What Carries Over in New Game+

Learn what unlocks carry over to New Game+ in Sifu, including skills and experience. Plan your next challenging martial arts journey.

Embarking on a New Game+ in Sifu offers a fresh challenge and a chance to experience the game with your accumulated knowledge and unlocked skills. While the core narrative remains the same, several key elements carry over, allowing for a more refined and powerful initial playthrough of subsequent cycles.

Unlocks That Carry Over

The most significant carry-over elements are your purchased skills and your character's age. This means:

• All Unlocked Skills: Every skill you've purchased and unlocked in the skill tree will be available from the start of your New Game+. This allows you to experiment with different builds and combat styles from the outset.
• Your Current Age: Your character's age at the end of your previous playthrough will be their starting age in New Game+. This means if you finished your first run at a younger age, you'll have more opportunities to learn and grow before reaching the "Game Over" state due to old age. Conversely, if you finished at an older age, you'll face a tougher initial challenge.

What Does NOT Carry Over

It's important to understand what resets for a balanced challenge:

• Your Death Counter: The death counter resets to zero at the beginning of each new cycle. This means you'll have to earn your way back to a lower age through skillful play.
• Your Score: Your accumulated score from previous playthroughs does not carry over. You'll be starting fresh to achieve new high scores.
• Your Progression Through the Story: You will be replaying the story from the beginning.
• Your Collected Items: Any temporary items or collectibles found in the previous playthrough are reset.

Benefits of New Game+

New Game+ is designed to:

• Allow Skill Experimentation: With all skills unlocked, you can freely try out different combat strategies and find new synergies.
• Provide a Faster Progression: Starting with all skills means you can tackle challenges that were previously difficult with a more robust moveset.
• Offer a New Challenge: The reset death counter and the starting age from your previous run ensure that the game remains challenging and requires skillful play.
• Encourage Mastery: It's an opportunity to truly master the combat system and achieve lower ages on subsequent runs, leading to different endings and achievements.

Strategic Approach

With all skills unlocked, your primary focus in New Game+ should be on minimizing your death counter and maintaining a low age. This means prioritizing perfect parries, efficient combos, and avoiding unnecessary damage. The game becomes a test of your ability to execute flawlessly from the start.