There's plenty to experience in New World: Aeternum, but much like in other MMOs, much of this game's most rewarding content requires players to be at or close to max level. Veteran MMO players should feel right at home when it comes to the zero-to-hero journey here, and it shouldn't take long before they can get their characters up to a suitable endgame level.

The leveling experience in this game is far from horrible. General combat, exploration, and the presence of trade skills are all fun, and players can actively engage in all of them regardless of what starting class they pick in New World: Aeternum. However, if you want to reach the highest level possible, here are some things you'll want to know.

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New World Aeternum: How To Increase Max Health

If you're having trouble staying alive in New World: Aeternum, increasing your maximum health will help. Here's how you can do it.

New World: Aeternum Max Level Cap

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If you're a completely new player who just bought the game, then the highest level you can achieve is 65. However, if you're an old player who has yet to get the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, then the max level is capped at 60.

If you're in a rush to get to max level, we strongly recommend doing the main quest while doing some side missions along the way. If you have a group of stronger players with you, you can also ask them to power-level you through high-level Trials.

New World: Aeternum Trade Skill Level Cap

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New World: Aeternum Mining Iron

Trade skills refer to your ability to perform non-combat activities like mining, logging, cooking, and crafting. There are 17 trade skills in New World: Aeternum, and each of them can be leveled to a maximum of 250. You get trade skill XP by doing their associated activities — fell trees for Logging, mine ore for Mining, create weapons for Weaponsmithing, and so on.

Also, it's worth noting that cooking and crafting will give you extra XP for your main level, so if you're looking for a way to level up fast in New World: Aeternum, try to weave crafting into your daily combat and questing routines.

New World: Aeternum Weapon Mastery Cap

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Every weapon in the game has two mastery trees, and you get Weapon Mastery XP for every kill you score with your equipped gear. You can get up to 20 mastery points per weapon, and there's no limit to how many weapons you master for your character.

While you're free to start grinding Weapon Mastery XP at any time, we strongly recommend doing so once you beat the main quest or reach max level, and fight monsters either as a solo player or while in a party. Any excess XP you get from monster kills will spill over to Weapon Mastery, and the main quest should give you enough mastery points for both of your main weapons.

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Top Critic Avg: 72 /100 Critics Rec: 48%
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Released
October 15, 2024
ESRB
T For Teen // Blood, Violence
Developer(s)
Amazon Games
Publisher(s)
Amazon Games
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
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Engine
Amazon Lumberyard, Azoth
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Genre(s)
MMORPG, Action