Like Dark Souls and Bloodborne before it, Elden Ring includes the option to embark upon New Game Plus (NG+) upon completion of the game and defeating the final boss. This page includes information on how New Game Plus works, what does and does not carry over, and an extensive checklist of essential items, questlines, and secrets you should claim before moving onto your next run with your character. advertisement In FromSoftware games, New Game Plus is a way for you to continue your adventures with the character you have leveled up to start the game again, while keeping your character's level, equipment, spells, and more intact. Enemies will get harder to compensate for your increased abilities at the start of the game, but you'll be able to utilize more
skills and abilities against them than you would have if you started a fresh character. New Game Plus also allows you to continue leveling up your character, increasing their Rune Level and allowing you to get matched with higher level characters in multiplayer. Though certain attributes have diminishing returns after a certain point, you'll be able to keep increasing your power as you make your way through subsequent New Game Plus, as you'll be able to beat the game
and enter another New Game Plus (NG1, NG2, NG3, etc) many times over. Once you have beaten the final boss and triggered one of the various endings, you'll be prompted to begin your next journey and trigger New Game Plus right away. If you choose this, you'll be put into an all-new save file that carries over the features listed below. If you decline to play New Game Plus, you'll be sent back to right before the final boss, and can explore the Lands Between and pick up anything you missed or continue exploring - though you cannot re-fight the final boss or pick another ending. When you are ready, you can return to the Roundtable Hold and rest at the large Site of Grace to "Begin Journey 2". Most of what will come with you into NG+ is dependant on your core character and what they have on them. There are many different features that will carry over depending on what you've picked up in the previous run, and include the following features: advertisement Each time you begin a new journey, there are some features and items that will be removed from your inventory, prompting you to seek these things out on your next NG+ journey. This will include the following:
Elden Ring New Game Plus ChecklistsThere are many different things you can collect or complete before starting your next journey, and they may depend heavily on what you anticipate focusing on in your next playthrough. Some players want to complete every single challenge before moving on, while others only want what certain items to prepare themselves for NG+. The checklists below are divided up based on the different things you can collect or complete that will help carry over certain elements.
Boss Remembrance Rewardsadvertisement While Remembrances do not carry over in NG+, the items you receive will, be they weapons, spells, or talismans. Be sure to defeat all the following main bosses and use their remembrances in the Roundtable Hold to get the rewards, and then use the 7 Wandering Masuloeums to get both rewards for certain Remembrances or duplicate weapons if you intend to dual-wield them (demigod remembrances require a mausoleum with a bell) Remembrance of the Grafted
Remembrance of the Full Moon Queen
Remembrance of the Starscourge
Remembrance of the Blasphemousadvertisement
Remembrance of the Omen King
Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor
Remembrance of the Naturalborn
Remembrance of the Lichdragonadvertisement
Remembrance of Hoarah Loux
Remembrance of the Fire Giant
Remembrance of the Black Blade
Remembrance of the Dragonlordadvertisement
Remembrance of the Blood Lord
Remembrance of the Rot Goddess
Elden Remembrance
Weapons, Armor, and Talismansadvertisement There are many different types of weapons and armor to obtain as you explore the Lands Between - some are found in chests, some from defeated enemies, or purchased from merchants. You don't necesarily need to find everything before starting New Game Plus, but it helps to have as much items to choose from as you can when starting a new game. See the full list of all Weapons, all Armor, and all Talismans with our guides on where to obtain them. In particular, you may want to try an obtain all of the Legendary Weapons and Legendary Talismans to obtain the related achievements before starting over - but note that if you miss the Legendary Spear located in Leyndell before turning the capital to ash, you'll have to start a new game to get it. All Legendary WeaponsAll Legendary TalismansIn addition, there are some weapons and armor that can only be obtained by killing certain NPCs. Given that all questlines reset, you can do this before starting New Game Plus and feel no remorse! Many characters will die anyway at the end of their questlines, but some do not, like Patches and Tanith. Dragon Smithing Stonesadvertisement While you can eventually buy as many smithing stones as you like after finding the associated Bell Bearings late in the game, the final upgrade tier cannot be bought, and you can only find a finite number of them in each playthrough - 13 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones, and 8 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones. Be sure to collect all of them before starting NG+, or as many as you can, to give yourself more upgrade options in your next journey. All Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones
All Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones
Larval TearsAn important aspect of New Game Plus is being able to experiment with new weapons, spells, and builds, and these are facilitated by respecing your character by way of Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. While you'll have to reaquire the ability to respect in New Game Plus, you can make sure you respec before starting, or have the Larval Tears needed to try when you gain the ability again. Like the Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones, these are finite drops found from mimics in the following locations: advertisement All Larval Tears Obtained
Spells and PrayerbooksThere are a lot of different sorceries and incantations you can collect by exploring the Lands Between. Like Weapons and Armor, you can find them in a variety of ways, but the most important way is by getting Sorcery Scrolls and Prayerbooks. While these items don't carry over into NG+, the spells you can purchase will, by giving them to the right merchants. Due to certain NPC questlines leading them to their deaths, we recommend giving extra scrolls and books to Miriel, Pastor of Vows located at the Church of Vows in Liurnia, as he will take all kinds. Be sure to get the following items turned in for the spells you can then buy. Conspectus Scroll
Royal House Scrolladvertisement
Academy Scroll
Assassin's Prayerbook
Godskin Prayerbook
Giant's Prayerbookadvertisement
Fire Monk's Prayerbook
Dragon Cult Prayerbook
Two Fingers Prayerbook
Ancient Dragon Prayerbookadvertisement
Be sure to also pick up the Legendary Spells before you start your next journey. Dragon HeartsThere are a lot of optional bosses to clear out before you make your final push into New Game Plus, but unless you're looking for a specific item or reward, most of them can be attempted in New Game Plus without losing too much. However, it's a good idea to at least hunt down all the dragons in the Lands Between that drop a Dragon Heart, and unlock special dragon incantations at the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid. Many incantations will only become available to buy if you kill specific dragons, and you'll need every last Dragon Heart to get all the rewards. Flying Dragon Agheel
Glintstone Dragon Smaragadvertisement
Magma Wrym Makar
Glintstone Dragons x3
Glintstone Dragon Adula
Gael Tunnel Magma Wrymadvertisement
Decaying Ekzykes
Flying Dragon Greyll
Elder Dragon Greyoll
Mt Gelmir Magma Wrymadvertisement
Volcano Manor Magma Wrym
Borealis, the Freezing Fog
Great Wrym Theodorix
Other New Game Plus Checklistsadvertisement The following tasks may not be as important to some, but it still worth looking over to make sure you have everything you need before starting your next adventure:
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What should I do in Elden Ring New Game Plus?Any player who spent ample time collecting spells or gear in Elden Ring will likely want to consider NG+ for the same reason, as NG+ allows players to keep armor, weapons, spells, upgrade materials, ashes, cookbooks, craftable items, maps, and non-quest specific collectibles like larval tears and rune arcs.
Can you get a new ending in New Game Plus Elden Ring?Yep, once you beat Elden Ring you'll have to do it again in New Game Plus to see the other possible endings. (Or just watch them on YouTube.) You need to choose wisely before initiating the final boss fight, ensuring that you've set yourself up for the ending you most want to achieve.
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