What is the point of NG+ 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's 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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What is the difference between Elden Ring normal and NG+?

The main difference between a regular playthrough and New Game Plus is in enemy strength. All enemies and bosses in Elden Ring get a buff to their overall Health pool and the amount of damage they can dish out. In New Game +7 even the Godrick Soldier in the tutorial area can take out the player.
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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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What is the overall goal of Elden Ring?

Your main quest is to reach the Great Erdtree and become the Elden Lord. To do this, you must find a Maiden. We'll guide you through this below, but first we'll list all of the necessary steps that you must complete in Limgrave: Unlock the ability to level up in Elden Ring.
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Elden Ring A Guide to New Game Plus!! Exp, Hp, Damage, what do you keep!!! NG+

How much ending 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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What are the benefits of NG+ in Elden Ring?

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.
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Is New Game Plus worth it in Elden Ring?

New Game Plus will mostly be an easier experience for you. There is a bump in the damage and health of enemies and bosses, but it's not so drastic that you're back to square one. However, some of the lategame bosses will still give you a run for your money, likely even moreso than the first time.
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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 max level in Elden Ring?

With this in mind, it is reasonable to imagine that hitting the max level in Elden Ring would require an absurd amount of runes, and the fact is, it does. The highest level players can get in Elden Ring is 713, and that means players will need to farm well over 1 billion runes.
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What's the best staff in Elden Ring?

Every Stave In Elden Ring, Ranked
  • 8 Crystal Staff. Stat. ...
  • 7 Prince Of Death's Staff. Stat. ...
  • 6 Azur's Glintstone Staff. Stat. ...
  • 5 Meteorite Staff. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 4 Carian Glintstone Staff. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 3 Staff Of Loss. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 2 Carian Regal Scepter. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 1 Lusat's Glintstone Staff. Stat. Requirement.
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How much harder is New Game Plus in Elden Ring?

NG+ increase depends on the enemy. Early game enemies are typically buffed far more than late game ones. NG+2 and beyond (in this game, it caps at NG+7) is a static increase across the board. The same as prior Souls games.
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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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How many smithing stones does it take 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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How many smithing stones does it take to max every weapon?

Total Number Needed. There are 182 Weapons and 58 Shields that require Smithing Stones to upgrade. You would need 2,880 of each numbered stone and 240 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones to upgrade everything.
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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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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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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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What is the highest New Game Plus in Elden Ring?

Elden Ring New Game Plus Max Difficulty

Once you finish a play through of Elden Ring in New Game Plus, you can actually attempt this over and over again to continuously increase the difficulty of the game with each play through. Players can do this a maximum of seven times, reaching NG+7.
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What's the best keepsake in Elden Ring?

The best Elden Ring Keepsake is probably the Golden Seed or Crimson Amber Medallion, but it more depends on what matters to you as a player. The right keepsake can give you an incredible advantage in gameplay, or it could be a mediocre stocking-stuffer that doesn't contribute much to your overall playthrough.
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Do enemies scale in Elden Ring New Game Plus?

Both bosses and regular enemies considered. No, but NG+ enemies do scale up enough that your OP char at NG become once again a normal char at the start that may need 2 to 4 hits to kill a normal enemy (1 if you really got OP at NG).
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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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Is Ranni good or evil?

Julianna Swickard of CBR also debated whether Ranni was good or evil, arriving at the conclusion that while she was morally grey as a character, her ending was the "best possible outcome" of all the game's endings.
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