God of War Ragnarök Update Adds New Game Plus, More Gear
Santa Monica Studio had promised that New Game Plus was coming to after the Photo Mode patch, yet didn’t specify exactly when. The developer has now released that update out of the blue and it not only contains the new mode, but also a lot more gear and options to further change the experience.
New Game Plus, as explained in great detail on the PlayStation Blog, gives players all the weapons and equipment they had at the end of the game, including the Draupnir Spear. However, areas that require the spear or the specific arrow types will be locked until the player would normally unlock those areas in the main questline.
New Game Plus isn’t just the same game with the same gear, though. New Skill Mods, Platinum Tier Labors, and Yggdrasil Dew drops in Nornir Chests mean players can further modify leveled-up attacks in the skill tree, unlock new rewards after completing tasks, and juice up their bases stats even more, respectively.
There’s also more armor for players to earn and experiment with. One of these is actually one Kratos had in the beginning of the game: Armor of the Black Bear. This furry cloak flies off in the intro, but players can now equip it and will start their New Game Plus run wearing it. It focuses on strength and defense and rewards last-second dodges by letting out a volley of Bifröst shards.
One of the other armor sets strips the armor off Kratos. The Spartan Armor set has no perks or stats and is locked to the lowest level to give player more of a challenge. It is available for purchase at the game’s shop.
The Ares and Zeus sets have also returned from the last ‘s New Game Plus mode and both have seen some slight visual tweaks. The Ares gear has a higher chance to drop health stones, which set off
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