SILENT HILL: Townfall New Game Plus — Unlocks, Resets & Changes

Before starting another run

Keep the completed run identifiable in your save planning. Windows / Steam players can also keep a dated copy of the save folder. A PC backup does not establish cross-store transfer or change NG+ carryover rules.

What does New Game Plus change?

Two of the five endings — Dog and Sci-fi — exist only in a New Game Plus run, and both override the three main endings (Justice, Forever, Abandoned) when their conditions are met. That means a first playthrough can never see them: plan on at least two full playthroughs for everything.

Just as important is what does not happen: per the trophy roadmap, NG+ retains nothing gameplay-wise from the previous run — weapons and carried story items must be obtained again. This is separate from any cumulative trophy or recorded collectible counters. The completing-a-NG+-run trophy (Reliving A Nightmare) accepts any difficulty. NG+ is a fresh replay with a bigger unlock table, not a powered-up continuation.

How do you collect several endings in one NG+ run?

Manual saves are the banking mechanism. Because NG+ keeps your run open at chapter boundaries, saving before the final stretch lets you trigger one ending, reload, and steer toward another without replaying the whole game. The save guide covers where the save points are.

The save-and-reload plan does not fit a Reject The Help attempt. Choose a separate run if you want manual checkpoints for multiple endings.

What do the NG+ endings need?

• Dog ending — a coin-and-donation-box collection that spans the whole run (coins in the Shorefront area, Clara Woods and the SWDP building). The full checklist is on the Dog ending page.
• Sci-fi ending — inspecting three books across the run and solving a late-game door code, which triggers early and skips the final boss fight.

What Unlocks in New Game Plus?

Item-side, the headline unlocks are two NG+ weapons: the Axe (spawns on the playthrough right after your first completed game — the “Here’s Simon!” trophy; both routes covered on the axe location guide) and the Pistol-3000, which spawns only in a run started after you have finished the game with the Sci-fi ending (Simon’s hidden storage row, or Richard’s boardroom table) — the Pistol-3000 guide has both spots and the difference from the Axe’s unit. Combined with the endings above, a New Game Plus run is where the game’s remaining content opens up — which is why the endings overview plans NG+ as the second full pass.

Gameplay unlocks versus edition cosmetics

Category	Item / content	Requirement and where to check
First-clear NG+ gameplay unlock	Axe	Start the next NG+ after completing the game; pickup locations
Ending-gated NG+ gameplay unlock	Pistol-3000	Complete Sci-fi, then start another NG+; weapon guide
NG+ story branches	Dog and Sci-fi endings	Complete their in-run item chains; ending routes
Pre-order cosmetic bonus	CRTV Rusted skin; CRTV Beach Edition skin on PS5	Official pre-order entitlement, not earned by completing an ending
Deluxe edition content	Digital Artbook, Digital Soundtrack, Simon alternate costume	Edition entitlement, not an NG+ weapon reward

The last two rows come from KONAMI’s edition announcement. They describe what was offered with those purchases, not a promise that a past pre-order bonus remains available to buy today. No combat benefit is claimed for the skins or costume. We have not verified the in-game equip-menu path, so no invented customization instructions are provided.

For speedrunning, distinguish a weapon that still needs collecting from gear carried into a new save: NG+ resets the latter. The Sci-fi route can skip the standard final boss but adds its own prerequisites; a paid cosmetic does not remove any of them.

Pre-order or Deluxe content not unlocking on Steam?

Official notice: 24 September 2026. Status rechecked 25 September: resolved. The publisher reported an unlocking issue affecting the Steam pre-purchase and Deluxe Edition products. If you already started playing, its instructions are:

1. Exit SILENT HILL: Townfall.
2. Make sure you are connected to the internet.
3. Restart the Steam app.

These steps concern edition entitlements, not the Axe or Pistol-3000 unlock conditions. The notice does not prescribe save deletion, registry edits or reinstalling the game. Read the original Steam notice and the PC issue status page for the separate performance update.

How was this verified?

The NG+ rules above rest on a single source chain read in full (PowerPyx’s endings guide and trophy roadmap, re-checked 2026-09-24 — one publisher, so not two independent playthroughs), and the page carries a source-checked status rather than a fully-verified badge: every unlock named here is attributed to those reads, and items we could not confirm are not listed at all. The Arrival walkthrough remains the safest start for a second run’s opening hours.

Plan your playing time

Compare a first story run with a guided completion route in the story and platinum time guide. If you are combining goals, use the trophy route and save-conflict table before committing to a no-manual-save attempt.