Elden Ring: How Does New Game Plus Work?

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If you’re wondering how New Game Plus works in Elden Ring, there’s good reason. Like most things in The Lands Between, Elden Ring offers little explanation of its New Game Plus system, including what carriers over and how enemies function.

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New Game Plus in Elden Ring is an excellent way to experiment with different builds and give yourself an advantage over foes. It’s not just your basic items and current equipment that carry over into new journeys. You’ll take a number of key items and upgrade materials with you as well, making it much easier to master The Lands Between again.

You get the option to start Elden Ring’s New Game Plus after the credits roll. You can immediately begin by starting a new game, or you can pick up right before you faced the final boss and continue exploring The Lands Between, gathering items or uncovering new locations you might have missed before.

You can’t change the ending you get by starting before the final boss fight. To get a new ending, you must start a new save file.

When you want to start New Game Plus, fast travel to the Roundtable Hold, and interact with the Table of Grace – the giant table with a plume of gold rising from it. You’ll have the option to “Begin Journey 2,” which is Elden Ring-speak for New Game Plus. Agree to that, and you’ll begin a new game.

Here’s everything you’ll start with once Journey 2 begins.

If you want your second (or third, or fourth) run to go as smoothly as possible, make sure to find and upgrade any weapons you think you’ll use before beginning the new game. Use Remembrances to buy demigod spells and weapons from Enia in Roundtable Hold. These carry over, which means you can dual-wield boss weapons,