Difficulty Setting

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Side Story Difficulty Settings

In certain side stories, you can set the difficulty level. This will change the level of the enemies that appear, so choose the difficulty appropriate for your strength and how you want to play. However some enemies that are not directly involved in the side story storyline will be unaffected by the difficulty level. These strong enemies will not stop your progress in the story, so you can challenge them when you've improved your capabilities.

Currently the following side stories have implemented this feature.

• A Paradise of Imperfections
• Commander's Ax and Armored Sheep
• Complex Dream
• Crown of the Pale Dawn
• Octolight Conductors: The Prisoner's Odyssey
• The Cliffs of Wyrmrest - Wryz Saga I
• The Wings of Destiny - Wryz Saga II
• The Mists of Myth - Wryz Saga III
• Wanderer in the Vortex
• Wanderer in the Binding Night

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• Complex Dream is currently the only side story that gives achievements for defeating story bosses at different difficulties. If you do a higher difficulty like Master, you will get rewards for all other achievements with suggested levels below it as well.
  • Since Complex Dream is designed to be repeatable, you change the difficulty from the quest menu
  • In New Game+, you can fight the story boss at Another Spacetime Rift by interacting with the bucket. Winning the fight will be considered as defeating the boss at that difficulty level and you will obtain the rewards if you haven't received it.
• Complex Dream, Crown of the Pale Dawn and Octolight Conductors: The Prisoner's Odyssey will drop their collection item with higher amounts at higher difficulty
• In Wryz Saga, the difficulty level will determine the drop items required to craft the weapon sets related to the saga. The (S) version of the item will allow you to craft the weaker weapon set while the (L) will allow you to craft the stronger weapon set. You can craft only 1 set of the entire weapon set and the weapon will expand it location range as you upgrade to the newer weapons sets.
  • The Cliffs of Wyrmrest - Wryz Saga I difficulty level will determine the drop table for Dragontear (S) and Dragontear (L). Dragontear (L) can be obtained only at Expert and Master difficulty while Dragontear (S) can be obtained only at Beginner, Standard and Veteran difficulty. The full details can be found at the related bonus section
  • The Wings of Destiny - Wryz Saga II difficulty level will determine the drop table for Dragondrop (S) and Dragondrop (L). Dragondrop (L) can be obtained only at Expert and Master difficulty while Dragondrop (S) can be obtained only at Beginner, Standard and Veteran difficulty. The full details can be found at the related bonus section
  • The Mists of Myth - Wryz Saga III difficulty level will determine the drop table for Darkcore (S) and Darkcore (L). Darkcore (L) can be obtained only at Expert and Master difficulty while Darkcore (S) can be obtained only at Beginner, Standard and Veteran difficulty. The full details can be found at the related bonus section
• Wanderer in the Binding Night lowest difficulty setting is Standard.

Changing Difficulty

All main story and side story difficulty can be adjusted from the quest menu, with options to change individual storyline's difficulty. Below are other methods to change the difficulty level.

• In Complex Dream, Crown of the Pale Dawn, and Octolight Conductors: The Prisoner's Odyssey you can go to Menu -> Records -> Symphony and go to the associated story and change difficulty.
• In Commander's Ax and Armored Sheep, you can adjust the difficulty at the Wulfpack Manor entrance using the teal exclamation marker.
• In The Cliffs of Wyrmrest - Wryz Saga I, The Wings of Destiny - Wryz Saga II, and The Mists of Myth - Wryz Saga III, you can adjust the difficulty at the Arcadia Base Camp, Memhelba or Darkwing Village next to the rest stop using the teal exclamation marker.
• In Wanderer in the Vortex, you can adjust the difficulty during the questline from the quest menu.
  • After you have completed the story, there are 2 method to change difficulty
    • First is to go to the records room in Spacetime Rift after completing chapter 1 and relive 1 of the 2 associated records. While in the record, you can go to the quest menu and adjust difficulty.
    • The other way to change difficulty is to go to the Time Whirlpool next to Arat: Maze Village and select any pillar of light which will prompt if you want to go the location or change difficulty level.
• For Wanderer in the Binding Night, the only way to change the difficulty is to go to the Time Whirlpool next to Arat: Maze Village and select the exclamation point next to the Dust City warp pillar.

Ignores Difficulty Setting

• The related Another Dungeon will ignore difficulty setting
  • The ensembles all go to Home's Lost Atelier (AD) which can be extremely difficult. It suggested to come back to it after being able to create enhanced Grastas

Suggested Levels

Difficulty

Difficulty	Recommended User	Suggested Level
Beginner	Is for players who are in the middle of part 1 of the main story.	~30
Standard	Is for players who are in the middle of part 1.5 of the main story.	~60
Veteran	Is for players who are in the middle of part 2 of the main story.	~70
Expert	Is for players who have completed part 2 of the main story	~80
Master	Is for players who have played through the world of Another Eden.	80+

Note that horror will be the difficulty level +10

Content Difficulty Levels

Content	Beginner	Standard	Veteran	Expert	Master
A Paradise of Imperfections	60	80	90	110	140
Commander's Ax and Armored Sheep	30	50	70	110	140
Complex Dream	30	60	70	90	110
Crown of the Pale Dawn	30	60	70	90	110
Octolight Conductors: The Prisoner's Odyssey	30	60	70	80	110
The Cliffs of Wyrmrest - Wryz Saga I	30	60	70	110	140
The Wings of Destiny - Wryz Saga II	30	60	70	110	140
The Mists of Myth - Wryz Saga III	30	60	70	110	140
Wanderer in the Vortex	30	60	70	90	110
Wanderer in the Binding Night	NA	80	90	100	130

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Main Story Difficulty Settings

In Main Story Part 3 The Empire Strikes Back, you can adjust battle difficulty settings. When you begin Part 3, the difficulty will be set to Standard. Higher difficulties will bring more monsters, but also higher experience gains and increased drop chance for certain items. In V3.1.700, Beginner Difficulty was added. While in Beginner Difficulty, Story Boss will be faced at Standard Difficulty.

Content that Ignore Difficulty Settings

Content	Difficulty
Bounty Hunting	Varies
Omegapolis (Another Dungeon)	Veteran
Extermination Jobs	Varies
Megalomorphs	Varies
Entrana (Another Dungeon)	Veteran
Red Meteors subquest	Master+

Changing Difficulty After Quest Completion

You can adjust the difficulty anytime from the In Progress tab in the Quest Menu. It should be noted that difficulty cannot be adjusted if you are in a Phase Shift or anywhere you can't access the Quest menu.

Changes in Enemies Stats and Drops

Difficulty

Difficulty	Recommended User	Levels	Mob/Boss HP	Stats	Unique Currency/Material Drop Rate
Beginner	Is for players who wish to enjoy the story of Part 3 of the main story.	80+	x0.7	x0.8%	1%
Standard	Is for players who are in the middle of part 3 of the main story.	90+	x1	x1%	+25%
Veteran	This difficulty level is for players who want to enjoy challenging battles.	110+	x2	+10%	+65%
Expert	This difficulty level is for seasoned players.	130+	x10	+40%	+82.5%
Master	This difficulty level is for players who have played through the world of Another Eden.	140+	x40 \ x42	+80%	+100%