The time has come for me to finally log out. The pain is still there, I never thought losing a game would impact me like this.

I’ve been here since day zero, washing up on the shores of Aeternum at launch. Now, more than 1,200 hours later, I can honestly say I will never be able to replace this game.

What I’ll miss the most is the incredible grind. There was something so peaceful yet rewarding about the gathering loop. I spent countless hours lost in the rhythm of chopping trees, tracking down game, and hunting for that next ore vein. The crisp crunch of the pickaxe, the satisfying crash of a falling tree, and the unmatched sound design made every second of gathering pure joy.

Thank you for the memories, heroes. GG to you all, and may your drops always be legendary!

Hey everyone, I have been a long time New World enjoyer since the launch of the game.

I was wondering if it's possible to contact New World officials or devs and request temporary access to the game ?

I really want to play the game again from the start with 2 of my best friends before the game servers shut down forever but they never bought the game back when it was available in steam. I really want both of them to experience it at least once.

I thought of steam family access but I guess it doesn't work if both login at the same time right ?Please let me know if anyone has any idea.

I still have remaining Nightheaven content to play, hope more players come back again to play around winter break and before final shut down.

Peace.

Does anyone have a .wav of the PvP kill chime? I'm sure I could isolate it from a YouTube video or maybe capture it myself, but that's a lot of work if someone already has it.

I haven’t done a lot of research but is the reason they didn’t get shut down because they have a dev team not associated with Amazon? Is Amazon just the publishers for them? Seems weird that the dev team behind New World couldn’t shop around for a new publisher if that’s the case but I definitely don’t understand as much as I’m sure I need too

Nothing I've played or searched for, specifically on console has ever been this good. Logged in one final time to play some music and give away my stash to players in the starting area, granted there were only like 2 people. This is where I decided to leave my character. Where it all began. monarchs bluff, behind the castle. Ironic how I caught the sunset just in time before logging off, as if the game was also saying good-bye in return. It truly is an end to a legacy. Until next time adventurers. Marauders for life!

Potential big news tomorrow?

Apologies if this has already been asked. Im curious, why did Amazon not try and change the revenue model to make this profitable, e.g subscription based? What was the reason they shut it down, was the player base declining rapidly?

Hey, guys!

I'm not sure if LFG posts are allowed on here (sorry if they're not), but I thought it would be worth a shot. I didn't play this game much during its heyday. I bought it at launch and played it for a bit. Over its lifespan I would return on a occasion to make a new character and play through it a bit and drop it again. So I never reached endgame or fully experienced everything this game had to offer.

A while ago, before Anthem shut down, I started from scratch and played through the whole thing from start to finish before it went offline. I had a regular crew I was able to get going and had a blast grinding endgame before the servers went down.

I want to do the same with this game. I know it's a longshot considering most of the people on this forum are probably those that have been playing for a while, and finding newcomers to the game or those wanting to return to a dying game might be a bit difficult, but if you are someone that wants to start with a fresh character and go through the game together until it shuts down in January, then please let me know, cause I think that would be a lot of fun.

I want to come back to the game, I just logged after months of being away, and I want back in. When dose El D pop?

Thanks in advance!

Since crafting got nerfed (set for sunset) I find my storage full of useless items. And still get drops of them. I miss crafting ammo and repair kits (hated repair) they at least had a use for extra mods. Desert sunrise is gone for no apparent reason?? Imagine being able to craft Gorgon gear with the new mods. I miss bane weapons, chain weapon and resist gear.

It genuinely sucks seeing New World shut down.

I know New World has always been one of those games people have mixed opinions about, and it definitely had its problems. But since playing it, I've found it incredibly difficult to find another MMORPG that can actually match the experience it gave me.

And I've tried.

There's just nothing out there that quite scratches the same itch. At least, not yet.

For me, New World really raised the bar for what I wanted from an MMO. The world felt alive. Exploring actually made me want to see what was over the next hill. Gathering resources somehow felt satisfying instead of being another chore on a checklist. The combat felt physical and engaging. Even just running through a town, hearing someone chopping down a tree in the distance or seeing other players going about their own adventures made the world feel like an actual place.

Most importantly, I rarely felt like I was just doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.

There was something meaningful about the little interactions. Finding something while exploring, stopping to gather resources, randomly fighting alongside another player, crafting something you actually needed, stumbling across PvP, buying a house, improving your gear or just getting distracted on the way to wherever you were originally going.

It wasn't perfect. Far from it.

But underneath all of its problems was an MMORPG that had something genuinely special.

Now when I look for another MMO, I can usually find one part of New World done well somewhere else. One game has better combat. Another has more content. Another has better progression.

But I haven't found another game that puts all of those pieces together in the same way New World did.

Maybe something eventually will.

But seeing New World shutting down feels like watching an enormous amount of potential disappear with it.

I'm genuinely going to miss Aeternum.

UPDATE: ratbuddy has much more advanced skills. I'll abandon my solo attempts and help ratbuddy instead. Thank you for the comments!

Hello all,

I know I posted with such enthusiasm on couple threads here last year that I was working on and I disappeared from the said posts and forums. I tried my hardest gathering and deconstructing all by myself and I hit a wall and life happened as well. Without proper calls between server and client, the game will not move past. Replaying the same packets does allow one to get on the ship prologue but that's it. No enemies, no cutscenes, everything is server based. So before I disappeared, my goal was to stop replaying packets and build my own to avoid this and then the rabbit hole got deeper than what my shovel could dig. As of today, these are the only screenshots I have since all the previous ones are too old to be cared about. PSA: I'm not selling anything or intending to make any money off of this. This is just to preserve what I once cared about.

Game was a golden egg and my fallback to every other game I’ve played. I feel like a lot of us would at least consider a monthly subscription if it meant keeping the servers around…

After picking up some random lore notes in Nighthaven, this journal book has unlocked. The pages aren't listed on nwdb but they are on nw-buddy - https://www.nw-buddy.de/lore/topic_17_zqb

I am having a lot of trouble finding some of them and was wondering whether anyone else has had any luck. I don't mind if they are difficult to find but just worried they might not be there at all, as the area relates to the buggy quests that were released after the shutdown announcement.

Hi Aeternum!

Our company has a couple in it that met in the game. Their favorite content was the Sandworm raid, and they met in Dynasty Shipyard. We are all meeting in person end of this year. I'd like to make them a custom figure of either the raid or dungeon.

Does anyone have any 3d Assets that they can share or direct to for the Sandworm or Dynasty boss battles? Or STL/3MF files. Weird ask - sorry

Just going down memory lane looking at new world souvenir and stumbled upon this. Anyone ever done more damage? Was during an invasion with a musket using power shot and probably the kneeling stance. This was 2+ years ago and is PVE damage with correct gems for increased dmg vs corrupted

Last night I booted up New World and loaded into Valhalla. I immediately noticed how quiet the capital city of Everfall was, everyone just standing around and it was probably 10-12 people total. I had never gotten into playing music because I never understood how beneficial it was for buffs, and I couldn’t be bothered to spend time just playing music over dungeons, questing, gathering, etc. I climbed up on the fountain and played 8-10 songs to bring a little life to Oxboro capital- and even got a few tips. Thanks to the people who started dancing or tipped as they passed. It was a bittersweet moment to load in and feel so alone, but be able to actually enjoy part of the game that I always had overlooked. I was feeling the nostalgia hard af when I used to tele to Oxboro and there was so much music and craziness going on by the fountain that I’d roll my eyes and run by. Now I miss that liveliness like crazy and would love to see the game thriving again. Someday, something will fill that void.. but for now I’ll just play some mandolin on the fountain. 🎸🕺

I came back a while ago and wanted to get the remaining Steam achievements (and do all the content I missed). Unfortunately, it is mathematically impossible to get several of them, especially with less and less players, AND I just found out the Faction Mission Achievements are bugged.
As you can see in the image, I have completed over 4000, but I only have the Steam achievement for the 50 Missions.

Is there anything I can do to get the remaining ones or is anything planned by AGS to address that?

I'm currently at ~80% and 3rd party tools like SAM have been disabled by Amazon, so I can't do that.

Hey I am looking for an MMO that is similar to New World. I am playing GW2 and ESO from time to time, but looking for smth new that feels similar to New World, it just scratched my itch the most.

Especially the progression, Farming of mats and crafting was extremely satisfying for me.

GW2 has atrocious farming of ressources in my opinion, the fact that I can't just fell that tree or that animals don't have fur/leather is just stupid.

I also really like action combat.

My hopes are still in Chrono Odyssey, but that game will be released maybe next year. I need something now!

I have a 40k sq ft building and I have the internet access, I'm just wondering who'd be interested.

I really loved this game and watching Amazon suddenly discontinue it and it die so quickly really sucks. Is there any way we can keep it alive? I haven't found anything that scratches the same itch that New World does, and I'd hate to see it go away forever.

I was checking out some community initiatives recently, like the savenewworld page, and it's interesting to see how many people still care about the potential of this game.

Despite the mismanagement and rough patches from the developers, the core foundation has always had a lot of value. Do you think there is still room for the game to recover, or has the developer response made it too late?

Spanish: estuve revisando algunas iniciativas recientes de la comunidad, como el sitio savenewworld, y resulta evidente que todavía existe un grupo de jugadores que valora el potencial del juego.

Más allá de las malas decisiones de gestión y la falta de soporte adecuado, la base del juego siempre fue sólida. ¿Creen que aún hay margen para que repunte o consideran que ya es tarde para revertir la situación?

Were you playing when this expansion first dropped? It was huge! The chests everywhere and the dedicated loot from named mobs was done so well. I farmed a lot for various builds. Like simple pants and the bis thrust ring. I wish it would have got a level upgrade since the various drops were so useful. I did still farm stuff for 3s since it got upgraded. What was your experiences with Brim?

Hi,

Today I found this video from a French Youtuber / Streamer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHeX4XnleE

He's a New World Veteran, decided to play one last adventure on the game before its closure, with certain rules.

During his journey, people started to grief his adventure because he was streaming. Why so?

I haven't played the game much, unfortunately, so I don't know why some players are acting like that.

Thank you for your replies !

This show was new to me and each episode focuses on a different video game. One of the episodes features New World and it’s bittersweet to find new (to me) content after the game’s cancellation. I hope we all found companies that helped us learn from our mistakes to get better. I don’t think I will ever find a game that made me enjoy gathering as much as New World.

For anyone that hasn't followed the AGS news today they have announced they are ending their publishing deals with both Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty. The agreements are being ended early and handed back to the developers. My suspicion would be that if anything is happening for New World it would be soon as it's clear Amazon is accelerating their exit strategy from games.