Harvesting resources in New World effectively entails a strategic activity that employs tools, abilities, and knowledge of the game mechanisms. Players have access to harvesting over 15 resources, including wood, ores, herbs, and fibers, all of which are required for crafting, upgrading equipment, and participating in the economy. Using the right equipment, for example, gathering equipment with specific advantages such as “Gathering Luck” or “Efficient Harvest,” will significantly enhance the quantity and quality of gathered resources. An A-class gathering tool will have up to a 25% chance of additional resources, making it worth every penny in terms of maximizing efficiency.
A player’s crafting and gathering level also significantly decides the gathering efficiency. By leveling up their gathering abilities, players receive benefits that directly affect increasing the rate of resource collection. For example, when players achieve gathering level 50, they receive the “Faster Harvest” benefit that reduces the harvesting time of a resource by 15%. It can be very useful while farming material in populated areas or during heavy in-game activities like territory wars or special quests, when seconds count. In addition, the players will need to be particularly careful to boost their “Tracking and Skinning” skill in collecting the rare beasts that provide highly sought-after crafting materials and are most likely to drop excellent items.
Group gathering should also be aware of the best times and locations to farm particular resources. There are zones with high drops of some materials. For instance, “Everfall” contains bountiful iron ore deposits, and “Shattered Mountain” contains high concentrations of rare resources like Starmetal and Orichalcum. Focusing their gathering in these areas, players will increase their resource drop by 20–30%, compared to farming in non-optimal zones.
A crucial aspect of efficient gathering is inventory management. Because space is limited, players have to choose which resources are most valuable or used the most. To address this, players can craft bags with additional inventory space, adding 20% capacity, so that they can gather longer without needing to return to town. This system is needed when gathering in high-resource zones, where frequent trips back to sell or store things can take away from the gathering.
Other players may also choose to buy new world coins to use them to purchase resources or gear from the game market. This may be a time and effort-saving alternative since players can directly get materials, especially when resources are in high demand or difficult to gather during busy hours. Use of in-game currency may enable faster crafting and trading, which may be a benefit in competition for players seeking to maximize gains or advancement.
In addition to equipment, skill, and productive gathering locations, players would be wise to form parties. Group gathering accelerates and reduces downtime, especially in high-density resource areas, where competition is fierce for nodes. Many players have reported an efficiency gain of up to 40% when gathering in parties, particularly in areas of high-value material.
Finally, planning your gathering schedule and being adaptable with the changing game mechanics is necessary. As New World is updated and reworked with its resource gathering mechanics, following patch notes and community advice will help players optimize their gathering approach and remain ahead of the competition in the resource war.