AVOID OUTDATED Guides! ⚔️New World Returning Player Guide & New Player Guide Pre-Expansion 2023

[@DukeSloth]

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[@MrDwightSchrute]

None of this makes any sense for a new player.

[@lessdatesmoreonmyplates1457]

I bought this game abour 2 weeks ago during winter sale coupled with the expansion. I have played to lvl 65 which is the new max level all solo with no guides, not because I did not want to use any but because 99% of guides and videos I came across are completely outdated... To top it off the server I am on seems to be scarcely populated and the players that do play never ever want to help even answering some question on how and where to progress with your gear grind. The game it self is extremely nonsensical in how everything works and the low player counts just make it insanely impossible to enjoy solo. The combat is great and the graphics and truly amazing for an MMO, but thats about where the good things and bad stop for New World.

[@CalebAdams]

Redownloaded today and NEEDED just this video, thank you!!

[@jacobbragg1032]

Just an add to the "ECR" in recruitment chat. My server also calls it world tour (WT) and sometimes it just calls out the destinations ie... xwall, x helio, x myrk, for example. If you don't know what these are have no fear, "xup" and after joining group, 360° your compass and open your map. This will tell you where your team is. (As well as everyone else). Follow along and you will find kephri and never wonder again wtf is x wall. Good luck on drops!

[@SwellHell]

That's crazy this video was just put up because I JUST installed it again haha

[@krazey5090]

Same lol

[@Yout00brr]

Same D4 has gotten mad stale

[@t-train6723]

Same same.

[@Z-MACx]

You’re not alone! So many people hyped for NW and the expansion 😎

[@lndex_1440]

Same lol

[@iambecomejeff]

Subbed to the Patreon today for dem TIPS - ty for staying on top of everything so quickly

[@DukeSloth]

Thank you!

[@Professional-Redneck]

Love the speed of your updates and the content keep up the great work sir dukesloth

[@CamdenS6969]

Thank you for making this. I played New World back at launch and haven't played since. I got back into it about a week ago and after looking things up, every single guide is at 8months to a year old.

[@CamdenS6969]

I will definitely be needing that trading tips video, I hope it also shows how to make some gold.

[@andreichetan4694]

Ofc, cuz the game has max 19k players:)

[@lunnd94]

how you enjoying it so far man? i actually plan on coming back this week, lol

[@Willycunningham]

What server you on? From the uk?

[@DLutz3265]

how do you show that in top left corner? my game doesnt , like all that info is mad useful

[@sirnicholibraden86]

Do you have an updated one coming out for this new release? Best guide out there.

[@Fabut]

I'm still confused on what all the new features of the game are? Like artifacts and being able to upgrade named items? Do you choose any perk you want when upgrading a named item?

[@reiga6062]

I came back to the game before brimstone sands, and got my gs cap up to 625, then I stopped playing and never tried brimstone sands. I wanna try the expansion so I'm thinking of returning, thanks for the quick sum up.

[@Glubbdubdrib]

This game is so much better than when it was released. Getting to 60 from 27 only took about 15 hours of gameplay. Felt nice, but my old character had 2 lvl20 weapon skill and a few skills in the 100s and is only lvl40. Felt like a grind, but I felt more accomplished on that character.

[@arunlewin227]

How did u do that? I’ve been grinding MSQs and 3 days still on lvl 37

[@TamToucan]

Btw on us east ECR is referred to as WT usually (World Tour)

[@Ravynheart]

Yeah I'm US east, didn't know what ECR meant

[@DukeSloth]

Didn't know that, thanks for pointing that out! I assumed ECR was a global thing since the devs use that term

[@dirtydanxd7518]

Reinstalled it, did the egg event and it bugged out, some things never change. Only way is if they did a fresh start server everyone level 1.

[@Waddict]

Great video! 1. Do you still need a crafted item to do dungeons with other players? 2. Are dungeons still required to do the main story questline in New World? 3. Is there a queue system for dungeons in New World?

[@DukeSloth]

Thank you! 1. No, you can use dropped items 2. All of the parts of the storyline that have been reworked have an alternative quest that you can do instead of the dungeon. I think there may currently still be 1-2 dungeons at the very end of the level 60 questline, those will likely be overhauled the same way by the end of this year 3. Yes, there's a group finder where you can select your role and apply for groups or start your own group!

[@Willow-Eversong]

note on the ECR, some server's call them WORLD TOUR

[@Omi-7k]

I remember it took me forever to farm to skill up my crafting to max. If I start a new character for the new expansion am I still going to need to the same amount of grinding.

[@LilItaly]

Hahaaa let's gooo! New one. Appreciate it dude

[@JusticeRS]

Perfect video timing. Returning in advance of angry earth

[@Bado6x]

We need the post-Expansion guide now !

[@Ravynheart]

Umbrals shards are used in crafting, runestone stopwatch and Heartrunes

[@DukeSloth]

They very likely won't be anymore. All information we have so far indicates that Umbrals will likely be removed entirely. It's not guaranteed since it's press info, but highly likely.

[@KYgamesxx]

Looking into possibly getting into New World again as the expansion is about to drop. But why aren't people 1v1ing in the world as you stated in the video?

[@itsAphelion.]

Thanks for the video, haven't played or bought it yet but thinking about it!

[@joshyddog2054]

Yep back again too! Lot i need to learn. My tank healer armor is no good. Haha

[@kyleswrath]

They need more incentives for world pvp like events and , resources , bounties, like faction mules going from one base to one base transporting random gold or resources and it’s marked on the map.

[@kiro_ciganina4225]

the main quest is way higher lvl than i am and i am kinda stuck not knowing what to do

[@JoyP09]

Superb video. Thanks.

[@hannes0000]

i last played in 2022 , did they made all weapons viable in raids or trials. Back then you got kicked if you used fire staff ,bow or musket etc, that's why i haven't touched it anymore.

[@tyrengomez7862]

Hello i'm level 40 and i don't see any of my main quest as i level up , i do see more side quest and epic armor quest , can i fix this bug somebody pls help ?

[@pat_mc_fly]

Gear Score leaves the game, got it... what happens to the items which have or had 590 and now upgraded to 625? Will they disapear simply and you stay there barely naked? If this is a point i directly hit the uninstall button

[@theodore3617]

Hi man..... will thel starmetal and orichalcum keep mining as resource after expansion?......should we kkeep them on storage?

[@kikojffr]

Hello, is this still up to date?

[@MiglancMB]

thinking about to back. Got over 200hrs and take a break in may. I played mainly pvp BOW+SPEAR, which was so fun to play build. Very satisfied with headshots, landing full burst combo etc. The game at the begining is WOW, graphics, animations and feeling are great. I'm also a dungeon player, however, completing gear for each "type" of dunegeon just to hit another tier is meh imo. I think I will wait and check new content.

[@genaxide]

does anyone have a tier list for which weapon is best / strongest? Would hate leveling up a weapon that sucks just to start it all over again.

[@jayd8584]

From a different view for new players: Having around 3100 hours in New World from beta to now. I myself stopped playing New World around 5 months ago. The reason was the end game content is dry still at current. They apply updates to levelling and zones (current update is again another old zone revamp mashed into an "expansion"). But to get to it, the game itself is good, level experience and content is great early to mid game. But they still have a lot of work to do late game if your a hardcore MMO player, casual players will love it though. The company system needs a big overhaul to make it more imbedded into the game as its currently a shell that kind of caps you from enjoying content such as wars due to war member limits and depending on company, leader views. Then there is wars....its a typical 3 point hold and capture with a second stage. The game needs a lot more work in this space to improve the overall pvp content, they need inspiration and implementation like Guild Wars 2 for example, more diversity in forts and mechanics. Overall the game is great and i would recommend anyone to play it and give it a try, for hardcore pvp or end game players you may get bored after some time but overall its worth playing to see how you feel. Myself, i am going to wait until they flesh out more "new" content then just refurbishing old none finished content. =] There is more i could go into but this is to give you a view from a long players standing!

[@iq-_-qi]

What skill would you recommend levelling up first am new only just about to hit level 20 so I can still reset me skills so what skills and weapon class would you recommend I have been using the musket levelling dex up but not really doing much damage ano am still low level but the damage is pretty low with this musket still

[@rudaychanel2027]

please answer.. Is it true that even though we already have this game, after the 3otc update we have to pay again to be able to play??

[@pinkworm5348]

Fresh start server for expansion would be nice

[@xc_77]

I finished all quests but not the worn one too hard and level up all fucation level max but still I pve and pvp I die too fast idk which gear to wear 615 my gear

[@Zylonite]

What’s a good server to join?

[@itsbandar]

still no support to controllers? i like to chill while playing

[@btackett2]

Expertise being gone is a huge win. As someone that likes to do achieve type stuff, I am going to need to come back to the game and check out that journey pass. It looks really cool for someone that enjoys what I do in mmos. Thanks for the video, appreciate it

[@Smjork]

The BEST solution for both newbs and vets (and to some extent even for the devs themselves) is to just STOP PLAYING the game completely and WAIT UNTIL THE EXPANSION GOES LIVE. The devs will have a nice quiet break to clear up their tormented minds and think twice about the entire process of re-shaping their product while their customers will save themselves from the current fog which surrounds the very future of the game. Win-win.

[@NATASKAUPUS]

for the season quest armour do I need to be lvl 60? thanks for a great guide!

[@hony1717]

can i destroy all the 600-625 gear i stored? Or can they have any value?

[@SpaceDustStuff]

Among the reasons to do ECR is for faction tokens. Some days you can get three faction quests in Myrkwood which you can complete in one run. The Ultimate trophies are expensive and this will help get you there.

[@GlenironPa]

If you want faction tokens in a hurry then run the Faction PVP perseverance out of Brimstone. It's 10k tokens percompletion. Run 3 a day for 30k tokens.

[@willw8011]

I got 3 ultimate combat trophies and 3 ultimate gather trophies through doing mindless PvP go the Fort in Brimstone. Do 4 of those a day = about 30k faction tokens. Play OPR to get more tokens. About every 3 days, I made a new ultimate trophy. The biggest problem is the 45k coin for each ultimate trophy thing to combine all of the type of those into the ultimate trophy. BTW, I did not do it for the craft trophies, because that makes no sense.

[@Orlyy]

I didn't play much when it first came out, but jesus i was mad yesterday. All my weapons had a level update, and I couldn't use them anymore lol.

[@OneNationUnderGod.]

Can returning players that already did the main story go back and do the revamped MSQ?

[@beliar6363]

Yes! I actually did that today, it's pretty fun :)

[@kyleswrath]

WE NEED WORLD PVP AGAIN. It was the best part of the game when it released

[@TheKevinaditya]

can we pvp only for leveling? new player here

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

Thank you for making this

[@EmpyreanDreamer]

Does the gear scaling in pvp even work? I went in with 550 gear, got 1 shot by a hammer heavy attack. In outpost rush I was doing like 5-10% of peoples hp with bow headshots, meanwhile they do like 40-60% of my hp per shot. It felt like expertise was just negating the upscaling entirely. I understand there is a difference between bad 600 gear and bis 625 gear+gems but still, the stat imbalance felt way too insane for that gap.

[@FORNAX.0]

it's not just having bad 600 gs against bis 625, it's the fact that there's specific pvp gear and pve gear on top of the gear score difference. without having pvp gear or at least 600gs I wouldn't really go into OPR as of now, though I'm pretty sure the expansion will be changing this so you won't need to do a pvp gear and pve gear grind

[@DukeSloth]

The scaling works, yeah. Did you have Resilient, Onyx/Opal gems in your armor and possibly Elemental Aversion? Also did you run at least 150 Constitution? Those are usually the biggest pitfalls for new players, but if you checked all those boxes, there shouldn't be such massive damage disparity.

[@EmpyreanDreamer]

@@DukeSloth I didn't have resilient on every single piece but beyond that yes I tried to go for pvp stats and did have 150 con. My friend who came back with me did have full resilience and wasn't running light armor either and he had exactly the same experience hence why we assumed expertise limits apply in there.

[@blackion3310]

Great video. Thank you!

[@LilItaly]

Should I refine these resources before selling(once the expansion drops) like starmetal orichalcum etc

[@DukeSloth]

People will want the lower tier resources to quickly level their refining Trade Skills, so I could imagine less upgraded resources being worth more. But we won't know for sure until the expansion. At the end of the day it's also a matter of storage space, raw resources are HEAVY

[@LilItaly]

@@DukeSloth yea tell me about it I've only really leveled stone cutting and I've just been hoarding everything I've collected over the past couple months playing

[@originalgamesta6268]

Have you heard anything about their plans for all the players coming back and are all on the same few servers that got merged while they were taking a break? You might have 3k people come back to a server that’s already at a decent population causing long queue times again.

[@DukeSloth]

They said there will be new servers with the expansion, but it won't be Fresh Start servers this time, just normal ones - likely so they can merge easier if necessary and friends can transfer to friends' servers

[@SomeLooseMoose]

just the video i needed ty sir

[@Ischum1804]

Hey @DukeSloth thank you for making this Video as i will be a returning Player aswell :). Once quick question do you know if there will be new fresh Servers starting with Season 3 / the Expansion? Would really love to start over again with everyone else instead of playing on my old server :)

[@DukeSloth]

They said there will be new servers with the expansion, but it won't be Fresh Start servers this time, just normal ones - likely so they can merge easier if necessary and friends can transfer to friends' servers

[@fernandonovosad4533]

Is this expansion gonna have to be bought or is free ?

[@SzaraktusKaktus]

30$

[@bluesparkler]

is it worth returning to the game if you only want to pvp?

[@kyleswrath]

Curious too

[@seabear347]

is the game basically a better looking albion? been thinking if I should buy it but haven't decided yet

[@ReadR00ster1]

You are going to want your teir v azoth staff asap so a player with 4 level 60 characters, I always just do the main quests and side quests and harvest trees and ores, and plants and always skin animals if I kill them. When youre in town refine them as far as you can and sell the highest tier mats, and use the "strange" "abnormal" "unusual" at crafting stations to raise your profression and character level. They add up to a lot of xp.

[@DukeSloth]

I don't recommend selling any of the highest tier mats before the expansion! They'll likely significantly increase in value

[@kyleswrath]

Why do you have separate characters? Genuine question

[@joaoarruda779]

Is it worth it buying gathering tools 600? Or it will be leveled up with the expansion? (Pick, hatchet, sickle...)

[@anzriel]

I don't think they've mentioned if the tools will go up in gear score, but realistically they very well could. This is just my opinion, but I'd only buy some reasonably cheap tools if you really need them and wait until we know more. Coin is probably the safest investment to prepare for the expansion for now.

[@boon6848]

damn they should just merge the servers with 200 to 190 - people on another region. like in AP southeast, i wouldnt want to spend another dime in this game just to transfer server other than this expansion lol

[@TDFish-Rain]

Do you think it is a good idea to invest in good tools? I'm just wondering if I should spend 55k on a BIS tool.

[@Kontract_]

Thanks for the vid. Any suggestion on good builds for a solo pve new player? Thank you!

[@juliusperalta7117]

New Subs here, i was planning to buy the game

[@arcane3419]

tell the devs to put their game on sale so those of us who already got burned can try it out again without risking as much

[@rykergaming7041]

They have already said gypsum and umbral shards are going away. They talked about it in the dev update where they covered the expansion

[@zak2005]

Oh man i used to watch your Smite videos waaay back, id play New World but the fact that i cant turn off damage numbers is annoying me to the point where i dont play the game

[@TheHonzoh]

Thank you for this vid, you said what i needed to ehar within a few seconds, not fuss or silly rants about bullshit. cheers

[@gustavosaviano]

without the cross-server content (dgs and raids, for example) i don't recommend new players joining this game yet. they will basically suffer to go through initial contents due to lack of players in their servers...

[@merico3531]

Thank u for the good video

[@EgoJinpachi_]

2:12 terrible clip you chosed showing you buying/suggesting "resilient" perk gear, also not 590gs+ filtered and these tips are aimed at people leveling up and/or returning players, which they should definely NOT buy pvp -soon to be obsolete- gear as their first upgrade, but rather an all around pve gear just to play for the time being and to be ready to go to the new zone once the expansion drops. My suggestion would be to buy cheap/try to farm for 590 named items or cheap 600 from trading post, with useful perks for open world questing, farming, world tours, acid pools, events, etc all pve content in general, that is either "refreshing" , "luck" and "weapons perks for ur 2 main weapons" that would be the ideal 3 perks for an all around, stand alone, 1 and only gear set for a new/returning player, and if you have enough time to farm some umbral shards after getting expertice to 600, this gear should be ur first pieces of gear to upgrade to 625 and you'll be ready for the expansion.

[@budzy5762]

I noticed people put in global chat 'x egg'. In our server everyone uses '+event', it's cool to see it different in other servers. Thank you for the update!

[@DukeSloth]

Haha, I had no idea there are regional or even server differences, that's super interesting! Makes me wonder what else is worded differently

[@thesaltsmith7418]

@@DukeSloth I noticed that as a US player who occasionally plays on a EU server. I've seen that they also use DD (Damage Dealer) instead of DPS.

[@procles876]

Yea something similar, we called elite chest runs "World Tour" on Castle of Steel and they call it "ECR's" on Maramma,

[@budzy5762]

@@procles876 ''World Tour''😂That's awesome! Never heard of that one before. Another one we use, For ex. 'LF3 Laz M10', simply meaning 'Looking for'

[@search4greatness]

good content

[@ragnar1174]

I just bought the game and I'm loving Haven't so much fun.😊😊😊😊😃😃😃😄😄

[@anukon7742]

nice content

[@psyanalol]

thank you

[@kankerop101]

ECR?all servers ive been on be like WORLD TOUR!!! or people asking if there are any Trains going on

[@Unr3alProto]

I just reinstall new world this week-end thanks :)

[@RoyceCon]

They’re adding mounts I’m back

[@dw22509]

I play most AAA mmos and I get to max level in all of them then quit shortly after when the end game pans out to be non-existent, p2w, etc. FfXIV and WoW are the only games that have an endgame that keeps me invested. I really wish AGS would bite the bullet and make full blown, tiered raids with a more structured loot system. Legendaries and artifacts are great but with a dearth of end game content it seems like older items could/should have an upgrade path to 700 until they're ready to dedicate to a real seasonal end game and not what they got right now... They're trying to straddle the line between destiny 2's exotic system but with a vertical mmos gear prog. Combat feels great in NW and the environments and art design are second to none, but there isn't an MMO out that scratches that serious raid itch with this type of combat.

[@chrisdavis6383]

This looks like it might be a great guide for returning players, but it is not a good guide for new players. You're talking about things and I have no clue what you're even mentioning. I don't know what a gear score is, or what conqueror points are.

[@romeozhang9044]

Install again after 1 year

[@fooojin]

Diblo dying at just the right time lol

[@berkbuyukhelvac8510]

With the new expansion, a new server will come. So this are all useless. New players, and even the majority of adventurers who have already made gear that has reached 60 LVL and then return to the game, will start on the new server. It's already easy to gain LVL in this game. What's important is what we do after 60LVL. That's why the new server will be overflowing with players. Therefore, everyone will open a new character. Nothing done now matters. There is no need to upgrade gear or buy gear from the trade house.

[@Ragnar0321]

This game should be at 20$ max not 40$ the player based is extremely low for an mmo at 16/17k just don’t feel comfortable spending 40$ on a pretty dead game.

[@beliar6363]

Define a dead game Servers are pretty full so it's not a dead game

[@Ragnar0321]

@@beliar6363 dead game is anything with 15k down specifically and mmo. And yeah the server are pretty full cuz the cap is like 2k -.-

[@philippevallee6188]

having bis crafted gear bop is the bullshitest crap I've seen and I hope it's not true. I have no crafting leveled up because my friends did that as a group.

[@DukeSloth]

Leveling crafting is very cheap and quick now. You have every opportunity to do it before the expansion, I would highly recommend using it. There's a 99% chance it will be the case based on everything the devs have said regarding rewarding people for crafting their own gear and not wanting RMT to influence the game.

[@vadim6656]

Still going to be a sheeeetttt game

[@nzt3197]

game is shit, reinstalled yesterday, uninstalled 15 minutes later.

[@RickJohnson]

"Most people in the open world simply don't PvP in 1v1 situations anymore". I do when I want to progress my PvP track! Harvesters flagged are easy salt! That, and the luck bonus is only 3%. If you're to the point where you have major gathering trophies, harvesting clothes, and the ability to consume luck food (and play luck songs), the bonus *may* not be worth it.

[@rowanb4395]

'You Ol' dawg Rick..' - McConaughey voice

[@DukeSloth]

I mean, I do too, I literally did it at the start of the video ;) But the reality is that open world PvP is mostly a kite-fest (even the clip at the start had approx 4 mins of the mage kiting me before his friend got flagged and they got too confident in the 2v1). Unless it's a light ranged vs light ranged fight, so most people simply don't bother anymore. I'm not sure if the 3% Gathering luck modifier from the PvP flag tooltip is actually correct. Afaik it's 3000 ROLHarvesting, which is equal to 2 Major Gathering Trophies (which are labelled as 15% luck each on nwdb). Old sources label this as 30% luck and as far as I'm aware, this luck wasn't nerfed at any point. Luck is a complex topic, so I'm not 100% sure either way, but the "3%" may be misleading.

[@thatguyfromworkstreaming]

lvl 65 is new level

[@trillbill4028]

I feel like this video isn’t for new players at all 😂

[@Rikitangoable]

game really needs a shake up, yeah they have the foundation of a good mmo but its very bland, they have this diablo4 feeling loot that just rains from the sky, perks on items are lacking and uninspiring, time trial dungeons make you feel like dungeons are a chore, anything else I'm missing?

[@Richthofen100]

Are you Danish?

[@ekuldan226]

just a shame you have to buy the game again to play, looks like ill be uninstalling.

[@devinthomas8715]

Pro tip dont play this 3 ability game its never going to be what it was as far as player numbers its had the same issues since it was released and everyone moved on besides the 9 to maybe sometimes 12k total players on every server combined. I put 3k hours in and it is what it is i dont recommended this game to anyone. Just move on stop holding on to the hopium of this game getting good.

[@AzraelsTear]

I wish solo PvP was dead in the open world. Flagging up and harvesting just paints a target on your back, not worth the waste of time.

[@bobdemyer9887]

Then don't flag yourself while farming. Duh......😅 Or go play something else.

[@AzraelsTear]

@@bobdemyer9887 I dont flag, I am just saying this because Duke mentions flagging for the bonus in the video and made it sounds relatively "safe". I figured it could use a dissenting opinion... 🍻

[@bobdemyer9887]

@@AzraelsTear Then why are you saying to get rid of solo or open world pvp then if your not flagged or doing pvp?

[@zokoTVgaming]

@@bobdemyer9887he didn’t say that. He just meant he didn’t think it was as safe as duke implied, and wished it was.

[@bobdemyer9887]

@@zokoTVgaming Please read his first sentence.

[@jackvai2681]

NOT REALLY A NEW PLAYER GUIDE