Avowed New Game Plus, Explained

Following the anniversary update for Avowed, players are now able to play through the campaign again using their original characters with New Game Plus instead of starting all over again. Of course, your second run of the campaign will be a little different compared to the first; since you're already a veritable problem solver at this point, your enemies will be much stronger than before, giving you the opportunity to further push the limits of your build. Here's a rundown of what's up in Avowed's NG+ mode.

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What's New in Avowed New Game Plus?

There's only one thing that's different in Avowed's New Game Plus mode, and that's enemy strength. Every enemy in the game will be scaled up to match your level and more; not only do they all get increased stats, but some of them may also come with one of many different modifiers. These include:

All Avowed New Game Plus Enemy Modifiers
Modifier	Description
Fire/Frost/Shock/Poison/Bleed	Enemies are immune to the specified damage type, and all of their attacks deal damage of that same element.
Haste	Increased movement and attack speed, and reduced ability cooldown durations.
Glass Cannon	Deals and takes significantly increased damage.
Colossal	Increased max health.
Life Steal	Attacks restore health by a percentage of the damage dealt.
Crippled	Reduced movement speed and attack speed.
Sturdy	Enemy is harder to stun.
Natural Immunity	Completely immune to all status accumulations.
Forceful	Increased impact on attacks.
Vindictive	Increased damage based on missing health.

What Do You Keep in Avowed New Game Plus?

Avowed's New Game Plus is meant to give players the chance to continue building their character, which means everyone gets to keep the most significant aspects of their character once they start over. The full list of stuff you get to keep include:

All Unique Weapons and Armor (but they are reset to Level 1)
All unlocked Enchantments
All unique gloves and boots
All unlocked abilities (except for story-locked Godlike abilities)
All spent attribute points

Meanwhile, all the following will not carry over to Avowed NG+ playthroughs:

Gold
Crafting and Upgrade Materials
Enchanting Materials
Food Ingredients
Potions
Food
Quest items
God totems & trinkets
Fast travel points & exploration progress (fog of war)
Companions

While you'll start the game with all your precious gear, you'll need to upgrade them again. Enemies will be balanced around this fact, though, so you don't need to worry about your hits bouncing off or dealing no damage.

If you have already finished Avowed before, and you want to start NG+ with that character, load up a previous save and finish the game again from there.