Phantom Blade Zero New Game Plus (NG+): What Carries Over

Phantom Blade Zero calls its New Game Plus a Cycle. Your first replay after the credits counts as Cycle 1, the next one as Cycle 2, and so on. Here’s how to start one, which parts of your save come with you, and how much harder the world gets each time.

Last checked: November 3, 2026. No story spoilers. The only place named below is in the Mountain of Imprisonment.

How to Start a New Cycle

NG+ unlocks once the credits have rolled.
To begin, speak with Inanis at the Puppet Cell in the Mountain of Imprisonment.
Your second playthrough is labeled Cycle 1.

What Carries Over

Equipment: your main weapons, Phantom Edges and accessories.
Progression items.
Ability Training you’ve already bought.
Archives.

Not yet confirmed: whether your unspent Remnant Dust balance comes with you. Only one source mentions it, and it doesn’t settle the question. Don’t count on keeping it until this is confirmed.

What Resets

Quests
Maps
Key items
Your remaining days (the 66-day countdown starts again)
The whole world: enemies, bosses and pickups all come back.

Within a single playthrough, defeated enemies and bosses stay dead. The only way to fight a boss again in the same Cycle is through one of the Banyan Tree Challenges. Starting a new Cycle is the only way to fully restock the world, which is why Remnant Dust farming is a once-per-Cycle job. See our Remnant Dust farming route.

Enemy Scaling: +25 Levels per Cycle

Each Cycle adds 25 to an enemy’s base level for its area:

Playthrough	Extra enemy levels
First run	+0
Cycle 1	+25
Cycle 2	+50
Cycle 3	+75
Cycle 4	+100
Cycle 5	+125
Cycle 6	+150

A few enemies are flagged to keep their original level and don’t scale.

What New Cycles Unlock

Higher weapon level caps

On your first playthrough, weapons top out at level 30. Each +1 upgrade raises the cap by 5, up to level 60 at +6. Level 60 is also the cap at +7.

Cycle-gated abilities

Three Ability Training nodes, Keen Edge, Focused Mind and Fortified Body, need a minimum Cycle for each block of five levels:

Ability levels	Required Cycle
1–5	Cycle 1
6–10	Cycle 2
11–15	Cycle 3
16–20	Cycle 4
21–25	Cycle 5
26–30	Cycle 6

Extra accessory polishing

New Cycles add six more polishing steps to accessories. At the final step, examples include +30% max Sha-Chi on a Support accessory, 18% damage reduction on a Defensive one, and +18% damage on an Offensive one.

Reported, Not Confirmed

Difficulty choice in NG+: one source lists Pathbreaker, Hellwalker and “66 Days” (Hellwalker rules, but the run ends after 66 deaths). Other sources also include Wayfarer, so this is still unresolved.
Quick Hand Zhang’s NG+ stock: one source lists new expensive items, such as Quick Hand Might and The Banyan’s Heart, that can be bought a limited number of times per Cycle. We’re leaving out the prices until a second source confirms them.

FAQ

Do enemies respawn in Phantom Blade Zero?

Not within a playthrough. Defeated enemies and bosses stay gone until you start a new Cycle. Some bosses can be fought again through the Banyan Tree Challenges.

Do I keep my weapons in NG+?

Yes. Main weapons, Phantom Edges and accessories all carry over.

Do I keep my Remnant Dust?

That isn’t confirmed yet.

How much stronger are enemies in NG+?

Each Cycle adds 25 levels on top of an area’s normal enemy level.

Sources

Only facts were taken from these sources. All wording is our own.

PCGamesN: https://www.pcgamesn.com/phantom-blade-zero/new-game-plus
Wikily: https://wikily.gg/phantom-blade-zero/new-game-plus
The Phantom Blade Zero Wiki: https://thephantombladezero.wiki/guides/new-game-plus/
GameHelpBase: https://gamehelpbase.com/phantom-blade-zero/new-game-plus/
KeenGamer: https://www.keengamer.com/articles/guides/phantom-blade-zero-all-bosses-and-their-rewards/