If you've spent the considerable amount of time needed to max out your Armoring trade skill in New World, then you surely have one eye on the Voidbent Armor set.
The individual pieces of this set offer some of the best stats in the endgame, but getting your hands on them isn't exactly a straightforward task.
What you will need plenty of is Voidbent Ingots, which are described as a metal that has 'been warped in an unnatural way'. These ingots require Void Ore, amongst other ingredients.
We've put together a guide to getting hold of this incredibly rare resource.
Void Ore: Increase your Mining Luck, then search for Orichalcum Veins
The only way you can get hold of Void Ore is to farm Orichalcum veins. However, it's not just a case of rocking up to a vein, going at it with your Mining Pickaxe, and sailing into the sunset with your bounty.
Nope, you're going to need an incredible about of Luck just to have a chance at Void Ore dropping when you mine Orichalcum veins. In fact, you're going to need a minimum of 1,800 Mining Luck, given it's a Tier 5 resource.
For reference, 1,000 Luck translates to a 1% chance of that rare Void Ore dropping. As such, the more Luck points you have, the greater your drop rates.
There are several ways to increase Luck:
- Consume Mining buff foods
- Via Perks added to your pickaxe and other gear
- Display relevant Trophies in your house
Increase Mining Luck via Food Buffs
The following meals increase your Mining Luck. You can craft them in the Kitchen.
While there are several foods that do this, you really want to focus on the best ones available. After all, you have a minimum threshold you need to reach for Void Ore to drop.
Increases Mining Luck by 2,000 for 40 minutes
Ingredients:
x1 Potato
x1 Squash
x1 Nut
x1 Salt
x1 Butter
x1 Parsley
x1 Oregano
Increases Mining Luck by 1,900 for 35 minutes
Ingredients:
x1 Potato
x1 Poultry
x1 Seasoning Blend
x1 Nut
x1 Sausage
x1 Butter
Increases Mining Luck by 1,700 for 30 minutes
Ingredients:
x1 Potato
x1 Water
x1 Seasoning Blend
x1 Butter
x1 Cauliflower
Increase Mining Luck via Perks
There are three different Mining perks that you can craft into gear and will stack to increase your Mining Luck and get hold of that valuable Void Ore:
- Baking a Starmetal Miner's Charm into a crafted pickaxe
- Baking a Chunk of Cobalt into a crafted amulet
- Baking a Shard of Adderstone into a piece of armor
Getting hold of these can be a lottery, given they are Luck-based drops.
Pickaxe Perk Mod
Mining Luck: While Mining gain [2-9.5%] chance at finding rare items.
Found in chests in Restless Shore and Shattered Mountain.
Amulet Perk Mod
Adored Mining Luck: While Mining gain 9.5% chance at finding rare items.
Found in Iron and Starmetal Veins - requires Luck
Armor Perk Mod
Reinforced Mining Luck: While Mining gain 5% chance at finding rare items.
Found in Lodestones - requires Luck
Increase Mining Luck via Trophies
The third option is to add a Trophy to your home that increases Mining Luck and chances of dropping Void Ore.
Increases Mining Luck by 500.
Ingredients:
x25 Lumber
x20 Steel Ingot
x1 Maple Stain
x25 Earth Mote
Requires Furnishing Skill Lv. 75, Workshop Tier III
Increases Mining Luck by 1,000.
Ingredients:
x25 Wyrdwood Planks
x20 Starmetal Ingot
x1 Oak Stain
x1 Surveyor's Tools
x1 Minor Mining Gathering Trophy
Requires Furnishing Skill Lv. 150, Workshop Tier IV
Increases Mining Luck by 1,500.
Ingredients:
x25 Ironwood Planks
x20 Orichalcum Ingot
x1 Mahogany Stain
x1 Adamantine Dust
x1 Basic Mining Gathering Trophy
Requires Furnishing Skill Lv. 200, Workshop Tier V
The best Orichalcum Vein and Void Ore farming locations
Now that you've maxed out your Mining Luck as best you can, it's time to go hunting for Orichalcum veins - this is the type of vein that Void Ore is a rare drop from.
If you've applied the best buffs you can, you should have a Luck rating that surpasses 50% or comes close, meaning you've got a good chance of landing Void Ore.
Check out the guide below for the best Orichalcum farming regions.
Orichalcum Ore is a Tier V resource you'll need to level your Smelting Trade Skill in New World, and the veins it's sourced from are found all over Aeternum. Here are the best places to look.
As with all endgame resources, the process is going to be tedious, and you'll need to do a lot of farming. However, you should be set up for your Void Ore farming to be quicker than normal thanks to this guide.
Let us know any other tips in the comments section below. Happy hunting!
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