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New World Voidmetal: how to find, mine, and craft with Voidmetal in New WorldNew World’s rare Voidmetal crafting resource explained
New World’s rare Voidmetal crafting resource explained
What is Voidmetal used for in New World, and where can you find it?Voidmetal is one ofNew World’s high-end crafting materials, used in the recipes for some of the game’s bestweapons,armor, and other desirable items.
Voidmetal can be elusive, so read on below for advice on how to find it and how to increase your yield when mining for it.
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How to find Voidmetal in New World
Voidmetal is very similar to Fae Iron in that it doesn’t spawn independently. Rather, it is an extremely rare drop when mining fromIron Oreveins.
Furthermore, Voidmetal only has a chance of dropping if your Mining skill is high enough to allow you to excavate Tier 3 metals — so it should become available to you at around skill level 45-50.
There is one alternative source of Voidmetal in New World: defeatedTundra Elementalshave a chance of dropping Voidmetal if your Mining skill is above 100. This isn’t as efficient a method as mining in the more traditional way, of course, but it’s worth knowing about all the same.
How to improve your Mining Luck
To increase your Voidmetal yield when mining, you can equip a Starmetal Miner’s Charm to give your character a Mining Luck Perk, which boosts their chances of gathering rare materials.
There are also certain foods — namely, dishes containing potato — that temporarily buff Mining Luck as well:
Voidmetal crafting recipes in New World
As we said at the top of this page, Voidmetal is a resource you’re unable to gather in any great quantities until quite late in the game, and the items you can craft with it are correspondingly impressive. Here are all the ones we’ve found so far — we’ll keep this page updated with more as we learn them:
Voidmetal Weapon recipes
That’s all we know about Voidmetal for now, but why not take a look at our guide to findingAzoth, another of Aeternum’s most powerful resources? Or check out ourbest New World character buildspage, where we suggest character builds to suit a variety of playstyles.
