Alright folks, here’s how my first day trying out the Mechanic role in New World went. Complete newbie mess, but maybe you can learn from it.
Fired Up the Game & Started Over
Jumped in fresh. Thought I’d be smart picking “The Mechanic” since I like building stuff. Hit that character creation hard, got my dude looking decent. Then BAM, shipwreck start.
Spawned on the beach like everyone else. Ran around poking bushes for fiber and bashing rocks like an idiot. Took me a solid 10 minutes just to find the first dang quest giver hiding in the wreckage. Seriously, why are they always hidden?
Trying to Wrap My Head Around Gear Repairs
Okay, so this is why I picked Mechanic. Saw my starter sword health bar drop after killing a few zombie dudes. Thought, “Cool, time to fix stuff!” Headed back to town feeling clever. Found the workshop… and completely froze.
- Step 1: Opened the crafting menu. Saw a million options. Panicked a little.
- Step 2: Scrolled down forever looking for “repair” something. Found “repair kits”. Needed simple tools? Okay…
- Step 3: Had to craft the dang simple tools first! Used up the basic materials I just scraped off the beach. Feels bad man.
- Step 4: Crafted the basic repair kit. Right-clicked on it in my bag… nothing happened! Felt dumb.
- Step 5: Right-clicked on my busted sword in the inventory instead. Finally saw the “Repair” option pop up. Used the kit. Success! Took way longer than it should have.
Building Simple Stuff Was… Simple?
After the repair drama, figured I’d try making an actual thing. Saw the starter camp needed basic structures.
Got the quest: “Build 1 Simple Wooden Table.” Sounded easy enough. Again, ran to the workshop.
- Looked at the recipe: Needed timber planks. Don’t have any. Sigh.
- Chopped down trees: Went outside town whacking trees with my trusty hatchet. Got logs.
- Back to workshop: Sawed the logs into timber planks at the woodworking station. Took a minute to find the right tab.
- Crafted the table: Finally had the planks. Hit “craft” on the simple table recipe. Boom. Plopped a slightly wobbly-looking table into my inventory.
- Placed it: Ran back to the starter camp, pressed the build key near the glowing spot. Dropped the table. Felt a tiny bit proud.
Leveling Up Gathering Was Weirdly Fun
Decided to grind a bit. Saw my gathering skills level up super slow at first. Needed higher skill for better materials.
- Ran loops: Spotted resource nodes on the map near town. Made a path: trees, iron ore, hemp plants.
- Mined Iron Ore: Lots of left-clicking with the pickaxe. Got rocks and basic ore.
- Refined it: Went to the smelter in town. Turned iron ore into iron ingots. Felt more like a blacksmith than a mechanic, but whatever.
- Crafted parts: Used timber and iron ingots back at the workshop to crank out some simple mechanisms. Ding! Skill up.
Getting Wrecked By a Wolf & Some Lessons Learned
Ended the session trying to gather some higher-level mats a bit too far out. Thought, “How hard can this wolf be?” Spoiler: Very.
- Tanked hits: Let it bite me. Bad idea. Health dropped fast.
- Ran out of Stamina: Couldn’t dodge properly trying to run away. Stamina drained like crazy blocking and swinging.
- Died gloriously: Yep. Respawned at the campfire. Walk of shame back to get my stuff.
Big takeaways for other brand-new Mechanics:
- Repairing gear requires the actual repair kit item AND right-clicking the gear, not the kit itself.
- Most workshop recipes need refined materials (planks, ingots) NOT the raw logs and ore.
- Set up gathering loops near town. Focus Timber & Iron Ore early. Farm hemp for fibers.
- Watch your Stamina bar like a hawk in fights. Dodging uses a ton. Blocking stops all Stamina regen.
- Don’t mess with solo wolves until you have better gear than the absolute starter junk!
Felt clumsy but kinda fun. Gotta grind more tomorrow. Building stuff feels good once you get past the material gathering slog.
