In the Avernus expansion, players got the chance to explore the first layer of Hell, fighting powerful devils and demons in end-game missions. With season 2, players will have even more to do in and around the Redeemed Citadel, a massive heavenly fortress in Avernus that serves as a staging ground for Zariel’s assault on the abyss. Zariel was once an angel who tried to conquer hell, but was corrupted into becoming a powerful devil for centuries. Now, with the help of players, she is redeemed once again and has another chance to subjugate her infernal foes. There is a lot more to the tale discussed in the full Neverwinter interview, but for now we will focus on a few key pieces of new content.
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Unlocking New Content in Avernus
New content for Avernus season 2 won’t be unlocked after a maintenance period or an immediate update. Instead, players will have personal goals to work towards helping Zariel that will also fill one big progress bar for the entire server. At certain milestones, new rewards and content will be immediately unlocked for everyone. Miller explained that the new Neverwinter systems for community-wide goals are one part of the update the development team is looking forward to seeing move forward.
When asked what kinds of things players would be able to unlock through the activity, Miller explained there there are personal rewards as well as group ones, but the server-wide rewards will include new hunts, new rooms in the Citadel, and new items in the store. Hunts were a mechanic that was unlocked in season 1, in which players could go out into the open world and spawn a rare enemy to take out, but it looks like that mechanic will be expanded on in a few interesting ways with this update.
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New Hunts, The Library, and Zariel’s Special Artifacts
When asked to give a rundown of some of the new content players would unlock by completing server-wide goals, Miller first explained how the War Room works. The War Room was unlocked at the end of episode one, and in it resides Heaven’s Septem, a faction of elite angelic hunters. These elite angels work with players to “track down the most dangerous marks- the most wanted list of the demon and devil realm.” With season 2 of Avernus, new, higher tier hunts will be available. However, those hunts will now also link in with the new room of the Citadel.
That may be the biggest thing to look forward to in this update, but we also wanted to get a sense for some of the other rewards that players can work towards earning this time around. When we asked Miller what his personal favorite detail of the new update is, he gave us some exciting details on two new artifacts that will allow players to use some of Zariel’s own magic for themselves.
There will be plenty more to find out in part 2 of Avernus, from the exact lore details contained in the library to the rewards gained from defeating even more varied and powerful hunt targets, but the only way to discover all that content is to hop on and start working towards the milestones. Avernus part 2 goes live on September 15th.
Neverwinter is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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