¡Saludos, aventureros!
Aeternum is an ever-evolving world, and as such, we continue our efforts in providing our players with an assortment of ongoing new features, content, and changes. Similar to the activities leading up to our latest major update, we are approaching the release of our next large release and would like to once again invite you all to participate in the next cycle of our Public Test Realm (PTR)!
PTR
El Reino público de pruebas (PTR, por su nombre en inglés, «Public Test Realm») es un conjunto de servidores limitados que permitirá a los jugadores probar las novedades antes de su lanzamiento. These preview builds are snapshots of upcoming major releases and are not final versions — you may encounter bugs, crashes, missing text, or other issues. Between our internal testing efforts and your reports, we hope to catch and resolve all serious issues before they reach the live servers. However, not every bug or feedback piece will be actioned on before release — some changes need time to be investigated further, and may arrive in a subsequent patch or two. Nonetheless, hundreds of changes have already been made — with more to come — and the full release notes will be shared on release day.
To help with the feedback process, all newly created PTR characters will have the opportunity to instantly level to select level-ranges outfitted with appropriate gear and items.
The PTR will officially open today. To maximize world population and encourage group play, we will open with two worlds available (“US East PTR 1” and “EU PTR 1”) for this playtest cycle, with them located within US East and EU Central regional datacenters respectively. You may have to change your client regional selection from the main menu in order to discover your intended test world.
Si descubrís un error o una vulnerabilidad o tenéis sugerencias sobre cómo mejorar alguna parte del contenido, podéis mandarnos vuestros comentarios al PTR sub-forum (o con la herramienta de comentarios del juego). Haremos lo posible para responder a tantas opiniones como podamos antes de actualizar los servidores principales. ¡Vuestra participación nos ayudará a tener actualizaciones con contenido fantástico en el futuro!
Major Updates
During this iteration of the PTR, we look forward to hearing your playtest feedback on the following changes.
Brimstone Sands Zone
Brimstone Sands is a new zone unlike anything else in Aeternum. Look forward to new enemies to fight, a new territory to control, and new stories to uncover.
Death hovers over the scorched wastes of Brimstone Sands, its thirst still unsatisfied even after centuries of strife and war. The ancient Egyptians first encountered the godlike Ancients here and built monuments and vast cities that were part of a flourishing civilization thousands of years in the past. Their civilization is now long fallen to ruin, and few of those original inhabitants remain except for the mysterious sorcerer Imhotep, with whom players must work with to solve the desert’s mysteries.
The most immediate threat in Brimstone Sands is posed by the deranged remnants of the Roman Empire's 19th Legion. What exactly befell the Romans must be discovered, but they have fallen to Corruption and now besiege the ancient ruins of a mysterious Pyramid known as Ahket. They are certain that within, they will find the secret to their redemption and the long-awaited resurgence of the Roman Empire.
The Ennead Expedition
Players must challenge the Corrupted Legion head-on and delve into Ancient Ruins where they will face the vigilant Anubian Guardians and solve hieroglyphic puzzles to achieve new power.
When the sands settle, players will have explored ancient mysteries with Imhotep, defeated powerful Sand demons, and perhaps, if they persist, restored the rightful ruler who can finally bring order and hope to the region after centuries of chaos.
Heartgem Abilities
Adventurers can now further customize their playstyle through Heartrune Abilities:
Detonate: Overload yourself with Arcane energy to detonate and deal significant damage. Players can move and attack while the ability is active.
Grasping Vines: Punch your hand into the ground to unleash vines around you and root all nearby enemies.
Stoneform: Turn yourself to stone and become immune to staggers, knockdowns, stuns, roots and slows. Players can move and attack while this ability is active.
Cannon Blast: Whip out a large, handheld cannon and fire a cannonball that explodes on impact for high damage.
Dark Ascent: Sprout Corrupted wings and fly up into the air, hover briefly, and then slam back down into the ground, dealing damage to all nearby enemies.
Players must fully charge their Heartgem to activate an ability. Various combat actions like dealing and taking damage, blocking hits, and healing allies will charge your Heartgem. The charge resets upon use. Experiment with and upgrade each Heartgem to find a favorite.
Revamped Starting Experience
We’ve completely redesigned the early levels of New World, so players who start the game or roll a new character will experience brand new stories and quests. Player feedback on quest variety, AI variety, more streamlined questlines with less running back and forth, and improved storytelling in those early stages of the game helped bring about the following changes:
Quest flow through zones has been optimized, with NPCs who move around and a central story thread that takes players through each region of the game, unlocking side content to pace out the experience.
We’ve added a variety of new quest dynamics, from wave events to tracking and traversal challenges, puzzles in the ruins, unique interactions with the world, and dynamic events players will encounter.
We’ve revised onboarding to stay focused on the central storyline, introducing the legacy of King Arthur in Monarch’s Bluffs and a curse and famine from the sorceress Medea in Windsward. Players will still converge on the Hermit Yonas to start on the path to becoming Soulwardens, but the Yonas quests have all been consolidated in Everfall. The Hermit himself is now more mobile, while the story and quest flow vastly improved.
We’ve also added a lot more character to the zones and settlements in Monarch’s Bluffs and Everfall, new enemies, new major locations, and new challenges in the quests and open world.
Greatsword Weapon
Get ready for a new weapon — the Greatsword. This two-handed blade utilizes stances to adapt to different situations. Learn the risks and rewards of each option to survive in battle. Both Weapon Skill Trees feature versatile tactics for varied playstyles:
The Onslaught tree embodies relentless offense and focuses on defeating enemies before they can take you out.
The Defiance tree excels at aggressive defense that can survive and deal damage against multiple opponents.
The Greatsword scales evenly with Strength and Dexterity, making it a good pair for many other martial weapons.
Of course, that’s not all! You can review all of the upcoming changes for this patch by checking out the full PTR release notes, shared within the PTR sub-forum New World.
PTR CLIENT ACCESS
This special preview client will be made available for download through the stand-alone Steam application, “New World Public Test Realm” (which should already be in your Steam library if you own the main game). When the test period is complete and the main New World game is updated with the previewed content, the PTR world will shut down and may be wiped clean. You will continue to see the New World PTR application in your Steam library, but there will not be an active server until the next time we announce a public test
PTR BACKSTORY LOADOUTS
Upon character creation on the PTR, players will be given multiple caches of special armor and weapons. Each cache has a designation based upon a general build and a main attribute: CON, DEX, INT, FOC, and STR.
To help manage the sudden onset of new items, do not open all provided caches at once, or you’ll risk becoming encumbered! Instead, equip all provided bags and then follow-up with opening each cache deliberately. Any undesired caches can be dropped or deposited into your personal settlement storage.
Preguntas frecuentes del PTR
¿CÓMO PUEDO ACCEDER AL NUEVO PTR?
Quien tenga una copia de New World recibirá acceso automático a la aplicación secundaria del Reino público de pruebas. Este no es compatible con el juego principal, por lo que tendréis que descargar un cliente independiente (y, por tanto, contar con el suficiente espacio en disco). En este cliente tendremos mundos especiales para las regiones correspondientes. No estará disponible en todas las regiones desde el principio. El acceso se otorga por orden de llegada. Podría haber colas.
¿PUEDO JUGAR CON MIS PERSONAJES DEL JUEGO PRINCIPAL O TRANSFERIRLOS AL PTR?
Por desgracia, no. Son ecosistemas separados, por lo que no es posible en estos momentos. Sin embargo, para facilitar las pruebas, os proporcionaremos ciertas ventajas en algunas ocasiones, como niveles instantáneos, equipo especial, etc.
¿PUEDO OFRECER COMENTARIOS SOBRE EL DISEÑO DE LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL PTR?
Las versiones de avance del PTR han superado la fase de desarrollo y están en pruebas para corregir errores. Aunque os agradeceremos todas vuestras opiniones, la principal finalidad de esta fase es aumentar la calidad.
SI TENGO UN PROBLEMA, ¿CÓMO CONTACTO CON ATENCIÓN AL CLIENTE?
Nuestras políticas y Código de conducta también se aplican al PTR y tendremos moderación para el juego. Lamentablemente, debido a la naturaleza potencialmente inestable y temporal del Reino público de pruebas, no ofreceremos atención al cliente general mediante chat en vivo ni la página web de asistencia.
NO QUIERO PARTICIPAR EN EL PTR. ¿PUEDO ELIMINAR LA APLICACIÓN DE MI BIBLIOTECA?
No nos lo tomaremos a mal. Podréis gestionar la visibilidad de la aplicación del Reino público de pruebas de New World en la biblioteca de Steam. Abrid las opciones del juego (clic derecho > Administrar) y tendréis la opción de «Ocultar este juego».
¡Gracias por vuestra asistencia y participación! Nos vemos en Aetérnum.