In January 2025, the first season of New World Aeternum will start. Now the developers have revealed in detail what all Aeternum adventurers can expect in the new seasonal world.
What do I need to know about the new season? That the new Season 7 (the first season for New World Aeternum) will start in January 2025 is clear since the release of the current roadmap. Thanks to a post on newworld.com, there are now more details about the Season of Conquerors:
- The Season of Conquerors starts on January 21, 2025.
- The first seasonal world of New World will revolve around the theme of PvP: All player characters will be marked for PvP starting at level 15. Players looting new resources and loot will also drop them upon their death.
- At the end of the season, the seasonal world will close, and you can transfer your seasonal character to a permanent world.
- Season 7 introduces eight new artifacts (more about that below).
- For Season 7, there will, of course, be a pass with free and premium paths where you can grab loot like artifacts (don’t worry: free), skins, transmog tokens, dyes, and consumables.
As part of the season, there will be three special events:
- Sulfur Siege (January 28 – February 11, 2025): Defend sandworm eggs against waves of sulfur elementals across Aeternum to receive exclusive rewards.
- Crassus’ Legacy (February 19 – March 18, 2025): Fight against Crassus and his cyclopean minions to earn top-tier rewards up to gear score 700.
- The Rabbit’s Revenge (March 19 – April 1, 2025): Hunt evil bunnies for exciting loot.
There are good reasons to dive into New World Aeternum:
What else is planned?
- During a weekend, you can test the new Outpost Rush map “Coral Rift”.
- M3 Expeditions are set to become more rewarding and be playable via the activity finder.
- With the start of Season 7, various bug fixes and improvements (including for AI) are expected to come.
What new artifacts are coming? The developers have introduced the following artifacts for Season 7:
- Wrath Gauntlets: Fracture – Heals 100% more health and deals 50% more damage with Rending Essence. Unlockable by defeating the Tribunal Ice Mammoth, the Pinnacle Winds, and 20 frozen Varangians in the glacier lake.
- Life Staff: Heceta – Grants -30% damage absorption with Light Touch after a Life Staff ability has been used. Unlockable by completing the quest line in Heceta Canyon.
- Ice Gauntlets: Ötzi – Inflicts Frostbite by destroying Ice Grave, slows enemies and deals damage over time. Can be found by defeating the Frostbound Howler in the Icewood Caverns.
- Fire Staff: Flamminator – Sacrifices damage for increased burn effects (15% over 5 seconds). Ember Flames can be collected in the Scorched Dunes.
- Bow: Wolfswurz – Deals 15% more damage to poisoned enemies. Unlockable with the Poison quest line in the Jungle Wilds.
- Rapier: Dorgort’s Blade – Adds stacking burn effects with heavy melee attacks. Lava Peak can be earned by defeating Dorgort in the Volcanic Lair.
- Earring: Justice – Automatically refills healing potions after 20 hits (90-second cooldown). Complete the Alchemist Trials in the Forbidden Labs.
- Musket: Shrapnel – Enemies bleed from headshots. Can be found by defeating the War Machine Captain in the Ashen Barracks.
Players Debate Season 7
How is the community reacting to the announcement? Players are divided on how to assess the announcements for Season 7. Critics complain mainly about the new seasonal worlds:
- shamhoo_ complains on Reddit: “The servers are already dying, and now the seasonal servers will pull even more people away from them.”
- notkevin_durant sees the danger as well (via Reddit): “It draws people away from the normal servers. That sucks.”
- Kmantheoriginal, on the other hand, is not interested in starting from scratch again (via Reddit): “Ugh, I’m out. Don’t want to grind for gear for the fourth time.”
However, there are also Aeternum adventurers who are looking forward to Season 7:
- Dylan_The Don has hardly any complaints (via Reddit): “My only complaint is that the Outpost Rush map is only a preview weekend. Otherwise, it’s solid for a filler season – I just hope it doesn’t last a year like Season 5.”
- sheyPL is especially excited about a little thing on Reddit: “Wow, Purification Elixirs in APS after 3 years. Nice.”
- GoldCherries looks forward to Reddit: “I’m looking forward to it. However, I’m sure it won’t be good enough for this sub.”
How do you assess the announcements for the upcoming Season 7 of New World? Share it in the comments! More about the current roadmap and the recently announced beta version of the MMORPG can be read here: Roadmap for New World Aeternum announces two things that should have come much earlier
