In New World, there are a ton of skills that range from crafting to weapon masteries. Here you will find everything you need to know about all skills in the game.
Weapon Masteries
Weapon masteries are, in short, the skills and abilities you have with specific weapons and the game's form of a classless system. Instead of choosing a class, players pick weapon masteries and become better at using a particular type of weapon. Here are all of the weapons players can choose in the game:
- Hatchets
- Rapiers
- Hammers
- Battleaxes
- Sword and Shield
- Bows
- Muskets
- Fire Staff
- Ice Gauntlet
- Life Staff
Weapon Masteries are also split into several categories, with some being melee, others being ranged, and some being both magical and ranged. Each weapon mastery and weapon type can also serve a different role in the game. For example, the life staff serves as the healer's weapon and class, and a sword and shield combo is ideal for tanks.
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Trade Skills
Trade skills fall under three categories, all of which make up the resource harvesting and crafting system. The first category is crafting, and it consists of seven skills as listed below.
| Crafting Skill | The Skill Explained |
|---|---|
| Weaponsmithing | In New World, weaponsmithing is used to make various weapons with harvested materials such as ingots and wood. Level this skill to unlock more powerful weapons that can be used or sold via the trading post. |
| Armorsmithing | Armorsmithing is a skill similar to weaponsmithing, but instead of weapons, you are making armor. You also use materials similar to weaponsmithing and level it by making armor over and over again. |
| Engineering | Engineering is the tool maker's skill in New World, and if you want to make tools, you will need to level it up. It is also required to complete both muskets and bows and for several late-game weapons as well. |
| Jewelcrafting | Jewelcrafting is, as it says right on the box, a skill for the crafting of jewels. You will also need the skill for other wearable items. Level it up by making items that count as jewels. |
| Arcana | Arcana is the skill required to make magic items and potions, and you can also level it up and unlock more items in its category by making common health or mana potions. |
| Cooking | Cooking is for cooking food items, and you level it up by cooking food, and doing so will unlock more recipes. |
| Furnishing | Furnishing is the art of making house items that can be placed in player houses, very useful for selling via the trading post. |
After crafting skills, we have the refining category, and it involves five skills required to make materials for most items in the game.
| Refining Skill | The Skill Explained |
|---|---|
| Stonecutting | This skill is used to make stone blocks and all gems you can place in armor. Level it up by gathering the required materials and making items via the stonecutting table. |
| Woodworking | Woodworking is used to turn freshly chopped wood into planks and other high-quality wood items used in crafting recipes. Level it up by gathering different types of wood using the woodshop to turn it all into timber and lumber. |
| Weaving | Weaving is the art of making cloth and other linen materials used to make clothing and certain armor recipes. Level it up by gathering fiber and refining it via a loom in a settlement. |
| Smelting | Smelting is the skill for processing raw metal ore into ingots and other materials. Level it up by using the smelter and melting down either wood into charcoal or ore into ingots. |
| Leatherworking | Leatherworking is the skill for turning animal hides into varying kinds of leather required for crafting recipes. Level it by grabbing some animal hide and turning it into the leather at a tannery |
Next for trade skills is the Gathering category. Gathering Skills are what govern what you can and cannot harvest as resources in the game. You will need to level these skills by gathering low-level resource nodes until you unlock more. Doing so will allow you to unlock more items with other skills and turn them into powerful weapons, armor, etc. That said, here are all of the Gathering Skills in New World.
| Gathering Skill | The Skill Explained |
|---|---|
| Logging | The Logging skill is what players will need to level to chop down higher teir trees and gather rare resources. Level it up by chopping low-level trees. |
| Harvesting | Harvesting is what allows players to pick up the various plant and food resources out in the world. Leveling it can also be done by picking up low-level harvestable plants. |
| Tracking and Skinning | You will need Tracking and Skinning to get resources and items from the various prey and predators in the game, level it up by killing and skinning low-level animals. |
| Fishing | Fishing is required for players to gather fish and other rare items via fishing. |
| Mining | Mining is required to gather ore and other materials from rock nodes and ore piles in the game. |
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Published: Sep 30, 2021 08:41 am