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	Terra Invicta has four difficulty levels - Cinematic, Normal, Veteran, and Brutal. These difficulties impact a wide range of game mechanics, especially related to [[alien]] strength and behavior.		Terra Invicta has four difficulty levels - Cinematic, Normal, Veteran, and Brutal. These difficulties impact a wide range of game mechanics, especially related to [[alien]] strength and behavior.

			Difficulty is chosen in the [[Game Options]] screen, and cannot be changed during the game.

	== Non-Alien-Related ==		== Non-Alien-Related ==

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	\| [[Exotics]] Income per Month \|\| 10 \|\| 20 \|\| 30 \|\| 40		\| [[Exotics]] Income per Month \|\| 10 \|\| 20 \|\| 30 \|\| 40
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			\| Salvage rate for [[exotics]] \|\| x2 \|\| x1 \|\| x0.5 \|\| x0.333
			\|-
			\| Alien [[Diplomacy#Alien_Maximum_Hate_Amount\|hate cap]] \|\| 70 + 2/year<br>Becomes 200 after 25 years \|\| 1000 + 100/year \|\| 1000 + 100/year \|\| 1000 + 100/year
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Diplomacy#Alien_Hate_for_Mission_Control_Usage\|Hate per MC used]] \|\| 0.05 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 1.0		\| [[Diplomacy#Alien_Hate_for_Mission_Control_Usage\|Hate per MC used]] \|\| 0.05 \|\| 0.3 \|\| 0.6 \|\| 1.0
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	\| Years before [[Aliens#Tier_3_Alien_Technology\|advanced alien technology]] \|\| 35 \|\| 25 \|\| 16 \|\| 10		\| Years before [[Aliens#Tier_3_Alien_Technology\|advanced alien technology]] \|\| 35 \|\| 25 \|\| 16 \|\| 10
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	~~\| Alien [[Diplomacy#Alien_Maximum_Hate_Amount\|hate cap]] \|\| 70 + 2/year<br>Becomes 200 after 25 years \|\| 1000 + 100/year \|\| 1000 + 100/year \|\| 1000 + 100/year~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| Abduction scaling for Enthrall/[[Xenoform]] [[missions]] \|\| 0.05 \|\| 0.15 \|\| 0.35 \|\| 0.5		\| Abduction scaling for Enthrall/[[Xenoform]] [[missions]] \|\| 0.05 \|\| 0.15 \|\| 0.35 \|\| 0.5
	\|-
	~~\| Salvage rate for [[exotics]] \|\| x2 \|\| x1 \|\| x0.5 \|\| x0.333~~
	\|}		\|}

	The alien AI also gets a wide range of adjustments on higher difficulties, making it more aggressive in general, and less prone to delay in the early game.		The alien AI also gets a wide range of adjustments on higher difficulties, making it more aggressive in general, and less prone to delay in the early game.
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76561198017060882: Made article. (Some mechanics are too complex to easily put into data, so I made them text descriptions instead.)

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Made article. (Some mechanics are too complex to easily put into data, so I made them text descriptions instead.)

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Terra Invicta has four difficulty levels - Cinematic, Normal, Veteran, and Brutal. These difficulties impact a wide range of game mechanics, especially related to [[alien]] strength and behavior.

== Non-Alien-Related ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Value !! Cinematic !! Normal !! Veteran !! Brutal
|-
| Player modifier to contested [[missions]] || +3 || 0 || -1 || -2
|-
| AI [[spaceship]] build costs || x1 || x1 || x0.75 || x0.5
|-
| Min [[Diplomacy#Envy-Based_Human_Hate|ideological distance for AI envy]] || 2.5 || 1.8 || 1.2 || None
|}

AI [[factions]] will also generally invest more of their [[research]] into global [[technologies]] at lower difficulties, and more into faction [[projects]] on higher difficulties.

== Alien-Related ==
All alien-related effects are inverted if the player is playing as {{TV|The Servants}}. A Servant game is easier if the aliens are stronger, so the same increases to alien strength that other factions would experience on Brutal difficulty are appropriate to Cinematic difficulty in a Servant game.

Importantly, the above is not true for {{TV|The Protectorate}}. A Protectorate game will have a stronger alien faction on Brutal difficulty and a weaker alien faction on Cinematic, just like the anti-alien factions do.

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Many of the following values are changed by the [[Aliens#Alien_Progression_Rate|Alien Progression Rate]] value in [[Game Options]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Value !! Cinematic ([[Servants]] Brutal) !! Normal ([[Servants]] Veteran) !! Veteran ([[Servants]] Normal) !! Brutal ([[Servants]] Cinematic)
|-
| [[Exotics]] Income per Month || 10 || 20 || 30 || 40
|-
| [[Diplomacy#Alien_Hate_for_Mission_Control_Usage|Hate per MC used]] || 0.05 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 1.0
|-
| Years before [[Diplomacy#Alien_Total_War|total war]] is possible || 25 || 20 || 12 || 0
|-
| Max alien bases built || 10 || 12 +3 if total war possible || 18 +7 if total war possible || 25 +10 if total war possible
|-
| Years before [[Aliens#Tier_3_Alien_Technology|advanced alien technology]] || 35 || 25 || 16 || 10
|-
| Alien [[Diplomacy#Alien_Maximum_Hate_Amount|hate cap]] || 70 + 2/year Becomes 200 after 25 years || 1000 + 100/year || 1000 + 100/year || 1000 + 100/year
|-
| Abduction scaling for Enthrall/[[Xenoform]] [[missions]] || 0.05 || 0.15 || 0.35 || 0.5
|-
| Salvage rate for [[exotics]] || x2 || x1 || x0.5 || x0.333
|}

The alien AI also gets a wide range of adjustments on higher difficulties, making it more aggressive in general, and less prone to delay in the early game.
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