The main questline of Dragon's Dogma 2 is a long one. After completing the entirety of the game's story, players will be given the option to start New Game Plus, allowing them to explore the world once again, should they fail to complete everything they wanted to do before fulfilling their destiny as Arisen.
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Following an assassination attempt on the Empress in Dragon's Dogma 2, players must help her guard find out who is responsible.
Naturally, New Game Plus is only available once players achieve any of the endings for Dragon's Dogma 2. If you're wondering if you should start over again or simply continue from your last inn save, here's everything you need to know about what New Game Plus has to offer.
New Game Plus in Dragon's Dogma 2
Like in other RPGs, entering New Game Plus means you get to experience the game again from the start using your existing character. Story-wise, everything is reset, which means you get to explore other endings to quests that have branching storylines. As for your characters and gear, everything carries over except for key items. You and your pawn will retain your levels, including vocation ranks.
Starting New Game Plus is essentially the same as restarting quest progression. You will once again begin as a slave in the mining camp, and you'll have to reach the Borderwatch camp in Vermund in order to claim all of your gear. Key items, such as the fake border pass needed to enter Battahl in Dragon's Dogma 2, will not be available. Ironically, the Empowered Godsbane will still be in your inventory.
So far, it seems that nothing much changes between the first playthrough and New Game Plus. The same enemies will appear in the same places, and they will be at the same power level as they were in your previous playthrough. Unfortunately, this does mean that combat won't get any harder, and many players may find themselves overgeared for the challenges offered at the beginning of the game.
Here's a summary of what things you can expect in NG+
- City vendors will start selling high-level gear.
- Seeker Tokens and
Golden Trove Beetle do not respawn. Your progress will carry forward into NG+. - NPC affinities will reset.
- The Dragonforged will offer additional items and services.
As it appears, the main point of starting an NG+ run is to re-visit the map to find collectibles and do/re-do quests without making a new character. Nothing much differs apart from the items listed above, and not even Dragon's Dogma 2's Unmoored World has any new surprises in store for NG+ players. This may change in a future update or when DLC for the game is released.
Dragon's Dogma 2
- Platform(s)
- PC , PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Released
- March 22, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Capcom
- Engine
- RE Engine
- Metascore
- 88
