In the MMO New World by Amazon, you will spend a lot of time collecting items. The various food, armor, potions, and weapons have complex properties. You will learn how all this works and why thick armor gives you not only advantages here.
What is the deal with the armors? In Amazon’s upcoming MMO New World there is a special system for armors. Instead of binding armors to classes or hero types, you can freely choose your armor pieces. There are three categories:
- Light armor, which provides only minimal protection against physical attacks
- Medium armor for moderately better protection
- Heavy armor, which absorbs a lot of physical damage
So if you armor up heavily, you take less physical damage. However, if you run around in full plate, it makes you slower and less agile. Dodging becomes difficult, you have to rely entirely on your damage reduction, and elemental damage is less well blocked by heavy armor.
But when does the game determine that you are cumbersome? It depends on the total weight of the armor. It is perfectly fine to wear one or two armor pieces from the “heavy” category, as long as the total weight is still in the “Light” range. So if you enjoy tinkering and min-maxing, in the end you will get your desired equipment. And even if the weight turns out to be too high in the end, New World offers you solutions: some effects of armors can actually lower the weight.
Item Lottery as Common in MMORPGs
How do equipment items work? Besides armors, there are weapons and jewelry in New World. They work like this:
- All items come in 5 rarity levels: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. The usual color codes in MMORPGs are used.
- From the “uncommon” level onwards, items have an effect that is randomly rolled when the item drops. The higher the rarity, the more effects an item has.
- Some weapons and all jewelry have a gem slot, which provides additional properties.
- Legendary items have fixed values and properties that are always the same and not subject to chance.
Food, Weapon Coatings, and Potions
You should always eat something: New World was initially meant to be a survival game before being reshaped into an MMO. Therefore, you do not need to eat to survive, but food still increases your chances of survival. Because food does the following:
- An instant heal
- A long-lasting regeneration
- An increase in your constitution, giving you additional health points
- Some foods provide additional bonuses, for example, you receive bonuses against wild animals through the consumption of juicy steaks.
This is how potions work: Potions and tinctures also have interesting characteristics:
- Potions offer long-lasting effects, for example bonuses against certain damage types
- Tinctures produce instant effects, such as healing or the removal of negative states
This is what weapon coatings are about: These items are a type of poison that you apply to your weapons. They will then take effect for a certain period or until you sheath the weapon again. Each coating grants you bonuses against a specific type of creature. You should prepare wisely for the respective situation and pack the right coating.
The release of New World has been delayed, and the game will remain in alpha until July. However, there are methods to still get in. In our article about the Alpha of New World, we explain how you might still get keys and test Amazon’s new MMO game before the release.
