Critical Chance and Critical Damage modifiers are important stats that will help you get the most out of your damage. In New World Aeternum, both of these are greatly influenced by the weapons you have equipped. At this time, both your Primary and your secondary weapon affects your base values of Crit chance and Critical Damage modifier. Below are the New World Critical Modifiers of each weapon:
| Weapon | Critical Chance % | Critical Damage Modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Sword and Shield | 7% | 1.30x |
| Rapier | 9% | 1.40x |
| Hatchet | 8% | 1.40x |
| Spear | 9% | 1.30x |
| Great Axe | 7% | 1.30x |
| War Hammer | 6% | 1.20x |
| Great Sword | 7% | 1.25x |
| Bow | 7% | 1.30x |
| Musket | 6% | 1.30x |
| Blunderbuss | 6% | 1.15x |
| Fire Staff | 10% | 1.25x |
| Life Staff | 6% | 1.20x |
| Ice Gauntlet | 9% | 1.30x |
| Void Gauntlet | 8% | 1.30x |
How Critical Chance Works in New World
There are perks in New World Aeternum that will increase your chance to critical hit. For example, a perk like keen awareness on your ring. Perks, along with your weapon’s base critical chance will give you an overall % to land a critical strike. However, for every normal attack you land your chance to critical strike will be increased.
Your critical hit chance increases by your weapon’s base critical hit chance for each non-critical hit that is triggered. This means that every time you land a non critical hit, your chance of your next attack landing a critical hit is then increased by your weapon’s critical hit chance as listed in the table above.
For more New world information like this, check out the rest of our New World Aeternum guides!