New World: What You Need To Know About Umbral Shards
Amazon’s New World was released last year, the company's first step into the MMORPG field. While having a few bumps in the road, New World launched with adequate success and retains a high player base. New World takes a lot from classic MMOs in terms of combat, grinding, and crafting while still bringing much to the table in terms of gameplay and progression.
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New World also has an extensive gear system. Instead of being separated by a level wall, all gear is assigned gear scores. It takes a lot of work to get to max gear score in New World, which is 600 (but 625 on the public test server). Umbral Shards are a new addition to New World, and are directly linked to improving player gear and raising it past the level cap in upcoming updates. In this guide, players will learn how to obtain and how to use Umbral Shards in New World.
Umbral Shards are a new in-game material players will need to upgrade their gear scores as they progress through the game. Umbral Shards can upgrade gear with a minimum score of 590 to a maximum score of 625. They also allow players to increase their expertise in a specific gear slot, allowing a raise from 600 to 625. Upgrading a piece of gear also permanently raises the player's expertise with that gear slot.
It's crucial for players to understand that upgrading a piece of gear with Umbral Shards will not turn it into a legendary item, and will not equip it with an additional perk. Upgrading a piece of gear will only raise the scaling of the item to 625 power level.
To utilize an Umbral Shard, the player must first have a piece of gear to upgrade. This piece of gear must be at a score of 590 or higher; in addition, the expertise in that gear slot must also be
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