In New World, there is a bug that came with the new patch 1.0.4, which is a big problem especially for traders. Because as long as you are offline, you will not receive any money for purchases in the auction house.
Update 9:10 AM: All servers are back online now.
Update 8:40 AM: The forum now states that the servers are supposed to go back online at 9:00 AM.
Update 7:40 AM: There was a server maintenance today at 7:00 AM, which was supposed to fix exactly this issue.
The servers are currently offline because of this. The maintenance was supposed to take only 15 to 30 minutes but is already taking longer.
Update 12:00 AM: Amazon has confirmed the issue and stated that players should get their money back if they are affected by the bug. So nothing is directly stolen from you, but there is no guarantee that you will actually receive the money.
What’s going on? With the new Patch 1.0.4, Amazon fixed some bugs in New World. However, at the same time, a new and very critical bug has slipped into the game.
Because those who are currently selling items at the trading post are not receiving the coins they earned. They should actually appear directly in your inventory as soon as a buyer is found.
User Nunchaki drew attention to the bug (via NewWorldForum). He first noticed that he had not received any gold for his sales. Together with friends, he was able to reproduce the bug and ascertain that the delivery of gold only did not happen when he was offline. As long as you are logged in, you will receive your gold normally in your inventory.
Who is affected by the bug? Apparently, every account. Dozens of players have reported the bug in the forum and on Reddit. Amazon has also confirmed that the bug exists.
When will the bug be fixed? Community Manager Luxendra writes about the issue in the forum:
We are aware of the issues with the trading post, where players do not receive the gold from their sales and are blocked by active contracts. We have found some causes for this.
One was introduced with the latest patch and prevents players from receiving gold/items from completed buy/sell orders in the trading post. We are currently testing a solution for this issue and will implement it as soon as we are sure.
Players who encounter this problem will receive the missing gold or items as soon as the solution is in place. At that time, you may not be able to switch to another server.
Via NewWorldForum
However, Luxendra cannot tell us exactly when a fix will be implemented.
How can you protect yourself from the bug? The best way is to not post any items in the trading post right now. Because you will hardly manage to be online 24 hours a day to not be affected by the bug.
Although Luxendra promises that players will receive their gold retroactively, we recommend not to take unnecessary risks.
Almost every update brings a new problem
Is this the first time an update brings a new bug? No. Just last week, server transfers in New World were reactivated, which, however, led to a problematic gold exploit.
Characters that had just freshly changed servers were in some sort of “floating state” and could therefore send items and coins without losing them. This theoretically allowed endless gold to be generated.
Also, smaller bugs came with the previous updates, but they did not have as large an impact as the last two patches.
While Amazon is currently working on fixes for New World, players have created a new activity in-game:
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