New World: Aeternum Items

If you want to earn more currency and items in New World Aeternum Season 9 to help power up your character and experience more intense combat, you need to participate in both PvE and PvP modes as frequently as possible - neither is indispensable.

To win combat quickly and efficiently, most MMORPGs require you to craft and utilize reliable builds, and New World is no exception. However, due to different mechanics, using the same build in both PvE and PvP modes can be challenging.

Frankly, if you frequently switch between different playstyles, constantly switching builds can be quite cumbersome.

Based on this, we'll recommend five New World Aeternum Season 9 builds that are suitable for both PvE and PvP, while accommodating as many differences as possible.

1. Bow Musket Build

In general, this build is suitable for ranged DPS players who can be used in both PvE and PvP, allowing you to interrupt attacks from distant enemies and deal damage to them.

The bow provides long-range AoE damage and enhanced mobility, while the musket delivers powerful suppression against single enemies at long range. You can switch weapons as needed.

Since this build allows you to maintain a distance from enemies, you should focus on increasing its damage rather than survivability. To this end, it's recommended to equip light armor for maximum damage and reliable evasion.

If you want better gear, you can, but you'll need to earn enough New World coins by completing more quests - fortunately, the benefits from coins or better gear will be long term.

As for stats, 25 strength, 350 agility, 150-200 intelligence, and 100 constitution are generally the best combination for this build. It's worth noting that sufficient constitution allows you to deal damage even while dead.

For a more refined weapon build, you should prioritize your bow for maximum damage at a fixed range while ensuring your musket provides consistent single-target damage.

2. Fire Staff Rapier Build

This build is ideal for melee combat, relying on its high mobility for quick attacks and escapes, along with reliable stamina. It's particularly useful for evading unexpected situations in PvP or high-difficulty expeditions.

The rapier is useful for maximizing your chances of defeating stubborn healers or powerful bosses, while the fire staff not only delivers damage at range with its high critical hit chance, but also offers substantial melee skills.

For gear selection, both light and medium armor are worth considering. The ultimate choice depends on whether you're willing to sacrifice survivability for increased damage.

If you choose medium armor for safety, it's best to prioritize high agility and intelligence to minimize cooldowns and maintain your survivability.

When choosing skills based on the fire staff and rapier, the fire staff should prioritize area-of-effect damage, while the rapier should focus on improving quick attacks and defense.

3. Greatsword Great Axe Build

By combining the greatsword and great axe, this build can devastate most enemies within melee range and can capture and kill them through mobility or disruption-based abilities.

Based on this, you can first restrict the enemy's movement to block their attacks, then capture and lock onto them with the great axe, and then utilize the greatsword for sufficient burst damage.

As for gear, medium armor helps this build strike a balance between damage output and survivability. Stat allocation should prioritize strength and agility.

4. Life Staff Void Gauntlet Build

This build is unique on this list because it focuses on healing. As one of the primary healing weapons in New World Aeternum, the life staff can provide additional healing support when paired with Void Gauntlet.

More specifically, this build is best suited for team PvE and PvP combat, allowing you to deal considerable damage while also providing healing to your teammates.

To further enhance your build's effectiveness, it's recommended that you prioritize gear that offers reliable healing and survivability. After all, your death as a healer will cause significant damage to your team.

As for stat allocation, intelligence, focus, and constitution are more important for healing roles. They can help boost your healing while maintaining a relatively solid defense, allowing you to survive the fight to the end.

5. Bow Rapier Build

This build offers the highest damage and mobility potential in the game, allowing you to stack high burst damage. Furthermore, you can use skills for defense and time your attacks or evasions.

More specifically, in combat, this build allows you to deal sustained ranged damage with your bow skills, while the rapier helps enhance your mobility while also providing a range of defensive abilities and passive skills to mitigate damage.

More Item Options

In addition to the various weapons and armor already mentioned, we recommend that you gem your gear appropriately when utilizing the above builds.

For example, adding elemental or physical gems to weapons can convert some of their damage output to other types, making it easier to defeat enemies with corresponding weaknesses.

The same applies to armor - adding gems can provide better protection against enemies with specific elemental types. Currently available gems and their functions are:

• Elemental Gems
• Physical Gems
• General Protection: Opal, Diamond
• Specific Damage Types: Ruby, Sapphire, Jasper, Moonstone, and Turquoise

These are the five recommended builds for this article. To find out which build is best for you, craft each one and test its effectiveness in real-world combat! Have fun!

New World Aeternum Season 9, like previous releases, adds several new artifacts to the game, giving players more options for optimizing their builds. Obtaining these Artifacts is also very simple, just keep advancing your PvP Reward Track progress.

Have you unlocked all the artifacts yet? Or do you see those shiny artifacts just around the corner but lack Azoth Salt to redeem them? Apparently, Azoth Salt is the PvP currency that players used to unlock corresponding PvP track rewards.

Here, we'll reveal the best ways to farm this Azoth Salt PvP currency to help you quickly unlock all available artifacts and valuable items in the Reward Track.

Preparation

The primary method we'll use here is Infused Alkahest crafting, but it might be a bit different than you might expect.

Reaching The Relevant Levels

First, you need to reach Arcana Level 100 to begin crafting, and you'll also need a tier 5 Camp. Therefore, if you're at a lower level, you may need to wait a while or start stockpiling the resources you need until your Camp reaches the maximum level.

Gathering Crafting Materials

Next, you'll need to acquire a large amount of Hyssop, Water, and Azoth Water. Depending on your server, these items can be quite expensive, so be sure to monitor price trends and try to acquire as many of them as possible at the lowest possible prices to save some New World coins.

Azoth Water is often the most expensive, so if you really want to save money, it's recommended to farm it yourself. The best place to farm Azoth Water is generally considered the Reekwater area, specifically near Forecastle Drift, following the circular path around the moat in the World Dungeon.

Please keep in mind the Infused Alkahest crafting ratio when gathering your materials: 10 Hyssop : 1 Water : 1 Azoth Water. Because you'll be performing these operations frequently, the quantity and ratio of materials will be a key factor in your returns.

A quick tip: You can always keep water in the consumable slot of your gear sets until you need it to save inventory weight.

Bags

Speaking of materials, you should also prepare three bags with Town Loyalty perk.

I know the word "bags" can be overwhelming, as they're often quite expensive. But don't worry, you don't need top-tier bags. You can easily spend a bit of money to get three regular bags with these perks from the market, as the difference between the highest gear score bags and lower-tier bags is only a few percentage points.

So, we've tried to keep each bag costing no more than 4,000 New World coins and aim to get the 13% Standing Bonus on each bag.

Of course, you can do this for much less if you prefer. Even if these items aren't as good as your main bag, you can still add them when you're ready to use this method to get the extra bonus. Because their value accumulates dramatically over the long term and is well worth the money.

Buffs

Now that you have all the materials, bags, and your Arcana is at least level 100, you can start buffing.

Before you begin crafting, there are some key things to keep in mind.

First, make sure your faction has unlocked Weaver's Fen Settlement, Weaver's Fen Fort. This grants you a 10% Refining Yield bonus, which will pay off significantly in the long run.

Next, you need to look for Territorial Triumph music buff to gain a 30% Territory Standing Bonus. This buff unlocks at level 5 music. So, even if you hate this skill and never use it, you can still accumulate XP by playing a few random songs before you start to unlock it and then apply the buff to your character.

You can earn many of these buffs in the free Season Pass, so to maximize the efficiency and benefits of this method, keep them. If you don't have it, you can also unlock it in the Marks of Fortune shop.

Other Tips

Finally, before you start crafting, it's crucial to confirm your PvP Flag. This is because if you don't wait until the timer runs out before crafting, you won't be able to obtain Azoth Salt.

Another reminder: If you're one of the lucky few who manages to obtain some Trophy of Dominance (Territory), having it at home can be very helpful, as it will increase your Territory Standing by 25%.

However, this loot is difficult to obtain. So, if you're a new or casual player, don't worry about it.

Crafting

Okay, now that you're fully buffed, you can start crafting.

Head to Territory you most want to upgrade, walk far enough from town, and build and place your camp. Don't forget to bring your five Green Wood and one Flint, as walking back to get them can be a hassle, especially when carrying heavy items out of the city gates.

Once your camp is set up and your buffs are maxed out, double-check that your PvP timer has ended and you're marked, then start crafting.

At your camp, click the crafting button and scroll down to Infused Alkahest. You can experiment with how many you craft at once, but I find around 200 is the sweet spot. So, craft 200, then 200, and repeat the process over and over again.

You'll find that every few times you do this, you'll be rewarded with 1650 Azoth Salt and a significant amount of Territory Standing.

As you increase Territory Standing and collect Azoth Salt, it's worth adjusting your Standing bonus from time to time, as this will significantly speed up the process.

But you might be wondering why you should go to your camp to craft instead of going directly to Arcane Repository in town. There are two reasons for this: first, your camp has no taxes, which will save you more coins; second, if you don't have the PvP Flag enabled, you won't receive any Azoth Salt, as you can't activate the PvP Flag in town. Therefore, if you choose to craft in town, you're essentially wasting free resources.

In short, this is the best way to farm Azoth Salt in New World Season 9. You can quickly level up the PvP reward track and unlock the corresponding artifacts without engaging in PvP!