Equipment

Equipment is the category of item in New World that contains Weapons, Apparel and Tools.

Crafted Equipment
Equipment can be crafted by a player using the appropriate Crafting skill. Crafted equipment will have a gear score that falls within a range determined by the tier of the item as well as the player's crafting skill ability. If the player chooses to increase the number of resources spent in crafting, there is a higher chance that the crafted item will have one or more Perks or Empty Gem Sockets. It can also be dropped by enemies and found in Boxes.
 * Weaponsmiths craft Weapons.
 * Armorers craft Armor and Bags.
 * Engineers craft Bows, Muskets, Ammunition and Tools.
 * Arcanists craft Magical Weapons.
 * Jewelcrafters craft Trinkets.

Looted Equipment
In addition to crafting equipment, players may obtain equipment by killing and looting creatures. Tougher creatures will drop higher rarity equipment with a higher gear score. The number of perks on a piece of equipment determines its rarity. A piece of equipment can have up to 3 perks. Randomly, a piece of equipment may have a Gem Slot.
 * No Perks: - This level or rarity does not bind on equip.
 * 1 Perk:
 * 2 Perks:
 * 3 Perks:

Equip Load
All pieces of equipment have a weight that contributes to the player's equip load. Equip Load dictates a player's dodge (performed with the Shift Key). Your current equip load can be seen on the left side of the inventory screen. There are three states of Equip Load: Light, Normal, and Heavy. Armor comes in three corresponding types: Light, Medium, and Heavy.


 * In Light equip load (0-13), your character will perform a "roll" dodge. Damage output is also increased by 20%.
 * In Medium equip load (over 13), your character will perform a "jump" dodge. Damage output is also increased by 10%. Healing output is decreased.
 * In Heavy equip load (over 23), your character will perform a "hop" dodge. Damage taken is reduced.

Named and Legendary Items
Named and items feature pre-determined perks and gem slots. There is a higher chance of a Named or Legendary item dropping from more difficult creatures, but there are items of this rarity at all skill levels. Unlike regular items, Named and Legendary items have fixed Gear Scores.

Trinkets and Bags
Trinkets provide passive bonuses. All Trinkets feature a gem slot with a permanent slotted gem. Some perks only appear on Trinkets. Bags increase the amount of weight a player can carry and also feature a unique set of perks.