New Game Plus (XC2)

The future doesn't belong to you!
For those who have not completed games in the Xenoblade Chronicles series, this page contains spoilers regarding the plot. Discretion is advised.

New Game Plus is unlocked after completing the final chapter in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country. It is a second playthrough unlocked upon installing Patch (Ver.1.3.0) available on March 2nd, 2018. The first playthrough must be saved after beating the game, since saving after beginning a New Game Plus playthrough will overwrite the save data in which the game was initially cleared.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2[]

What Carries Over?[]

Driver levels
Driver and Blade equipment and growth, including skills
All awakened Blades except Roc, Aegaeon, Nia, Poppi QT, Poppi QTπ and the Blade from the Unnamed Core Crystal ※
All items, Gold, and Store Deeds obtained
All areas' Development Levels acquired
Mercenary Ranking level
Status and data of all defeated Unique Monsters
Status of all Events Theater viewed
Play time

※ Notes: Each Driver's awakened Blades are only available when that Driver is available, but Blades never leave the party individually due to story events, meaning that Pyra, Mythra and Pneuma are usable throughout the whole game (however, Rare Blades can still leave the party during their Blade Quests, such as Herald). Additionally, if Poppi QTπ has previously been unlocked, she will be made available at the same point as Poppi QT. When Nia joins the party as a Driver in Chapter 1, she will have the same Blade and accessory loadout that she did at the end of the previous playthrough. However, her loadout cannot be edited until Chapter 2, although her Blades' Aux Cores can be modified. She and her Blades will also have access to the same post-battle dialogue options that they do in later chapters.

What Doesn't Carry Over?[]

Quests completed
Merc Missions completed
Heart to Hearts viewed
Skip Travel points registered
Certain Key and Info items
Salvager Rank

What's New?[]

All Blades can be dispatched on Merc Missions. This means that Special Blades like Pyra, Mythra or Dromarch that could not be disengaged from the party during an initial playthrough can now be dispatched.

※ Note: Dispatching Poppi on Merc Missions will cause Tora to be locked out of the active party until Poppi returns from the Merc Mission. Dispatching any of Poppi's three forms on Merc Missions will cause all three forms to be treated as being on a Merc Mission.

The Level 4 Special of a certain Blade has been unlocked.
Hidden Driver's Affinities have been unlocked and new Skills can be learned
Zeke's "Eye of Shining Justice" can be unlocked by developing his Hidden Affinities
Drivers Levels can be decreased at inns, with a corresponding amount of bonus EXP being granted for the number of levels decreased.
Traveling Bards that will exchange Bonus EXP and special items have been added to various locations throughout Alrest.
- Traveling Bards are displayed on the mini map as green shop icons.
- Among the newly exchangeable items, there are Accessory Expander Kits that will increase the number of accessories a Driver can have equipped.
Ability to recruit Torna members:
- Ability to recruit the Blades Obrona, Sever, Perdido and Cressidus from Torna, who can join the player's party as Blades.
- Akhos, Patroka and Mikhail from Torna will also be able to join the player's party as Blades.
- These new Blades can be obtained by resonating with Core Crystals such as Akhos, or after meeting them in quests such as Mikhail.
The Land of Challenge can be accessed from a portal located outside the Chairman's Room in Argentum until Chapter 4.

Torna ~ The Golden Country[]

What Carries Over?[]

All teams are playable at any point in the game
Teams' levels
Driver and Blade equipment and growth, including skills
All items and Gold obtained
Any Slate Pieces obtained or used. Also, any barriers dispersed to reach the Tasteless Altar
Any Green Barrels smashed for the quest A Rare Sense of Justice
Status and data of all defeated Unique Monsters
Status of all Events Theater viewed
Play time

What Doesn't Carry Over?[]

Quests completed
Skip Travel points registered
Any Community gained or Community levels

What's New?[]

New "Custom" and "Bringer of Chaos" difficulty levels
Character Levels can be decreased at inns or campsites, with a corresponding amount of bonus EXP being granted for the number of levels decreased
Hidden Driver's Affinities can be unlocked and new Skills can be learned
Exchange bonus EXP for special items
Unique Monster time attack mode and saving subjugation records

Complete Patch (Ver.1.3.0) Notes[]

Advanced New Game has been added

Players with save data from the final chapter and who have cleared the game will now be able to select “Advanced New Game” on the title screen and carry over some of their data from the previous playthrough.
Elements carried over into Advanced New Game
- Driver levels
- Driver and Blade equipment and growth
- Awakened Blades
- Acquired items and gold
- Town development status and Merc Group level
- Status of Events Theater and defeated unique monsters
- Play time
New system features added to Advanced New Game
- Bonding with certain Blades from Torna will allow them to join your party.
- Meeting certain Blades from Torna in the game world will allow them to join your party.
- All Blades can be dispatched on Merc Missions.
- Driver Hidden Affinities have been unlocked. New skills can also be learned.
- Zeke’s “Eye of Shining Justice” has been unlocked. (The skill can be learned by developing Zeke’s Hidden Affinities)
- Levels can now be decreased at inns, with a corresponding amount of bonus EXP being granted for the number of levels decreased.
- Traveling Bards that will exchange Bonus EXP and special items have been added to various locations throughout Alrest.
  - Traveling Bards are displayed on the mini map as green shop icons.
  - Among the newly exchangeable items, there are those that will increase the number of accessories a Driver can have equipped.
- Level 4 Specials have been unlocked for certain Blades.
Things to note in Advanced New Game
- Quests, Heart-to-Hearts, and Skip Travel points will all be reset.
- Cleared Merc Missions will be reset.
- Saving after beginning an Advanced New Game playthrough will overwrite the save data in which you initially cleared the game.