New World Update 4.0.4 Now Live, Introduces Cross-World Expeditions and More

After a few weeks of testing, the highly anticipated Cross-World Expeditions feature is finally available in the official server for New World, courtesy of Update 4.0.4.

Party Up

One of the major highlights of Update 4.0.4 for New World is the new and improved Group Finder. Now, players can party up with other people from different Worlds if they want to do Expeditions or Mutated Expeditions.

To get a hold of this feature, players can go to the new "Activities" tab in the menu, and then select either Expeditions or Mutated Expeditions. From there, players can choose a specific Expedition they want to conquer. Alternatively, those who cannot decide can press the "Random" button.

After that, players will be presented with a UI that tells them if they are qualified to enter that Expedition or not. If the player satisfies the requirements, they can press the "Queue" button to prompt the system to look for other people to play with. They can either be from the player's current World or from other Worlds if needed.

The said feature is probably a way for Amazon Game Studios to entice players to come back to its MMORPG. According to the game's Steam Charts data, New World's player count has been steadily declining since October of last year.

Highlights

EXPEDITIONS

Added flag to track if a player was kicked from their group. Don't apply leaver penalty when kicked.
Leaver penalty applies when closing the client or connection times out.
Fixed respawn point filtering for Outpost Rush and Expeditions.
Respawn shrines are now available in Cross-World Expeditions.
Expedition counts are now consumed for Cross-World Expeditions.
Revive counts are now enforced in Cross-World Expeditions.
Added "Elapsed Time In Expedition" to control when to apply Deserter Penalty after "X" time.
The number of Mutated Expeditions will be increased to 3 per week. Every Mutation rotation that follows this update will have a set of 3 Mutated Expeditions.
- Please note, there will be an interruption to the Mutation schedule for this upcoming rotation. Mutations will rotate on 2/6 at 11PM PST (2AM EST) per the usual schedule, but there will be another rotation during the 2/7 downtime that'll change the list of Mutations again.

COMBAT

Fixed an issue that caused players to not properly get contribution (including loot bags) for killing enemies while in a group.
Fixed issue that caused Defensive Formation to remain active while sprinting.
Outpost Rush Powder Kegs:
- Reduced the cost from 100 Azoth to 50 Azoth, and doubled their health (15K to 30K)
Pestilence (Artifact):
- Increased cooldown between activations from 0.5s to 1s and updated tooltip to clarify that there is a cooldown.

NOTABLE FIXES

All seasonal event quests will be appropriately removed outside of the event, and players who were holding summer event quests will no longer have a broken Journal screen.
Fixed an issue in which three quest rewards characters appeared as generic NPCs instead of their unique appearances.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from entering the Sandworm Elite Trial remotely through the map or activities UI.