Greetings, Adventurers! Wave 2.2 of the Season 2 PTR introduces bug fixes for the Blood of the Sands seasonal content. Downtime will begin at 11:00AM PT on June 15 and last approximately 90 minutes. If you encounter a bug, exploit, or have suggestions to improve a feature or piece of content, we’d love to hear your feedback on our Discord (you can also utilize our in-game feedback tool). We will do our best to address as much of your feedback as possible before the content update makes its way to our live servers. Your participation will help us to deliver awesome content and updates in the future! Check out an in-depth breakdown of the release in our [url=https://www.newworld.com/en-us/news/articles/season-2-blood-of-the-sands-announcement]official announcement[/url] and stay tuned to our social channels for updates. [h2]Economy, Progression, and Gear[/h2] [list] [*] Replaced the models and icons for Artisan items. They no longer use the glass/transparent models but the new, intended ones instead. [*] The Artisan line of items now have the proper durability and weight assignments. [*] The Umbral Shard rewards for the Sandwurm encounter have been increased. You now get 500 per kill (previously 100), 2000 in the daily chest (previously 1000) and 8000 in the weekly chest (previously 2000). [/list] [h2]Seasonal Content [/h2] [list] [*] Fixed an issue where a target marker would appear over a player's head but Hadish Azar would instead burnout towards the center of his arena. [*] Fixed an issue that would cause Hadish Azar's Meteor Shower warning marker to not appear on both players heads. [*] Fixed an issue that caused Hadish Azar's Flame Waves to not reach the corners of his arena. [*] Fixed an issue that caused the Explosive Sulfur Core to kill players with explosive damage after it was destroyed. [*] Modified Hadish Azar's Flame Vacuum so that it always pulls the player to him. [*] Fixed an issue that caused the Enraged Devourer Drone to get stuck below ground. [/list] [b]The following changes have been made to the Hatchery Trial rewards based on player feedback: [/b] [list] [*] Corsica Bandit Named Set: replaced Freedom with Human Ward. [*] Scholarly Jongleur Named Set: replaced Invigorated with Human Ward. [*] Hordemaster Named Set: replaced Invigorated with Human Ward. [*] Oasis Graverobber Weapons: first perk bucket guarantees Bane perk, item guaranteed purple rarity or better. [*] Waterseeker, Wanderer, and Warmonger Armor Sets: first perk bucket guarantees Ward perk, item guaranteed purple rarity or better. [*] Added 15% chance to get a Golden Scarab from the Bonus Box, and changed the chance of Writ of Adventure to 15%. [*] Increased amount of procedural gear awarded from a Normal run from 2 to 6. [/list] [h2]Raid Groups [/h2] [list] [*] Fixed an issue that caused raid members to appear in multiple groups when moved while offline. [/list] [h2]UX/UI[/h2] [list] [*] Fixed an issue that caused white boxes to show on raid screens. [/list] [b]Trial of the Devourer: [/b][list] [*] Replaced Average Gear Score with Recommended Gear Score. [*] Changed the remaining time to show time until reset. [/list] Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Aeternum.