Elden Ring‘s new game plus mode gives players the chance to reset the story and play through it all over again, but with their stats and equipment carrying over. To help balance out the now OP player, it would make sense for Journey 2 and beyond to get a difficulty increase. Is that the case? Here’s the need-to-know information on the Elden Ring new game plus difficulty.
Is Elden Ring new game plus harder?
Elden Ring does get harder in new game plus. With each new Journey, enemies become more difficult to take down.
Those that think Elden Ring is tough on their first playthrough are in for a rude awakening when they start Journey 2, that’s for sure. The good news is that new game plus brings across a character’s armor and weapons, the majority of their inventory, and more.
Players shouldn’t be quite as vulnerable as they are at the very beginning of Elden Ring, but the attacks and spells that they mastered in the first playthrough will be a lot less effective.
As a bonus for putting up with Journey 2’s increased difficulty, players enjoy a Rune multiplier. This greatly increases the number of Runes dropped by enemies. This makes leveling up and buying new equipment a much faster process, especially at higher, triple-digit levels.
As it’s not possible to go back to “Journey 1,” players will have to make the tough decision on whether or not to take advantage of new game plus. While the Runes multiplier will certainly help with progressing to the level cap, the increase in challenge may make it tough to progress.
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