Here's What Happens When You Start The Witcher 3's New Game Plus

by Matthew Kato on Jul 28, 2015 at 05:05 AM

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt RED announced that it is working on a new game plus feature for the game's final free piece of DLC, and a few details have trickled out.

According to a post from the developer's community and website coordinator Marcin Momot on the game's official forums, here's what you can expect (text directly from Momot):

Enemies will be stronger, obviously.
What carries over? Player experience (if you're below level 30 when finishing the vanilla game, you will be bumped to level 30 for the start of NG+), items (excluding: quest items, books & letters, Gwent cards, usable items, trophies), money, and alchemy recipes.
When starting New Game Plus you can select any difficulty level.
You can obtain the Death Match achievement when playing the NG+ mode.
What's the starting level of the character when beginning NG+? The same that you had when finishing the game, if above 30, otherwise you start at level 30. You also get a free Clearing Potion at the start so you can reset your skills and try a different build.

In another post, Momot also says that created elixirs "should carry over as well."

The game's new game plus DLC does not have a release date yet.

[Source: CD Projekt RED]

Our Take
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