Sengoku Rance new game plus: Bonus Guide & Route Tips

Sengoku Rance calls its New Game Plus system Second Game Bonuses. The menu becomes available after you beat the game once. When starting another Normal Mode campaign, you can spend Available Points on characters, clan packs, items, starting resources, and special gameplay bonuses.

The system is designed around replay value. You do not need to spend every point immediately, and purchased bonuses remain available for future New Game Plus campaigns. The most important decision is whether your next run is casual, route-focused, or built around maximizing the final score.

Video Highlights:

• The linked run is an NG+ Any% speedrun reference.
• Its pacing is more useful for advanced route planning than casual first NG+ play.
• Use it to study campaign tempo after you understand the bonus system.

The Second Game Bonuses menu shows your current difficulty, Available Points, and unlocked options. Locked bonuses remain marked until their conditions are met. You can also enter a new campaign without selecting every available bonus, which is useful when saving points for a later high-difficulty attempt.

Your Available Points are based on the highest score you have achieved, with an additional 5 points for each of four cleared routes: Official History, Kenshin, Ran, and Isoroku. Archfiend and Monkeyslayer can count as routes for progression purposes, but they do not provide the same route-point bonus listed for those four routes.

The total cost of selecting every available option is listed as 315 points. That makes point management important, especially during early NG+ attempts. Higher difficulties increase the starting score, but they also change the way the campaign must be played.

Difficulty also affects the starting score. Standard difficulty begins at 60 points, while the listed higher settings provide larger starting values.

The best spending pattern depends on your objective:

• Casual replay: Choose strong characters and one useful clan pack.
• Route completion: Prioritize bonuses that reduce early-game pressure.
• Character clearing: Select items and support characters that make longer campaigns safer.
• Score optimization: Buy actions, Operation Permits, route access, and difficulty-compatible items.

For Standard and 1 Star campaigns, the goal is usually reliable progression rather than extreme optimization. The strongest early choices provide immediate combat power, useful unit types, or better national resources.

Elina is a particularly strong five-point option because she provides an early Onmyouji unit with useful stats and access to Defend All Shikigami. Nobuhiko Makutsudou is another efficient choice, offering strong Sohei performance and early access to Action Transfer 2.

Clan bonuses can also make the opening campaign much easier. Dokuganryu, Mouri, Kenshin, and Takeda are highlighted as valuable options, although taking too many can be wasteful when you are trying to maximize points from future battles.

Items are also valuable when their effects match your campaign plan. The Tange Dog is especially useful for units that benefit from taking two actions. Speed Textbook 2 is broadly helpful because Speed can be difficult to raise, while Popularity Staff improves troop growth over time.

A practical low-difficulty package is:

• Elina or Nobuhiko Makutsudou.
• One clan bonus, such as Mouri or Kenshin.
• Several national power bonuses if family bonuses will create pressure.
• Tange Dog, Speed Textbook 2, or Popularity Staff when affordable.
• Operation Permits only when your campaign plan can use them.

Follow this process before launching your next campaign. It keeps the bonus screen manageable and separates casual progression from score-focused preparation.

When adding bonus characters, remember that the roster maximum is 30. Selecting more characters than the available roster space can cause the first removable person to be lost through an in-game accident. Re-entering the New Game menu can restore characters affected by this behavior, but it is safer to plan roster space before confirming selections.

A serious score run requires a different strategy from a normal replay. The recommended package centers on speed, action economy, and tools that bypass or simplify difficult battles.

The most important options commonly include:

• +1 Action for saving turns and accelerating the campaign.
• Operation Permit set for bypassing selected fights.
• Can kill Toukichirou to enable the Monkeyslayer route.
• Mouri Clan for strong early defensive value.
• Ichiya Kurosaki for Advantage Down 2.
• +3 Starting National Power bonuses to reduce early restrictions.
• Tange Dog, Gutsy Armor, Protection God Paper, Speed Textbook 2, and Yomi Clock for specialized strategies.

Do not automatically choose Dokuganryu in a points-focused run. Although the clan can be powerful, removing that opponent may cost opportunities to earn additional score. Similarly, Monkeyslayer should generally be attempted after you have enough points to support its route requirements and campaign pace.

A useful minimum package for a serious run is valued at roughly 79 points in the referenced strategy. It includes action efficiency, permits, route access, a strong clan option, useful items, a special character, and national power. Build toward that package gradually instead of attempting it before you understand score mechanics.

For additional bonus details, review the Sengoku Rance: Second Game bonuses guide, including listed costs, route conditions, item effects, and character packs.