Amazon’s MMO New World is currently in a closed alpha phase, but we were allowed to take a look at the game last week. We would now like to reveal how your first steps in the game will look. Additionally, you can get an impression of the game in our video.
This is how you end up in a new world: In New World, you begin your new life on the North American coast of the 17th century in a fictional world. You start completely defenseless without armor and weapons.
Your first tasks will be to gather materials and equip yourself with the essentials. You will find stones and bushes around you that you can pick up.
The campfire: To process the first gathered materials, you place a campfire. Campfires are available to every player, have no cost, and are also the place where you can respawn if you are killed in the wilderness.
At the campfire, you can craft gathering tools like pickaxes, skinning knives, or axes. You can also obtain your first wooden weapons and armor made from fur obtained from wild animals through the crafting interface.
Neutral outposts offer you protection and tasks
After you have equipped yourself with the most basic items, the neutral outposts on the map should be your first goals. There, you are initially safe from other players and can continue to expand.
What can I do at the outpost? The neutral outposts initially provide you with a graveyard. When you interact with it, you can respawn next to the campfire as well as at the outpost.
Additionally, you will find crafting stations to improve your equipment. The trading post also allows you to buy and sell items. The price for goods varies depending on the outpost. The more is bought or sold, the more different the costs are.
How do I improve my equipment? For defeating wild animals, you receive bounties that can be sold well at the trading post. You also gain experience and can use it to improve skills like blacksmithing or alchemy. Other crafting professions have already been introduced to us.
Only when your skills in this area are high enough can you gather better materials and craft equipment. However, the new MMO becomes really exciting when you organize with other players.
In the endgame, you need teammates
The world of New World is dangerous. Both PvE creatures and other players can kill you, resulting in the loss of your inventory and parts of your equipment. At the same time, the world is malleable, and areas can be conquered that can then be expanded at will. However, without teammates, you won’t get much from the vast world.
How do I conquer an area? If no faction currently controls the area, you only need a special item from the trading post. With this item, you go to the point to be conquered and take it.
For this, you need a guild, which can also be easily created alone. You can now design the conquered area with walls, crafting stations, and other buildings, as long as you have enough materials.
Things become problematic only if another company attacks. Because an area cannot be easily defended against many players alone.
Guild battles: If a guild wants to conquer the area of another, it can declare war. This costs gold and also gives the defending guild time to gather before the official war begins.
During a war, players attacking the opposing faction are not marked as criminals. Criminals are considered free game, and the system is supposed to prevent players from attacking others randomly. However, everything goes according to the rules in a declared war, which is why you do not receive any penalty for killing players.
The objective in capturing is the core of the fortress. To reach this, you can blow up the opponents’ walls with powder kegs or use siege weapons. Once you have captured the core, the fortress changes its owner. After that, it is initially protected from further attacks for three hours.
What happens when I die? If you are defeated in New World, other players can revive you. If there are none nearby, you must choose a point for the respawn. You can choose between outposts or your own campfire.
Upon death, you also lose your inventory and, if you are marked as a criminal, even your equipment. Only your gold will always be retained.
Secrets of a new world
Anyone who does not want to focus solely on conquering fortresses can also explore the general game world. There are different enemy factions and also mystical creatures that guard the world.
What exactly lies behind these creatures, however, was not revealed to us at the event. Despite the creatures and other secrets in the world, it is clear that the focus of the game will certainly be on PvP.
