Amazon Game Studios has announced the return of its Public Test Realm (PTR), which has gone live already for players to test-drive a multitude of new features, content and changes.
With this PTR release, New World are introducing a new end-game feature: Expedition Mutators. Mutators change the familiar by augmenting “Normal” and “Named” Enemies found within expeditions, changing the way encounters play out and what strategies players should consider before battle. And as combat changes, so do the rewards! New bespoke gear and resources can be found, providing additional means to increase your power level.
This system is intended to rotate through a unique combination of Expeditions and Mutations each week, with 10 difficulty levels per Expedition Mutation. Players will be challenged to climb the ladder, with the aim of eventually reaching the max difficulty. However, during this PTR cycle, these rotations will be placed on an accelerated schedule so that everyone will get a chance to play a variety of mutations on several end-game Expeditions.
Other new features include the Umbral Shard equipment upgrade system which lets players upgrade a gear score 600 item to 625, alongside Outpost Rush balance changes.
To learn more about New World’s PTR and all the new stuff coming, check out the official post here.
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