Halloween in New World brings a new event to celebrate the spooky season: Nightveil Hallow! This event comes with special quests, powerful rewards, and limited-time resources to boost your character's progression. This guide covers everything you need to know, from maximizing your event rewards to the lesser-known ways to double your crafting materials.
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Starting Out: How to Begin the Halloween Event
The Nightveil Hallow event kicks off in any main city. Look for the NPC near a cauldron in the town center, where you can start a questline leading to the event's world boss. The initial quest is simple: you'll only need to defeat the world boss, Basu, once to unlock maximum reputation and gain access to the event shop. After completing this, you can start farming materials, completing quests, and shopping for event-specific items and buffs.
Locating the World Boss
The world boss, Baalphazu, appears across several northern areas on the map, such as Morningdale, Weaver's Fen, Brightwood, and Eboncale Reach. Use the map to spot Basu's current spawn point, marked with a skull icon. Joining groups is common and can make the fight more manageable, as the number of players scales. Watch the recruitment chat for groups, or type "X" in chat to join a raid.
Defeating Baalphazu: Strategies and Tips
The fight with Baalphazu involves some straightforward mechanics, primarily AoE abilities. Key to the fight is the use of pumpkin bombs dropped by smaller pumpkin adds. When you throw these at Baalphazu, they deal significant damage and help break his stamina. Once his stamina breaks, Baalphazu takes increased damage, and if you have enough players throwing pumpkins, you can often keep him staggered, making the fight quicker and easier.
Maximizing Your Rewards: Double Tokens with Grizzly Gummies
One of the most important items from Nightveil Hallow is Ancient Grizzly Gummies, which double the Nightveil tokens you receive for five minutes. Using these gummies before opening your Nightveil crates, which you received from defeating Baalphazu, will maximize your tokens. By doubling tokens, you reduce the number of boss kills needed to buy event items, effectively halving the grind. Additionally, opening only three caches per day can yield extra gold rewards, making it a solid choice if you're low on funds.
Collecting Candy: Four Types and Their Uses
Nightveil Hallow introduces four types of candy, each with unique effects. Here's how they break down:
Corrupted Jelly Beans and Angry Earth Candy Fish: These are fun, gimmick items with no major effect on gameplay.
Ancient Grizzly Gummies: Grants double Nightveil tokens when used before opening Nightveil crates. Essential for maximizing rewards.
Lost Black Licorice: Comes in two versions. The unlucky variant has no effect, but the Lingering Licorice variant offers valuable buffs for five minutes, including:
- Increased chance of rare items from chests and monsters
- 2% bonus for all refining skills
- 20% extra Gathering luck
The Lingering Licorice buff is excellent for players focusing on crafting or gathering rare materials. Since it only lasts five minutes, have your materials prepared to make the most of this limited-time buff.
Event Shop Rewards: What to Prioritize
Once Baalphazu is defeated, you can turn in Basu's Ear, a quest item, at the Nightveil Cauldron in any town to access the event shop. Here are some of the most valuable items:
Chromatic Seals: With a 3-day cooldown, these seals allow players to change the attribute distribution on their gear. Usually expensive, they're available during the event for only 10 tokens each—an incredible deal.
Gear Score Patterns: The shop offers 700 Gear Score patterns with a 3-day cooldown, ideal for leveling trade skills like weaponsmithing or armoring. Stockpiling these patterns can help boost your crafting levels post-event. The armor pattern requires an Armoring skill of 205, making it more suitable for higher-level players or those focused on crafting.
Legendary Crafting Patterns: For weapons and armor with desirable perks like Flame Attunement and health, these patterns can be a good investment if you aim to craft high-level items. Keep in mind that the best results may still require Prismatic materials, which can be costly.
Additional Tips
Stockpile Treat Baskets: After equipping a costume from the event, collect Treat Baskets from towns to gather candies. This is a great way to collect a steady supply of Ancient Grizzly Gummies and other useful event items.
Space Out Crate Openings: Opening three caches daily with Grizzly Gummies active yields extra gold, maximizing the event's monetary benefits.
Use Licorice for Crafting: Lost Black Licorice with the Lingering Licorice effect is invaluable for rare item gathering and crafting. Plan your crafting or gathering sessions in advance to make the most of its short, potent boost.
Make the Most of Nightveil Hallow
Whether you're a PvE enthusiast, a crafter, or a gatherer, Nightveil Hallow offers opportunities to progress in New World with powerful buffs and lucrative rewards. With limited-time items, double token buffs, and efficient ways to collect resources, Nightveil Hallow is an event you won't want to miss. Get out there, defeat Basu, and start stockpiling those rewards!
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