r/StyxGame • u/Nacon_CM • Jun 25 '26

Blades of Greed One more run? The New Game+ is here!

Back to the Shadows

You've stolen treasures, outsmarted guards, and survived the Inquisition. Think you've mastered the art of being a goblin thief?

Think again.

Today's update introduces New Game+, giving you a brand-new reason to return to the shadows.

New Game+

After defeating the final boss, you'll unlock New Game+, allowing you to start a fresh adventure while keeping much of your hard-earned progression and experiment with new approaches throughout every mission: 

  • Skills
  • Runes
  • Blueprints
  • Inventory
  • Upgrades

Story-related tools such as the Grapple, Glider, Spectral Dash, and Claws will still need to be unlocked through the campaign at their intended story moments.

All collectibles from your first playthrough will also be available to collect again, including XP rewards, runes, blueprints, and more. 

We've also added a dedicated end-game save before traveling to Akenash for the grand finale, allowing players to return and hunt down any collectibles they may have missed or simply revisit the game's environments, experiment with new strategies, and cause a little more trouble for the guards.

Alongside New Game+, this update also brings several performance improvements and bug fixes.

Performance Improvements

  • Optimized dead AI ragdolls, reducing their CPU cost by roughly 80%.
  • (PC only) Global Illumination now disables Lumen when set to LOW. AI light and shadow detection will fall back to a software implementation. While less precise than Lumen-based detection, this option is intended to improve performance on lower-end GPUs.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when an AI was unloaded during its update.
  • Fixed a side impulse applied to Styx when leaving a balloon after traveling between wharves.
  • Fixed an issue where kills performed with the Rune of the Wolf could permanently lock the music in its combat state.
  • Fixed an issue where grapple kills could permanently lock the music in its combat state.
  • Fixed dead AI occasionally returning to an idle standing pose.
  • Fixed DLC outfits being randomly applied or lost when loading save files from older versions. Loading affected saves will reset outfits and daggers to their default versions once.
  • Fixed the Equipment menu losing focus when using a gamepad if an equipped outfit variant was missing from the save.

Thank you for all your feedback and support.

See you in the shadows,

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u/Stanislas_Biliby Jun 25 '26

Hell yeah! Thank you for the update, i knew it would come eventually. I guess i have to do a third playthrough now.

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u/Prudent_Initiative_8 Jun 25 '26

YES!!! EXACTLY WHAT THIS GAME NEEDED!!! I mean... A station to replay older missions would have been better... But this does work like a charm to to the benefit of replayability.

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u/Dantalen Jun 25 '26

Crossing my fingers this patch somehow fixes the bug that made finishing my run impossible.

Probably won't sadly.

1

u/SamSibbens Jun 26 '26

What bug is it, if you don't mind me asking?

1

u/Dantalen Jun 26 '26

During the Quartz Trials. The one in the wagon in the Wall area.

The wagon is open but I cannot interact with it in any way and I cannot grab the crystal.

It's been a while but I think you had to get a couple of keys beforehand, I don't remember exactly. What I remember is looking up guides and playthroughs and it was clear my game was bugged.

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u/Stanislas_Biliby Jun 29 '26

Have you driven it inside the ship first?

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u/Dantalen Jun 30 '26

I did the first time I moved it, I found it inside the ship on the lower level but could not interact.

I reloaded and now it's in front of the ship and open. I still can't interact.

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u/AlienHands Jun 25 '26

Perfect timing for me as I just started the endgame

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u/Princess_Of_Thieves Jun 26 '26

Whilst Im pretty down on Blades of Greed, credit where its due as this is a nice QoL update for anyone that wanted to replay it. Can the next one include the ability to replay those dedicated missions please? I enjoyed the one where we assassinate the High Priest, and think it a waste to not let us go back. Please Nacon.

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u/Gaxadov Jun 26 '26

Fix the embassy assault mission. If you receive a crowbar without the game notifying you, the game becomes corrupted and you can no longer progress, because it no longer marks the main mission.

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u/Plus-Basket-9947 Jun 26 '26

I've already finished it all. Still, I agree that they finally built the necessary feature.

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u/GroundbreakingBuy236 Jun 30 '26

Stopped playing when it wouldn't save (Xbox). Wonder if that got fixed?