Elite Chest Run Guide for New World Aeternum 2025

Are you ready to pick up some amazing loot in New World: Aeternum? Elite Chest Runs (ECRs) - or World Tours, if you're feeling fancy - are your golden goose, jam-packed with rare equipment, pricey trophy artefacts and crafting goodies to line your pockets or boost your build. Whether you're a fresh-faced explorer scouting Ebonscale or a grizzled veteran tearing through Myrkgard, these daily treasure hunts in the wilds of Aeternum are a must-do in 2025. We'll tell you where the best spots are, what you'll be able to grab, and how to milk each run for maximum profit - no fluff, just the good stuff. Let's dive in and loot like champions!

ECRs hit elite chests - think Supply Chests, Grave Offerings, Beast Hoards, and Ancient Chests - once a day, showering you with location-specific equipment, furniture schematics, crafting mats, and more. Golden scarabs, dark matter, refining supplies, glyphs, dyes - you name it, it's in there. Stockpiles and supply caches also provide extra supplies, alchemy items and rare patterns. Stick with a raid group and you're guaranteed a shot at epic drops without the solo drudgery. It's a loot buffet and you're invited - resets happen at 5am EST, so plan your mornings!

Level: 50+ recommended - below that, high-level mobs will chew you up. Possible, but ouch.  

Lucky Gear: Slap on some lucky perks - increases your chances of getting scarabs and artefacts. Check the trading post; servers like Casia don't price them high for nothing.  

Topaz Gypsum Potion: Extra gypsum for making juice - pop it before you run out.  

Monstrous Turkey Leg: Maxes out your loot - chow down before you roll.  

Raid Chat: Watch the recruitment chat - "LFM Cutlass ECR" means "looking for more Cutlass keys". Type "X ECR" or "X WT" to join - or host your own with "Hosting WT! CK -> IMP -> MYRK" to get the crew together.

Cutlass Keys (CK): Cache Heaven - Mystic Tunes, Trophy Mats, Furniture Schematics, Cooking Recipes.  

Imperial Palace (IMP): Chest overload—Golden Steel Storage Chest Schematic, Goldfish Bowl, Phoenix Artifact, Artisan Jewelcrafter Gloves, high-tier food/recipes.  

Scorched Mines (MINES): Refining mats galore, armour hat, soul shroud/corrupted progenitor gear.  

Myrkgard (MYRK): Iconic chaos—Weaponsmith Hat/Shirt, Stonecutter Gloves/Goggles, Major Breach Caches (Craft Mods, Corrupted Lodestone, 250 gold first two daily), Soul Shroud/Progenitor items.  

Malevolence (MALV): Silent loot - rare equipment, refining supplies.  

Eternal Pool (ET POOLS): Deep River Armor (Lightning Harnessing), Chef Shirt, Protector Tuning Orb, Bark Flesh.  

Forecastle Drift (SIREN): Armorer Shirt/Gloves/Pants, Siren's Tuning Orb, Conor's Pants, Riptide Earring.

Common route: CK -> IMP -> MINES -> MYRK -> MALV -> POOL -> SIREN  

Solarium Khepri (KHEPRI): Four chests, two coffers - Golden Scarabs, Sun Gems, Smelter Headgear, Syncretic/Keratin sets. Requires Auber Glyph.  

Heliopolis (HELIOS): Day/night boss spawns—Scarabs, Smelter Set (Mitts, Pants, Shoes), Chaos Glyph Stones. All Brimstone Glyphs required.  

Great Wall of Nebet-Het (WALL): Satui glyph entrance scarabs, Abzu glyph stone, Sin Hatchet artefact (Mnemon Colossus).  

Castrum Principium (CAST): Stockpile bonus - Scarabs, Destruction glyph stone, Furniture pieces.  

Beds of Ta-Bitjet (BEDS): Zuo Glyph needed - Scarabs, Shadow Livestone, Bark Flesh (Queen Scorpion).  

Attalus' Foundry (ATTA): Flame Cores, Creed Boots Artefact, Human Idol (Sir Junric) - expensive trophy mat.

Common route: KHEP -> HELIOS -> WALL -> CAST -> ATTA or BEDS  

Tribunal Highmound (TRIB): Beast Hoards galore - Odo Flail, Gladiator Shield, Gemma's Earpiece, Hunter's Eye Bow, TangleVine/Sporelight gear.  

Isle of Zurvan (ISLE): Beast Glyph Bridge Finisher Life Staff, Boltcaster Artefact, 15+ named TangleVine/Sporelight items.

Common route: TRIB -> ISLE  

Stick together: If you stray from the raid, you'll miss out on chests - follow the pack or type "X TRAIN" to catch up.  

Glyph Prep: Learn Brimstone (Auber, Satui, Zuo) and Elysian glyphs - unlocks WALL, BEDS, ISLE runs.  

Cache Timing: The first two Major Breach caches in MYRK net 250 gold each day - save extras for tomorrow's payday.  

Trading Post Play: Scarabs, Human Idols, rare schematics (Golden Steel Storage Chest) and trophy mats such as Loaded Dice or Stacked Decks bring top coin check Casia trends (Ironwood's 0.56 gold vibes).  

Gathering bonuses: Wyrdwood, Ironwood, Runewood trees and veins of Starmetal, Orichalcum and Mythril dot the elite zones - harvest while you loot.

600+ Gear Score Legendaries: Bind-on-Equip-Sell or Flex.  

Trophy mats: Loaded dice, stacked decks, brilliant animus, writhing vines.  

Crafting gems: Golden Scarabs, Dark Matter, Refining Materials.

Note: Loot is not a sure thing - the RNG rules, but the more you run, the more luck you get.

Daily resets at 5am EST mean fresh loot every 24 hours - perfect for casuals or grinders. From scarabs for crafting to artefacts like Sin or Phoenix for flexing, ECRs pack more punch than solo runs. Hit the recruitment chat, gear up and loot 'til you drop - the rewards are just a chest away, whether you're after that 600+ Legendary or a hefty stack of gold.

In a nutshell: You're now locked and loaded to raid Aeternum's elite zones - think MYRK's caches, IMP's rare schematics and TRIB's artefacts.