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Character Transfer Guide: How to Do a Server Transfer

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New World Character Transfer Guide
As of Patch 1.0.4, Amazon Games has re-enabled the server transfer feature that allows players to transfer their characters in New World between servers. This guide will explain how to do a character transfer, as well as a few things you should know before transferring.

How to Transfer Your Character

At the moment of writing, New World's developers have shared via their official news blog a video that details the steps for transferring your character to a new server.

1 Log-in using your character.
2 Leave your Company and remove any active buy orders and sell orders in the Trading Post.
3 Place your character in a settlement or outpost.
4 Go to the Store in-game and select the World Transfer tab to claim the free character transfer token.
5 Select a world you wish to transfer to from the list and press the Select World button.
6 Select the Confirm Transfer button to finalize the process. Confirming this will log you out to the character selection screen in the main menu.

Note that the transfers are non-reversible so be sure to choose which servers to transfer to carefully.

Character Transfer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Will I Get to Keep My Game Progress?

Answer: You will keep your overall game progress

You will get to keep your game progress when transferring to another server.

See the full list below to learn what you can keep when moving to another server.

  • Character progression (character level, weapon mastery, trade skill levels, achievements, etc.)
  • Faction alliance, rank, and progress
  • Currency
  • Quest progress
  • Houses and furnishings
  • Inventory and storage

What Does Not Carry Over When I Transfer to Another Server?

Answer: Company membership, friends list, and trading post orders

Your membership in a Company will not carry over when transferring in another server. In addition, any active buy orders and sell orders will not carry over and have to be removed.

If you have any friends in your Friends List, you will need to add them again provided that they will also transfer to the same server as yours.

Where Can I Move My Character?

Answer: Allowed within the same region

The New World devs have stated that you can transfer to any world in the same region. However, you cannot move your character to a full world, a world in currently in maintenance, or a world that you have an existing character in.

Can I Transfer My Character Again?

Answer: Transfering again requires an additional token

Transferring to another server requires using an additional token. The New World devs will be giving out the transfer tokens for free as they will continue monitoring queue times and world populations.

In addition, the devs have stated that server transfer tokens will be available as a paid service later on in the in-game store.

Server Transfer Feature History

Server Transfer Feature Re-Enabled on Update 1.0.4

On October 28, 2021, after server transfers were disabled due to a gold dupe bug, the New World developers tweeted that Update 1.0.4 would re-enable Server Transfers and Outpost Rush, on top of a few major bug fixes.

Check the table below for the dates and times of when server transfers were rolled out for each region:

Region Maintenance Start Time
Central Europe 2:00 PM PT October 28th
11:00 PM CEST October 28th
US-East 2:00 PM PT October 28th
5:00 PM ET October 28th
South America 2:00 PM PT October 28th
6:00 PM BRT October 28th
Australia 2:00 PM PT October 28th
8:00 AM AEST October 29th
US-West 2:00 AM PT October 28th

Server Transfer Feature Release Date

On October 19, 2021 at 10PM PT (5AM UTC), the New World devs went live with Update 1.0.3 which included the Server Transfer feature as well as a few bug fixes. As stated in the patch notes, server transfer was first added to Utopia in the AP Southeast region, and later for all regions.

This feature gives players the ability to transfer their existing character to a different server and even to different regions, allowing players who were displaced initially due to long server queues to change to a server with their friends.

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1 Clarificationabout 3 years

Just to clarify, as the post states, this transfer will only be allowed within your region. It does not state that you will be able to transfer your character to a different server in a different region.

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