General Guide for New World Mutated Expeditions

Mutated Expeditions are more challenging versions of existing Expeditions.

Every Mutated Expedition will have 10 difficulties, ranging from only having a single set of Mutations at level 1 to having 3 fully upgraded sets of Mutations at level 10.

You need to complete the regular version of the Expedition before being able to participate in the mutated version.

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Element Mutators:

Void - Eternal

Fire - Hellfire

Nature- Overgrown

Ice - Icebound

Promotion (Mob Buffs)

Indomitable

Savage

Oppressive

Barbaric

Curse (Player Debuffs)

The Curse changes each week to match the Element.

Desiccated

Censored

Fiendish

Frenzied

Mutation Levels 1& 2 will only have a Mutation, 3, 4& 5 Mutations, and Promotions, and 6, 7, 8, 9& 10 will have Mutators, Promotions, and a curse.

Scoring Mechanics

Your group will earn a score that will determine your ranking at the end. You will be rewarded either Bronze, Silver, or Gold.

Bronze: Any score less than 25,000 points
Silver: 25,000 – 49,999
Gold: 50,000 & above

Almost everything you do in an Expedition can provide a bonus to the score.

You must achieve minimum a Silver ranking to progress to the next level of the Mutation. The score is determined by several different factors, including:

Clear Time: The better your team's completion time of the mutation the better your score will be.
Regular Enemies Kills: A target value for killing a predetermined amount of enemies within the Expedition.
Named Enemies Kills: Killing all the mini-bosses is essential for the score.
Team Wipes: Every team wipe during a boss encounter will reduce the score by a significant amount.
Respawns: Each respawn (death not down) will reduce the score by a moderate amount.
Gatherable: Gathering all the nodes will provide you with a score bonus.

Getting Gold Rank in a Mutated Expedition can be tricky on higher levels.

Recommended Gear Score and Umbral Shards Rewards

Mutation Level	Recommended Gear Score	Bronze	Silver	Gold
1	602	200 Shards	400 Shards	600 Shards
2	604	400 Shards	600 Shards	800 Shards
3	606	600 Shards	800 Shards	1000 Shards
4	608	800 Shards	1100 Shards	1400 Shards
5	610	1200 Shards	1500 Shards	1800 Shards
6	613	1600 Shards	2000 Shards	2400 Shards
7	616	2000 Shards	2600 Shards	3000 Shards
8	619	2600 Shards	3200 Shards	3800 Shards
9	622	3200 Shards	4000 Shards	4800 Shards
10	625	4000 Shards	5000 Shards	6000 Shards

Gearing

Armor

Ideal Armor Weight

You should always use light armor if you have 5x Ward on your Armor.

DPS should be Light, 5-200 CON depending on experience.
The Healer needs to be Light for the 30% healing bonus.
The Tank can be Heavy, Medium, or Light based on the dungeon and his experience (Light in Genesis, Medium or Heavy in Lazarus, and Heavy in Corrupted Expeditions).

Weights Table

HELMET	CHEST	GLOVES	PANTS	BOOTS	WEIGHT
HEAVY	HEAVY	MEDIUM	LIGHT	MEDIUM	MEDIUM
MEDIUM	HEAVY	HEAVY	LIGHT	MEDIUM	MEDIUM
MEDIUM	HEAVY	MEDIUM	LIGHT	HEAVY	MEDIUM
HEAVY	HEAVY	HEAVY	HEAVY	HEAVY	HEAVY
LIGHT	MEDIUM	LIGHT	LIGHT	LIGHT	LIGHT
MEDIUM	LIGHT	LIGHT	MEDIUM	LIGHT	LIGHT
LIGHT	LIGHT	MEDIUM	MEDIUM	LIGHT	LIGHT
LIGHT	LIGHT	LIGHT	MEDIUM	MEDIUM	LIGHT

Armor Perks

The ideal 3 perk combo is Ward+ Skill Perk+ Refreshing.

Your armor should have at least Ward on all pieces.

Armor Gems

Based on the Mutation Element you want to use elemental gems in your armor and jewelry, the recommended setup is running 58.1% mutation-specific resistance, attainable with 8x mutation-specific gems.

– Void (Eternal): Cut Pristine Amethyst

– Fire (Hellfire): Cut Pristine Ruby

– Eternal (Nature): Cut Pristine Amber

– Icebound (Ice): Cut Pristine Aquamarine

You can get "Punishing" rune gems for extra DPS. (Ex: Runeglass of Punishing Amethyst)

Notable Named Armor

DPS

Ancients

Light - Sun Lord’s Set - Ancient Ward + Refreshing Evasion + Shirking Fortification

Medium - Simple Skirt - Ancient Ward + Refreshing Evasion + Shirking Energy

Tank

Ancient

Heavy - Weighted Greaves - Ancient Ward + Refreshing Ward + Invigorated

Heavy - Castrum Crown of the Goat-King - Ancient Ward + Refreshing Ward + Physical Aversion

Heavy - Chardis' Set - Ancient Ward + Refreshing Ward + Invigorated

Heavy - Colossal - Ancient Ward + Elemental Aversion + Invigorated

Angry Earth

Heavy - Harbinger Set - Angry Earth Ward + Refreshing + Invigorated

Heavy - Crown of Sobek - Angry Earth Ward + Vigor + Physical Aversion

Corrupted

Heavy - Expedition Captain’s Set - Corrupted Ward + Refreshing + Physical Aversion

Heavy - Aureate’s Golden Set - Corrupted Ward + Refreshing Ward + Physical Aversion

Healer

Ancient

Light - Highwayman’s Boots - Ancient Ward + Refreshing + Freedom

Angry Earth

Medium - Siren’s Set - Angry Earth Ward + Refreshing + Elemental Aversion (CON)

Corrupted

Light - Empress Zhou’s Set - Corrupted Ward + Refreshing Evasion + Invigorated

Jewelry Perks

DPS/TANK

Slot	Perk 1	Perk 2	Perk 3	Named Items
Amulet	Health	Elemental Protection	Refreshing	Blessing of Forefathers, Scorpion Stone
Ring ( >150 DEX)	Slash Damage	Keen Awareness	Leeching	Legate's Ring/ Heart of Heka, Featherweight Ring
Ring ( < 150 DEX)	Hearty	Keen Awareness	Leeching	Smooth Bone Ring, Heart of Maheebgal
Earring	Refreshing Toast	Refreshing	Purifying Toast, Beloved, Evasive, Regenerating	Doom's Chance Earring, Warrior's Energy, Reflected Mayhem

Healer

Slot	Perk 1	Perk 2	Perk 3
Amulet	Health	Elemental Protection	Refreshing	Droplet, Keeper's Pendant
Ring	Hearty	Sacred	Refreshing	Silver Leaf, Holy Pledger's Band
Earring	Refreshing Toast	Refreshing	Healthy Toast, Beloved, Evasive, Purifying Toast	Earring of the Hallowed Soul, Shard of Lithomacy, Bloodline's Curse, Champion's Earring

Notable Named Jewelry

DPS/TANK

Amulet: Blessing of Forefathers, Scorpion Stone , Myrkgard's Amulet, Glass Oculus, Eyes in the Abyss

Ring: Legate's Ring, Heart of Heka, Featherweight Ring, Smooth Bone Ring, Heart of Maheebgal, Beginning, Gash, Heart of Anhurawak

Earring: Doom's Chance Earring, Warrior's Energy, Reflected Mayhem, Hardened Tear of Avarice, Champion's Earring

HEALER

Amulet: Droplet, Keeper's Pendant

Ring: Silver Leaf, Holy Pledger's Band

Earring: Earring of the Hallowed Soul, Shard of Lithomacy, Bloodline's Curse, Champion's Earring

Weapons

Weapon Perks

The best setup is subjective but I recommend Bane and Vicious/ Enchanted/ Thwarting Strikes, Rogue, Trenchant Strikes, Trenchant Crits then for some weapons an ability perk for example Refreshing Torrent on Hatchet or Refreshing Move/ Keenly Empowered.

Weapon Gems

DPS - Opal/ Diamond

Healer - Diamond and a mob-type weakness gem in their Void Gauntlet.

Tank - Carnelian

Notable Named Weapons

Greatsword

Blade of the 19th - Corrupted Bane + Trenchant Strikes + Mortal Power

Beast Hunter’s Blade - Beast Bane + Trenchant Strikes + Keenly Jagged

Tempestuous Greatsword - Corrupted Bane + Trenchant Strikes + Chain Lightning

Stonehewer - Ancient Bane + Trenchant Strikes + Mortal Refreshment

Firewood - Angry Earth Bane + Vicious + Chain

Craftsman’s Passion - Angry Earth Bane + Vicious + Keenly Empowered

Afterthought - Lost Bane + Vicious + Chain

Voidsword - Ancient Bane + Vicious + Chain

Liveliness - Corrupted Bane + Vicious + Chain

Hatchet

Bonechopper - Angry Earth Bane + Rogue + Keenly Fortified

Beyond Reason - Ancient Bane + Chain Void + Refreshing Torrent

The Settler's Friend - Ancient Bane + Keen + Vicious

Spear

Javelin of Dryadic Empowerment – Keen + Vicious + Keenly Empowered

Angry Earth Exterminator – Keen + Vicious + Angry Earth Bane

Warhammer

Batheqet’s Cudgel – Ancient Bane + Thwarting Strikes + Sundering Shockwave

Rapier

Hopelessness (Crafted) – Corrupted Bane + Rogue + Chain

Sword

Deeproot – Enchanted + Refreshing Move + Lifestealing

Timekeeper’s Hand – Enchanted + Refreshing Move + Keen

Infernus – Enchanted + Refreshing Move + Lifestealing

Shield

Hourglass – Refreshing + Sturdy + Accelerated Resolve

Healer

Lifestaff

Will of the Ancients - Blessed + Refreshing Move + Refreshing

Spiritpool - Blessed + Refreshing Move + Purity of Light

Greatstaff of the Light’s Judgement - Blessed + Keenly Empowered + Mending Protection

Staff of the Throne - Blessed + Refreshing Move + Keen Beacon

Iridescence - Blessed + Refreshing Evasion + Fortifying Sacred Ground

Glowing Lifecrystal Staff - Blessed + Refreshing Move + Refreshing Divine Embrace

Consumables

Offensive

Coatings

Recipes: Ancients, Angry Earth, Corrupted, Lost, Beast

Honing Stones

Recipes: Common, Strong, Powerful

Trophies

	3x Minor	3x Basic	3x Majors
% DMG	9%	12%	15%

Defensive

Gemstone Dust & Oakflesh Balm

Recipes: Strong, Powerful

Ward Potions

Recipes: Ancients, Angry Earth, Corrupted, Lost, Beast

Others

Powerful Incense | Blight Tinctures | Corruption Tinctures

Food

STR Roasted Gnufish 40 STR

DEX Fried Albenaja 40 DEX

INT Steamed Abaia Serpe 40 INT

FOC Blackened Lava Barb with Corn Succotash 40 FOC

CON Roasted Rabbit with Seasoned Vegetables 40 CON

You can also use split stats food if it is cheaper.

Skill Trees

I will go more in-depth on Team Compositions and Builds in future individual guides for each dungeon but here are some weapon skill trees for the most used builds: