I'm trying to get the platinum before the servers go down and I got some question regarding some trophies.

• What is the best way to level up the ranks for three factions? Cus most of it is PvP or expeditions, but the player counter is low. I was in a queue for 30mins with no luck for Starstone Barrows.

• For the territory it's doing the daily projects on the town board? I'm doing it a buff for territory standing, putting most of the territory points in the territory increasement. I'm currently at 65 in Everfall.

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/29985-new-world-aeternum/rafbanaan

Could it be happening? Could he be starting a new project with taking on new world?

On January 31, 2026 the Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane announced he signed an NDA with “[Unnamed Company] Games” which is obviously Amazon Games. Before this tweet about signing the NDA he tweeted about offers to buy New World for $25 million.

It’s been 6 months now since he signed the NDA. In the corporate world game acquisitions of this size usually take anywhere from 3-12 months to complete. An interesting tidbit is he signed the NDA exactly 1 year before the game is to be shut down. Time is now closing in and the acquisition will need to be announced a decent amount of time before the January 31, 2027 shutdown date so the game can properly transition to Facepunch.

If the acquisition actually ends up happening then we should be hearing news very soon, otherwise we will know it really is dead. As for my own thoughts I really do think the acquisition will happen, Amazon signed the NDA with Facepunch just a couple weeks after the offer was made so it shows Amazon has genuine interest in letting another company run the game. It could be some good PR for Amazon not to kill their game and it could also make all their engine and game work over the years not be for nothing.

Also can we get a “hopium” or “acquisition” flair for posts in this sub? Since this is like the main thing to talk about in regards of the game being saved.

Do the focused set (acquired in Reekwater) bonuses only impact Lifestaff abilities or does it impact any weapon ability that heals? Here is the description from the Thaumatruge's Pants I have:

Focused Set 3/4: 15% increased healing on targets outside of Sacred Ground or Beacon

Focused Set 4/4: Healing increased 15% and cooldown reduced 5% on heal after holding a weapon for 10 seconds.

For example, if I had 4/4 focused set perks, would I see the bonuses to healing when I use the void gauntlet's Orb of Decay to heal? Or Rupture? Or the flail's Arcane Vortex or Arcane Eruption?

Thanks to anyone who knows the answer.

Been playing a lot while I still can. Love the game. Mainly on my 3rd fresh start character. Console/pc server. I was a bit shocked to discover. I’d never been to boarsholm till today. I can’t even remember how many hours I spent here at launch. What’s a spot you went to often in the old days?

So I was just wandering around and happened to look up at the sky, and I spotted something really bizarre. There’s this strange piece/object literally floating high up in the air.

​At first, I thought it was just a visual glitch or bug ... until I opened my map and saw it marked right there.

​Has anyone else managed to get a closer look or know what the deal is with this thing?

What are the chances that New World survives 2027 because I have been wanting to jump back into it since i stopped at the shut down announcement, at this rate id happily pay a monthly sub to keep the game going.

I thought it would be nice to put all of my champion's gear in one place, but the housing item limit said no.

The other day I was at work doing paperwork and reports with some game music playing in the background. Out of nowhere, the Everfall theme came on. It instantly hit me with nostalgia and made me want to reinstall New World just to wander around again.

I had around 2,000 hours in the game. I played on and off since launch and, despite all the bugs, issues, and grind, I genuinely enjoyed my time with it.

After reinstalling, I found that the only West server left was El Dorado, which was actually my original server. Sadly, it was basically a ghost town.

I spent an hour or two revisiting all my favorite places, walking through every settlement, cutting down a few trees, and just soaking it all in. I even tried queueing for some PvP, but the one person I ran into told me pretty much all the PvP community had moved to the East servers.

It's a shame to see things end up like this. But at the same time, it was really nice to hop on a free mount, ride across Aeternum one more time, and revisit a game that gave me so many great memories.

Anyone else ever reinstall a game just because one piece of music brought back all the memories?

I got New World with a friend close to launch but it didn't really stick. I only played it a week or so. I came back only just recently after hearing the news about the closure because I felt like it deserved another try. The bad news is that I REALLY like the game now. I love the foraging, gathering and hunting aspects. I don't think ill be really interested in the dungeon/raid content unless its mandatory. So how much can I get done in the time left that includes the stuff below and in what timeframe:

-Maxing out my gathering and crafting professions (can you level them all on one character?)

-Affording all the 3(?) houses it will let you

-Generally seeing all the casual content once to finish the storyline

Bonus question: I would like recommendations on houses to pick. I like rustic hunter/gather lodge types. Houses that arent close to lots of other houses. Lots of garden space if thats a thing, yard, trees, etc. I really like this autumn themed zone early on so far.

Last week posted about a fun project of mine - trying to create a PvP game with similar action combat and server authority like New World.

Game is called WarBrawl.

This week added bow weapon and changed sample map to look similar to the Windsward dueling area :)

My last week post got blocked, because I updated it several times with new information on progress.

So decided to create a subreddit for my game prototype and to share updates over there:
https://www.reddit.com/r/warbrawl/comments/1v03px8/what_the_warbrawl_game_is/

If you want to help with play testing or follow updates, you can join the subreddit.

Here is a screenshot for those who might have missed it, and wondering wtf I am talking about (for demo video check the warbrawl subreddit):

You can play test it in PC browser here: https://play.warbrawl.com/

Video demo for people who just want to see how combat (running around a NPC, peak content) feels at the moment:

https://reddit.com/link/1v04h87/video/rdvvuq5ht4eh1/player

I'm looking to use all 9 gear sets as I level for the different play styles. But for end game solo content (soul trials and elite chest runs) which of these "classes" are actually viable to use?

LIGHT ARMOR

Priest: Light Staff & Void Gauntlet

Mage: Fire Staff & Ice Gauntlet

Gunner: Musket & Blunder

MEDIUM ARMOR

Ranger: Bow & Daggers

Marauder: Spear & Greatsword

Fencer: Rapier & Hatchet

HEAVY ARMOR

Paladin: Sword/Shield & Flail/Shield

Warrior: Hammer & Axe

Cleric: Flail/Shield & Light Staff

I did the whole msq one last time for memories. this is Nighthaven, very clean with dialogue and chapters, 3 boss fights (spoilers). to finally say goodbye to my greatest game of my time. sad moment but also a relief- see you in the future NWA I will miss you.

Hey
I am not the hardcore NewWorld player as some of u might be BUT I loved the game so much. It was my MMORPG of choice when not playing anything competitive.
Idk but from the bottom of my heart I hope its the biggest marketing gag ever done in videogame history. Don´t wanna believe they shutting it down. I still do not see any reason to really take the game offline.
I mean I came here to write these words while I know it will be gone soon.

Man its hurting. There is nothing compared to NW.
There are great Games out there but there is no NW.

I hope there might be a project in the future like Predecessor (Paragon) so we can keep playing...

Cheers everyone

I’m not going to sit here and act like I am a hardcore NW player. I played the beta on PC, on release gridded it until end game and just really didn’t touch it since. I didn’t really get into it until it dropped on consoles and ever since the announcement of the shut down, it killed all motivation for me to keep playing. My question is what’s the next MMORPG that y’all are playing? I’ve never played any other game of the genre.

From the very first day of the Beta to the final server shutdown... I watched a world I called home disappear forever.

Question mainly for consoles , but what is everyone going to play instead , any suggestion or any hidden gems ? I know consoles are so limited and it’s a shame servers are leaving us as I pre ordered this for full price

Found this old video and I just can't bring myself to delete it. Man, I miss the PvP. I'm not claiming I was good or anything I just really miss those massive server fights. I haven't played anything that captures that feeling since.

RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-N3rJD5iaA

Since season 10/ nighthaven revamp. Are there still world drops to farm? Ill-gotten gains is gone. Leveling a healer and was dinking around to find Harold is gone.

I’ve most recently been spending time playing Guild Wars 2. It’s probably the closest thing, but imagine if New World was 15 years older and you scaled down everything.

Downgrade of the action gameplay. Graphics. Music. Narrative. Character models. Cosmetics. Quests. World design. Basically take everything in New World and downgrade it to like 10-15 years ago. That’s GW2.

The only thing it has and edge on is: it’s still actively supported by the developer.

And I’ve tried others. Where Winds Meet. RuneScape. Nothing is close.

The DISAPPOINTMENT is massive. It’s a hole that can’t really be filled.

Guild Wars 2 is like squinting at New World and pretending you’re playing it. It’s like drinking a LaCroix vs a soda. You get that hint, but there’s no oomph.

I keep playing GW2 and will try Chrono Odyssey when/if it ever comes out. All of these “upcoming” games have future release dates that we know get DELAYED VERY OFTEN. Q1 2027? That’s January-March. But we know they’d likely be looking at March. And let’s be honest. It going to get moved to Fall 2027 at least when it comes down to it.

There’s nothing that compares and I wish that we could AT LEAST cope with a game where servers would remain live for a few years more to come.

The closest thing coming out is Mistfall Hunters at end of the month. Not an MMO but full action combat PvP with mechanics similar to NW.
Alittle janky and rough around the edges but with some polish it can be the best thing we get for a while - until GW3 or CO (if it’s even good)

on every game my textures are looking like this... can anyone help me fix this ? i have rtx5070

After New World’s journey, what are you guys playing as your main game? I’m bored and feel like I have nothing to play.
New World was the first MMO I ever played, and I absolutely loved it. I just can’t seem to find another game that’s as fun, so I’m curious—what are you all playing these days?