Update: New World servers are now up again, and update 1.01 is now live (get more detail on the patch below).
[#NWSTATUS UPDATE] The maintenance is NOW COMPLETE. Get back to your adventures in Aeternum!
— New World (@playnewworld) October 6, 2021
Unfortunately, we are having some technical difficulties and need to extend the maintenance for two more hours.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and support!
Once New World gets back online, these are the major changes you can expect from update 1.01:
If you need to know about ever minor bug fix included in New World ver. 1.01, you can check out the full, unabridged patch notes here.
Changed turret projectiles in War from physical projectiles to use hitscan detection. This should help performance in War, with fewer objects being spawned in the world.
AFK Prevention
In an effort to ensure players can’t stay AFK, especially in higher population servers, we’ve made the following adjustments to the AFK prevention system.
- Added additional AFK prevention to ensure players cannot fool the existing system with simulated mouse movement.
- Shortened the AFK warning message from 20mins to 15mins.
- Shortened the AFK disconnect from 25mins to 20mins.
World Queue
We added a confirmation screen when a player attempts to leave the queue for a world, asking the player to confirm if they’re intending to leave the queue. This should help ensure nobody accidentally leaves the queue and misses out on their spot in line.
New World is available now on PC.
