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FF16 - New Game Plus Features and Everything That Carries Over

New Game Plus (NG+) allows you to replay the story with most progress carried over after clearing Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). Read on to learn what carries over to New Game Plus, changes and additional features that are unlocked, and how to unlock New Game Plus!

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New Game Plus Guide Final Fantasy Mode Guide
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Everything That Carries Over to New Game Plus

Carries Over Does Not Carry Over
✔︎ Gear and Equipment
✔︎ Unlocked Abilities
✔︎ Level and EXP
✔︎ Gil
✔︎ Ability Points
✔︎ Crafting Materials
✔︎ Thousand Tomes Progress
✔︎ Medal of Valor 		✖︎ Quest Progress
✖︎ Side Quest Rewards
✖︎ Map Progress
✖︎ Items
✖︎ Torgal's abilities
✖︎ Notorious Marks

What Carries Over to New Game Plus?

  • Previously obtained Gear and Equipment
  • Abilities that you unlocked in previous save
  • Level and EXP progression
  • Unspent Gil
  • Unspent Ability Points
  • Unused Crafting Materials
  • Thousand Tomes progression
  • Medal of Valors collected

New Game Plus (NG+) carries over possessions, unlocked abilities, and Clive's level from the cleared save file. Note that all features that can be carried over are transferable when starting a New Game Plus save file in Final Fantasy Mode difficulty.

What Doesn't Carry Over to New Game Plus?

  • Main Quest progression
  • Side Quest progression
  • Previously unlocked Fast Travel points and map progression
  • Previously obtained items, such as Consumables, Key Items, Quest Items
  • Torgal's abilities unlocked in previous save
  • Hunt Board progression

The only exclusions to New Game Plus are items and locations tied to story progression. This means you can start out with all Eikon abilities, but you can't just travel anywhere you please. In addition, side quest rewards such as Chocobos and recipes must be unlocked again when playing New Game Plus.

New Game Plus Changes and Additional Features

Final Fantasy Mode Unlocked

FF16 - New Game Plus Title
Final Fantasy Mode Changes
CheckmarkMore Powerful Enemies
CheckmarkTougher Challenges
CheckmarkNew Craftable Gear

The biggest change in New Game Plus (NG+) is the addition of Final Fantasy Mode, a more difficult version of the main story. If you cleared the story on Action Focused and still felt like you wanted more, this challenge adds both replayability and even some new content!

Final Fantasy Mode Guide

More Powerful Enemies

FF16 - More Powerful enemies

Enemies are far more dangerous in Final Fantasy Mode as they have different formations and may appear in different places. You won't be able to switch to either Story or Action Focused modes either, making it more challenging.

List of All Enemies

Tougher Challenges

FF16 - Ultimaniac Mode

The Final Fantasy Mode of New Game Plus ups the difficulty of Arcade Mode and Chronolith Trials with Ultimaniac Mode and the Final Chronolith Trials, respectively.

Arete Stone Guide: All Available Features

New Craftable Gear

FF16 - Ultima Weapon Crafting

Some equipment can only be made in New Game Plus, including the Ultima Weapon, which is the most powerful weapon in the game.

List of All Gear and Equipment

How to Unlock New Game Plus

Complete the Main Story Once

FF16 - Clive

Like every other game with this feature, New Game Plus in FF16 unlocks after beating the game's main story. Players will need to use the cleared save file to start a New Game Plus playthrough, where they can choose to start in the same difficulty as before or take on the challenges of Final Fantasy Mode.

All Main Quests and Story Walkthrough

Can Be Unlocked Through Either Difficulty Setting

Unlocking New Game Plus can be done in any of the two difficulty settings.

If you're aiming to start New Game Plus and Final Fantasy Mode as soon as possible, we recommend doing your first playthrough on Story Focused mode. Otherwise, it's best to master the mechanics with Action Focused mode first.

Should You Choose Story Focused or Action Focused Mode?

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1 Anonymousover 1 year

Do you know if boss medals carry over to NG+? Thanks

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