How LUCK really works in New World: FULLY EXPLAINED UPDATE by Devs 

My bad guys - major loot luck trophies are actually 1.5%, not 15% - I got it mixed up with the gathering luck trophies. Thanks to everyone who pointed it out in the comments. This would put the max luck shown at 11:42 at 45.5% instead of 86%. Also now there is a more recent dev post on the forums where they give more details about how luck works: forums.newworld.com/t/dev-blog-luck-faq/713119

Thanks for putting this together! I think you explain things that maybe are unneeded, like gathering vs global luck to me is obvious but maybe not so for another player. Good luck out there in Aeternum!

At least they finally gave us some information to go off of instead of pure speculation. If what they said is true then I believe your estimates to be very accurate and thus helpful. Great video!

pretty good man! you have an extremly enjoying voice Buddy :D

Great video thanks!

Best breakdown that I’ve seen so far.

10:00 to me it sounds like the first guy was not denying that it raises the ceiling BUT he acknowledges that it is still very rare to get certain drops. And the second guy clarified that it raise ceiling and floor by technicality. The first guy just worded it weird by acknowledging that rare rolls are still rare despite a boost.

What a great video. Thanks bro

Are things like weaponsmith pants considered “named drops” ?

It makes total sense and explains how it works. We do have a higher chance of getting a drop with all the luck gear etc. but does not effect what the item will be.

Worth mentioning that bags can have % of global luck and for gathering luck- amulets give a high chunk of %

Does harvesting luck effect herbs and things like stems/leafs/flowers/stones(mining luck) from the different mote nodes?

The guy answering the question should have straight up asked, “what do you mean by floor and ceiling?”. Cuz once that was asked the guy kept stuttering harder.

What about provisions crates? Salt? Lemons? Expeditions- craft materials?

Anyone know where I can find this original video of them going through this? I can't find it anywhere

I have 44% with 3 basic so I guess it’s best to sell my basic ones and get the gathering ones instead since I ain’t looking for named items I rather just farm ores then cause finding stuff like pure resin is so damn hard

Thanks a lot for this informative video, i just have one question. Trophies you get from supply chests are considered named items or not ?

on nwdb major loot luck trophy gives 1,5%

loved this makes me see why my 2 majors dont do shit hope it gets kinda changed or least more named items..

What about the Faction Bonuses "Luck Bonus" +50 what does that mean ?

Do artifacts count as named items?

Great video, so really elite chest are bugged iv never seen anyone get a named item from an elite chest, trophy material drops are not effected by loot luck? This is what I'm guessing. But getting the timeless hand from leviathan you need luck

So when I raise my luck, I reduce my chance to get legendaries since I only raise my chance for named?

and still no answers if pearls on luck items add the luck or overwrite it. i saw so many test and reports that it seems bugged. for myselfe i can say after running 3,5 month with pearls and 1,5 month without i had a significant more succsess without pearls. but i can never be sure and hope to hear something from the devs

So, for things like precision armoring tools, luck does matter?

My luck is bugged after i made major luck trophies for me. With 43% luck i was getting trophy mats daily, got 10 mats in a week 2 legendary and 8 epic. But since major trophies i couldn't get a single trophy mat in 6 weeks, not a single one of them!! Some people say ''you are just unlucky'' but this is ridiculous level unlucky and im 100% sure there is ''too much luck'' bug indeed...

Nove job dude. Do you have a stream?

major luck trophy gives ya 5% 3 major gives ya 15%

Game was fun for a minute

Yeah fighting over nodes if it wasnt for the fact that you're wearing gathering armor which as we know sucks for pvp, so those spontaneous scenarios they dream about cant happen without having the gathering person in disadvantage to the "ganking" pvper, let say a fort capturer, pvp faction mission doer, those players will have high gs standard/pvp run around not gathering gear and destroy you before you can equip your pvp gear, if thats even possible cuz youll be "in combat" status , all in all terrible idea, only solution i can think is if they desing an internal "macro" to automatically switch to a designated saved gear set slot as soon as you receive dmg from a player while flagged, they still get the jump on you and first dmg on your low res mining gear but from there on I have fighting chances and running away is not my only option anymore.

Aren't loot trophies .5% 1% and 1.5% each therefore 4.5% is the max you can get from majors? Seems like significantly less than 45% lol

Luck is easy to understand. Your overthinking it

This was a great summary. It was so painful to listen to them talk all around the topic for so long. This summary makes them look like targeted geniuses because so much was carved away.

each major loot luck trophy gives you 1.5% luck not 15%

Loot luck trophies given 15% ???

it really seems like they actually dont know how thier luck works

The luck question has been asked since the start of the game. Why has it taken AGS this long to answer it? I’m sorry but AGS has done a very poor job of giving the community information. You made a good video though.

They have no clue to many systems and they don't work properly

specific named items does that include your crafting items? are crafting mods not named items? of the named item of that tier chest? i mean there not going to tell you how it work to the exact point or it would ruin the game. imo take what they said with a bit of sand. shit if our pulling better loot from your mobs wearing your favorite luck set then do it cause tbh theres something to it. run your routes and just make silent moves. this game is fun but theses players are something else LOUD ive never witnessed so many players desperate for attention. never the less this kinda helped understand why im getting what im getting when i wear what i wear. nuff said

Hmm...something fishy here

Ummm. Y would i fight u with all skinning gear on? R u high?

Luck is this game still having more than 10 players still playing

Seems like most everyone has had a very wrong concept as to what luck means and the luck perk is nearly a wasted perk

Seems really shit and not worth it cause the only thing luck affects is named items, the rest is just what you get and the amount of luck gained is so minimal