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New World is a multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Amazon Games. It was first released in 2021 after a few delays. Now, nearly two years later, the game continues to grow with another update on the horizon. The open-world MMO has players trying to carve out their own destiny after being shipwrecked.
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Now in this latest update we have the usual fixes as well as beginning the Legacy of Crassus in-game event. Here is a comprehensive list of what is coming to New World.
New World Legacy of Crassus
The new Legacy of Crassus event is now here, starting on the 21st of February and ending on the 7th of March. In this event you need to hunt down the Roman General Crassus and try to prevent their takeover.
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You can read more about the event here.
New World Patch Notes 1.8.3: World Experience
GENERAL
- Fixed an issue that made harvestable resources non-interactable in certain situations.
EXPEDITIONS
- Fixed a bug that caused Mutated Expeditions to receive the same elemental Mutations more often than intended.
QUESTS
- Fixed an issue with Tamra Ayad in the quest “Dishonorable Daughter.” She now appears in the proper location at the appropriate time.
New World Patch Notes 1.8.3: AI Updates
WORLD AI
- Fixed an issue that caused some Dryad Soldier attacks to not damage or interact with players.
- Removed cat bobble heads from the game. Cats are less awkwardly enthusiastic when attacking.
New World Patch Notes 1.8.3: Game Modes
OUTPOST RUSH
- Increased the amount of personal scoring gained from capturing and contesting points and using resources.
- Added brief invulnerability to players that spawn in their home fort to help prevent spawn camping.
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PVP ARENAS
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to change equipment while in the Spectator Box.
New World Patch Notes 1.8.3: Economy, Progression and Gear
TRADE SKILLS
- Fixed an issue that caused the text for Basic and Major Fishing Trophies to display the incorrect Luck values.
New World Patch Notes 1.8.3: UX/UI/Social
FACTION SWAPS
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to join the Faction that controlled the most territories.
LEADERBOARDS
- Filtering friends or Company members on Leaderboards now properly sorts the results by rank. Unranked players are listed at the end.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some players from receiving rewards. Affected players will receive their rewards in a future update.
NOTABLE FIXES
- Fixed an issue that caused the Brimstone Sands Outpost Storage to incorrectly default to the Brimstone Sands Settlement Storage.
- Fixed an icon error with the Baal Hoop ring.
- Fixed an issue where the Storage Shed UI would not show up when interacting with a Storage Shed.
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
- Locked items can no longer be dropped.
- When using the “Transfer All” button to transfer inventory items to storage, locked items will now stay in the player’s inventory.
