Difficulty Modifiers

There are a total of 7 optional difficulty modifiers available to choose if the player would like to alter the difficulty of their run. Any combination of these modifiers can be activated simultaneously(with the exception of Beginner Mode), and these combination difficulty modes have unique names.

List of Modifiers

Original Modifiers

• Beginner Mode (Lowers incoming damage and enemy speed, disables unlockables)
  • Beginner Mode cannot be active alongside any other difficulty modifiers (except GOLEM upgrade start).
  • Beginner Mode decreases game speed(excluding player movement) by 15% and all incoming damage by 33%
• Start run with GOLEM upgrade
  • You will still have a normal upgrade to start with, therefore at the beginning of the run the player will be given two upgrade sticks (one green, one red)
  • This option is unlocked by beating the CPU at least once.
• Cranked (No Global Energy)
• Alkaline (Local Energy no longer recharges over time)
• Stoicism (No Local Energy on kill)
• Half-Life (Only one Local Swap)
• Decay (Hosts lose health after inhabiting them for 10 seconds)
  • Decay causes you to lose ~3 health every second after 10 seconds

Combination Modifiers

Combinations of modifiers have unique names, and the acronym of the original modifiers that make them up in order will be bracketed beside them.

• Hand-Cranked (CA)
• Patience (CS)
• Crowbar (CH)
• Compact Death (CD)
• Hardcore (AS)
• One in the chamber (AH)
• Advanced RAMming (AD)
• Disturbed (SH)
• Touch insanity (SD)
• Penance (HD)
• Backup-plan (CAS)
• Bloodshed (CAH)
• Computer-aided Destruction (CAD)
• Masochist. (CSH)
• Almost perfect (CSD)
• One and done (CHD)
• Training Wheels (ASH)
• Timebomb (ASD)
• Confidence (AHD)
• Bleed out (SHD)
• (CASH)
• ACDS (CASD)
• Kill or be killed (CAHD)
• Why (CSHD)
• Resurrection (ASHD)
• (CASHD)

Unlocks

• All skin unlocks will be disabled when playing in Beginner Mode.
• Completing a full run with any difficulty modifier active will unlock the Hazard skin for Steeltoe.
• Completing a full run with these difficulty modes active will unlock certain skins:
  • Beating Advanced RAMming unlocks the Krypton skin for Aphid.
  • Beating Bloodshed unlocks the Incognito skin for Router.
  • Beating (CASH) unlocks the Olympia skin for Deadlift.