Assassin's Creed Valhalla New Game+: What the Patch Adds

Odin's beard, the longship has come back for one more voyage. More than three years after what was supposed to be its final update, Assassin's Creed Valhalla just got New Game+, the feature fans have been chanting for since roughly the moment the credits first rolled. Ubisoft calls it The Most Requested Update, and that title is refreshingly honest. It is also free, and it goes well beyond a simple restart button.

• The free update is live now on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One
• New Game+ unlocks after finishing the Holy Day Quest, the last quest of the Hamtunscire region
• Maximum gear level rises from 13 to 27, using a new resource called Mithril
• PS5 Pro gets upgraded PSSR, with the 4K Quality mode now running at 60fps

How Do You Unlock New Game+ in Assassin's Creed Valhalla?

Complete the Holy Day Quest and the door opens. Each New Game+ cycle scales up the difficulty, so your overpowered Eivor doesn't simply stroll through England like a tourist with a very large axe. Lead Game Designer David Larouche told Xbox Wire the team wanted something more than a do-over, with players able to keep climbing in power and improving their characters.

The best part is how much of this isn't locked behind a replay. Larouche says the extended progression mode, the gear upgrades, the new rune tier and the rune perks are all available without starting New Game+ too. If you only want a stronger Viking for your current save, you're covered.

What Else Does The Most Requested Update Add?

This is where the patch earns its surprisingly long notes. Here's the loot list:

• Mithril: a new resource for upgrading divine gear, earned from duplicate gear and knowledge books in New Game+, or found in the Niflheim, Mastery and River Raid shops
• Extended Progression Mode: gear upgrades, runes and masteries all feed into your overall power level
• Rune Forge update: runes can be upgraded for silver, up to a new Superior tier
• 300+ engravable runes: Larouche says nearly every perk ever attached to an item is now available, including ones from expansions and the store
• Stash: a Ravensthorpe storage spot for spare gear and runes

Theory-crafters, your weekend is officially gone. Larouche says he's sure overpowered combinations are out there waiting to be found, which is about as close as a developer gets to issuing a dare.

Does Assassin's Creed Valhalla Run Better on PS5 Pro Now?

Yes, and this was the pleasant surprise. Ubisoft's Priscilla Nguyen explains on the PlayStation Blog that the team integrated the upgraded PSSR upscaler, which is both more efficient and visibly crisper than the game's previous temporal upscaler. The result is 4K image quality with Quality mode at 60fps. Push Square calls it a surprise addition for a game that launched years before the Pro existed.

If upscalers make your eyes glaze over, our guide to DLSS, FSR and XeSS explains how this kind of tech works on PC. PlayStation players also get two new achievements and a Master Assassin Naoe outfit.

Why Bother With a Six-Year-Old RPG?

Because Valhalla's world is enormous, and some players simply never left. It's lovely to see a studio revisit an older game purely because people kept asking, right when another huge open world is about to swallow everyone's free time. You can catch more updates like this in our gaming coverage.

Sources: Xbox Wire — November 5, 2026; PlayStation Blog — November 5, 2026; Push Square — November 5, 2026.