Outriders New Horizon Update Brings Big Endgame Changes, Expansion Coming in 2022

Square Enix and People Can Fly have revealed new expeditions, an improved loot system, and more are coming to Outriders with the upcoming New Horizon update. 

In a new trailer revealed this morning, you can catch a glimpse of what to expect in New Horizon but during the big Outriders stream held today, the team detailed even more of what’s in the update. When New Horizon launches tomorrow, expect four new Expeditions, a completely revamped expedition system and improved loot systems. 

The update will bring the new expeditions online the day after it goes live. However, they’ll be reworked like the rest of the expeditions: by default, timers will be off and how quickly or how slowly you complete an expedition no longer factors into your loot. Timers will still be an option for them, but using them will only earn you “bragging rights” as they no longer affect your loot reward. 

Talking about loot rewards. Loot items you already have will less likely drop in-game. This means you’ll see an increase of the number of gear and weapons that you own. You can also now complete the final Outriders mission, Eye of the Storm, for a free legendary piece of loot of your choice. There will always be three random legendary items available as a reward for completing Eye of the Storm and they’ll never be pieces of loot you already have. 

In terms of the new Outriders transmog system, it’s about what you’d expect: you can move the stats and abilities of a weapon over to a different weapon’s physical appearance and the same can be said for all gear. So if you acquire a better weapon but don’t want to ditch the look of your current weapon, you don’t have to – simply use transmog to carry that weapon’s look forward with you. People Can Fly says that transmog will affect the sound of your weapon. 

New Horizon will go live tomorrow, November 16, and it will likely be the last major update like this before Outrider’s 2022 expansion called Worldslayer. People Can Fly indicated that it would be interesting to learn more about this expansion. 

In the meantime, take a look at our opinions on this game. Game Informer’sThe Outriders Review is now available. Catch up on the latest update, which increased legendary drop rates 100%. Check out Outriders’ ranking. Game Informer’sAfter that, the top-scoring reviews for 2021. 

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