GRIME

New Game Plus only

To start a New Game Plus,
- open a file where you have beaten the final boss ("Inevitable" achievement)
- go to any save point
- at the save point, select 'Reality Shift'. This replaces your playthrough 1 file with a NG+1 file.

The NG+1 file completely replaces your old playthrough, but keeps all your stats, mass, items, equipment - no exceptions.

I recommend getting all the base game and expansion achievements before using the reality shift. Beating the bosses gives you upgrades that will make your NG+1 playthrough easier. Also upgrade your favourite weapon to +6.

In NG+1, every time you beat a "major boss" - one that would previously have given you a movement upgrade - you get a "Sanguine Ichor" item instead. This lets you upgrade certain traits (about a third of them) past the max.

In order to get this achievement, it's important you max out a trait that can be upgraded. A safe and desirable trait is the Rockhead trait that upgrades your HP by 4% for each Sanguine Ichor. Alternatively if you just want a cheap trait to get the achievement quickly, try Root Walker: it only has 2 basic levels, so it can be maxed out with just 5 hunt points.

You can repeat all the hunts in NG+1, so you should have plenty of hunt points to max out an appropriate trait. You can also refund the ones you've spent by using a Motley Pearl. Put them into Root Walker; get the achievement; refund again and put them back where you wanted them.