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Dying Light The Beast: Complete Guide to New Game Plus and Nightmare Mode
Provides an in-depth analysis of the New Game Plus and Nightmare Mode in Dying Light The Beast. New Game Plus is unlocked after completing the story, resets the map while keeping your inventory, and increases the XP multiplier. Nightmare Mode is the most difficult difficulty, adding new challenges such as hunger, battery drain, and Alpha Volatiles. This guide provides all the information you need to get the most out of these modes.
1. 🎮 What is New Game Plus? Inventory Retention and Map Reset
- ✅ Unlocked after completing the story
- ✅ Map Reset: Story quests, side quests, safe zones, electric stations, etc. can be replayed
- ✅ Inventory Retention: Keep all items such as weapons, accessories, equipment, crafting parts, grappling hook, etc.
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1. 🎮 What is New Game Plus? Inventory Retention and Map Reset
- ✅ Unlocked after completing the story
- ✅ Map Reset: Story quests, side quests, safe zones, electric stations, etc. can be replayed
- ✅ Inventory Retention: Keep all items such as weapons, accessories, equipment, crafting parts, grappling hook, etc.
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2. 📈 Increased XP Multiplier and Enemy Enhancement
- ✅ Increased XP Multiplier: Increased XP gain for all activities such as killing zombies and completing missions
- ✅ 2.5x XP gain in the first New Game Plus
- ✅ XP multiplier continues to increase with successive New Game Plus playthroughs
- ⚠️ Enemy Enhancement: Enemies become stronger as you progress through New Game Plus, so you should proceed when you are ready
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3. 🎩 New Game Plus Exclusive Hats and Rewards
- ✅ Earn a 5% bonus XP hat (applies only to the first 15 levels)
- ✅ Hat design changes depending on the number of New Game Plus completions (special hat earned upon 10 completions)
- ✅ Hats only differ in appearance and have the same stats
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4. 🎁 New Game Plus Exclusive Chest Rewards: Crafting Parts, Consumables, Legendary Weapons
- ✅ Small Chest: Acquired when activating safe zones and electric stations, provides crafting parts
- ✅ Medium Chest: Acquired upon completion of side quests, provides crafting parts, boosters, medicines, throwing knives, explosives, and the possibility of obtaining legendary weapons
- ✅ Large Chest: Acquired upon completion of main story missions, provides a larger amount of rewards than previous chests
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5. 💀 Introducing Nightmare Mode: The Most Difficult Difficulty
- ✅ Most difficult difficulty setting
- ✅ Zombie enhancement and reduced loot rarity
- ✅ Game does not pause even when opening the player menu (pause menu works)
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6. 🍔 Hunger System: Eating Food to Survive
- ✅ Monitor your hunger status via the hunger bar
- ✅ There are 5 stages of hunger:
| Stage | Effect |
|---|---|
| Highest Stage (Full) | No negative effects |
| Hungry | Decreased stamina and health regeneration rate |
| Very Hungry | Maximum stamina decreased |
| Starving | Maximum health decreased, stamina decrease maintained |
| Starved to Death | Health decreases and death |
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7. 🔦 Flashlight Battery Consumption and Management
- ✅ Flashlight Battery Consumption: Battery consumption when using the flashlight, battery replacement required
- ✅ Increased battery consumption rate when using UV light
- ✅ Tip: Use the accessory wheel to quickly replace the battery, always show the flashlight icon in the HUD settings
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8. 🌃 Volatiles Appear Even During the Day and Increased Dark Zone Danger
- ✅ Increased chance of Volatiles appearing in the Dark Zone even during the day
- ✅ Increased risk when farming Dark Zones
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9. 😈 Alpha Volatile: An Even More Powerful and Scary Enemy
- ✅ Alpha Volatile: One of the most powerful enemies that hunts players at night
- ✅ Very difficult to evade: chases until you reach a safe zone
- ✅ No UV light effect, can be chased away using UV bars
- ✅ Can earn a lot of crafting parts, valuables, and money upon killing
- ⚠️ Very difficult to kill: Can be difficult even at maximum level
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10. ⭐ Increased XP and Nightmare Mode Exclusive Rewards
- ✅ 1.15x increase in XP
- ✅ 3x increase in XP at night (2x in other difficulties)
- ✅ Nightmare Mode exclusive rewards:
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11. 🐻 Nightmare Mode Story Completion Reward: Bob the Beaver Outfit and Nightmare Truck Skin
- ✅ Earn Bob the Beaver outfit upon completing the story without changing the difficulty (see Casterwood mascot)
- ✅ Earn Nightmare Truck vehicle skin: Red skin with zombie crow decoration, glows green at night
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12. 🏆 Nightmare Mode Chimera Kill Reward: Weapon Charm
- ✅ Earn a weapon charm for each Chimera killed
| Charm | Effect |
|---|---|
| Reaper Trophy | Melee weapon damage increased by 4% |
| Defect Trophy | Two-handed weapon damage increased by 6% |
| Mist | Parkour damage increased by 10% |
| Behemoth Trophy | Damage resistance increased by 3% |
| Toxin Trophy | Poison resistance increased by 33% |
| Maternal Trophy | Weapon critical hit chance increased by 4% |
| Wraith Amulet | Backstabbing damage increased |
| Colossus Trophy | Power attack critical hit chance increased by 6% |
| Beast Trophy | HP increased by 10% upon healing |
| Baron Trophy | Melee weapon stamina consumption reduced by 6% |