Is Jedi Survivor New Game Plus worth it? For most players who enjoyed the combat, yes. New Journey+ keeps every lightsaber stance, your skill points and your cosmetics from the start, and adds new blade colors and three challenge perks. If you were mainly there for the story and exploration, though, a second lap has less to offer, because the traversal abilities reset and most of the surprise is gone.
What New Journey+ actually is
Star Wars Jedi Survivor calls its New Game Plus mode New Journey+. It opens once you finish the main story. You can keep exploring your completed save first if you want to mop up chests and side content. When you are ready, go to the main menu, choose Start a New Journey +, pick a difficulty and the story restarts on Coruscant.
That last part matters. You are replaying the full campaign, not jumping to a post-game area, so the question of whether it is worth it is really about whether the changes make a second run feel different enough.
What carries over and what resets
The facts here come from guides by GameSpot, Push Square and Destructoid, which agree on the core list.
| Item | New Journey+ |
|---|---|
| Lightsaber stances | Kept, all of them available right away |
| Skill points | Kept, refunded so you can spend them again |
| Perks | Kept |
| Cosmetics | Kept |
| Resource collectibles | Kept |
| Traversal and Force abilities | Reset, unlocked again through the story |
| Cosmetic chests in the world | Full again on the new run |
Because skill points are refunded rather than locked into your old build, the first trip to a meditation point is a good moment to plan a different setup. That alone changes how the early chapters play, since you can bring a full stance kit to fights that were tight the first time.
The new rewards in New Journey+
New Journey+ adds a few things you can’t get on a first run.
- Red lightsaber blade. The Sith-style color many players wanted, applied at any workbench.
- Party blade. A multi-color blade option, also set at a workbench.
- Purity perk. A big boost to weapon damage for both you and your enemies, so fights end faster on both sides.
- Warrior perk. Replaces standard enemies with new, tougher combat encounters.
- Trendsetter perk. Randomizes your equipped cosmetics every time Cal dies.
GameSpot notes that these three perks don’t count toward your perk slot limit, so you can run them alongside your usual loadout. They act more like toggles that reshape the run than like upgrades.
Our take on whether it is worth it
This section is our opinion, based on what the mode offers rather than on any official line.
It is worth it if
- You loved the combat and want to test the stances you ignored the first time, right from the opening fights.
- You want the Red or Party blade for your build or for screenshots.
- You want a harder run. Picking a tougher difficulty and switching on Warrior makes familiar areas feel new, and Purity turns fights into fast, high-stakes duels.
- You enjoy speed and mastery runs, where knowing the map is part of the fun.
It is probably not worth it if
- The story and the reveal of new planets were the highlight for you. Nothing in the plot changes.
- You disliked backtracking. Losing traversal abilities means some routes are blocked again until the story returns them.
- You have already finished the side content. Your first save stays open after the credits, which is a better place to finish chests and upgrades.
On balance, we think New Journey+ is one of the better reasons to come back to Jedi Survivor, mainly because full stance access early on changes the pacing so much. It works best as a second run a few months later, when the story feels fresh again, rather than straight after the credits.
Tips before you start a new journey
- Finish the side content you care about on your first save. It doesn’t block New Journey+, and you can return to it later.
- Pick your difficulty with Warrior and Purity in mind. Together on a high difficulty they make even early enemies dangerous.
- Spend your refunded skill points on a build you haven’t tried, then respec later if it doesn’t click.
- Visit a workbench early to equip the Red or Party blade so the new look is there from Coruscant.
- Leave Trendsetter on only if you enjoy chaos. It shuffles your cosmetics on every death, which is funny on a casual run and annoying on a serious one.
FAQ
How do you start New Game Plus in Jedi Survivor?
Finish the main story, then go to the main menu and choose Start a New Journey +. Pick a difficulty and the campaign restarts on Coruscant with your carried-over progress.
Do you keep your abilities in Jedi Survivor New Game Plus?
You keep your lightsaber stances, skill points, perks, cosmetics and resource collectibles. Traversal and Force abilities reset and come back as you progress through the story again.
How do you get the red lightsaber in Jedi Survivor?
The Red blade is a New Journey+ reward, along with the multi-color Party blade. Once you are on a New Journey+ save you can equip it at any workbench.
What do the New Journey+ perks do?
Purity greatly raises weapon damage for you and your enemies, Warrior replaces standard enemies with tougher encounters, and Trendsetter randomizes your cosmetics on death. They don’t count toward the perk slot limit.
