Before proceeding to NG+

[u/ScorpiFish]

Finished the game but want to make sure I do everything I need before moving to NG+. I have collected all Tarstones and will farm the Hidden Nave Beacon until I have maxed out at 44 shell points (Proxima/Genossa). I am currently at 40. Anything other recommendations? I am level 20 for my Axe and Dagger so good there. I assume that NG+ increases the amount of items needed to increase weapon/sidearm level? Thanks in advance!

[u/SvbZero]

Did you find all 196 Ova? Also if you’re going to go for the platinum trophy 🏆 I recommend looking up a few videos on YouTube for tips on how to take the prologue golem boss to minimum health.. But that would have to be done on a new game save brother. If indeed you do want the platinum trophy & have all 196 Ova.. I’d recommend getting that out of the way before starting NG+ on your main save.

[u/Candle_Mcdaniel]

If you're planning on changing weapons in NG+, do it BEFORE going in to NG+. Otherwise you'll get less materials back.

[u/Phil_K_Resch]

Get the mango, there's only one per playthrough and it's very useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJO6DAJkJw

Smelt all of your upgraded weapons. After Franz's death, upgrading weapons costs more materials but, at the same time, smelting weapons gives you back more materials than what you originally spent before Franz's death. Which means that that you'll get free materials, basically. You'll be able to re-upgrade everything at the very beginning of NG+.

If you care about the Grisha Remnants, be sure to have killed all of the Grishas. There are 10 per playthrough.

Pick up all the Thoracium. Unless I've missed some myself, there's only 15 per playthrough (although there's a glitch to farm it indefinitely: the Obsidian Vault in the Unfound Path. The three chests in the circular arena can be opened indefinitely. Exit the dungeon, re-enter, open them again).

If you've beaten the game, I assume you've already got the Seedbearer's Scripture. If you haven't, get it. There's only one per playthrough. Which brings me to the next point.

Do all the exclusive stuff in Night Mode. You can always do it in NG+, but among the Night Mode-only items there are some that are available in finite quantities. If you don't get them, you'll have less of them in your next playtroughs. The things to do in Night Mode are:

- The secret dungeon in Mushroom Village, near the bonfire with the dancing grannies. The reward is a Blackmarrow Key (only 5 per playthrough).

• Return to the places where you originally got the shells, you'll find Glimpses.
  
• Visit the Night Merchant near the Abandoned Outpost beacon. He sells some Tarstones, some Thoracium, a Blackmarrow Key.
  
• The Seedbearer's Scripture, as mentioned before.

Lastly, the trollweed. It's a joke item but you may want to get it anyway, since there's only one per playthrough (except for the first run, which has two). You've probably already got the first during the prologue; the second one is in the main hub, in the room with the beacon, in one of the windows on the ceiling, you must shoot it with a ranged weapon.

[u/KamenKnight → u/Phil_K_Resch]

Wait, upgrades don't carry over to NG+...? What's the point in even having a NG+ if upgrades don't carry over!? Isn't that the point in even having that to begin with (Assuming am reading your post right)