Look, let's be honest about Arthdal Chronicles New World Season 1. This is our regular look into the server rankings across six realms, and a recent update on the 23rd brought a chunky batch of fresh progression systems. Naturally, plenty of rankers put them to good use to pad out their combat power. So, who are the standout names catching everyone's eye this week? KookminTree dug into the New World Season 1 data to find out.

Player Won-i smashes past the 150,000 combat power milestone

The update introduces the Village Defense rift dungeon alongside shiny new auxiliary gear like cloaks and green nebula constellations. That cloak equipment, in particular, comes packing PvP tuning stats and final accuracy—bound to cause a proper headache in Masters League matches. Fitting those out helped a fair few rankers give their numbers a respectable nudge.

The absolute talk of the town this week are Vela server's Itjjiwaajjideul guild members Won-i and Ak-eo. Won-i is now only the second person in New World Season 1 to breach the 150,000 combat power mark, following right behind Eozer. That basically makes Won-i one of the very few top contenders capable of going toe-to-toe with Eozer, though a 30,000+ gap in combat power means a direct 1v1 might still end in tears.

Next up is Ak-eo from the same guild. According to KookminTree's tracking, Ak-eo slapped an extra 16,934 combat power onto the character sheet in just one single week, landing at 19th place and cracking the top 20 for the very first time. Expect to see plenty more from Ak-eo in upcoming content.

Vela server stages a brilliant charge, snatching 3rd place

Vela's sudden surge is the main event in the server rankings this week. The top 20 average combat power jumped by 4,307, allowing Vela to swipe Pavo's long-held 3rd place crown. As you might have guessed, the rapid growth from Won-i and Ak-eo played no small part in that upset.

Orion is also putting up rather frightening weekly gains, boosting its average combat power by 4,472 over the week—the highest jump among all New World Season 1 servers. Of course, the gap with 4th-placed Pavo is still wide enough that nobody's expecting any sudden swaps at the top just yet.

New World Season 1 marquee match: Ara vs Vela

A proper Masters League grand final was originally on the cards for this week, but publisher scheduling pushed it to random matching to give everyone some breathing room during the Chuseok holiday. That said, event bosses and Masters Coins are still up for grabs, and personal participation rewards remain intact. The crown jewel of these matchups has got to be the Black Night Archipelago showdown between Ara and Vela.

Ara currently holds the crown as the scariest server in New World Season 1, sporting top-ranking alliances welded into a single, terrifyingly coordinated coalition. Combine that with sheer headcounts, high participation rates, and a remarkably sturdy mid-tier backbone, and you get a server that consistently cleans up in cross-realm content—earning them a deserved spot in the Masters League finals.

Vela heads into this clash trailing quite heavily behind Ara in both average might and raw numbers. Looking at the top 20 rankers expected to rumble, the Ara coalition averages out at 109,265 combat power against Vela's 101,607. When you count rankers sitting above 80,000 combat power, Ara fields 96 players while Vela fields 49—a rather chunky disparity.

Even so, Vela boasts heavy hitters like Won-i, who just cleared the 150,000 threshold, alongside a handful of rapidly climbing high-tier names. Expect a brilliantly chaotic brawl in the Black Night Archipelago this week as Vela attempts to punch above its weight. For all the granular data on New World Season 1 rankings, head over to the KookminTree portal.