New World: What types of damage are there and who do they damage the most?

There are different types of damage in New World, such as piercing, slashing or fire damage. In PvE, different monster types have vulnerabilities to these types of damage. If you want to prepare yourself perfectly for a dungeon or want to have it easier against a boss, you should definitely know these strengths and weaknesses.

What types of damage are there? New World offers three different types of physical damage and six different types of elemental damage:

• Slash Damage (Sword, Battleaxe, Hatchet, Greatsword)
• Piercing damage (rapier, spear, musket, bow, blunderbuss, sometimes sword)
• Slam Damage (Hammer)
• Fire Damage (Fire Staff)
• Ice Damage (Ice Gauntlets)
• Nature Damage (Life Staff)
• lightning damage
• arcane damage
• Doom Damage (Doom Gauntlets)

Can you have elemental damage on all weapons? Yes, that’s why some types are not assigned to a specific weapon. You can convert your weapon damage into fire damage or arcane damage via the socket system and the various jewels.

Update February 1, 2023: New World has since removed the resistances from the game. Enemies now only take additional damage.

This is how effective the different damage types are

What types of monsters are there? Different types of enemies await you in New World. These include the corrupted by the Azoth, the huge natural creatures of the Angry Earth or normal animals, called beasts here.

Each of these monster types has specific weaknesses that affect the damage dealt. In a table* you can see the respective advantages:

*You can scroll the table horizontally

	depraved	beasts	lost	ancestral guardian	Angry Earth
cut					+20%
Sting	+20%	+20%
blow			+10%	+20%
Fire					+30%
Ice			+15%
Nature	+15%		+30%
lightning				+30%
arcane	+30%
mischief				+15%

In which dungeon do you meet which monster?

• Amrhein Excavation – Mainly lost and ancestor guardians
• The Ruined Obelisk – Most notably, Ancestral Guardians
• The Deeps – Especially the Corrupted
• Dynasty Ship Value – Mostly Corrupted
• Lazarus Instrumentarium – Most notably, ancestor guardians
• Garden of Origination – Most notably Angry Earth
• Heart of Storms – Corrupted ones in particular
• Barnacles and Gunpowder – Mostly the Lost
• The Ennead – Mainly ancestor guardians or corrupted ones

Will you adapt your damage type to enemies in the open world and dungeons? Or do you forego the bonus and prefer to play as you like? Feel free to write it here on MeinMMO in the comments.

You can find more guides to New World here:

New World Guides: All tips, tricks and builds at a glance