Talk:Grigori/@comment-5719066-20130121112505/@comment-5847779-20130121134413

Yes, if you start hard mode from an active playthrough. But you will restart the game, so you can't fight the dragon or do any post game stuff until you reach that part of the game again.

If you select "New Game" from the main menu you will lose everything and start over. So if you want to keep your things when playing hard mode you must load your game first and then select hard mode from the options menu.