The Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.2 Adds New Game Plus

Rebel Wolves, the developer of The Blood of Dawnwalker, plans to release Update 1.2 sometime next week. The update adds a New Game Plus mode, which lets players start the game again with some of their progress intact.

According to Eurogamer, the mode becomes available once players complete the game's Epilogue, the closing part of the story. New Game Plus lets players return to Vale Sangora, a location from the main adventure.

Players keep their character level, skills and inventory when they start the new run. Rebel Wolves is raising the level cap to 100 for New Game Plus. The level cap is the highest level a character can reach, so this gives returning players room to grow beyond the original limit.

Items in the new mode will also have updated stats, meaning the numbers that describe how strong each item is. Enemies will be balanced and scaled uniformly across all regions, so the challenge is set the same way wherever players are.

The update is not limited to the new mode. Update 1.2 will tweak enemy health pools, the amount of damage each enemy can take, and how often enemies use their abilities during combat. It will also improve terrain geometry, the shape of the ground, so that movement feels smoother during fights and while exploring.

For players who have already finished the story, the update offers a second route through the game with their existing progress carried over. For everyone else, the changes to combat and movement will apply once the update goes live.

Rebel Wolves has not, in the reporting so far, announced a specific day for the update. Players can expect the patch sometime next week, according to the developer's plans.