The God of War Ragnarök New Game Plus (NG+) replace is on the market now. To be sure you’re prepared to leap again into the Nine Realms, we’ve put collectively all the things it is advisable to know under.
Change the way in which you play
New tools, an elevated degree cap, new Enchantments – all this and extra is launched with God of War Ragnarök’s NG+ mode. As quickly as you’ve overwhelmed the sport, you’ll be capable to dive proper right into a NG+ save to expertise the story once more with many extra gameplay choices accessible from the beginning.
Your tools, weapons (together with the Draupnir Spear), and abilities will carry over out of your earlier save, so that you’ll be capable to use your complete arsenal from the start of your journey.
Please be aware that you’ll not begin the sport with entry to Sonic and Hex arrows. All areas requiring both these arrows or the Draupnir Spear to entry is not going to unlock till you’ve got reached the purpose in the principle questline by which they turn into accessible by way of the story.
New Equipment
Armor of the Black Bear
Rest assured, we’ve been being attentive to the requests so as to add Kratos’ cloak from the opening scene for the reason that launch of God of War Ragnarök.
The Armor of the Black Bear will hold Kratos bundled up towards the Fimbulwinter frost even after the sled chase. Its stats deal with Strength and Defense with a perk that rewards your last-second evades with a volley of Bifröst shards.
Your NG+ run will start with the Armor of the Black Bear already geared up.
Spartan Armor
If you desire a severe take a look at of your abilities and to tackle the hardest problem you will get in God of War Ragnarök, the Spartan Armor is for you. With no Perk, no Stats, and locked at Power Level 1 – the Spartan Armor enables you to take a extra… nicely, spartan strategy in direction of safety.
This set is ideal for these of you who wish to strip down your energy to the minimal and go away no room for error. If you’re courageous sufficient to face the approaching of Ragnarök pecs-first, then give the set a attempt!
If you’re extra into the Spartan General look and fewer into the difficult gameplay, you’ll be able to all the time transmog this armor onto one other set to attain the look with out sacrificing safety.
The Spartan Armor may be acquired for Hacksilver at Huldra Brothers’ Shop.
Ares Armor
Returning favorites from God of War 2018’s New Game Plus are the Ares and Zeus armors with new visuals and Perks.
The Ares Armor rewards the fortunate with an opportunity to drop a Health Stone on hit. When you stomp the Health Stone, you additionally get a rage achieve alongside an even bigger explosion.
The Ares Armor may be bought for Hacksilver at Huldra Brothers’ Shop.
Zeus Armor
The Zeus Armor will allow the final word risk-reward playstyle. This set significantly will increase your Melee and Runic injury, whereas additionally rising incoming injury.
A single hit could possibly be sufficient to take even Kratos down with the Zeus Armor geared up, so that you’ll have to be conscious of the place your enemies are when you put together to deal out punishment with the uncooked energy this armor supplies.
The Zeus Armor may be acquired by defeating Gná the Valkyrie Queen and finishing sure Remnants of Asgard on a NG+ save.
Spartan Aspis – New Shield
The Spartan Aspis returns in God of War Ragnarök and shows Kratos’ heritage boldly.
The Spartan Aspis is much like the trusted Guardian Shield, but it surely has a considerably tighter Parry window. While more difficult to time, profitable Parries yield a extra damaging reward.
The Spartan Aspis may be bought at Huldra Brothers’ Shop with Hacksilver.
Armor Appearances
For these of you trying to hold issues recent, we’ve additionally remixed 13 of our current armors with new shade mixtures and types that had been beforehand unavailable.
These appearances may be purchased at Huldra Brothers’ Shop and utilized to any of your current Level 9+ armor within the transmog menu. The new Berserker Armor look may be acquired after defeating the Berserker King on NG+.
New Level Cap
In NG+, each Kratos and your enemies will turn into extra highly effective with an elevated degree cap. You will be capable to convert all of your Level 9 tools (armor, weapons, weapon parts, and shields) into new ‘Plus’ variations that can present further ranges of development.
Converting your tools will even yield a Gilded Coin that can be utilized to buy one of many new Enchantments from the store.
We’ve additionally added a quality-of-life adjustment to the store, so that you’ll be capable to buy and promote assets incrementally. Buy and promoting supplies to get your tools in tiptop form to your NG+ run is now smoother than Kratos’ scalp.
New Enchantments
Gilded Coins – Engraving and Badge Enchantments
If you ever agonized over an armor selection since you couldn’t select a favourite Perk, the brand new Enchantments accessible within the store are for you! These take a collection of highly effective and versatile perks from Armor (Engravings) and Shield Rönds (Badges), permitting you to equip them in your Amulet as Enchantments.
For instance, you should purchase the Dragon Engraving, which has the Dragon Scaled Breastplate Perk, Dragon’s Fury (Blocks and Parries grant a Strength/Defense stacking buff). You can equip that in your Amulet whereas carrying a distinct chest piece like the brand new Cuirass of Ares, permitting you to mix two totally different chest armor perks directly.
The strongest enchantments from the Gilded Coins would require sure Stat thresholds to be met to encourage and reward you for getting intelligent along with your builds. With so many new choices accessible, we will’t wait to see which mixtures you make.
Berserker Soul Drops – Stat Boost Enchantments
Defeating the Berserker Souls on NG+ will even reward you with new Enchantments to equip. While not as flashy as a few of the Perk Enchantments, these gives you massive boosts to pick stats so you’ll be able to lean into no matter construct you want finest much more.
Burdens
Burdens are a brand new set of Enchantments that can will let you equip adverse Perks for a tailored problem.
For instance, the Burden of Evasion will routinely give Kratos the Frost standing impact when he rolls.
For these of you looking for to ramp up the issue with an exceptionally brutal expertise, you’ll be able to mix Burdens with the Spartan Armor.
We’ve additionally added a brand new UI choice known as Show Difficulty (Difficulty HUD Visualization), which is able to show the present issue setting on the HUD, in addition to what number of Burdens you’ve got geared up. Feel free to flex just a little bit to your buddies.
Burdens may be bought on the Huldra Brothers’ Shop with Hacksilver.
New Progression Paths
New Skill Mod Plus
Upgrade your current Skill Mod tokens utilizing XP to additional improve the consequences of your favourite Mods.
Platinum Tier Labors
Carry over any progress out of your Kill Labors or Ratatasks and proceed to unlock a brand new Platinum Tier of rewards.
Additional Stat Gains
Nornir Chests will now present Yggdrasil Dew to permit gamers to push Stats far past their earlier limits.
Expanded Niflheim Arena
The Sparring Arena in Niflheim in NG+ gives you a ton of latest choices to play with! Alongside a collection of new enemies so that you can face off towards, you’ll now be capable to play as both Kratos or Atreus and select any of the next companion characters to battle beside you: Atreus (with Kratos), Freya, Brok, Sindri, Angrboda, Ingrid, Thor, and Thrúd.
With any companion mixture attainable, we will’t wait to see how artistic you will get in gameplay and in Photo Mode.
Endgame Bosses
Got comfy combating the Berserker Souls and the Valkyrie Queen Gná? We’ve made certain the hardest optionally available fights have just a few switch-ups in NG+ so even if you happen to’ve overwhelmed them earlier than, they’ll nonetheless pack a punch whenever you meet them once more.
Other Enemy Adjustments
Available on All Difficulties in NG+
The Hateful and the Ormstunga, two of our optionally available mini-bosses, have been given just a few new methods. Be certain to pay them a go to when you’ll be able to in your NG+ run.
Available on Give Me No Mercy and Give Me God of War in NG+
If you select to play on Give Me No Mercy or Give Me God of War difficulties, all bosses and mini-bosses can have Runic Armor. Strategic Runic utilization in these fights could make the distinction between victory and defeat.
In NG+, enemies turning elite can now additionally occur on Give Me No Mercy along with Give Me God of War. Elite enemies will achieve a rise in Power Level, so be sure you hold a particular eye on them whenever you see one rework in fight.
Black and White Render Mode
Looking to expertise the story once more with a extra cinematic twist? After you beat the sport as soon as, you should have entry to a brand new Black and White Render Mode for any subsequent NG+ or normal New Game saves.
You can discover the brand new mode underneath the Graphics & Camera settings menu.
We hope you get pleasure from NG+ in God of War Ragnarök, accessible now.
