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Difficulties
Overview
Seven rungs run from Base up through C, B, A, S, SS and SSS. Each unlocks by clearing the one below it and keeps every modifier beneath it, so SSS is all six penalties at once. Enemy tiers step up at B and SS. In Endless, every rung adds a flat score bonus to your total.
Difficulty Ladder
Difficulty: C
Heroes take 10% Max HP damage at the start of each combat.
Enemy tier 1Endless score +2New at this rung
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP
Difficulty: B
Enemies are more durable.
Enemy tier 2 ↑Endless score +4Still active
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP (C)
Difficulty: A
Earn 1 fewer Shard per surviving Hero at the end of each combat.
Enemy tier 2Endless score +6New at this rung
- Shards per surviving hero −1
Still active
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP (C)
Difficulty: S
Heroes can only equip 1 item per rank.
Enemy tier 2Endless score +8New at this rung
- Item slots: 1 per rank
Still active
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP (C)
- Shards per surviving hero −1 (A)
Difficulty: SS
Enemies are deadlier.
Enemy tier 3 ↑Endless score +10Still active
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP (C)
- Shards per surviving hero −1 (A)
- Item slots: 1 per rank (S)
Difficulty: SSS
Act Bosses influence combats in their act, making them more difficult.
Enemy tier 3Endless score +12New at this rung
Still active
- Heroes start each combat at 90% HP (C)
- Shards per surviving hero −1 (A)
- Item slots: 1 per rank (S)
Modes
Endless picks up after the final boss and keeps scaling. The Red Rift is a separate contract with its own win-streak leaderboard, and failing a challenge ends the run and resets your streak.
Endless Mode
Survive as long as you can in Endless Mode, facing increasingly difficult battles!
- Score per rung
- +2
- Floors per cycle
- 3
- XP per cycle
- 0
- Boards
- 3
Crossroads
The Red Rift
Take on a highly dangerous contract to close the Red Rift.
- Complete all 6 challenges and defeat the final boss to seal the Red Rift and earn your spot on the Win Streak Leaderboard.
- Failing a challenge ends your run in defeat and resets your win streak.
- Enemies in the Red Rift have increased stats.
- Red Rift runs do not continue into Endless Mode.- Hero death limit
- 10
- Rift Seal wins per class
- 3
Rift relic
The Red RiftEnemies gain 5% basic stats.
The Act 2 Boss resists Frost, reducing its effects by 50%.Rift Seal item
Rift SealKey Fragment cost
Act Starts at + per shop Act 1 10 +2 Act 2 15 +3 Missions
- Skip a Challenge Combat reward
- Skip a Campfire reward
- Purchase the Act 1 Key Fragment
- Purchase the Act 2 Key Fragment
- Charge the Rift Seal
- Hero death limit: 10
