Since Amazon Games' flagship MMORPGNew Worldwasreleased last September, it has received continued support in the form of larger monthly content updates as well as weekly patches. Fitting the theme of the season, this weekly update bringsNew Worldplayers a festive mini-event along with the expected minor fixes that come with a weekly patch.
Like most MMORPGs,New World’sisland of Aeternumcelebrates its own seasonal events. Most notably, players were recently tasked with exploring icy caves, visiting holiday villages, and collecting winter tokens during the Winter Convergence Festival that ran from December 16th through January 25th. Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day are some of the most common MMORPG holiday themes celebrated everywherefromWorld of Warcraft’s AzerothtoFinal Fantasy XIV’s Eorzea.
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This week’s Easter-themed seasonal event inNew Worldis called Rabbits' Revenge. Corruption has spread to Aeternum’s rabbit population, and adventurers are tasked with hunting them down in return for special rewards. These rewards include Defiled Rabbit’s foot, a consumable that increases luck, Diamond Gypsum, which increases expertise for a chosen gear type, and the Defiled Storage Chest of the Hare, a rare drop that provides extra storage capacity along with a unique Corruption atmosphere forNew World’s player housing. These consumable items can only be collected a few times a day, so adventurers won’t be caught up hunting corrupted rabbits all day long. Rabbits' Revenge will run for two weeks.
Alongside the mini-event, a few fixes have been implemented in this weekly update. Previous versions of the “Saboteur” and “Master of the Tempest” quests have been disabled to make room for their new “solo” alternatives. Solo players still leveling through thestory inNew Worldwill have a much easier time now that these quests can be completed without having to form a party. In the Tempest’s Heart expedition, exploits have been fixed that allowed players to avoid attacks by going prone, along with Neishatun’s AI occasionally breaking. A fix for gathering was also implemented where high-level elemental plants were failing to drop the correct amount of resources.
SinceNew Worldis still relatively young, having been online for only six months, there is plenty of time ahead for more seasonal events to take place. Amazon Games has been focusing on a combination of monthly and weekly updates, so gamers can expect to see more festive activities debut as long as the developer continues to split its focus betweenNew Worldand the more recently releasedAmazon Games ARPG,Lost Ark. Perhaps the island of Aeternum will even have its own unique in-world holidays that don’t necessarily coincide with the real world.
