First Light, a defunct starter zone in New World, is getting a significant makeover in anticipation of the upcoming expansion. The developers have blocked access to First Light in Season 2 and renamed it Old First Light to facilitate this. This is also referred to as the First Light Retraction.
Why is First Light no Longer Accessible?
The First Light Retraction is a prelude to the Expansion and sees Adiana take the more central role as the villain in the story after Brimstone Sands. We will learn more about the Expansion hopefully within the next couple of months (after Season 2 launch).
What happened to my Stuff in First Light?
- If you owned a home in First Light, you should have been refunded the full cost of the house and all your furnishings should be in the “Old First Light” Storage Tab (Season 2 Patch Notes & Dev Video).
- If you had items stored in the First Light storage tab prior to the Season 2 launch (which will now appear as the “Old First Light” tab), you can still take stuff out but you can’t put stuff in (Dev Video).
- Trading Post Listings will eventually expire and no new postings can be made (Season 2 Patch Notes).
- Companies controlling First Light at the time of Retraction should have been refunded for their losses (Season 2 Patch Notes).
What happened to the First Light Faction Control Point Buff?
The buff (Refining Bonus) has been moved to Weaver’s Fen and the Weaver’s Fen buff (Trade Tax Reduction) has been removed from the game for the time being (Season 2 Patch Notes).
First Light Border Comparison Screenshots
Here is a glimpse of the changes coming to First Light using comparison screenshots between Season 1 and Season 2. We can see what the new zone will look like by looking through the gaps between the bramble wall and the new plant life growing near it.
Windsward – Pride of Crato
Here are a couple of screenshots comparisons from the starter area in Windsward looking towards First Light.
Windsward – Spire of Kochab
Looking southwest towards First Light.
Windsward – Scratchrock Burrow
Looking southwest towards First Light.
Windsward – South of Eldergate Shrine
Looking south towards First Light.
Shipwreck.
Monarch’s Bluffs – Path East of Spyglass Ridge City
Looking south towards First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Spyglass Ridge City
Looking southeast towards First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Highpass Cavern
Looking east into First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Spiti Ruins
Looking southeast towards Elafry Pyrgo in First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Knight’s Hideaway
South of Knight’s Hideaway looking east towards First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Barnacles and Black Powder
Looking northeast towards First Light.
Cutlass Keys – Clearmons Doubt
Looking northeast towards First Light.
First Light Refugees – Dialogue and Conversations
Here are screenshots of all the dialogue with various First Light refugees and where they are located. These conversations hint at what happened and possibly what to expect in Old First Light when we get the Expansion/Season 3.
First Light Refugee Locations
Cutlass Keys – Julian Wade
Julian is located at the southern Cutlass Keys/First Light border at the rock archway.
Cutlass Keys – Agnetha Dahlberg
Agnetha is located on the Cutlass Keys/First Light border southwest of the Spiti Ruins and northwest of Elafry Pyrgo.
Cutlass Keys – Gunter Rost
Gunter Rost is located at the southeastern entrance of Spyglass Ridge Settlement in Cutlass Keys.
Windsward – Idris Makonnen & Tatsuya Ito
Idris and Tatsuya are located in the southwest corner of Windsward near the Cutlass Keys border.
Windsward – Beatrice Marchand & Yuta Aoki
Beatrice and Yuta are located just south of Eldergate Spirit Shrine in Windsward.
If you are interested in what Monarch’s Bluffs Settlement, Prydwen used to look like before it got revamped with the Brimstone Sands expansion, you can check out my article showcasing before and after screenshot comparisons.
