The God of War Ragnarok New Game+ update is available now on PS5 and PS4, and it adds quite a bit to your second journey. When you start New Game+, you can keep leveling up thanks to the increased level cap, and you start with almost all of your skills and gear, including the Draupnir Spear, intact.
The exceptions are the Sonic and Hex arrows, which Sony Santa Monica said remain locked behind story progress, along with the areas they help you reach.
Kratos can sport some new looks as well. New Game+ adds the Black Bear Armor alongside a range of sets inspired by Greek mythology – and Kratos’ previous conquests – including Ares and Zeus, and you can pick up some color variations for existing armor sets. Then there’s the Spartan Armor, which has no perks or stats and is locked at power level one
You can spend Gilded Coins to upgrade any level nine gear to its “Plus” version and get new benefits from it. That’s handy, since Sony Santa Monica bumped up enemy levels to scale with your new level cap and added a handful of pattern changes and new attacks to certain mini-bosses and regular bosses, including Berserker Souls and the Valkyrie Queen.
If that’s still not enough challenge, you can use the new Burdens system to equip negative perks on certain pieces of equipment.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
