Welcome to the New World Season Pass / Battle Pass
Greetings, adventurers! Get ready for a new selection of sandworm-related loot with the Blood of the Sands Season Pass. This pass will offer new rewards such as transmog tokens, cosmetic items like the Dry-Blood armor set, and emotes like the Worm Dance. There are two reward tracks - free and premium - each with 100 levels of unlockable rewards. Check out the highlights below and then learn how player feedback influenced the Season 2 rewards.
Season 2 Reward Highlights
Here are some of the exciting rewards you can look forward to in the New World Season Pass / Battle Pass:
- Transmog tokens
- Premium welcome package
- Briar Rose weapon skins
- Dry-Blood armor set
- Sun-Bleached armor set
- Desert Prowlers tools
- Free and premium season champion packs
- Worm Dance emote
- Pocket Sand emote
Reward Selection Process and Player Feedback
System Designer Joel Clift explained to us the process of reward selection: "We use feedback and data from previous seasons to update our rewards and improve their quality," said Joel. "The theme of each season also helps us figure out what rewards make sense both as fun and functionally appropriate. The Pocket Sand Emote is a thematically fitting and amusing example."
"In Season 2, we want to give players more solid rewards," said Joel. "For example, the furniture chests from Season 1 had a chance of really valuable furniture items, but the randomness of these chests caused frustration. One of our first changes here was to update the furniture chests so that the free reward track gives everyone the same solid furniture pieces and the premium reward track offers templates for those pieces. All players can still earn these furniture pieces as drops in the world, but the Season Pass becomes a guaranteed way to get these items."
Reward Inspiration and Influence of Player Feedback
Game Designer Patrick Smedley talked about his personal highlights, the team's inspiration, and the importance of player feedback: "I'm looking forward to the Worm Dance Emote, the seasonal skins, and the Transmog Tokens in the Pass," said Patrick. "I'm a player who likes to collect cosmetic items, and the Season Pass offers me a great variety to collect over the course of a season. I like the silly nature of the Worm Dance and am eagerly anticipating performing it while conquering Faction Control Points in the near future. Transmog is a feature I've been looking forward to for a long time, so I have some tokens ready to Transmog my Neishatun armor as soon as the feature is available."
"When planning our skins and emotes for a particular season, we look at the theme and work backwards from there," said Patrick. "With Blood of the Sands, we wanted to tell a story that takes the player back to Brimstone Sands and explores the mysterious Sandworm. That meant the skin concepts heavily relied on the imagination of a desert wanderer who may live in Brimstone Sands or be part of the Blood of the Sands cult. For emotes, we tend to focus on ideas that lean more towards the fun side. The Worm Dance and throwing some pocket sand both felt like natural additions to the season."
"As with the Season 1 rewards, we're excited for your feedback," said Patrick. "Player feedback on the Season 1 Pass directly influenced the development of the Season 2 Pass, and we've learned some great lessons. Please use the in-game feedback tool or join the New World Discord to let us know your thoughts on the Season 2 Pass."
Preview: Season 2 Starts in July
Stay tuned for the full list of rewards in a future article and the start of Season 2 on July 6th. Thank you for your support! We'll see you in Aeternum. And don't forget to get your Steam Keys in time to not miss a second of the adventure!
