The largest update so far for the MMORPG New World was released last night. After a bug initially delayed the release, it became available at 11:00 PM. The servers went offline, and two hours later the new content was playable. MeinMMO shows you what is included in “Heart of Madness”.
What content does the update provide? With “Heart of Madness”, the MMORPG New World continues the main story of the game. You are hunting the antagonist Isabella on her way to Shattered Mountain and face her in the new dungeon “Heart of the Stormwind” in a final showdown.
Additionally, “Heart of Madness” includes the new weapon Thunder Rifle. Besides the dangerous dungeon and the exciting weapon, new world results and NPCs can also be found in the open world of New World.
The new dungeon – “Heart of the Stormwind”
What we know about the new dungeon: The new dungeon is called “Heart of the Stormwind”. In the expedition of the new dungeon, you pursue the Stormwind into a corrupted version of reality and traverse the twisted capital of Duskheim.
Who is the new dungeon for? In addition to the recommended gear score of at least 550 to 570 by the developers, level 60 is required for “Heart of the Stormwind”. The dungeon is designed for five players.
The Thunder Rifle: Explosive attacks or lead bullets
How does the new weapon work? The Thunder Rifle is a one-handed ranged weapon with high damage at close to medium range. You can choose between two playstyles. You determine this through the talent tree.
Since the Thunder Rifle scales with the stats “Strength” and “Intelligence”, it can be used by both melee fighters and mages. The choice between the two talent trees of the Thunder Rifle consists of the options “Containment” and “Chaos”.
- The “Containment” prioritizes fights at short distances and focuses on shooting opponents from nearby positions with lead.
- The “Chaos” talent tree is designed to maintain distance from opponents and create large explosive area-of-effect attacks.
New encounters, the Loot Collector, and Stinky the Hunter
What else is new? Heart of Madness offers many new features that affect gameplay in the open world. MeinMMO summarizes some of the most exciting new content:
- Panorama Wall Paintings: You can now receive panorama paintings for your houses. To do this, you need to interact with easels. Two of these easels can be found per area. If you lose your paintings, you can revisit the easel 24 hours later.
- The Loot Collector Oracle Bone appears with different levels all over the map. When you encounter it, you have 45 seconds to kill it before it flees. If you succeed, you will always receive a named weapon. If you have already reached level 60, you will additionally receive Obsidian Gypsum and in areas above level 60 even 500 Shadow Fragments.
- Stinky the Hunter can be found during the day in the swamps and can drop three named items for level 30 players (Stinky’s Keepsake, Stinky’s Precision Shooter, and Stinky’s Axe).
- The Forgotten Yetis are located in the frozen desert of “Deep Gorge” and drop standard elite rewards of level 45.
- New random encounters can be found in “Weaver’s Moor” and at the “Unstable Coast”.
You can find the complete patch notes on the “New World” page.
There was a lot of back and forth about the release of New World. Initially, it was supposed to be delayed by just one day, then it was postponed indefinitely, and finally, the update was released last night.
Have you been able to play it despite the late hour of the release? And what are your first impressions of the new content like the dungeon and the Thunder Rifle?
After the second delay, there was great confusion about the release date, MeinMMO summarized some of the community reactions.
