New World Improves Crafting And Adds Rapiers In This Month’s Update

This month in New World, Amazon Game Studios will be focusing on improving the upcoming MMORPG’s crafting system.

“This month brings a lot of changes to our crafting system, aimed at giving it immersive depth and meaningful impact on gameplay. Whether you’re gathering items as you run around the world slaying Corrupted or you’re the merchant-master of Brightwood, these changes will make the world of Aeternum feel more rewarding and user-friendly.”

As part of the January update, the developers have added new tier 2 through tier 5 craftable items along with a variety of rare resources and ingredients that will be used to craft them. “We’ve made major changes to increase the number of items players can craft and added additional functionality to the crafting system,” Amazon said. “The main goal for these changes is to keep crafting and gathering relevant through end game, while adding more depth, a new interface, and more interesting choices in the crafting system.”

The update also introduces a new melee weapon: the rapier. The rapier excels at quick, piercing attacks with damage that scales to a character’s Dexterity. A quest to acquire the legendary rapier, Frozen Lament, has also been added into the game.

Over 100 new weapons and 50 named armor pieces have also been introduced in addition to improved repair mechanics, the new Repair Kit item, food mechanic changes, Elite Enemy improvements, upgraded visual models, and adjustments to enemy AI.

The full update notes can be found on the New World official site.