Amazon Game Studios reported banning nearly 1,700 players caught undermining the New World economy. The exploiters found a way to get rich quick simply by duplicating house decoration items, which can fetch a significant price, especially if they are of high quality.
In an attempt to somehow salvage the New World economy, the developers completely disabled the ability to transfer items between users.
At first, the studio banned around 1,200 cheaters' accounts, but the issue could not be eradicated completely, and item duplication continued, though at a smaller scale. After that, AGS conducted another wave of bans, cracking down on another 460 players and returning about 98% of the gold and valuable items to the New World economy.
According to the studio, the remaining 2% stayed in the hands of players who unwittingly found themselves caught up in the item duplication schemes.