Difficulty

Single-player runs can be played on three difficulties: Easy, Normal and Hard. Easy and Normal are open from the start; Hard unlocks once you complete a run on Easy or Normal.

Difficulties

Difficulty	What changes
Easy	10 extra starting health (20 instead of 10) More steps before each boss Gold and Diamond items drop more often
Normal	Nothing: this is the standard game.
Hard	Bosses have an extra item (their "Hard item", shown in the compendium; the Gauntlet page lists them for the Gauntlet bosses) Yellow enemies spawn Nights are longer and days are shorter Gold and Diamond items drop less often

Rewards

• Boss list: beating a boss once on Normal unlocks its lore in the boss list, and beating it once on Hard shows how many times you have won against it.
• Weapon mastery: completing a run on Hard with a weapon awards that weapon's Hard mastery (see Weapon Mastery).
• Achievements: Patch #8 added Steam achievements for the difficulties that are now called Normal and Hard.

Old names

Patch #16 renamed the difficulties. Only the names changed; each one plays exactly as before.

Before Patch #16	Since Patch #16
Normal	Easy
Hard	Normal
Very Hard	Hard

Older patch notes, challenge descriptions and pages on this wiki may still use the old names.

Changes

Date	Changes
10/01/2025	Added Normal, Hard and Very Hard. Normal: start with 20 health, more steps each day, more Gold and Diamond items. Hard: start with 10 health. Very Hard: start with 10 health, stronger bosses, longer nights. The "Fired Up" first-run buff was removed (Patch #8)
11/24/2025	Leshen and the Abominations have items on Very Hard (Patch #11)
03/04/2026	Boss list rewards swapped: Hard now unlocks the lore and Very Hard the number of wins, each after 1 victory on that difficulty (Patch #12)
10/16/2026	Renamed to Easy, Normal and Hard; Easy and Normal are open from the start. Each boss's Hard item is shown in the compendium (Patch #16)