Game Modes

Difficulty Modes

Easy:

• Enemies are much weaker.
• You have extra health.
• Stats grow faster.

Normal: (Default difficulty)

Hard:

• Enemies are much stronger.
• They spawn more frequently.
• Stronger types of monsters spawn during the night.
• Events trigger more often.
• Bosses may use special moves more often.
• God's punishments are enabled.

Cursed:

• Includes everything from Hard difficulty.
• Enables one curse on top of that.

Cursed difficulty curse can be:

• Against Time: +6% HP and +3% damage per ingame day passed.
• Against All Odds: +6% HP and +3% damage per level gained.
• Unwelcoming World: 150% HP and 50% damage from start without scaling. Healing is reduced by 50%. Gods negatively intervene more often.

This growth is linear, meaning that at day 20 it will be 120%/60% compared to base value. Third option is static and it doesn't grow.

You can pick just one out of those three.

New Game+:

• Includes everything from Hard difficulty.
• Enemies are a bit stronger than on Hard difficulty and they receive bonus attack speed.
• Level/Time scaling is optional based on preference in game settings.
• Adds some alterations to the main story.

You can change the difficulty at any time in the gameplay settings, except in New Game+, where it can't be lower than Hard+.

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Ironman Mode

You can choose to play with Ironman enabled or disabled.

Ironman Enabled:

• You have only one save file.
• The game auto-saves whenever you fast travel, die, or exit the game.
• Unlocks five exclusive Ironman-only Steam achievements.
• You can opt out of Ironman at any time in the gameplay settings, but you cannot opt back in once disabled.
• This is the recommended mode by the game.

Ironman Disabled:

• Provides a more classic RPG experience.
• Allows multiple save files.
• You can quick-load to revert mistakes, such as after dying.
• The game does not auto-save, so you will need to manually save by pressing F5 regularly.