One of the most alluring elements about Amazon Game Studios' New World, before it was released, was that players could spend their time in the game doing anything - from PvP Faction Wars to Expedition, from gathering resources to crafting items. This is still true to this day, albeit New World solo players can find the experience limiting in that PvE content is rather scarce for those who don't have a proper party. Still, harvesting materials and crafting gear out of them can be quite engaging, and it even offers an alternative way to level one's character up.