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In New World Aeternum, the lost fantasy land of Aeternum, you can join your chosen faction and freely explore every corner of the land. You can earn loot through combat or farm specific items.

New World Aeternum is currently in Season 9, with the next new season launching on October 13th. Regardless, fiber is one item you'll need to farm and stockpile in large quantities.

Based on the gameplay mechanics of Season 9, we'll plan the most efficient fiber farming route for you and provide some tips.

What Is New World Fiber?

Fiber in New World Aeternum is essentially an item obtained by harvesting hemp plants with a sickle. Hemp plants are tall and purple. They are found in most areas, but are more common in forests and grasslands.

To successfully harvest hemp, you'll need to collect Green Wood and Flint in the starting zone and craft a basic sickle at a campfire. Once you've harvested enough fiber, you can craft clothing and armor, or even the more advanced Wirefiber.

If you find yourself with extra fiber in your inventory later in the game, you can sell it for New World Aeternum coins, which will also free up space in your inventory.

What Preparations Should You Make Before Starting Farming?

To maximize your farming efficiency, it's recommended that you equip a full harvesting outfit that provides extra yield, as well as an amulet that boosts your luck.

In addition, you'll need to increase your intelligence to 350 to increase your harvesting speed and unlock all harvesting milestones.

Next, you'll need to add perks to ensure your scythe has the yield, luck, efficiency, alacrity, and mold alignment attributes - ideally, of course. If you can't unlock all five, at least yield, luck, and efficiency are essential.

Available perks include:

• Harvesting Luck
• Harvesting Yield
• Horticulture Discipline
• Reinforced Harvesting Luck
• Adored Harvesting Luck

Note that there are a variety of craftable scythes in the game, and higher rarity provides greater bonuses. From lowest to highest, they are:

• Flint Harvesting Sickle
• Iron Harvesting Sickle
• Steel Harvesting Sickle
• Starmetal Harvesting Sickle
• Orichalcum Harvesting Sickle

If possible, you can also obtain some extra Harvesting Trophies to increase your luck, but if you don't, it's fine; it won't significantly affect your final farming efficiency. Available trophies and their corresponding benefits include:

• Minor Harvesting Gathering Trophy: +500 Luck in Harvesting
• Basic Harvesting Gathering Trophy: +1000 Luck in Harvesting
• Major Harvesting Gathering Trophy: +1500 Luck in Harvesting

Essential buffs and consumables include a proficiency booster, locked food items, and a song that increases yield. If your faction provides access to Brimstone Sands Fort, you'll receive an additional 10% yield boost.

Best Route Overview

The first stop on this fiber farming journey is Monarch's Bluffs in Wild's Gateway shrine. Across the road from Monarch Bluffs, you can begin harvesting hemp plants.

The rest of the route takes approximately 15 to 17 minutes to complete, coinciding with the in-game hemp spawn time. You can expect to spawn at least:

• One large hemp plant node per farming session
• One to two medium-sized hemp plant nodes
• One to three small hemp plant nodes

If your character's power isn't high enough or other issues prevent you from completing all the nodes in the route in time, you can skip the next two southwest nodes, as they are the furthest from the route. You can farm them later as you become familiar with the route.

Route Details

When passing through densely populated and highly contested areas, it's recommended to keep to the right, then return through the middle, and finally harvest from the left, following a circular route to harvest as much as possible and avoid long detours.

If your harvesting level isn't high enough, farming fiber can quickly increase your harvesting level! Especially if you haven't reached level 250 yet, it's recommended to upgrade your sickle to gain additional harvesting experience.

However, this bonus will expire after you reach level 250. After that, you'll need to upgrade to better tools or obtain skill-boosting items through season pass rewards to increase your harvesting experience.

If you discover that other players have already harvested the surrounding hemp while you're on the route, don't be discouraged. While collecting the remaining hemp, you can mark these locations on the mini-map and return to farm again later.

It's crucial to emphasize that marking locations promptly is crucial! As a MMORPG, New World Aeternum is almost always online, so it's difficult to guarantee that the hemp nodes you pass by are already harvested.

Thus, timely and accurate mini-map marking will improve your efficiency when returning to farm again, preventing you from diligently completing the route only to find nothing.

If all goes well, you can expect to earn approximately 4.2 kg of fiber in about 15 minutes of fiber farming, and you can earn even more by farming again depending on the refresh time!

What Can You Do With Fiber After You Earn It?

While you can exchange some items for coins, some items require fiber consumption to craft, such as:

• Linen: Even at the lowest skill level, you can craft linen using fiber in Tier 2 Loom, which can then be processed into Tier I and II clothing. Linen also makes sateen out of silk fiber.
• Wooden Fishing Pole: Requires fiber and a Tier I Campsite or a Tier 2 Workshop.
• Wicker Basket: Requires fiber and reeds. Reeds can be obtained manually.
• Rusty Iron Lantern: Requires fiber, oil, and iron.
• Warm Iron Chandelier: Indoor furniture. Requires fiber, oil, and iron.
• Round Sunny Rug: Requires linen and fiber.
• Cerulean Drapes: Requires fiber, blue pigment, and iron ingots.

That's all for this guide. This route is expected to remain available in Season 10, assuming no major changes to cannabis locations. Thank you for reading.

Although it was previously confirmed that New World Aeternum Season 10 would launch on October 13th, no further official announcements were released. However, the good news is that just yesterday, more details about Season 10 finally surfaced!

It's expected that most of Season 10 main quests and related stories will be based in the new Nighthaven zone, where you can experience the new main story, game modes, and 10-player raids, as well as numerous endgame details.

Next, we'll explain each one below.

What Is Nighthaven Like?

While understanding the story behind the zone may not provide more additional benefits for leveling your character, it can provide a deeper understanding of the game's lore.

A secluded land steeped in history, Nighthaven is covered in mysterious forests, nestled among towering castles. In the past, it was ruled by powerful kings and home to many powerful and mysterious individuals active in both exploration and politics.

The mysterious individuals who inhabit Nighthaven rule and oversee the continent by the king's orders, and they will execute any outsiders who infringe upon them without hesitation. Furthermore, various monsters lurk within Nighthaven's forests.

With the start of Season 10, you'll set foot in this land for the first time, embarking on a brand-new adventure to eliminate the dangers and threats it harbors.

New Story Chapter Tear Of Gaea

In the story chapters updated in previous seasons, Morgaine left after the events of Elysian Wilds with the treasure, Tear of Gaea, intending to hide it. Unfortunately, an unexpected incident during her journey caused her to lose the treasure.

Using this as a trigger, you'll travel to Nighthaven and confront the enemies that guard it, hoping to help Morgaine recover Tear of Gaea.

As before, you'll unlock various main and side quests as you complete the main objectives. These quests will serve as the primary source for leveling up your character and farming New World Aeternum coins in the early stages of the game.

Catacombs Mode Offers New Gameplay

This mode requires you and up to two teammates to enter a dungeon, defeat its enemies and bosses, collect mode-specific items, resources, and currency, and escape the dungeon and purify the treasure before the end of the round.

Catacombs starts out easy, but as you defeat more bosses, the battles become significantly more difficult - and the rewards also increase. With each boss defeat, you must decide whether to continue deeper or escape early as a precaution.

To survive, in addition to ensuring your character's initial abilities are strong enough, you must also acquire power-ups within the dungeon to enhance their attributes and abilities.

If you and your teammates all die in the dungeon before the timer runs out, you'll lose most of your previous rewards. However, a welcome bonus in Catacombs is that as long as at least one member of your party escapes safely, you won't lose any loot.

10-Player Raid Isle Of Night

This raid is one part of the endgame, making it quite challenging. You and your teammates will travel to a once-glorious kingdom, solving puzzles in specialized encounters, defeating bosses, and various new enemies to earn rewards.

What Changes Will The Endgame Bring?

As the core content of New World Aeternum, the endgame will receive a comprehensive overhaul in Season 10, including systems, progression, equipment, and rewards, to strengthen the connection between the various endgame content.

Enhance Gear With Perk Charms

Before Season 10, enhancing gear was only possible by adding perks and inserting gems. However, this new season introduces charms - think of them as perk modifiers.

Charms can be divided into three categories: defensive, offensive, and skill. You can earn charms through refining or by completing endgame content to obtain special materials for crafting.

New Set Bonuses

For the first time, New World Aeternum has introduced set bonuses. You can earn them by completing new raid and mode, or by unlocking PvP tracks. You can then freely combine and use these bonuses.

Umbral Shards Return

Umbral Shards were originally a special currency in New World that increased gear score, but were removed from the game in 2023. They will be brought back after addressing the issue of their becoming redundant over time.

Therefore, in Season 10, you can only own a maximum of 1,000 Umbral Shards, and there's a weekly farming limit. Once your gear score reaches 700, you can use Umbral Shards to level up.

Note that in Season 10, due to the increased level cap, the gear score cap will increase from 725 to 800 in PvE mode, and from 700 to 775 in PvP mode.

Perks No Longer Provide Attribute Bonuses

Because of their lack of effectiveness, perks that increase attributes will be withdrawn starting in Season 10, with the intention of introducing new, more valuable perk types later.

To ensure a fully balanced combat experience, the stat bonuses previously provided by these perks will be applied as standard upgrades, eliminating the need to worry about stat drops affecting combat outcomes.

With this in mind, the entire perk system will undergo a complete overhaul with further structural adjustments, allowing you to select and equip perks with more valuable options, rather than meaningless perks that simply boost combat stats.

You'll likely see more detailed changes in the actual game once Season 10 launches. We wish you the best of luck on your journey to Nighthaven!

The release date for New World Aeternum Season 10 has been moved up from the end of October to October 13th, much to the delight of players who have been somewhat bored with Season 9.

While there's still very little information available about Season 10, some leaks have surfaced. These include the theme, new areas, and even new weapons. The following discussion will begin with a developer talk from Season 9, as the talk before the release of Season 9 mentioned many updates for Season 10.

Gear

While there's currently a large amount of gear available, top-tier gear still comes primarily from raids. Even PvP players have to frequently raid to obtain materials and New World Aeternum coins to upgrade their gear.

The official plan is to utilize systems like Umbral Shards to make a wider variety of gear available, potentially hinting at raising the level cap for older gear in Season 10.

Another area that's almost certain to see adjustments in Season 10 is the socketables for perks. This is intended to allow players to move beyond chasing a single BIS (Best in Slot) item with higher stats and instead focus on collecting and combining gear and skills for different builds, creating a diverse gameplay experience.

Life Staff was specifically mentioned as an item that may see significant changes in Season 10.

PvP

Since PvP players can currently only reasonably obtain gear through PvE expeditions, PvP Reward Track in Season 10 will be updated to ensure players can obtain a usable, maxed-level PvP set with the required perks. However, some special sets will still be included in other content to encourage players to explore different playstyles.

New Zones And Level Increases

During an official livestream, a developer expressed personal interest in the proposed Victorian-era vampire and werewolf DLC, and leaked images seem to suggest this will be the theme for Season 10.

The new zone, which may have been previously codenamed Dunwood, is called Night Haven now. It will be located slightly south and west of Brimstone Sands. The leaked images suggest a very Gothic theme. Don't forget that New World Aeternum will also have a Halloween event in October, and vampires and werewolves will undoubtedly fit in perfectly with this theme.

Season 10 will increase the level cap from 60 to 70, and the new map's level range is expected to be 65-70. XP and New World Aeternum coins earned will also increase accordingly. Brimstone Sands zone will also be adjusted from level 60 to 70, and it's unclear whether other areas will also see their levels increased.

New Weapon: Daggers

Since the last weapon was added in 2023, the developers were asked if they could promise more frequent new weapon releases. The developers promised more frequent releases and revealed that three new weapons are currently in development, one of which will be released soon. Since Season 9 didn't have any new weapons, the next new weapon is likely to appear in Season 10.

The only leaked weapon so far is Daggers. This leak comes from a very rough and unfinished screenshot of a talent tree. The new weapon uses numerous icons and text from other weapons as placeholders, including an unfinished skill, Stealth. This suggests it will be an extremely assassin-style weapon.

New Outpost Rush Map

Unlike the aforementioned Daggers test screenshots, this information comes from a player who determined the map model using technical means. The new Outpost Rush map also features a Gothic style, including gargoyles, closely matching the theme of the new Night Haven zone.

Outpost Rush is named Vertical, which isn't necessarily the official name for this vampire fortress, but it does suggest its depth. The map includes strongholds: one in the center and two on each side.

Jump pads and power-ups also appear, potentially a first for Outpost Rush. The map may also be used in Capture Flag mode.

Will Season 10 Be Free?

Because Season 10 is the largest expansion to date, some players believe it won't be free. This news comes from a Reddit post, which claims content creators have received information containing details about Season 10, including new mounts, zones, raids, a gear system, and, most importantly, a $49.99 tag. However, New World Aeternum's community manager had denied this claim.

But In other side, New World Aeternum Season 10 is a massive update, approaching the scale of a major expansion pack. With Rise of the Angry Earth having been released nearly two years ago, rumors that Season 10 will be a paid expansion are not groundless.

Well, Season 10 may also shift its focus to cosmetics and the season pass for revenue, as this approach is competitive and aligns with the game's strategy of attracting players back. Overall, however, players should ignore unconfirmed rumors and await an official announcement.

News about Season 10 may be released on September 23rd, so please wait and stock up on materials and New World coins for Season 10.

New World Aeternum is packed with PvP content, and it's incredibly well-executed, perhaps the best of any MMO. If you play New World Aeternum without engaging in PvP, you're missing out on half the game.

New World Aeternum offers a variety of PvP modes, including 3v3, Outpost Rush, and Open World PvP. Beyond these smaller-scale battles, New World Aeternum also features a 100-player mega-arena, Faction Wars.

What Is Faction Wars?

At level 17, players can choose one of three factions:

• Marauders
• Covenant
• Syndicate

Many PvP activities in the game revolve around factions, and Faction Wars are large-scale PvP events on each server, pitting 50 attackers against 50 defenders for control of territory.

Faction Wars take place at forts across each map. All forts have the same interior layout, with five gates: three in the front and two in the back. However, the locations of the shops within the forts vary, and the defending team can obtain supplies from the shops.

• The attacker's objective: capture the flag point in the center of the fort within 30 minutes.
• The defender's objective: prevent the attacker from achieving this objective and hold for 30 minutes.

How To Initiate A Faction War?

To participate in a Faction War, players must earn influence for their faction through influence races. Gaining enough influence allows the attacking faction to declare war on that territory (need New World Aeternum coins).

After declaring war, a 45-minute battle will begin between the factions at a designated time (usually at night) over that specific territory. If multiple companies from the same faction claim the territory, a company will be randomly selected as the attacking party, and the war will resume at a designated time (usually at night) the following day.

Winner Rewards

The company that captures the territory will control all tax and resource income from that territory. Crafting, trading, and property taxes within a territory all generate income for the occupation company.

The percentage of income depends on the city's upgrade level, with the highest level providing the highest returns, such as 15% for Edengrove.

Individual players can also earn rewards such as New World coins, Territory Standing Points, and Faction Tokens.

Basic Rules And Process

The attacker spawns at a distant War Camp, while the defender spawns inside the fortress. Outside the battlefield, there are three flag points: A, B, and C. The attacker must capture these points to reach a closer respawn point and ultimately unlock access to the fortress gate.

The current meta-game is to concentrate forces on capturing the last point on one side, rather than dispersing them. After breaching the gate, the attacker gains access to the fortress interior, where they can destroy shops and prevent the defender from obtaining supplies and repair tools. However, the defender can still repair the gate and shops even if the gate is breached.

When reaching the final flag point, players must stand within a circle around it. The team with the numerical advantage will gradually accumulate capture progress, and reaching 100% will result in victory. Furthermore, respawn times will gradually increase as the battle progresses, from just a few seconds at the beginning to nearly a minute in the final stages. Therefore, survival in the late stages is crucial for both teams.

Team Arrangement

A 50-player team is typically divided into 10 teams of 5 players, each with clearly defined responsibilities. The typical class configuration is as follows:

• Bruiser (10-11 players): The core frontline, the spearhead of the team. Responsible for creating pressure on the point, absorbing damage, and initiating team fights. One of the most important roles.
• Healer (10-11 players): Each team has one healer. An additional one provides AoE group healing, responsible for maintaining health in large groups.
• Ice Gauntlet/Void Gauntlet (4-6 players): Rather than focusing on damage, these players provide crowd control effects such as roots, slows, and debuffs, assisting teammates in their damage output.
• Fire Staff (5-6 players): Main ranged damage dealer. In the current meta, Fire Staff is the mainstream weapon, offering both high damage and AoE, making it superior to bows and muskets.
• Dex Melee (7-8 players): Medium or heavy melee fighters, typically using spears and hatchets, responsible for delivering critical burst damage and flanking.
• Sword & Shield Tank (1 player): Provides a team-wide damage reduction aura.
• Flail Tank (1 player): Provides unique team-wide buffs and debuffs.

Because auras don't stack, only one Sword and Shield tank and one Flail Tank are required.

Faction War Solo Tips

Faction War is a chaotic battle, with every player having their responsibilities. However, individual players must also know how to position themselves within the melee and avoid being surrounded by opposing players.

• 1. Don't act alone. If you die, it's best to wait for your teammates to revive before joining forces.
• 2. Be mindful of your opponent's weapons. Sword and Shield should avoid hammer users, and Spear users should attack hammer enemies.
• 3. Maintaining a distance of 5-10 meters between players can minimize the effects of enemy crowd control.
• 4. If the enemy lacks control ability, your team can cross the front lines to harass their magicians, but avoid going too deep.
• 5. If an enemy is downed, move on to the next target. Don't be obsessed with kill counts, and understand your responsibilities.

Faction Warfare is the most challenging and requires the most organization and preparation in the game. While it can yield significant rewards of New World Aeternum coins and other resources, over 90% of players never participate. Because it differs significantly from other PvP modes and requires not only good equipment but also the obedience of every team member and adherence to strategy, this is only a basic guide.

Like most MMORPGs, New World Aeternum's gameplay can be broadly divided into two main components: PvE and PvP. While both revolve around earning loot through combat, their modes and underlying mechanics differ.

Compared to progressive PvE content (such as dungeons or other open-world events that unlock gradually based on your character's level), PvP can be considered fully end-game content, and therefore more challenging.

So, while you can theoretically experience PvP at any level, you still need to strengthen your character and understand the relevant rules to ensure you survive as long as possible while earning New World coins.

For this reason, this article will focus on the key gameplay of Season 9's new PvP mode, Capture the Flag, while also introducing the game's existing PvP mechanics to minimize unnecessary confusion.

New World Aeternum PvP Overview

First, it's important to clarify why you'd want to participate in PvP in New World. The primary value of PvP activities lies in the numerous rewards they offer.

Participating in various PvP activities will reward you with PvP experience and Azoth Salt. PvP experience can help you advance your PvP reward track, unlocking rewards and sometimes even offering a chance to win an artifact.

However, experience only helps you qualify for these rewards; Azoth Salt is the actual currency you must consume to ultimately receive them.

PvP activities that reward experience and Azoth Salt can be broadly categorized as open-world PvP, dedicated PvP zones, and special PvP events. Capture the Flag falls into the last category.

Capture The Flag Overview

This gameplay first appeared in New World Aeternum Season 8, but it wasn't officially incorporated into the overall PvP system until Season 9, with the introduction of two unique maps.

In this mode, each faction consists of 10 players. You must work with your teammates to capture as many flags as possible to earn more power-ups and springboards, ultimately defeating the opposing faction.

Although Capture the Flag matches are short, they are highly engaging and emphasize competition and strategy, making them highly worthy of being played. More importantly, the more matches you win, the greater the rewards you earn.

Tips For Playing Capture The Flag

To maximize your rewards in this mode, you need to be careful not only in combat but also from the very beginning, when selecting your character.

Choosing The Right Role

Before the battle begins, you'll join a queue for Capture the Flag. You'll be asked to choose between a DPS, Tank, or Healer role. To ensure your team's integrity and avoid dragging down others, it's best to choose the role you excel in.

• DPS: Deal as much damage to the opposing team as possible.
• Tank: Maintain high defense and health to become the flag bearer.
• Healer: Continuously heals teammates and provides increased protection for the tank as they race back to base with the flag.

Equip Sufficient Boosts

Before battle, you can craft or exchange food items to use to enhance certain combat attributes of your character for the duration of the battle. Other items that enhance your offensive and defensive abilities are also worth equipping.

You should also carry consumables such as potions to restore health or replenish mana, such as health potions, mana potions, regeneration potions, and even Oakflesh Balms or gemstone dust.

Capture The Flag Buffs

In addition to your own buffs, during the Capture the Flag event, available buffs will be displayed on the map via glowing icons. These buffs can restore health or increase your damage output and speed.

However, these buffs are time-limited; once you acquire them, a timer begins until their effect expires. Therefore, during battle, keep an eye out for nearby buffs based on your location on the map to gain an extra advantage.

How Do You Score?

The main gameplay of Capture the Flag is to capture the enemy team's flag and bring it back to your base. If you bring the flag back to your own flag spawn point and ensure it remains uncaptured, you earn a point.

Of course, to win the match, you must score more points than the enemy team. Therefore, while striving to capture the enemy flag, be mindful of protecting any teammates holding the opposing team's flag.

Also, regardless of your role, you can take advantage of opportunities to target enemies who may be holding your flag. Killing them causes the flag to drop and respawn back to your base, helping your team score more points.

What Rewards Are Available?

In addition to the standard coins, PvP experience, and Azoth Salt, winning a Capture the Flag match also grants you faction reputation, faction tokens, dark matter, a crate with level 65 gear, some seasonal experience, and even a gypsum.

Other PvP Activities Worth Participating In

First, upon reaching level 17, you unlock access to open-world PvP at any time. Defeating others in this situation earns rewards, but if you unfortunately die, you don't lose anything.

In addition, the game hosts scheduled open-world PvP events called Influence Races every night in designated areas. Other PvP events include:

• Wars
• Cutlass Keys - PvP Zone
• Outpost Rush
• 3v3 Arenas

Each event has its own rules, so if you plan to play them for rewards, you'll need to understand their details beforehand.

That's all for this introduction. We hope it helps you achieve more victories and rewards in Capture the Flag mode! Have fun!

New World Aeternum is a somewhat unusual MMO. It doesn't have a specific class structure. Instead, your weapon set is your class, allowing you to combine ranged and melee weapons or become a more specialized healer.

For new or returning players, choosing the right weapon set from these 15 weapons can be a trial-and-error process. Choosing the wrong weapon set can waste both upgrade materials and New World Aeternum coins. let's take a look at the features of these weapons in Season 9 and their recommended builds below.

New World Aeternum's 15 weapons are divided into four main categories: one-handed melee weapons, two-handed melee weapons, ranged weapons, and magic weapons.

Melee One-Handed Weapons

Sword & Shield

• Attributes: Strength & Dexterity

Sword & Shield is often considered a tank or heavy frontline class, but its skill tree allows you to play a mid-range DPS or even an assassin role. You'll need to choose the right skills based on your desired class. Sword & Shield can be paired with a variety of weapons, with Flail, Hand Axe, and Great Axe being recommended.

Rapier

• Attributes: Dexterity & Intelligence

Rapier is a light DPS weapon, a getaway tool for mages and healers. It's one of the top DPS weapons in PvE, with a high skill ceiling and a high penalty for mistakes.

Hatchet

• Attributes: Strength & Dexterity

Hatchet is incredibly popular and versatile. Easy to learn and powerful, it's suitable for leveling, end-game PvE, and PvP. Its skill tree is divided into two sections: melee survival and ranged debuffing. Hatchet can be paired with almost any weapon and is one of the top three weapons for rapid mastery.

Flail

• Attributes: Strength & Focus

Flail provides numerous team buffs and enemy debuffs. It's suitable for tanking and frontline support, and can be paired with a Life Staff to create a versatile healer. While it's not recommended for leveling as a main hand weapon, it's worth exploring as a secondary weapon.

Melee Two-Handed Weapons

Spear

• Attributes: Strength & Dexterity

Spear is an excellent choice for frontline DPS. It boasts one of the best stamina sustains in the game and provides the crucial Rend and Weaken debuffs. It has a long range and fast combos, making it a popular pairing with a sword and shield or a hand axe.

Great Axe

• Attribute: Strength

Great Axe is a classic weapon. It used to be very powerful, but after several adjustments, it has become more balanced. It's mostly used by Bruiser characters in PvP and as a secondary support weapon in PvE, but its damage isn't the highest.

War Hammer

• Attribute: Strength

War Hammer is a utility weapon, mostly used by frontline Bruiser DPS or tanks. Its high damage, combined with its slow and predictable attacks, and its ability to provide crowd control and some debuffs, make it a popular weapon for tanks in PvE.

Great Sword

• Attribute: Strength & Dexterity

Great Sword has high damage and offers two play styles depending on your selected perks. You can choose a light or medium armor DPS (can be paired with a hand axe), or a frontline tank (can be paired with a sword and shield).

Ranged Physical Weapons

Bow

• Attribute: Dexterity

Bow is a classic ranged DPS weapon, with a skill tree divided into single-target damage and area/DoT damage (DoT). In PvE, bows can be difficult to output damage safely, making it primarily popular in PvP. It's often paired with a rapier or hand axe for survivability.

Musket

• Attribute: Dexterity & Intelligence

Musket is the epitome of the glass cannon. While it deals extremely high damage, it's also very fragile and difficult to control. It performs well in PvE, making it a popular choice in many quick leveling guides or New World Aeternum coins farming guides. It's often paired with a rapier.

Blunderbuss

• Attributes: Strength & Intelligence

Blunderbuss is a lightly armed DPS weapon, capable of dealing high burst damage at close range. It boasts both single-target and AoE abilities, making it an excellent DPS weapon in both PvP and PvE. However, its short range and the need to reload every two shots make it easy for opponents to find it in PvP. However, its flexible builds allow you to choose between a bow or a spear to compensate for these drawbacks.

Magic Weapons

Fire Staff

• Attributes: Intelligence

Fire Staff is Mage's signature weapon, a core source of elemental damage. The skill tree is divided into melee and ranged combat. Its strengths are similar to those of the bow, making it a pure DPS weapon. Good positioning is essential in combat, and it can be paired with other magic weapons or a rapier for escape.

Life Staff

• Attribute: Focus

Life Staff is the primary source of healing in the game and a must-have for nearly all gameplay scenarios. While it provides sufficient healing for pure healers, some players also use it in tank builds for self-healing. It can be paired with a rapier for escape or a Void Gauntlet for additional support.

Ice Gauntlet

• Attribute: Intelligence

A top-tier survival support weapon, Ice Gauntlet was once a decent damage source, but now serves more as a secondary support weapon for healers, mages, and melee DPS.

Void Gauntlet

• Attributes: Focus & Intelligence

Void Gauntlet is an excellent support weapon, providing a host of essential buffs and debuffs, making it suitable for any PvE or PvP situation. While its own damage isn't high, it significantly enhances main hand weapons, making it popular with healers, assassins, and mages.

These are the 15 weapons and recommendations for New World Aeternum Season 9. If you're choosing a second weapon set, I recommend upgrading each weapon. While this will take a lot of time and New World coins, Season 10 is expected to release on October 14. If you already have all the weapons, you can quickly transition to the Season 10 meta.

New World Aeternum has been getting better and better lately, with both returning players and newcomers. Season 9, Season of the Banner, has been out for over a month, and we'll be waiting for Season 10 on October 14th.

How can new and returning players catch up to the latest progress? A month is plenty of time in an MMO for. Let me explain what you need to do to prepare for the next season.

1. Upgrade Your Weapons

You should upgrade every weapon you might need, like a Swiss Army knife. This is mainly because new season patches can buff or nerf weapons, potentially dramatically changing the meta game in both PvE and PvP. However, given the ongoing nerfs to Life Staff, you can skip upgrading it.

You can farm weapon experience in any area. First, visit Postrehkin Shrine in Brightwood. In Brightwood Isle, circle around and kill ghosts and coffin-carrying enemies. Another is Restless Shores, which also involves spawning in a circle around two tent areas.

If you think this is too much of a hassle, you can also open the map and check for upcoming races. Once you're in a group, you simply need to be online during the event and possess the weapon you want to upgrade to earn XP, while your teammates will complete the race.

2. How To Make Money?

In MMOs, you will never complain that you have too much money. Since the value of various items fluctuates, most players choose to resell them. But the question is, what items do you need to resell?

New and returning players can stockpile materials and sell them after the new season. Major updates, such as new zones or DLC releases, always result in a surge in material demand (though it may not happen immediately; wait a week or two). Selling materials at this time can earn you more New World coins.

There are many types of materials in the game, but the specific types of materials that will experience a surge in demand are difficult to predict, as they largely depend on the seasonal meta. However, the value of weekly materials fluctuates. When too many people are farming them, their value can plummet to the depths of Mariana Trench, but it will eventually return to normal. So, as long as you're patient, you can still make money.

3. Equipment Preparation

New World Aeternum doesn't have classes like Warrior, Mage, and Priest classes in other MMOs. Your class is determined by your weapons and equipment.

It's recommended that you first collect red equipment, also known as artifacts. Artifacts are the most powerful equipment in the game, including weapons, armor, and jewelry. Metadata is often tied to artifact stats. Because it's unpredictable which items will be buffed or nerfed, it's recommended to collect all the artifacts you can, or start with the ones you like.

For standard yellow equipment, it's recommended to aim for a Gear Score of around 690, as new season equipment will increase quickly. Don't overspend on standard equipment; a full set should take no more than 30,000 New World Aeternum coins, as new season equipment perks may be better.

Heartrunes are meta-changing items and may be adjusted in Season 10. Therefore, it's recommended that you take the time to acquire all Heartrunes by completing all Normal Expeditions.

4. Trade Skills

Speaking of making money, Trade Skills are definitely a must-mention, but they're actually more than just about making money; they also improve your quality of life.

As for which Trade Skills are most important, I recommend upgrading all of them. But you can start by refining your trade skills, as they'll be crucial in Season 10.

As for Gathering Skills, they're a bit time-consuming, so just focus on the ones you enjoy. It's best to max out Riding Skills, as this will reduce the time it takes to complete your quests.

For Crafting Skills, I recommend prioritizing Cooking and Arcana. These can be used only on consumables, which are always the most popular. If you want to earn New World Aeternum coins, prioritize these two.

5. Daily And Weekly Quests

You should consistently complete daily and weekly quests, as they provide materials needed to upgrade artifacts. Gypsum Orbs can be exchanged for Faction Tokens, while Chromatic Seals take 5,000 coins. It's recommended to stockpile at least four before Season 10 to ensure you can upgrade your equipment immediately after the new update.

6. Consumables And Perks

For consumables, it's recommended to stockpile Beast Ward Potions, as Beast-type enemies may appear in Season 10. You can also stockpile Doubloons and Glittering Golden Keys, as they may be more valuable in the new update. Goldcursed Coconuts, obtained from PvP Island chests each week, are currently used to craft 725 gear and are expected to be useful in Season 10 as well.

It's recommended to open and sell all treasure chests now, as the level cap will increase with the new season, making the contents of these level 65 chests obsolete and depreciating in value (unless you're willing to gamble).

Regarding Perks, since the developers plan to overhaul the perk system, it's recommended to sell any currently valuable Perks as soon as possible, as they might decrease in value (or increase, but that's gambling). For those currently low value Perks, stock up; the new version might buff them and make you a killing.

7. PvP Track

Even if you absolutely hate PvP, you must reach PvP level 30 to unlock new artifacts and potential equipment sets. Ideally, you should aim for around level 70.

The fastest way to raise your PvP Track is to participate in 3v3, and the easiest way is to participate in Outpost Rush. If you prefer not to participate in PvP, completing faction quests in Great Cleave will also help you raise your PvP Track.

That's all you can do to prepare for Season 10. You can start stockpiling like a Treasure Goblin now, which will at least keep you supplied with materials and coins for a while at the start of the season.

In most MMOs, healer build is an essential role in almost every PvE raid. But honestly, more players prefer damage-dealing roles like DPS or tanks over supporting healers. After all, who wants to be a supporting character?

However, the healing role in New World: Aeternum is completely different from the gameplay in other MMOs. Healing isn't your only role; you can also serve as a supporting DPS within your team. Simply put, instead of relying solely on Life Staff for meager damage during raids, you can choose other primary weapons based on it and only switch to Life Staff when needed.

Void Gauntlet

For increased efficiency, our primary weapon here is Void Gauntlet, a magic weapon whose damage scales with Intelligence and Focus, making it extremely useful in PvE scenarios.

While it's not necessarily a primary damage dealer, it can still deal a significant amount of total damage through its raw damage potential, DoT effects, and Ailments.

Here, let's break down why Void Gauntlet is such a vital weapon for any team and explain how to build the most well-rounded healer around this key weapon.

Skills

Void Gauntlet's gameplay is simple: attack with Void Blade skill, keeping Oblivion and Essence Rupture active.

Void Blade

When I say Void Blade here, I'm referring to melee attacks. Attacking with Void Blade applies Disintegrate status effect to the target, reducing the enemy's armor by up to 30%, significantly increasing the damage they take.

Oblivion

Oblivion is an extremely powerful skill: everyone within it gains 15% Empower, and if you attack an enemy while standing within it, you apply Weaken to them, reducing their damage by 5%.

Essence Rupture

Essence Rupture is your primary survival tool. Your team's DPS doesn't rely on healing from Sacred Ground or Beacon; instead, they rely on Lifesteal. Essence Rupture allows them to drain health from boss attacks, making it crucial for survival.

Void Gauntlet Healer PvE build is melee-focused, as melee generally outperforms ranged.

As a healer, it's easier to heal clustered melee players than ranged players wandering around outside the healing area.

However, even ranged players can be disabled. By applying Essence Rupture to enemies, if they take damage, they simply keep attacking and their health will automatically regenerate without you having to monitor them. This allows you to provide passive healing, buff your team with Empower, and weaken enemies with Rend and Weaken.

Sacred Ground

Void Gauntlet also maintains health through Lifesteal, so any buffs and debuffs you create will also apply to you.

Tanks are often responsible for controlling the aggro and taking constant damage. Because of their low DPS, they also have weaker Lifesteal. This is where Sacred Ground comes in handy. Not only does it heal enemies, but Fortifying Sacred Ground perk also boosts the tank's armor, making them more vulnerable to damage and requiring fewer heals.

Beacon

Beacon, on the other hand, has a wide radius. If placed properly, it can affect both DPS and tanks. If used with a Keen Beacon, it can also increase critical damage, boosting your team's DPS.

Orb of Protection

The final skill you'll need is Orb of Protection, which not only heals enemies but also provides Fortify. With its short cooldown, combined with Refreshing Move and Revitalize passives, you can use it frequently when necessary. Additionally, your light attacks passively heal allies through Blissful Touch when they pass through them.

Gear

As for gear, our top artifact pick is Attuned Leather Pants, obtained during the main storyline, which boost stats and help you reach your critical hit threshold. You don't need any specific weapon perks, so gearing up is easier than you might think.

Light Hoplite armor comes with Enchanted Ward and Refreshing perks, which is exactly what Void Gauntlet needs. If you're looking for a BiS, opt for Silken Litham, a helmet with Savior perk; there's also Silken Cocoon Chestwear, which increases critical strike chance.

For boots, any piece of gear with Enchanted Ward will do. If you are a rookie and don't have more New World coins, start with 675 faction gear, which also comes with Health, Enchanted Ward, and Refreshing, making it the perfect starter for a healer.

Jewelry

For jewelry, start with Amulets: The perks you should aim for first are Health and Protection. Other perks don't matter: Empowered, Fortified, or anything else will do.

For rings, the most important perks are Hearty, followed by Sacred and Keen Awareness; you don't need many other perks.

For earrings, it depends on your preference. For example, Endless Thirst, Hoplite Earring, or any earring with Refreshing Toast and Empowering Toast are all good choices.

Change Your Playstyle Depending On The Situation

Finally, it's important to emphasize that this playstyle isn't optimal for every situation. Not all teams rely on the environment, and some bosses are more vulnerable to ranged attacks. Therefore, as a healer, you must adapt to each situation and flexibly change your playstyle.

If your team plays ranged, your Void Blade will lose its Disintegrate effect. Therefore, my recommendation is to switch to Lifetaker, which will apply Disintegrate on ranged attacks.

Then, place Oblivion below your team and keep Essence Rupture effect active. This way, you can still maintain healing and debuffing effects without losing them.

In summary, this is the best way to play Void Gauntlet Healer in New World Aeternum, but remember, the best way isn't the only way. If you're struggling in the survival lane, you can always switch to a lightweight item to gain higher armor and increase your Constitution.

The more you play, the more you'll understand boss mechanics and enemy attack patterns, and over time you can safely lower your Constitution and upgrade to higher-damage gear.

The biggest difference between New World Aeternum and current MMOs is that PvP is the core of the game. While the PVE portion is also exciting, and you can earn gear through raids, whether you're looking for XP, gear, or New World Aeternum coins, you must participate in PVP.

Whether in PvP or PvE, your gear is crucial. Beyond legendary items, there's another type of item that can significantly improve your game, Artifact.

How To Upgrade Your Artifact?

Artifacts are the highest-level equipment in the game, encompassing weapons, rings, and armor. Each piece represents a powerful element, sometimes even the core of your build. Whether in PvP or PvE, the boosts provided by Artifacts are undeniable. If someone possesses an Artifact and you don't, you'll be at a disadvantage in combat.

While there are many Artifacts, you can only equip a maximum of one Artifact weapon, one piece of Artifact armor, and one piece of Artifact jewelry. Furthermore, once you obtain an Artifact, it's not yet in its final form; you still need to repair it.

Broken artifacts require two upgrades, reaching levels 700 and 725, respectively. Repairing these requires collecting materials. You can click on your artifact to see what materials it requires. Generally, you'll need the following materials:

• Golden Scored Coconut: Obtain one weekly in PvP zones.
• Gorgon Knight Inductor: Obtain one weekly by completing Hive of Gorgons raid.
• Chromatic Seal and Gypsum Orbs: Sold by other players.
• Dark Matter: Farming dungeons.

These are the basic materials. The remaining artifact types and perk modules are up to you. Each upgrade consumes a significant amount of New World Aeternum coins, so prioritize what you need.

Recommended Artifacts

Weapons Artifacts

1. Crescent Wave (Greatsword)

This artifact is the most disruptive artifact in Season 9. It's overpowered in both PvP and PvE, with exceptionally high damage. It pairs well with Opal and is suitable for light, medium, and heavy armor builds.

It's a Level 20 reward in Season 9 Pass. It's best obtained in Season 9, as it becomes more difficult to obtain in Season 10.

2. Infernal (Fire Staff)

Infernal is a top-tier artifact for ranged casters. It deals 15% more damage to targets within 15 meters and scales with strength. It can be combined with Hatchet or Hammer for a Strength-focused build, or Ice Gauntlet or Void Gauntlet for an Occultist build.

You must defeat Commander Marius in Imperium Forge expedition at Mutation Level 1 or higher to obtain this item.

3. Pestilence (Blunderbuss)

This artifact's attacks stack with reduced healing received and healing effects (diseases) applied to the target, and deal 8% additional damage to poisoned and diseased targets.

This weapon can be paired with any magic weapon (such as Ice Gauntlets or Fire Staff) or melee power weapon. Its core purpose is to counter healing and lifesteal builds.

You must be at PvP track level 50 or higher for this artifact to appear as a reward.

4. Finisher (Rapier)

Finisher deals 15% more damage to bleeding targets and reduces skill cooldowns. It offers very high DPS in PvE and is also excellent in PvP.

It can be paired with Musket, Bow, Spear, Ice Gauntlet, and Fire Staff.

You'll need to travel to Isle of Zurvān and defeat Montrapala the Unruled. The steps to summon this boss are somewhat tedious, so it's best to have some help beforehand.

5. Serenity (Greatsword)

Serenity is the best tanking greatsword, arguably second only to Crescent Wave. Its offensive stance grants stacking damage (Empower), while its defensive stance grants armor (Fortify).

You need to be at least level 30 on PvP track to obtain this greatsword.

6. Deep Freeze (Ice Gauntlet)

Deep Freeze is a strong ice mega choice, slightly inferior to Infernal. It deals 15% bonus damage to frozen, rooted, or chilled enemies (effective when dual-wielding).

This is a mutated version of Glacial Tarn dungeon drop.

7. Lifetaker (Void Gauntlet)

Lifetaker grants Disintegrate to your ranged attacks. If your Dexterity stat is higher, the damage scales with Dexterity, dealing continuous damage to enemies.

You need to kill Pugnacious Perutu on Isle of Zurvan to obtain this artifact.

Armor Artifacts

1. Attuned Leather Pants (Medium Legwear)

Attuned Leather Pants grant +11 to all stats, making them the best armor for PvE DPS. You can obtain these by completing Elysian Wilds main quest.

2. Tumbler Feetwraps (Light Footwear)

Tumbler Feetwraps grant significant buffs and health regeneration after a successful dodge, making them the best armor for PvP. They are obtained from Outpost Rush chests and require you to play Outpost Rush mode.

3. Featherweight (Light Chestwear)

Featherweight is a phenomenal choice for mages and healers in both PvP and PvE. It can be considered light armor, but offers the properties of medium armor. You'll need to defeat the boss Ner'Mur in Fungal Ridge repeatedly in Elian Wilds to obtain it.

4. Nimble Coat (Medium Chestwear)

Nimble Coat is an excellent choice for PvE DPS and healers, especially when paired with a Finisher Rapier build, providing an 8% maximum cooldown reduction. You can only obtain it if you reach 100 or higher in your PvP Track.

5. Void Darkplate (Heavy Chestwear)

Void Darkplate not only increases armor by 20% but also comes with excellent perks, practically transforming the experience for tank players. It's one of the final rewards in Mutated version of Barnacles dungeon.

6. Ironheart (Heavy Legwear)

Ironheart increases your maximum health by 20% when not wearing a full heavy armor loadout. It's a powerful core component of certain PvP builds. You can obtain this item once your PvP track reaches level 30 or higher.

7. Creed Boots (Light Footwear)

Creed Boots grant massive bonus damage with backstabs and headshots, inflict Weakness, and buff yourself, making them perhaps the ultimate melee assassin's artifact.

They were a Season Pass reward in Season 5, but now you need to farm for enemy drops at Atlas's Foundry in Ebonscale Reach.

8. Winged Leather Shoes (Medium Footwear)

Winged Leather Shoes increase Haste by 50% and increase base damage by 10% while in Haste. This artifact can only be obtained by defeating Helianthus, the open-world boss in Alysian Wilds zone.

Jewelry Artifacts

1. Blooddrinker (Ring Jewelry)

Blooddrinker grants 25% lifesteal. Although its Ghoul's Harmony damage reduction is shown as -25%, it actually only reduces damage by about 12-14%. It's a versatile artifact suitable for solo, PvE, and PvP.

Blooddrinker is one of the final rewards in Mutated version of Starstone Barrows dungeon.

2. Endless Thirst (Earring Jewelry)

Endless Thirst increases the effectiveness of healing potions by 33% and increases the cooldown of survival and mana potions by 25%. It's particularly useful for healers and lightly armored ranged players. It can be obtained by completing Mutated version of Savage Divide expedition.

3. Ankh (Amulet Jewelry)

Ankh significantly increases the healing effect of all non-potion healing (+25%), but reduces life steal and potion effectiveness. It's extremely powerful when grouped with a healer, but useless when playing solo. It's the reward in PvP track (level 50 and above).

4. Old Crown (Medium Headwear)

Old Crown increases all stats by +11 and provides a small amount of dual resistance. It's a solid multi-stat option for both PvP and PvE, but it's not top-tier. You can obtain it as a reward in the PvP track (level 30 and above).

There are many artifacts, but not all of them are incredibly useful. The recommended artifacts above are useful in all situations. It's not recommended to prioritize artifacts obtained from Season Pass in Season 9, as their drops will become more random and unpredictable next season.

You'll also find many artifacts on PvP track. You can choose between the 3v3 Arena and Outpost Rush modes, which are fast and easy, and both offer rewards like New World coins.

Generally, when playing New World Aeternum, you'll need to set an overall quest goal based on the current season's main storyline, such as completing the entire main storyline or reaching a specific power level for your character.

To achieve this goal, you should not only complete relevant major events or dungeons in a timely manner, but also complete daily quests throughout your daily playtime, as these help you accumulate New World coins, gear, and other essential resources.

However, given the game's vast content, you might overlook some clearable daily quests due to your lack of experience or other reasons, potentially missing out on potentially valuable currency or items.

For this reason, we're providing a guide to clearing daily quests based on the available Season 9 content.

Clearing Cutlass Keys

Cutlass Keys is a PvP location located near the southern part of the game map, spawning monsters between level 26 and 35. While the monsters are low level, you can still log in and clear them daily to farm loot.

You might be wondering why clear this location instead of another? The reason is that Season 9 adds Scallywag's Curse as a debuff within this location.

This debuff not only reduces damage taken when near other players or monsters, but also provides faster chest interactions, a higher coin drop rate, and improved gear score range in Doubloon Shop.

Traveling To Wishing Well

As you know, Doubloons are an important special currency in Season 9, redeemable for more PvP rewards. You'll earn a significant amount of this currency by completing the daily Cutlass Key clearing.

With this currency, you can continue to Wishing Well in Cursed Mists and consume Doubloons to redeem desired items or upgrade your gear.

This shop updates almost every season, so during Season 9, you'll be able to redeem Doubloons for even more new resources. They'll be a great asset throughout your Seasonal journey, so don't miss out!

And most importantly, remember to redeem your Glittering Gold Keys. As you venture into PvP areas like Cutlass Keys, you'll also find Cursed Mists chests. Opening them grants you access to more resources, and Glittering Gold Keys are essential.

Getting More Gypsum Orbs

One of the materials in New World Aeternum is Weapon Matrices. Sufficient matrices can help upgrade artifacts to their maximum gear score and unlock their final perk.

Since Season 9 released several new artifacts, offering you more possibilities for crafting new builds, it's crucial to craft enough Weapon Matrices to enhance your artifacts - and Gypsum Orbs are essential crafting materials.

In fact, Gypsum Orbs are also a resource for upgrading Expertise in specific gear slots, Heartrunes, and Matter caches, so the more Gypsum Orbs you have in stock, the better.

Luckily, there are many ways to farm these items in the game, and they're collected simultaneously with other resources. These include exchanging them by faction tokens, completing Trials, exploring the open world, and progressing through the seasonal pass.

Cooking And Selling Your Products

In addition to the combat system, New World Aeternum also offers casual gameplay, centered around cooking. More importantly, the dishes you create have beneficial effects. You can eat them yourself, but a better option is to sell them at the market.

As you master your cooking skills, you can continuously increase your cooking level to unlock more advanced recipes, then craft and sell them daily for coins.

Note that different recipes require different materials. Take the recently popular Banana Parfait, for example. Consuming it grants a Constitution bonus and slows health recovery for 40 minutes. The required crafting materials are:

• 18x Banana
• 12x Sugar
• 6x Milk
• 12x Blueberry
• 6x Coconut
• 9x Mint
• 9x Cinnamon
• Crafting Station Tier 2 Kitchen

Since different materials are collected from different locations, to save time, you'll need to plan your farming routes to maximize your collection and cooking time.

Collecting Gold Cursed Coconuts

Although Gold Cursed Coconut is essentially an artifact, its purpose isn't to fight, but rather to help other artifacts level up and become stronger. Interestingly, you often have a chance to obtain this artifact by clearing Cutlass Keys.

Finding A Faction Vendor

Each faction in the game has a vendor accessible through the faction representative. You can consume faction tokens and coins at the vendor to redeem faction-exclusive items, equipment, and other rewards, so you should do this daily.

By the way, to earn enough faction tokens, you need to complete PvP and PvE missions to increase your faction reputation, and completing the first three daily faction missions each day will earn you more rewards.

When redeeming rewards, it's recommended to prioritize faction seals. Not only do these items need only a few tokens or coins to redeem, but they also have a very useful function: re-rolling the attributes on your faction gear.

Completing Expeditions

An Expedition is essentially a five-player dungeon in the game. Each one offers a new experience through unique mechanics and storytelling, as well as exclusive loot and gear.

So, if you have the time, it's highly recommended to complete as many Expeditions daily to earn resources. At least compared to more advanced endgame content, they're not difficult to complete.

Completing Mount World Tours

These mechanics refer to mount quests that reward you with riding experience and coins, and allow you to unlock different mounts. Because they're fun and easy to complete, they're worth playing daily.

That's all we've got for you. If you play New World daily until at least the end of Season 9, you should definitely complete these daily quests! Keep up the good work!