What does New Game Plus do in Elden Ring?

Like all Souls releases, Elden Ring unlocks the New Game+ feature upon finishing the campaign. This allows players to start a new playthrough in the Lands Between using the same Tarnished with the acquired equipment and items from the first playthrough.
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What's the point of New Game Plus Elden Ring?

New Game Plus, or New Game+ (NG+), in Elden Ring is an unlockable feature upon completion of the story which allows you to begin a new journey while maintaining Stats and select pieces of Equipment. This page covers how to enter New Game Plus, what changes it brings to gameplay, and the equipment which carries over.
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What do you lose in Elden Ring New Game Plus?

There are numerous items that do not carry over to subsequent runs including:
  1. Great Runes rewarded from bosses.
  2. Keys.
  3. Any areas that have been opened with keys.
  4. Bell Bearings.
  5. Side quest and NPC quest progress.
  6. Any progress towards main quests.
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Does New Game Plus make Elden Ring harder?

The more times you run through a New Game Plus, the harder the enemies become until they'll eclipse your strength once more.
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What is the point of New Game Plus?

New Game Plus, also New Game+ (NG+), is an unlockable video game mode available in some video game titles that allows the player to restart the game's story with all or some of the items or experience gained in the first playthrough.
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Elden Ring A Guide to New Game Plus!! Exp, Hp, Damage, what do you keep!!! NG+

Does New Game Plus get harder each time?

Technically, yes. Enemies hit harder and have a bit more hp, but I found NG+1 and 2 to both be much easier than the first playthrough. Mostly because I knew the attack patterns, but also because I was hitting bosses for 6-8k dmg with my chosen fable attack.
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Is New Game Plus supposed to be harder?

New Game Plus is supposed to be a harder version of New Game, with increased rewards. Conceptually, this would make sense (increase damage and health of enemies based on bonfire intensity/NG+ level).
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What happens if you refuse Melina?

You have to accept Melina's accord in Elden Ring if you want to level up and get your horse. While suspicion is wise in a FromSoftware game, you really have to say yes here. Because without her, you'll be cut off from some crucial tools.
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Do you lose your smithing stones in New Game Plus?

All weapons, armor, talismans, consumable items, smithing stones, spirit ashes upgrades, cookbooks, and flask upgrades will remain in the player's possession.
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What is the max level in Elden Ring?

The highest level possible is a grand total of 713, achievable when all eight attributes are capped at 99 points.
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Who is the final boss in Elden Ring?

The final boss of Elden Ring is split into two separate fights: one where players face Radagon of the Golden Order, and the follow-up battle with the Elden Beast.
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How many endings does Elden Ring have?

As mentioned at the beginning, the game offers a total of six endings. One of them is default and doesn't require any special actions or hidden quests performed by the player.
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Do golden seeds Respawn?

Sacred Tears and Golden Seeds respawn. Frenzied Flame is gone after you start NG+ but you keep the burns unless you get rid of them through the character creation menu.
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Will there be an Elden Ring 2?

While discussing Elden Ring and upcoming DLC, director Hidetaka Miyazaki reveals that there are currently no plans for an Elden Ring 2.
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Do you get more Runes in New Game Plus?

It does. Runes per kill increase with each ng+, to ng+7.
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Does the ending change in Elden Ring New Game Plus?

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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How many smithing stones to upgrade to 9?

Each upgrade stone has a number after it. Smithing stones [1] are used to take a weapon up to +3 — it'll require 2 smithing stones for +1, 4 to get to +2, and 6 to get to +3. The same amounts of smithing stones are required when using smithing stones [2] to get up to +6, [3] to get to +9, [4] for +12, and so on to +24.
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How many smithing stones do you need to upgrade a weapon to max?

From the chart, you can see that for any given upgrade tier, you will need 12 stones of each type to reach the next upgrade tier (excluding the final tier for a +25 weapon). Once you have located all the Bell Bearings to buy Smithing Stones 1 through 8, it will cost 129,000 Runes to upgrade a weapon to +24.
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Is it worth saving smithing stones?

The best advice? If you already know what weapon you want to use for most of the game, just upgrade whenever you have the smithing stones to do so. Otherwise, once you've "capped" your level for whatever part of the Lands Between you find yourself, just save the rest.
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Does Melina hate you if you save her?

What you might not know is there's a way to stop Melina from doing that, but it comes at a price. You will need to take her place as the sacrifice to light the Erdtree, and even though you'll be saving her life in the process, Melina will hate you forever.
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How does Melina betray you?

She will beg players not to seek out the Frenzied Flame, and she'll leave their side if they do. Beating the game and choosing this ending will see Melina, eyes open, vowing to bring destined death to the newly-christened Lord of Frenzied Flame.
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What should I do before I start New Game Plus?

The main thing to do in Elden Ring before starting New Game Plus is to make sure you've found everything that's unique, that can't be farmed or obtained infinitely in a single playthrough. Otherwise you miss the chance to get them altogether until starting the new game and getting back to this point.
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Do remembrances carry over Elden Ring?

But remember that there are more Remembrances than Walking Mausoleums, so you should choose your rewards wisely. All Remembrances you have will carry over to a subsequent New Game+ run, but they can't be duplicated until you defeat that particular boss.
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What is Journey 2 Elden Ring?

In Elden Ring, a single playthrough is referred to as a Journey. Upon beating the final boss and rolling the credits, you're asked if you'd like to immediately jump straight into New Game+. The feature is called Journey 2 in-game. If you agree to do so, New Game+ will begin.
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