New World Starmetal Tools: What they are and how to get them

We teach you how to make your own Starmetal tools in New World.

Craig Robinson

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New World Starmetal is one of the most important mid-tier trade skill items in the game. They are significant for your gathering trade skills, while playing a big part in the armorsmithing, weaponsmithing and other crafting trade skills. As you can see, Starmetal is fairly important. However, one of the other things they are useful for is your toolbelt. We will go through everything you need to know on the Starmetal Tools, including how to get them and why they are good.

What are New World Starmetal Tools?

New World Starmetal tools are is the third time you get round to upgrading your tools. You start with some rather primitive tools, eventually making your way up to the Starmetal, after making Iron, and Steel before then.

One of the biggest advantages of Starmetal tools is that they increase the speed to gather items by 400% if you are not lucky enough to have it increase. It means it is a big upgrade to have Starmetal tools on your toolbelt, especially if you cannot use Orichalcum tools.

Moreso, you should try and grab yourself a Starmetal toolset that can get you increased luck. Having a toolset when interacting with the appropriate gathering skill offers the chance to get some rarer materials.

How to get Starmetal Tools in New World?

In order to make Starmetal Tools, you need to visit a Tier 4 Workshop and craft the appropriate tool with the required resources. Moreso, you need to get yourself to 100 engineering before you can craft them yourself. If you really want to, you can buy Starmetal tools from Trading posts scattered throughout Aeternum.

Below we have tabled together what you need to craft all the different Starmetal tools in New World. If you’re interested in farming your own Starmetal tools as part of your Engineering trade skill, we recommend following these Starmetal farms in our detailed farm guide.