New Game+ in Bloodborne Bloodborne Guide

Regardless of the option that you picked, the ending of the game starts the game over. However, this is not a completely new start - there are some other rules, if you start the game again, as the same character. Although the game world itself is reset, you retain some of your progress and items. This advantage that you have from the very beginning is alleviated with a boost to the opponents, who now have more health, stronger attacks and generally higher resistance. This is especially discernible in the case of boss battles, who seem to be smarter and more aggressive. The hardships of the battle will be rewarded with the number of Blood Echoes that you receive after defeating them.

After the last battle, you automatically start New Game +.

What is different?

- opponents deal more damage and have more health,

- you receive more Blood Echoes from killing opponents, the difference is more pronounced in the case of stronger opponents and bosses,

- bosses seem to be stronger, smarter and more aggressive, they now receive discernibly more health points,

- if you meet the requirements concerning the level of your character, a player that plays the game for the first time, may join your game; this is also true the other way around,

- all of the unlocked shortcuts and lanterns lit are now reset to their initial state, you start again at Iosefka Clinic,

- you lose key items, e.g. the key to the gate in Cathedral Ward,

- chests containing some if the item that you already have now contain different items, usually family death Blood,

- you lose all of the One Thirds Of Umbilical Cords that you have not consumed.

What is different?

- your experience level, you start the game at the same level at which you ended the previous game,

- quick items in your inventory (Blood Vials, Quicksilver bullets, etc.)

- Blood Echoes and Insight,

- the majority of your equipment, with items needed for weapon upgrades, Chalices, or gems,

- runes previously obtained and your level in the covenant,

- badges and the option to buy weapons that you have previously unlocked but not bought,

- owned weapons and clothes,

- the option to use Caryll Runes and blood gems, from the beginning of the game,

- Chalice Dungeons already generated and your progress in them.

Difficulty level in Chalice Dungeons is not that much higher because they have their own difficulty

Starting the game over (NG+) allows you to make a quicker start, mainly thanks to the weapons that you own at the very beginning. Also, you can complete the missions that you missed earlier, or solve them in a different way. All this combined allows you to experience the beauty of Yharnam again, while retaining the items that you have earlier strived to obtain, and the progress that you have made in Chalice Dungeons.