In this guide, I’m going to show you 2 things that I think a lot of people missed but will allow you to summon your mounts a lot quicker than normal and allow you to move faster whilst underwater. This will not only save you tons of time over the course of your New World Season 4 experience, but could also save your life a couple of times as well.
Mount Faster
With the Season 4 Eternal Frost, there are lots of news about the new Expedition, Season Pass, artifacts, and everything else. I also prepared enough New World Coins to purchase the items I like.
Powerful Cavalier Crest
Something massive that I haven’t seen anyone talking about and kind of got added in under the radar was the addition of the Powerful Cavalier Crest Legendary Mount Strap to the game.
It was always in the game files, but there was never a drop source for this awesome item. But now, there are several ways you can get it.
Previously, we had the Epic Mount Strap - Cavalier Crest, which in itself was great, bringing mount summon times down from 3 seconds to two. But now, being able to get that down even lower to 1 second is massive in all aspects of the game.
Whether you’re pushing in a PvP situation and your opponent is getting away, to be able to mount up faster than them and catch up can be vital. Or, you’re running and trying to stay alive. That extra second can be the difference between life and death.
Plus, with how many times you’re mounting up and dismounting throughout a play session, those extra seconds will add up to a massive amount of time savings.
How To Get?
Now, let’s go over how you can get yourself one of these powerful items so you can take your mount game to the next level.
Basically, every mob in the Savage Divide expedition has a chance at this item dropping. You do need to be at least mutation level 1 though for it to drop.
If you’re able to clear this Expedition easily, just keep grinding it out until you get it. Or, if you’re struggling, you can just go through killing whatever you can before resetting the Expedition and going again.
Killing the final Mammoth boss in the Expedition whilst it’s mutated can also give you a chance at getting the Endless Thirst artifact. So, if you still need that one, this grind can have you working towards 2 great items.
We do have the time gate of the Savage Divide having to be mutated to get this item. But if it isn’t currently mutated for you, just wait a bit.
In the meantime, make sure you get at least one of the normal runs done before it gets mutated so you can jump right into mutations when they occur.
Move Faster In Water
Next up, we got a new way to move faster underwater in New World. And I’m not sure if this was intended or not, but while we have it, we might as well take advantage of it to keep ourselves from drowning.
Whenever you drop into deep water in New World, your character slows down to a walking pace. If you don’t reach high ground before the timer is up, you can die, and it can be extremely frustrating because it’s a broken system in the game.
But now, with the addition of the skating emote, whenever you drop into deep water, if you hit this emote, you can skate around underwater at a much faster speed, which can be the difference between life and death depending on how deep the water you fall into.
Do note though, this emote can only be gotten during the Winter Convergence Festival that’s currently going on. So, if you have yet to unlock it, it’s worth grinding for and slotting this emote to a hotkey because it can be the difference between life and death in many situations.
It’ll take a while to get used to using it because you move your character while they’re skating with the mouse instead of the keys. But once you get the hang of it, it can be a really helpful tool to know about.
Are you happy with the arrival of the new Mount Charm? And do you think this ice skating emote will be patched to prevent the underwater speed boost?
