Amazon Games Studios has unveiled the next weapon arriving in New World – the Void Gauntlet. It’s the first New World weapon to be introduced since the MMO game was released, and players are already testing it out on the New World public test server, where the next big update is live for players to test out.
The Void Gauntlet is a magic weapon that shoots ranged projectiles that deal – unsurprisingly – Void damage. It’s not an exclusively ranged weapon, though, as it can also summon a Void Blade that performs melee attacks. Holding ‘block’ converts your health into mana over time. This may seem like a dangerous trade off, but crucially, several Void Gauntlet abilities provide healing to yourself and allies – making it the only other source of healing in the game aside from the Life Staff. Healing is in high demand in New World, so the Void Gauntlet introduces some much-needed variety in this area.
The gauntlet scales with both Intelligence and Focus. From initial testing, it looks like Intelligence provides the most damage scaling, while Focus is needed for secondary damage scaling and provides all the scaling for the gauntlet’s healing skills. The weapon is still being tested on the PTR, so everything we know is subject to change between now and the Void Gauntlet release date.
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