New World: Aeternum Coins

Although it was previously confirmed that New World Aeternum Season 10 would launch on October 13th, no further official announcements were released. However, the good news is that just yesterday, more details about Season 10 finally surfaced!

It's expected that most of Season 10 main quests and related stories will be based in the new Nighthaven zone, where you can experience the new main story, game modes, and 10-player raids, as well as numerous endgame details.

Next, we'll explain each one below.

What Is Nighthaven Like?

While understanding the story behind the zone may not provide more additional benefits for leveling your character, it can provide a deeper understanding of the game's lore.

A secluded land steeped in history, Nighthaven is covered in mysterious forests, nestled among towering castles. In the past, it was ruled by powerful kings and home to many powerful and mysterious individuals active in both exploration and politics.

The mysterious individuals who inhabit Nighthaven rule and oversee the continent by the king's orders, and they will execute any outsiders who infringe upon them without hesitation. Furthermore, various monsters lurk within Nighthaven's forests.

With the start of Season 10, you'll set foot in this land for the first time, embarking on a brand-new adventure to eliminate the dangers and threats it harbors.

New Story Chapter Tear Of Gaea

In the story chapters updated in previous seasons, Morgaine left after the events of Elysian Wilds with the treasure, Tear of Gaea, intending to hide it. Unfortunately, an unexpected incident during her journey caused her to lose the treasure.

Using this as a trigger, you'll travel to Nighthaven and confront the enemies that guard it, hoping to help Morgaine recover Tear of Gaea.

As before, you'll unlock various main and side quests as you complete the main objectives. These quests will serve as the primary source for leveling up your character and farming New World Aeternum coins in the early stages of the game.

Catacombs Mode Offers New Gameplay

This mode requires you and up to two teammates to enter a dungeon, defeat its enemies and bosses, collect mode-specific items, resources, and currency, and escape the dungeon and purify the treasure before the end of the round.

Catacombs starts out easy, but as you defeat more bosses, the battles become significantly more difficult - and the rewards also increase. With each boss defeat, you must decide whether to continue deeper or escape early as a precaution.

To survive, in addition to ensuring your character's initial abilities are strong enough, you must also acquire power-ups within the dungeon to enhance their attributes and abilities.

If you and your teammates all die in the dungeon before the timer runs out, you'll lose most of your previous rewards. However, a welcome bonus in Catacombs is that as long as at least one member of your party escapes safely, you won't lose any loot.

10-Player Raid Isle Of Night

This raid is one part of the endgame, making it quite challenging. You and your teammates will travel to a once-glorious kingdom, solving puzzles in specialized encounters, defeating bosses, and various new enemies to earn rewards.

What Changes Will The Endgame Bring?

As the core content of New World Aeternum, the endgame will receive a comprehensive overhaul in Season 10, including systems, progression, equipment, and rewards, to strengthen the connection between the various endgame content.

Enhance Gear With Perk Charms

Before Season 10, enhancing gear was only possible by adding perks and inserting gems. However, this new season introduces charms - think of them as perk modifiers.

Charms can be divided into three categories: defensive, offensive, and skill. You can earn charms through refining or by completing endgame content to obtain special materials for crafting.

New Set Bonuses

For the first time, New World Aeternum has introduced set bonuses. You can earn them by completing new raid and mode, or by unlocking PvP tracks. You can then freely combine and use these bonuses.

Umbral Shards Return

Umbral Shards were originally a special currency in New World that increased gear score, but were removed from the game in 2023. They will be brought back after addressing the issue of their becoming redundant over time.

Therefore, in Season 10, you can only own a maximum of 1,000 Umbral Shards, and there's a weekly farming limit. Once your gear score reaches 700, you can use Umbral Shards to level up.

Note that in Season 10, due to the increased level cap, the gear score cap will increase from 725 to 800 in PvE mode, and from 700 to 775 in PvP mode.

Perks No Longer Provide Attribute Bonuses

Because of their lack of effectiveness, perks that increase attributes will be withdrawn starting in Season 10, with the intention of introducing new, more valuable perk types later.

To ensure a fully balanced combat experience, the stat bonuses previously provided by these perks will be applied as standard upgrades, eliminating the need to worry about stat drops affecting combat outcomes.

With this in mind, the entire perk system will undergo a complete overhaul with further structural adjustments, allowing you to select and equip perks with more valuable options, rather than meaningless perks that simply boost combat stats.

You'll likely see more detailed changes in the actual game once Season 10 launches. We wish you the best of luck on your journey to Nighthaven!

The release date for New World Aeternum Season 10 has been moved up from the end of October to October 13th, much to the delight of players who have been somewhat bored with Season 9.

While there's still very little information available about Season 10, some leaks have surfaced. These include the theme, new areas, and even new weapons. The following discussion will begin with a developer talk from Season 9, as the talk before the release of Season 9 mentioned many updates for Season 10.

Gear

While there's currently a large amount of gear available, top-tier gear still comes primarily from raids. Even PvP players have to frequently raid to obtain materials and New World Aeternum coins to upgrade their gear.

The official plan is to utilize systems like Umbral Shards to make a wider variety of gear available, potentially hinting at raising the level cap for older gear in Season 10.

Another area that's almost certain to see adjustments in Season 10 is the socketables for perks. This is intended to allow players to move beyond chasing a single BIS (Best in Slot) item with higher stats and instead focus on collecting and combining gear and skills for different builds, creating a diverse gameplay experience.

Life Staff was specifically mentioned as an item that may see significant changes in Season 10.

PvP

Since PvP players can currently only reasonably obtain gear through PvE expeditions, PvP Reward Track in Season 10 will be updated to ensure players can obtain a usable, maxed-level PvP set with the required perks. However, some special sets will still be included in other content to encourage players to explore different playstyles.

New Zones And Level Increases

During an official livestream, a developer expressed personal interest in the proposed Victorian-era vampire and werewolf DLC, and leaked images seem to suggest this will be the theme for Season 10.

The new zone, which may have been previously codenamed Dunwood, is called Night Haven now. It will be located slightly south and west of Brimstone Sands. The leaked images suggest a very Gothic theme. Don't forget that New World Aeternum will also have a Halloween event in October, and vampires and werewolves will undoubtedly fit in perfectly with this theme.

Season 10 will increase the level cap from 60 to 70, and the new map's level range is expected to be 65-70. XP and New World Aeternum coins earned will also increase accordingly. Brimstone Sands zone will also be adjusted from level 60 to 70, and it's unclear whether other areas will also see their levels increased.

New Weapon: Daggers

Since the last weapon was added in 2023, the developers were asked if they could promise more frequent new weapon releases. The developers promised more frequent releases and revealed that three new weapons are currently in development, one of which will be released soon. Since Season 9 didn't have any new weapons, the next new weapon is likely to appear in Season 10.

The only leaked weapon so far is Daggers. This leak comes from a very rough and unfinished screenshot of a talent tree. The new weapon uses numerous icons and text from other weapons as placeholders, including an unfinished skill, Stealth. This suggests it will be an extremely assassin-style weapon.

New Outpost Rush Map

Unlike the aforementioned Daggers test screenshots, this information comes from a player who determined the map model using technical means. The new Outpost Rush map also features a Gothic style, including gargoyles, closely matching the theme of the new Night Haven zone.

Outpost Rush is named Vertical, which isn't necessarily the official name for this vampire fortress, but it does suggest its depth. The map includes strongholds: one in the center and two on each side.

Jump pads and power-ups also appear, potentially a first for Outpost Rush. The map may also be used in Capture Flag mode.

Will Season 10 Be Free?

Because Season 10 is the largest expansion to date, some players believe it won't be free. This news comes from a Reddit post, which claims content creators have received information containing details about Season 10, including new mounts, zones, raids, a gear system, and, most importantly, a $49.99 tag. However, New World Aeternum's community manager had denied this claim.

But In other side, New World Aeternum Season 10 is a massive update, approaching the scale of a major expansion pack. With Rise of the Angry Earth having been released nearly two years ago, rumors that Season 10 will be a paid expansion are not groundless.

Well, Season 10 may also shift its focus to cosmetics and the season pass for revenue, as this approach is competitive and aligns with the game's strategy of attracting players back. Overall, however, players should ignore unconfirmed rumors and await an official announcement.

News about Season 10 may be released on September 23rd, so please wait and stock up on materials and New World coins for Season 10.