New World launches their first ever Fresh Start Worlds on Novemeber 2nd. This guide breaks down everything you’ll need to know about these worlds in one place.
Just a short two weeks after the 1.7 “Brimstone Sands” Update, New World with be launching Fresh Start Worlds. These are intended to give a fresh start to everyone that wants it.
Fresh Start Worlds launch on November 2, 2022. This means the currently ongoing Nightveil Hallow Event will no longer be available. However, the upcoming and returning events such as the Winter Convergence Festival will be, along with any others that follow. This is likely a very deliberate decision as to not allow the hardcore players to farm the event while nobody else can.
What are Fresh Start Worlds
Simply put, Fresh Start Worlds are a way to start completely fresh. No territories are controlled by scummy companies and their shell companies. Everyone starts from zero. All the way at Level 1, from the beaches once again.
These worlds will have no outside influence, nobody can transfer into them, out of them initially, or even between them. That means all the Gold and such created in that world can’t be influenced by transfers.
The economy starts from zero as well, and with everyone being low-level, there’ll be some interesting ways to make early money.
It’s meant to be like a relaunch, of sorts. The whole world is a blank slate, and everyone will have equal chances to take over territories again. So it really will be like launch day again, just hopefully without as many queue issues. Though that will likely depend on how many players want this fresh start.
When Fresh Start Worlds are coming
Fresh Start Worlds begin opening in the early hours of November 2, 2022. Thankfully, they’ve provided a handy infographic showing what worlds are rolling out and when.
All of these servers roll out over the span of 4 hours, starting at 4PM UTC. If the Infographic above isn’t visible/clear enough, below is a quick list of what servers are coming out and when, for you to plan accordingly.
- 4 PM UTC – 12PM EST, 9AM PST, 1PM BRT, 5PM CET, 3AM AEDT
- Central Europe – Artemis
- South America – Artorius
- US-East – Medea
- US-West – Yonas
- 5 PM UTC – 1 PM EST, 10AM PST, 2PM BRT, 6PM CET, 4AM AEDT
- Central Europe – Gawain
- US-East – Myrddin
- 6 PM UTC – 2PM EST, 11AM PST, 3PM BRT, 7PM CET, 5AM AEDT
- Central Europe – Apophis
- US-East – Devourer
- 7 PM UTC – 3PM EST, 12PM PST, 4PM BRT, 8PM CET, 6AM AEDT
- Central Europe – Cleopatra
- South America – Gaea
- US-East – Amarah
- US-West – Ennead
- Australia – Sutekh
Return to Aeternum Event
Much like the Battle for New World Event that occurred on launch, we’re getting a somewhat similar event for the Fresh Start Servers too. However, instead of the streamers sharing and occupying the openly available Fresh Start Servers, they’ll be getting their own private, invite-only servers for this event.
Overall this will help with the general world population, as people won’t flood servers to play with their favorite streamer. They’d either have to be invited or join a different server.
This also creates four additional Fresh Start Worlds, which will become available on November 18th, after the event itself concludes. Granted, there you’ll still have the streamers and their invited members to play or compete with after catching up.
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Fresh Start World FAQ
Below is the official FAQ as listed by AGS.
Q: How long will the servers be locked from transfers from existing servers? Will players in these Fresh Start Worlds be able to transfer out of them?
A: There will be no transfers of existing characters into Fresh Start Worlds. We plan to allow transfers from a Fresh Start World to a legacy world at a later time.
Q: Can players in Fresh Start Worlds transfer to another Fresh Start World?
A: Not at this time.
Q: Will there be a 3rd character creation slot or will I need to delete a character to access these Fresh Start Worlds?
A: Players will have a third character slot added on November 2nd. Any and all character slots may be used toward Fresh Start servers or Legacy servers but you cannot have more than 1 character per world.
Q: If the Fresh Start World population drops, does that mean it’ll be merged on a legacy server or will it be merged with another fresh server?
A: We will never merge any Fresh Start Worlds into legacy worlds.
Q: How many Fresh Start World will there be?
A: All regions will have at least one fresh start server. Please see above for the rollout plans.
Q: If I’m banned on a legacy server, can I start a new character on a Fresh Start World?
A: Bans are account-wide.
Q: Will there be a world for SEA/OCE?
A: At this time, we do not plan to open any additional regions.
Q: Will the new leveling experience be available on Fresh start servers?
A: All new content, including Brimstone Sands and the Revamped Starting Experience, will be available on these worlds.
Q: Will Nightveil Hallow be available on Fresh Start Worlds?
A: No, but all future events will be available.
Q: Will world population be higher on fresh start worlds?
A: No, Fresh Start Worlds and legacy worlds will have the same maximum population cap.
Q: Will Fresh Start Worlds have a different build or moderation policy from legacy servers
A: No.
Q: Will there be a dedicated PVP Only or RP Only world in the future?
A: We do not have any plans to create a PvP Only or RP Only world at this time.
Q: Will Fresh Start Worlds be language tagged?
A: No, they will not be language tagged.
Q: Will Fresh Start Worlds characters be able to access already purchased items?
A: Yes, account-wide items like promotional and in-store items will be accessible.
Q: How do I differentiate a Fresh Start World from a Legacy World?
A: Fresh Start Worlds will be tagged at the world selection screen.
Q: Is there an official Amazon Games forum or Discord specifically set for people who want to participate in Fresh Start Worlds?
A: No.
Q: Will there be queues for Fresh Start Worlds?
A: We have queue mitigations in place but you should plan to experience queues on your Fresh Start World.
Q: What if all Fresh Start Worlds are set to Full?
A: Servers may become locked between waves due to world capacity and queues but we will monitor worlds closely, especially during and right after the rollout phase to ensure that players can join a world in their preferred region.
Q: Are Fresh Start Worlds the same as Return to Aeternum Worlds?
A: We will release Fresh Start Worlds at the same time as Return to Aeternum Worlds. Return to Aeternum servers will be reserved for event participants. Once the event ends, they will also be accessible to the public.
