New World, the upcoming MMORPG from Amazon Games, is currently in closed beta.New Worldis set on a fictional island modeled after colonial America in the mid-1600s. Players will forage, craft, and fight to build a new life on Aeternum Island.
As the game is set in the mid-1600s, gunpowder is an essential ingredient in the combat system. Players from allNew Worldfactionscan use Muskets to deal extremely high damage at range, though with a long reload time. The other downside of Muskets is that players must craft ammunition in the form of Cartridges, which can be quite complicated.
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Crafting Gunpowder in New World
Beforeplayers inNew Worldcan begin crafting Cartridges, they’ll first need to make Gunpowder. Gunpowder is created 10 at a time, using 10 Charcoal, 5 Flint, and 1 Fire Mote. Players will need to combine these ingredients at a Workshop, which is marked with the crossed arrow and rifle symbol. Here’s how to gather the necessary ingredients:
Making Gunpowder is only the first step to using a Musket inNew World’s combat system; next, players will need to craft bullets.
Crafting Cartridges in New World
Once players have crafted Gunpowder inNew World, it’s time to make the actual bullets. These are known as Iron Cartridges and are made in groups of 25. To make 25 Iron Cartridges at a Workshop, players will need to combine 5 Gunpowder, 5New WorldIron Ingots, and 5 Linen.
Once they’ve gathered the correct ingredients, players will be able to combine them into Cartridges at any Workshop. These bullets can only be used in Muskets, so players will need to verify they’ve got the correct skills. Musket damage scales mostly with Dexterity but is also affected by Intelligence. There are two Musket skill trees inNew World: the Sharpshooter and the Trapper. Whichever players choose, they’ll have to aim carefully to preserve their limited bullets.
New Worldis scheduled to be released on August 31 for PC.
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