New World Season of The Guardian release date, what to expect, major changes, and more

After a month-long delay, the New World Season of The Guardian release date has finally been confirmed for April 2nd, 2024. As the game's fifth Seasonal update, Season of The Guardian will introduce some long-requested changes in trade skills, combat animations, story quest pacing, as well as new artifacts and seasonal content.

Fans are looking forward to Season of The Guardian for fresh endgame activity, as Amazon Game Studios are finally adding new 10-man trials, including the Winter Rune Forge itself. In terms of character builds, the new artifacts are bound toward a shake-up in the meta.

Even if you aren't a min-max endgame player, you'll find the overall gameplay much more polished thanks to an overhauled movement system. With such exciting changes this early in the year, the 2024 roadmap for New World is looking good.

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New World Season of The Guardian release date: when is it coming?

The New World Season of The Guardian release date is confirmed to be April 2nd, 2024. A dev blog update announced this revised release date on March 22nd.

“Season of the Guardian will release on Tuesday, April 2. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to resolve issues based on PTR feedback and work together towards even more enjoyable experiences in Aeternum.”

Until then, you can check out the new Artifacts coming with Season of The Guardian in the PTR.

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What to expect from New World Season of The Guardian

The entire main quest is getting polished with New World: Season of The Guardian's release (Image via Amazon Game Studios)

• Controller Support: There may be no words on when we can expect a console release, but Season of The Guardian brings controller support for all PC players.
• Eight new artifacts to suit various playstyles.
• New Season Journey and seasonal rewards, including new cosmetics.
• New events: Rabbit's Revenge and Springtime Bloom
• Systemic changes to cooking and fishing, including new ingredients, better cooking progression, new legendary fish, removal of split attributes, and more. Expect your gathering build in New World to get more rewarding.
• Updated combat animation system, which the developers expect to perform better in high-traffic zones. This implies a better experience when New World servers are not the most stable.
• 10-man seasonal trial Winter Rune Forge, a "bone-chilling gauntlet of increasingly difficult enemies."
• 20v20 Outpost Rush mode now supports mounts and mounted combat.