Talers. Rank-1 houses are now unlocked with Level 1 Territory Reputation (previously Level 10).
• Fixed a bug that prevented housing points from updating after purchasing a house.
• Territory Reputation is now disabled for use with housing points. This is a temporary measure while we work on improving the points system.
• Housing decorations will no longer be shown in the decoration menu until loading is complete.
• Players can now remove all furniture in their house through the house management screen. Removed furniture will be returned to the settlement storage.

Progress

• The requirements for the achievements “Skilled Person”, “I Can Do This”, and “General Contractor” have been changed based on player feedback to be more reasonable.

Taxes

• The “Change Taxes/Fees” button in the Governor’s office has been removed, as the tax rates are now fixed.

Skills

Crafting

• The requirements for the station rank have been adjusted, and the requirements for the trade skill for material conversion have been lowered from 150 to 0, as we no longer have ranks for refinement materials.
• The description for rune glass settings now indicates that players can embed a gemstone at a stonecutter’s table.
• A bug has been fixed that caused crafting materials for higher rank breaks to yield less experience in stonecrafting than crafting materials for lower ranks.
• A bug has been fixed that caused expedition replica greatswords to have engineering disassembly tables instead of blacksmithing disassembly tables.
• The three plans for shields that enabled the use of the rune stone stopwatch have been removed, as it makes no sense to craft a shield with an armor value of 600 since legendary shields cannot be rolled.
• The crafting categories for blacksmithing and engineering have been revised.
• The rune stone stopwatch now requires a rank 5 stonecutter’s table.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented players from earning XP at certain crafting stations.
• High-tier Wyrd gear obtained through the tasks of Violante Severino in the Weaver Mire can now be crafted without consuming the lower-tier gear. Blocked players should now be able to complete this task line.
• Fixed a bug where crafting interactions were interrupted or stopped working under high-latency network conditions or many packet drops.
• Harvest color was previously available in kitchens of rank 3, but due to the required rank, it was intended for kitchens of rank 4. It is now unlocked in rank 4 kitchens.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the wrong effect to appear as disabled on the crafting screen when the item was not crafted with a higher armor value. Likewise, the tooltip on the crafting screen was updated to hide the correct disabled effect.
• A bug has been fixed where the rank label for items without rank appeared in crafting stations kitchen, smelter, or plaster oven.

Fishing

• Adjusted fishing for casting when standing on elevated platforms away from the water’s edge.

UX/UI/Social

In-Game Shop

• A bug was fixed that caused item skins not to be removed when players logged back in.
• A bug was fixed that caused the wrong preview animations to play when switching quickly between weapons.
• A bug was fixed that sometimes displayed the wrong world name in the world transfer confirmation popup.
• A bug was fixed where players had to continuously reload the thunder cannon during the skin preview.
• A bug was fixed where the idle animations of weapons did not play correctly after the shield preview in the shop.
• A bug was fixed where the shop preview did not show the correct preview if a skin was already equipped.
• A bug was fixed where the animations during the emote preview in the shop were not functioning correctly. Moving in and out while the emote symbol is displayed no longer interrupts the preview animation.
• Players can now search for accented words without using the accents.

Trading Post

• Contracts viewed at the trading post now correctly display expertise scaling information.
• The error message when joining a music performance using the trading post has been updated.
• Fixed an error where the characters of attribute items were not displayed correctly at the trading post.
• Fixed an error where the additional pouch effect icon was displayed incorrectly at the trading post.

Important bug fixes

• A bug has been fixed that caused locked players not to appear in the list of locked players.
• Bug fixed that allowed players removed from a company to still see company-specific messages in chat.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented characters from being removed from the friends list after a world merge.
• Bug fixed that caused Azoth vials and Azoth currency to have the same symbol. The symbol for Azoth currency is now a blue crystal.
• A bug has been fixed that caused currency ingredients to not be listed correctly in the crafting menu.
• Bug fixed that caused the area reputation displayed on town board projects not to reflect the area reputation of music performance boosts.
• Bug fixed that caused the settlement name to be displayed instead of the expedition name on the compass when entering expeditions from other locations.
• Bug fixed that caused the Pharaoh’s longsword to display the wrong symbol.
• Inconsistent fonts in popup dialogs that appear in combat and when fishing or playing music have been updated.
• Rank etiquette for items without rank in the crafting stations kitchen, smelter or gypsum kiln is no longer displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the HUD displayed multiple notifications overlapping during invasions.
• The symbols for instruments are now larger, making the instruments easier to recognize.
• The campsite skin tooltip has been revised to match the current functionality in the game. Players can apply skins at the campsite instead of in their inventory.
• Members of a company without faction affiliation now display their company crest and faction colors.
• The icon for treated silk has been updated.
• The counter for “remaining normal expeditions” has been removed from the soultest “Necropolis of Sutekh” as it doesn’t output an expedition counter.
• A dark background has been added behind the newsletter button in the main menu to make it more visible.
• A new unread icon has been added to the world history pages.
• A warning countdown timer has been added to musical performances when an inactivity timeout is impending.
• The double-click to learn a plan is no longer available in the action menu while the item is in the settlement stash. The player can still learn the plan while in the settlement stash by selecting the option in the item’s action menu; double-clicking simply moves the item into the player’s inventory.
• The flickering has been fixed when “Show Weapons Always” is turned off. Hiding weapon abilities when using a gathering tool.
• A capitalization error in the PvP arena spectator notification has been fixed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the engineer icon in the header of the forge to not display the correct icon.
• A bug has been fixed that prevented the “Loading”, “Crafting”, and “Settings” screens from closing like all other screens when clicking outside their main window area.
• A bug with unlocking the first Mutated Expedition has been fixed. The reward is now correctly centered on the reward banner.
• A bug has been fixed where the attributes did not display correctly when a shield was equipped without a sword.
• Fixed a bug where platinum used the wrong icon when tracked on the compass.
• A bug has been fixed where runestone items and chitin padding stated they could be inserted into any item with a socket. The text for each item has been updated to mention the specific types of items they can be inserted into.
• A bug with misaligned icons for Legendary Fish has been fixed, so they now match the model in the game.
• Some cases have been fixed where an item displayed a lower rarity than it should have.
• Blueprints now show the correct rarity.
• Card filters are now saved across sessions.
• The trading skills screen has been updated to now show three instead of four reward tokens.
• When crafting with the last mod item, it will now be correctly deleted before the next crafting.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the warning before checking into an inn to not display correctly when leaving the town.
• A bug has been fixed that caused a skill-specific effect to display the wrong symbols.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the dropdown menu to not function properly when selected.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the conversation window with an NPC to briefly reappear after completing a quest.
• A bug has been fixed where inconsistent fonts were displayed when players tried to fish or play music in combat.
• Father’s Care Longspike Shield and Orichalcum Longspike Shield can now be dyed.
• The correct cuff ring for Stormbound Abyssal Bracers has been rendered.
• The bag with discarded items now shows the correct weight limit.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the Breaker and Sociable armor sets to display as medium instead of light equipment weight.
• A bug has been fixed where Amethyst-based rune glasses did not apply the correct visual effects when used in weapons.
• A bug has been fixed where the faction symbols in the company list were not updated to reflect the current affiliation.
• The unusable dye slots of the Stormbound Long Spear Shield, Round Shield, and Tower Shield have been removed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused the player’s weapons to not be hidden when the faction mission board was displayed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused items from the Summer Medleyfaire food to grant the status effect “Full” for too long.
• A bug has been fixed where the Orichalcum Long Spear Shield could not be dyed.
• A bug has been fixed where animations were interrupted after an AFK kick in the shop.
• A bug with armor dyes has been fixed, which caused the fabric of an equipped skin not to be removed from the underlying armor when the dye window was opened.
• A clipping bug when crawling for Baalphaz’s cloak has been fixed.
• A clipping bug when holding a weapon for the Twitch drop armor skin “Death’s Embrace” has been fixed.
• A bug with Imhotep’s Sandstorm phasing has been fixed.
• The duplicate insignia image in the plant insignia pack has been corrected to display the correct hemp plant image.
• French localization for “Amrhein” has been corrected to capitalize the expedition.
• The descriptions for named weapon plans have been updated to ensure consistency.
• The clothing skins “Dune Explorer” have been renamed to “Seething Sand” to better match their designation.
• The pondering emote has been updated so that its sound effect ends at the same time as the animation.
• The weapon preview no longer breaks when you have no weapons equipped but a shield.
• You can no longer access the inventory while you are under objects that prevent you from standing.
• A bug that led to crashes has been fixed.
• A bug has been fixed that caused some shields in the faction shop to display as the wrong shield type.
• A bug has been fixed where the camera and movement speed of a player would get stuck in a bad state when teleporting in or out of an instance while targeting with some ranged abilities.
• A bug has been fixed where the new food in the sulfur sand desert showed “Sated” for 70 instead of 60 minutes.
• A bug has been fixed where an error message in the tooltip “Buy Transfer” was not correctly localized.
• The user interface for the crafting and trading skills event now clearly explains the experience gain and bonuses in the tooltip.
• The great sword icons have been updated to improve visual quality.
• The images for mastery with sword and shield have been updated and now also include a shield.

Quality of Life Improvements

• A bug on the container opening screen that caused stackable items to be displayed multiple times when creating a new stack has been fixed.
• A bug that caused musical instruments to display weapon attributes on the crafting screen has been fixed.
• Inventory and storage now allow sorting in ascending and descending order.
• The display of journal documents has been redesigned.
• The “Area Planning” screen now shows the total number of coins.
• The trading skill plan list has been updated to show more accurate tooltips for unlocked items.
• The tooltip for equipped weapons will no longer display after interacting with the “Craft” button.
• The message when the player cannot chat has been updated.
• A new message when the player is on a full server has been added.
• The error message when players cannot create a character in a full world has been updated.
• The display of the loot ticker has been improved to highlight the best items.
• When players have no other items to compare, the tooltips will now only show item information without the comparison UI.

Audio

• A bug with the voice output of the NPC Tomash Kovalenko has been fixed.
• Issues with the French voice output of various NPCs have been fixed.
• Fixed a bug that caused audio and player animation to stutter when attempting a fast travel.
• Fixed a bug where dusk spirit camp skins played the campfire ambient sound even though they had no campfire.
• When using the emotes “Digging Up Grave”, “Panic”, and “Stab”, a sound is now played.
• The sound effects for the hellmouths have been polished.
• A bug was fixed that caused impact sounds not to always play when taking melee damage from the Lost Knight’s warhammer.
• A bug was fixed that caused certain camera angles to muffle the sound of the grimoire lectern.
• A bug was fixed that caused the “Singing Fish” item to not play music when players left and returned to the area.
• A bug was fixed where the sound for sheathing the sword not always played when selecting an instrument during musical performances.
• The clapping sound effect of musical instruments has been removed.
• The turkey pet has been updated and now features unique sound effects.
• A bug was fixed that caused the sound effects for destroying nodes in the “Emerging Threat” quest not to play.
• Multiple impact sounds in the Sulfur Sand Desert have been improved.
• The sound effects for the turret beam in the Sulfur Sand Desert have been improved.
• A bug was fixed that caused the sound effects of the Azoth Reflector to be too quiet.
• A bug was fixed that caused corruption nodes during the “Adiana’s Fountain” quest to not play sound effects.
• The sound effects for the bandits in the Sulfur Sand Desert have been updated.
• The sound effects for several ancients in the Sulfur Sand Desert have been updated.
• A bug was fixed that caused the rotating puzzle rings not to play sound effects.
• The timing has been adjusted and some of the sound effects for the sandworm have been polished.
• Missing voice output for Johanna Maes fixed.
• The voice output for Commander Maximo and Imhotep has been corrected.
• Players no longer hear musical instruments when interacting with quest NPCs.
• Cut-off dialogue for Imhotep in localized languages fixed.
• The volume of thunder played in the intro video sequence has been adjusted.

What do you think of the new update in New World? Do the changes appeal to you?