New Game Plus is a feature of Demon's Souls and Demon's Souls Remake, wherein once the Final Boss is defeated, players have the option of replaying the game with their current stats and gear. After the credits, the players will head straight into the next playthrough. Consecutive playthroughs bring new challenges as enemies have increased health and damage.
New Game + in Demon's Souls
Changes with Game Plus
- Enemies have more hit points, and deal increased damage.
- There are an unlimited number of NG+, but enemies stop getting stronger after a certain number (believed to be from NG+5)
- Enemies grant more souls on kill. (Soul consumable items still give the same amount)
What carries over to New Game Plus
- Soul Level and Stats.
- Character and World Tendency.
- Demon's Souls.
- All Consumables and Upgrade Stones.
- All Weapons, Armor and Shields.
- All Spells (Miracle and Magic Spells)
What doesn't carry over to New Game Plus
- All Key items.
- Unlocked shortcuts.
- All NPC states (i.e. NPC quest progression resets, dead NPCs come back to life, NPC invaders will invade again, etc.).
To-do Checklist before New Game Plus
- Defeat all Bosses and Mini-Bosses.
- Do the Mephistopheles Quests.
- Kill off NPCs to obtain their equipments and souls. (This is not recommended for inexperienced as your Character Tendency does not reset going into NG+ and Pure Black tendency you'll get from killing NPCs comes with a number of negative effects to the user.)
- Obtain Pure Faintstone.
- Obtain the Northern Regalia (Demonbrandt from Old King Doran and Soulbrandt from King Allant, Blacksmith Ed will be able to forge the two weapons together into Northern Regalia)
- Weapon Upgrades.
- Get all of the tradable items from Sparkly the Crow.
- Collect all of the Demon's Souls available.
Notes
- You won't be able to increase your soul level once The Maiden in Black unlocks the passage under the Nexus. This means that the next time you'll be able to increase your soul level again is when you defeat Phalanx on your next playthrough.(This also means that if you have a large amount of souls after the 1st playthrough, you will have to do your best not to die twice before defeating Phalanx again.)
AnonymousSomebody should add getting colorless souls to the to-do list since those are the most pain in the ass to get and one can only get 10 per game cycle which is just enough to upgrade two special weapons while there are 16 to upgrade. 17 if you count both hands of god. One literally needs to go beyond NG+7 in order to have all those armaments maxed out which is bonkers. Even further if one doesnt get all 10 per playthrough which is very easy since they come from all over.
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for people getting one shot in NG+, get the miracle second chance. If you are killed it will revive you at half health. I have heard people suggest every build should have this spell, and I agree. It has saved me countless times.
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I think NG+ is a lot more easier than 1st game because you have all the equipment and spells with you.
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I am about to go NG+ but my PCT is pure black. How much harder is this? I need to get to PWT in NG+ to get the Ally ring which I did not pick up.
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In NG+ you dont need to beat any other arch demons to get to 1-3 right? At least that’s how i remember it in the original, i was able to go straight there to save Yuria and get the soulsucker spell.
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Good thing i did not waste any stat points on vit. Feels bit better knowing that 1500 hp 50vit character dies in same one shot as my 240 hp 9vit character lol.
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does the crystal lizard spawn counter carries over when you go to NG+?
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Should remove obtain Northern Regalia from things to do list concidering it's impossible because the Soulbrant is passed the point of no return.
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I've also noticed on NG+ that certain pathways are now open no matter the world tendency (3-2 Rydell's key, etc.)
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NG+ in Demon's Souls is hardcore compared to the weak imitations of future FROM titles, holy heck.
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the item display on bottom left disappeared after beating the game. I reinstalled it, but the item display is still invisible. Any suggestions? thx Also, its the digital version.
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Well Just a little advice here when you go tô NG+. Make sure that most archstones are toward white tendency or pure white tendency because it will help a lot when dealing with bosses and enemies (i left pure Black tendency in The big swamp area....) also kill all named black phantom (miralda, rydell..) in new game so that you dont need to kill then again in new game+ because they will kinda of insta kill you (for some reason i killed all five but i was not in PWCT so i went on killing two more to reach PWCT in NG+ and it is a pain so avoid that)
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If you need help with the game check out the demons souls discord server
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Anyone else feels it's bs how we can't level up until Phalanx. I mean it's not too bad because the dragon bridge is the hardest part of the level but still FFS.
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Uuuhhh i got both demonbrandt and soulbrandt and didn’t go back to forge northern regalia SO DOES Tht mean I have to give the flamelurker soul again???
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I need pure white character tendency. Anyone willing to help with some invasions ?
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Can someone help me getting my character to pure white tendency?
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i need someone to invade my game, need to get Pure White Character Tendency, I'm SL 65 and No One ever invades...
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Can anyone please tell me how can I check what ng+ am I on ?
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I just beat the game for the first time tonight and before bed I decided to check out the difficulty quick. Got invaded and killed but I didn’t go to the nexus, I went straight to king Allant. Every time I die I keep spawning at king Allant, is this part of NG+?
I started NG++ two nights ago and so far I have noticed that mobs and bosses easier to beat than in NG+. Creatures are dying in one hit vs. two or more in NG+. And I am only about 5 SLs higher in NG++ than I was in NG+.
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Can I Still Trade With Sparkly The Crow In NG+ To Get The Providential Ring??
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Will New Game Plus start immediately after defeating King Allant if he's the last boss? How do I forge Northern Regalia before NG+ if I don't get Soulbrandt until after I defeat King Allant?
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Really feel that NG and NG+ Are separated in non-password multiplayer. There’s no action in NG at higher levels and this changes completely in NG+
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I just got started with the game on PS5 and purchased the digital deluxe edition. I played the original years ago but forgot everything, so I started with a knight/strength build and just beat Phalanx. I have 3 questions I was hoping someone could help answer:
1) Was wondering which build would be best suited to maximize the digital deluxe bonus items?
2) Is there are a stat progression or upgrade path I should follow? I'm trying to understand when I would need to have secondary stats at their recommended levels (i.e. - miracles).
3) It appears I would better served by consuming the Phalanx demon soul, since I already have a better weapon in the bonus weapon vs. the trade-in reward -Is that correct? Also Is this how I should evaluate all boss souls, or is this the only one I should consume?
Thank you for your help.
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Do NOT kill off NPCs prior to NG+ unless you are VERY familiar with character and world tendency. In Dark Souls, doing this is fine since staring next journey expunges sin. In Demon’s Souls, Character and World Tendency DO NOT RESET with second and subsequent journeys. Going -3, -7 character or world tendency, or both will dramatically increase enemy attack power, enemy line of sight range, will lower your effective combat power, and HP.
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"Kill off NPCs to obtain their equipments and souls." This is a terrible advice as the character tendency does NOT reset in a new cycle and with Black chara tendency the game is much much harder.
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why does the final boss link lead to soul of cinder on the ds 3 wiki?
Hello, do you know if all the rings I got in the new plus game are transferred?
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