New World Equip Loads

The New World Equip Loads system involves the sum of all your armor weight. This sum determines which bonuses you will receive from the Equip Weight system. In this New World guide, we will go through the weight of each piece of armor.

Benefits of each Equip Load

Before we look at the best way to optimize mitigation for each equip load, let’s look at the benefits of each of the 3 equip loads. Below is a chart that summarizes what you’ll earn while in each equip load.

Equip Load	Weight	Damage Modifier	Incoming CC Duration	Outgoing Healing	Block Stability	Delay in Run after hit	Dodge (cost)	PvP Crit Damage Taken
Light	Under 13	+15%	None	30%	-15%	1.0s Delay	Roll (-50 Stam)	-15%
Medium	From 13 – 22.9	None	-10%	None	None	0.75s Delay	Hop (-50 Stam)	-20%
Heavy	Over 23	-15%	-20%	-30%	+10%	0.50s Delay	Step (-55 Stam)	-25%

Heavy armor also has increased threat generation from taunting gems and perks to account for the decrease in damage output.

The amount of Mitigation you’ll earn from each equip load varies depending on damage types and the type of armor you’re wearing.

Optimal Light and Medium Equip Loads

First, will go through which pieces you would wear in order to receive optimal mitigation for the light and medium equip weights in New World.

Below is a table that shows the weights of the different pieces of armor in New World.

Armor Slot	Light	Medium	Heavy
Head	1.5	2.6	4.7
Chest	3.5	6.2	11.0
Gloves	1.5	2.6	4.7
Pants	2.0	3.5	6.3
Boots	1.5	2.6	4.7
Shield	2.7	5.4	11.0

The below table lists the armor pieces you would need to wear for maximum mitigation in the light equip load category:

Amor Slot	Weight
Light Head	1.5
Medium Chest	6.2
Light Gloves	1.5
Light Pants	2.0
Light Boots	1.5
Total Weight	12.7

The below table lists the armor pieces you would need to wear for maximum mitigation in the medium equip load category:

Amor Slot	Weight
Heavy Head	4.7
Heavy Chest	11.0
Medium Gloves	2.6
Light Pants	2.0
Medium Boots	2.6
Total Weight	22.9

There are other ways to obtain these New World Equip Loads outlined below.

Alternative Light Equip Loads

As shown above, the Optimal Equip Weight for light armor is a medium chest piece with light in the rest of your armor slots. You can also obtain this by the following set:

Light chest
Medium pants
Gloves, boots, and Helm (2 light and 1 medium)

This setup allows for more crossover between Light and Medium Equip Loads. You can use 3 of the same pieces of gear while using the alternative Medium Equip Load mentioned below.

Light Equip Load with Shield

If you plan on using a shield in the Light Equip Load, the round shield is your only option. Your setup should look like this:

All Light Armor
Round Shield

Alternative Medium Equip Loads

It’s important to point out that there are other possible combinations that will provide you with 22.9 weight. You can also earn a Medium Equip Load by equipping the following set.

light helmet
heavy chest
light gloves
heavy pants
medium boots.

This setup provides slightly less mitigation but you can keep more pieces of armor while switching between a light and medium equip weight.

Medium Equip Load with Shield

If using a shield in this Equip Load, you will need to shift your armor to the following set up:

Medium Chest Piece
Light Pants
Helm, Gloves, and Boots (2 heavy and 1 medium)
Round Shield

Heavy Equip Load

Once in the Heavy Equip Load, you will need to use all heavy armor in every slot to maximize mitigation. The same goes for the shield slot. Make sure you are using a Tower Shield in this slot.