Onimusha Way of the Sword New Game Plus Carryover Guide
What carries over into Onimusha Way of the Sword Carnage (NG+), what resets, and the pre-final-mission checklist so you do not waste Red Souls or farm upgrades that vanish.
Know exactly what follows you into New Game+ / Carnage before you start the final mission, so you do not waste Red Souls, farm upgrades that reset, or skip first-run-only side content. Carnage IS NG+. It unlocks only after a clear. Once you start Carnage, you cannot drop back to Story or Action on that save.
1 What carries over
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Awakened Oni abilities (Eye/Arm/Leg)
These learned abilities persist into Carnage.
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Purchased/enhanced skills including Oni Vision
Oni Armaments and Awakening meter progress also carry over.
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Hozuki Pouches and pouch upgrades
Your heal capacity and pouch tiers survive NG+.
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Charms and charm enhancements
Equipped and stored charms carry over fully enhanced.
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Consumable items and offerings (Revival Mirrors, heals)
Banked consumables follow you into Carnage.
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Genma Notes, Rescued Lion Dogs, Tutorial drills/Boss Rematch unlocks
Collection progress and unlockables persist.
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Unlocked outfits/cosmetics
Cosmetic unlocks earned on the first run stay available.
2 What resets
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Red Souls (back to zero)
Spend them all before the final mission or they are lost.
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Sword and gauntlet enhancements (HP/damage/Oni gauge go back to base)
All weapon upgrade ranks vanish on NG+.
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Clothing enhancements and materials used (Fine Silk Cloth, Tamahagane, Oni Stones)
Materials poured into clothing enhancement are gone.
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Oni Bow (pick it up again in story)
You re-acquire it through the story on the new run.
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Spirit Mirror map unlocks, Story + side-mission progress, Mysteries of Kyoto, Chance Encounters
All quest and map progress resets to the beginning.
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Shop stock unlocked with Red Souls
Shop inventory unlocked via Red Soul spending resets.
3 Do this before "The Clash at Rendaino" (the lock mission)
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Spend every Red Soul
They drop to zero. Buy leftover skills first (those persist).
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Stop farming last-tier sword/gauntlet/clothing upgrades
Those ranks vanish on NG+.
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Finish Mysteries of Kyoto and Chance Encounters now
Both reset, so complete them before the lock mission.
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Bank consumables
Revival Mirrors and Hozuki items carry. Do not burn them on first clear.
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Grab Lion Dogs and Genma Notes
Those persist, so first-run collection pays twice.
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Buy Oni Vision: Treasures / Treasures 2 / Search Range if you have not
Those skills survive NG+.
Common Mistakes
- Walking into the final mission with unused Red Souls — they drop to zero the moment Carnage starts.
- Maxing sword/gauntlet the night before NG+ — those enhancement ranks vanish on the new run.
- Leaving Mysteries of Kyoto/Chance Encounters for Carnage — both reset, so you lose first-run-only content.
- Starting Carnage thinking you can switch difficulty later — once you start Carnage you cannot drop back to Story or Action on that save.
- Assuming the Oni Bow is still in inventory on hour one of NG+ — you must pick it up again in the story.
- Treating food/offerings as heals — Hozuki Pouches are the heal items that matter, and those pouches do carry.