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A 2021 MMORPG developed by Amazon Games Orange County and published by Amazon Games. It is available on Windows.

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Why is a game's minor update on Steam (e.g., New World) ~15 GB to download?

I understand that the game as a whole is around 80 GB, so at first glance, it makes sense that an update could be 15 GB. But isn't the vast majority of that game size graphic assets, like textures? I'...
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What is the highest DPS tree path for the fire staff?

With the addition of gear slots allowing you to change all of your gear with the click of one button, I've been starting to play around with the fire staff lately. I have to say that raining fire down ...
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What weapon talent tree combination provides the highest dps with the flail and shield?

New World has a new expansion, and with it, a new weapon. I've been having a lot of fun with it and am still playing around with combinations. With most of the other weapons in the game, I've had good ...
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What weapon talent tree combination provides the highest dps with the greatsword?

I've been playing with the new greatsword weapon for a while now, but I'm not a numbers kind of person and am having a hard time determining what the best dps talent combination is, so here I am. What ...
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What do the wooden poles with flags on them scattered throughout the world symbolize?

I see these poles with flags and markers in the ground around them all over the game world: Considering how many there are in the game, do they have any significance or are they decorative only? ...
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What does the Sold column in the Active Orders tab mean?

I don't quite understand how the active orders tab of items you are selling on the market works. In particular, there is a "Sold" column, which for all of my active sell orders is the same ...
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Are there tide cycles and do they impact fishing?

I was fishing in the ocean out in New Light for quite some time. I was standing out in the water as far as I could go without being under it. As time went on, it seemed like the water was getting ...
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Elite Farming Breakpoints

I am trying to find information on the breakpoints for elite farming group size for each different elite zone. Does group size affect the drop rate of loot on bosses in elite zones? If it does, what ...
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What are all the factors that increase the chances of crafting double resources?

When crafting items, there is a chance you can craft two items instead of one. For example, when smelting iron ore into iron ingots, there is a percentage chance indicated on the right side of the ...
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What's the maximum amount of gems you can acquire from a single ore node and is it Mining Luck attribute dependent?

Recently I have been leveling up my mining skill and I've noticed that the gem amount drops from gold ore veins range from 1 gem up to 4 gems from a single ore vein. This brought me up to this ...
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New World family sharing suddenly stopped being accessible?

Recently I logged into my Steam account, only to find that New World that was 'family shared' with me stopped being available for play. I know for a fact that no one is playing that game on the ...
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Do higher level ores have better chances of giving you higher tier gems?

Sometimes when you mine an ore, you also get some gems. But does the type of ore dictate the tier of gem you have a chance of getting? The level required to mine each ore is: Iron: 0 Silver: 10 Gold:...
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What does the transparent circle around an animal tracker on the compass mean?

Randomly, a transparent circle appears around the tracker icon on the compass for an animal: I found some speculative Reddit posts about this, but no solid answers/none of the comments seem to hold ...
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Does the "Azoth Attuned" bag mod work when you gain 1 azoth?

This bag mod gives you 3.0%-4.8% more azoth. However most azoth from gathering is gained 1 at a time, so does this bag mod even work for that case? Does it track decimal values of azoth without ...
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What does the blue bar in the experience bar mean?

Sometimes there is a blue bar that is above the regular yellow experience bar: What does this bar mean and what contributes towards it?
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