Assassin's Creed Valhalla New Game+: what arrives Nov. 5 and what we know about carryover

Assassin's Creed Valhalla gets New Game+ on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, through a game update. Ubisoft's announcement on Steam says the mode lets you restart Eivor's saga from the beginning with much of your progress intact, and enemies get their own scaling for the second run. The update also brings mithril, a new resource, Divine quality, a new upgrade tier for every item, and a Master Assassin outfit based on Naoe, the lead of Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Ubisoft is saving the launch time, the platform list and the unlock steps for the patch notes, which had not been posted as of Nov. 2.

The feature lands six years after Valhalla launched and four years after Ubisoft said no to it. In November 2022, when it announced the game's final content update, the publisher said it would not be adding New Game+. Now Ubisoft calls it one of the community's most requested features and ties it to Valhalla passing 40 million players. In its fall Assassin's Creed update, Ubisoft also said no other remake is in development after Black Flag Resynced.

What the Nov. 5 update adds

Here is Ubisoft's list:

- An optional progression mode in which gear, runes and masteries count toward Eivor's overall Power. - Mithril, a resource for upgrading Divine gear and strengthening runes. - Divine quality for all items. - New runes, achievements and rewards, plus a stash system Ubisoft has not explained yet. - A Master Assassin outfit inspired by Naoe's clothing.

Power is the number the game checks against each region's recommended level to warn you when an area is too tough. With the optional mode on, upgrading a sword or slotting a rune will count toward that number. Ubisoft hasn't said how much each piece adds, or how you unlock the Naoe outfit.

What we know about carryover

Ubisoft says only that New Game+ transfers much of your progression. It hasn't listed what stays and what resets, or whether gear and progress from the three expansions, Wrath of the Druids, The Siege of Paris and Dawn of Ragnarök, come along.

Ubisoft mentions dedicated scaling for the second run, which suggests enemies are tuned for an Eivor who starts out already geared up. It hasn't shared enemy levels or difficulty numbers.

The closest precedent is Assassin's Creed Odyssey. When it added New Game+ in February 2019, Ubisoft required players to finish the main story and added a menu option that copied an eligible save into a New Game+ run, keeping gear, upgrades, abilities, currency and mounts. Ubisoft hasn't said Valhalla will work the same way.

How to get ready before Nov. 5

If you haven't reached the credits, finishing the main story is the safest bet, since Odyssey required it. If you already have, load that save and make a manual save in an empty slot before starting New Game+. That leaves you a fallback whatever the mode does with your original file.

Make sure automatic updates are enabled on your console or PC launcher so the patch downloads as soon as Ubisoft releases it. Once the notes are out, check them for the exact requirement and for what moves into the new run.

Platforms and launch time

Valhalla came out on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC, and its last update, version 1.7.0 in February 2023, hit all five platforms at once. Ubisoft hasn't published a platform list for New Game+. Its fall update only promises news about updates on current-generation consoles, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, in the coming days.

There's no launch time either. For reference, version 1.7.0 rolled out at 12 p.m. UTC, which on Nov. 5 would be 7 a.m. ET and 4 a.m. PT, but Ubisoft isn't bound to use the same slot.

If you don't own the game, the standard edition is $59.99 on Steam. Thursday is also the busiest day of the week, with Ocarina of Time and Stellar Blade arriving on Switch 2, as our weekly release roundup shows.