I’ve already had designs on returning to The Blood of Dawnwalker. The vampire RPG is bold, creative, and filled with rich character work and storytelling. It’s been my favorite experience of 2026 so far, and now that I’ve had a bit of space from my first playthrough I’ve been craving a second run to see what I could do differently. Now, developer Rebel Wolves has confirmed that New Game Plus is right around the corner, with some welcome additions to make my second trip through Vale Sangora even more satisfying.
The Blood of Dawnwalker update 1.2 is “planned for next week,” the studio confirms, and it’s got a small handful of inclusions, the biggest of which by far is the addition of New Game Plus. This becomes available after completing the story epilogue, and it ramps the level cap up to 100. Your current level, skills, and inventory will all be carried over from where they were when you rolled credits. Enemies “will be balanced and scaled uniformly across all regions,” and you’ll be able to find special NG+ versions of many items with updated stats.
Alongside this, the studio has made some more balance changes across the rest of the game – specifically targeting enemy health pools and “how often they use their abilities during combat.” Overly spongy foes were one of the very few complaints I made in my Blood of Dawnwalker review, so I’ll be interested to see what’s changed there.
Additionally, the team has made improvements to terrain geometry, “allowing for smoother movement during combat and exploration.” That’s another area of annoyance, where Coen can sometimes get a little hung up on parts of the environment, particularly when you’re trying to move around at speed. These tweaks should help mitigate any potential frustration there.
The Blood of Dawnwalker update 1.2 is set to release sometime between Monday, November 16 and Friday, November 20. I was already pretty effusive about the game’s high bar for both meaningful choice and satisfying action, and having had longer to sit on my thoughts, I only feel more strongly. If you’re an RPG enthusiast or a vampire lover, this is a series you need to be paying attention to, and now there’s more reason than ever.