Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced has brought back a fan-favorite entry in Ubisoft’s historical fiction series to modern platforms, and Ubisoft is using the remake’s final big patch to add something the original game didn’t have in 2013: New Game+.

Once you see Edward Kenway’s swashbuckling sea adventures through to the end, you’ll be able to restart the game with some of your progress intact. There will be some restrictions, however, as Ubisoft lays out in the announcement. Here’s what will transfer over from one playthrough to the next, as well as some stipulations on what won’t:

While some New Game+ modes can leave players feeling overpowered and able to quickly cut through challenges they struggled with before, Resynced is making each subsequent New Game+ playthrough more challenging with, among other tweaks, Elite Soldiers appearing more often and max-rank ships setting sail with higher frequency. This added difficulty stacks up to five times, so if you’re looking for a new challenge, you can find it by replaying the game.

New Game+ playthroughs also have their own currency that you earn by completing challenges and looting old chests, and it can be used to buy new outfits and items that you won’t get in the first playthrough.

Also included in the update is a new difficulty mode called Nightmare, which affects all aspects of the game but can also be turned on for only specific mechanics like ground combat, stealth, and ship combat if you prefer.

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