Most combat progression carries into New Game Plus; traversal abilities reset with story progression, while new talents and a fourth artifact slot expand builds.
CONTROL Resonant New Game Plus carries over Aberrant upgrades, health improvements, Combat Ability resource improvements, unlocked supernatural combat abilities, talents, and artifacts. Traversal abilities do not carry over. Remedy ties traversal powers to story progression, so those parts of the world reopen through the narrative rather than from the first minute of a second run.
Carry-over checklist
| Progress | Carries over? | Official detail |
|---|---|---|
| Aberrant upgrades | Yes | Weapon progression persists |
| Health improvements | Yes | Character improvement persists |
| Combat Ability resource improvements | Yes | Resource progression persists |
| Supernatural combat abilities | Yes | Previously unlocked combat powers persist |
| Talents | Yes | Existing talent progress persists |
| Artifacts | Yes | Existing artifacts persist |
| Traversal abilities | No | Re-earned through story progression |
Remedy does not use this mode only to replay the same build at a higher level. New talent nodes become available. Players can equip multiple different combat abilities earned from the same boss, opening combinations that are unavailable in a first run. The artifact limit also rises from three slots to four.
What changes in the world
Enemies become more dangerous as the game progresses, encounters can shift, and some bosses gain new behaviors. New Game Plus continues that escalation. The official description does not provide a universal enemy-health multiplier or promise that every boss changes, so those values should not be invented.
The second run can revisit World Quests, bounties, missed collectibles, and different outcomes in some side stories and conversations. “Can revisit” is not the same as “every collectible carries over.” Remedy's published carry-over list names artifacts but does not explicitly place all collectibles in the persistent column.
For planning, finish the first run with the combat abilities, Aberrant upgrades, talents, and artifacts you want available immediately. Expect story-gated movement to reopen in sequence, and treat undocumented currencies or collection records as unknown until the retail save-transfer screen can be checked.
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Do traversal abilities carry into CONTROL Resonant New Game Plus?
No. Remedy says traversal abilities remain tied to story progression and do not carry over.
Do artifacts carry over?
Yes. Artifacts persist, and New Game Plus unlocks a fourth artifact slot beyond the three available in the first run.
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