How to Get Seasonal XP for the Battlepass in New World - How the Seasonal XP Gameplay Loop Works

Right now, the only way to get Seasonal XP for the battlepass is to complete seasonal activities. XP from any other sources (like character or skill leveling) won't progress the battlepass.

Season 1 Repeatable Activities For Farming Seasonal XP

Here's a List of the 51 Repeatable Activities For Earning Seasonal XP on the PTR.

Gathering:

-Gather 5 Tier-5 Resource Nodes

-Skin 10 Tier-5 Animals

-Catch 150 Pounds of Fish

-Complete 2 Town Projects

-Catch 1 Treasure Chest

-Catch 5 Fire Fish

Crafting:

-Craft or Cook 25 Items

-Salvage 5 Tier-5 Items

-Refine 50 Tier-5 Resources

-Craft 5 Tier-5 Weapon or Apparel Items

-Craft 1 Gypsum Orb

Expedition:

-Complete 1 Expedition

-Complete the Empyrean Forge

-Kill 1 Named Varangian Knight

-Complete 1 Mutated Expedition

Season:

-Kill 10 Forged Varangian Knights

-Defeat Zygormat

-Defeat the Siren Queen

-Defeat the Siren Queen

-Defeat Avarice

-Slay 20 Corrupted Rabbits

-Defeat 5 Wispy Wasps

-Gather 1 Wispy Wispybloom Flower

-Craft 5 Wispy Spritzes

-Plant 10 Wispy Spritzes

PVP:

-Kill 1 Player

-Capture 1 Faction Control Point

-Participate in 3 Duels

-Get 1 Killing Blow in OPR

-Participate in 1 OPR Match

-Participate in 3 Arena Matches

-Deal or Heal 100,000 Damage in Arena

-Earn 1,000 PvP XP

-Earn 5,000 Azoth Salt

-Complete 2 PvP Faction Missions

-Earn a Flawless Victory in Arenas

PVE:

-Close 1 Major Breach

-Close 1 Minor Breach

-Kill 10 Lost Enemies

-Kill 10 Angry Earth Enemies

-Kill 10 Ancient Guardian Enemies

-Kill 10 Corrupted Enemies

-Kill 10 Beast Enemies

-Kill 10 Enemies With 1-Handed Melee

-Kill 10 Enemies With 2-Handed Melee

-Kill 10 Enemies With Bows or Guns

-Kill 10 Enemies With Magic

-Complete 2 Faction Missions

-Spend 250 Azoth

These are all the activities that combine with the Activity Card (a.k.a. Bingo Card) system to earn Seasonal XP for battlepass progression. There are other ways to earn Seasonal XP, such as the Seasonal Challenges & Season Chapters, but these seem to be what players will spend most of their time doing if they want to reach Rank 100 on the battlepass.

There are 10 possible Activity Card configurations, but all of them require activities from all 6 categories in order to fully complete a card, so the most efficient progress on the battlepass will involve completing activities across all of these different lists. We think the most obnoxious category is 'Season' activities, because it involves running Elite Trials or the Empyrean Forge expedition if there's no seasonal events current active. On the PTR, there's currently a bug where the activities related to seasonal events (like the Corrupted Rabbit task) are still generated despite the event not being active, but hopefully that gets fixed before it gets pushed to Live.

How to Get Seasonal XP for the Battlepass in New World

You'll only have 16 of these available at a time, and when you complete 1 you'll need to find a spot on your Activity Card to click in order to take credit for it or else it won't actually reward any Seasonal XP, and you have to either turn in your completed Activity Card or spend Azoth to refresh your available activities before you can complete the same activity again, and the most efficient way to earn Seasonal XP is to complete activities from all 6 categories so you can completely stamp even icon on your Activity Card before turning it in.

You'll only have 16 of these activities available at a time, and once you complete 1 it can't be completed again until you re-roll your activities list or complete your Activity Card. So the idea is that if you want to maximize your Seasonal XP progress, you'll need to complete activities form each of the 6 categories to fill up your Bingo Card, and/or refresh your activity list by spending Azoth to get activities you want to complete. Long-story short, the intent is to get players to engage with every single part of the game, which most players probably don't do during their normal game sessions. The biggest example is probably the activities that ask players to complete the PvE Trials.

So how the Seasonal XP gameplay loop works in New World? With only 16 of these activities available at any 1 time, and the Activity Card mechanic that requires you to complete activities from each of the 6 categories in order to fill up the card before completion.