Hardcore Mode (Pet Simulator X)

Hardcore Mode is a game mode in Pet Simulator X that released during Update 22. It can be accessed via a purple building in The Void or by teleporting to it, and requires having 350 Mastery points. 
It has the same features as the normal game mode (such as biomes, machines, eggs, banks, etc.), but a greater degree of difficulty is added to obtaining pets and coins.
== Requirements ==
The requirements to enter Hardcore Mode are:
* Have 350 Mastery Points.
* Have The Void unlocked.
== Hardcore Pets ==
Hardcore Pets are pets obtained from Hardcore mode. The pets from Hardcore mode are the same as the pets in Normal mode except for their signature HC★ symbol, their purplish-blue aura when equipped, and appearing slightly bigger. They also have 1.5x their normal power in Normal mode.
In Hardcore mode, pets from Normal mode receive a massive debuff to their power, as to make them virtually useless soon after you begin. Hardcore pets do not have this debuff, and so most of the difficulty from Hardcore mode comes from struggling through hatching these pets anew, and their higher costs to upgrade:
* It takes more pets and diamonds to convert Hardcore pets into golden or rainbow variants (for 100% chance, it will take 10 pets rather than 6).
* Creating a dark matter Hardcore pet will also take longer and requires more pets to shorten the production time.
* Enchanting a Hardcore pet will cost 500,000 , and fusing Hardcore pets cost 250,000 .
==Upgrades==
In the following tables, you can find the changes between upgrading a standard pet and a hardcore pet depending on the type of machine that is going to be used.
Golden and Rainbow changes
Machine 	Requirements in Standard Pets (100% success rate)	Requirements in Hardcore Pets (100% success rate)
Golden Machine 	6 pets and 1,250 	10 pets and 50,000
Rainbow Machine	6 pets and 2,250 	10 pets and 100,000
Dark Matter changes
 	 	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used	Number of pets used
Type of Pets 	Feature 	1 Pet 	2 Pets 	3 Pets 	4 Pets 	5 Pets 	6 Pets 	7 Pets 	8 Pets
Standard Pets	Amount of required 	37,500 	50,000 	62,500 	75,000 	87,500 	100,000 	N/A 	N/A
Standard Pets	Amount of time until finished	5 Days 	3 Days 	1 Day 	12 Hours 	5 Hours 	30 Minutes 	N/A 	N/A
Standard Pets	Skip price (robux) 	799 	599 	399 	249 	199 	99 	N/A 	N/A
Hardcore Pets	Amount of required 	750,000 	1,000,000 	1,250,000 	1,500,000 	2,000,000 	2,500,000 	3,000,000 	5,000,000
Hardcore Pets	Amount of time until finished	12 Days 	8 Days 	5 Days 	3 Days 	1 Day 	12 Hours 	5 Hours 	30 Minutes
Hardcore Pets	Skip price () 	1299 	949 	799 	599 	399 	249 	199 	99
==Trivia==
* and pets obtained in Hardcore mode do not have Hardcore status.
*Hardcore dark matter pets are tinted blue instead of purple.
*Mastery XP is tripled, example buying 1 egg in Hardcore mode gives 3 times more XP to Egg masteries than buying an egg in Normal mode.
*This is the only way to gain the Purple Hoverboard, High Tech Hoverboard, Doodle Hoverboard, and most limited hoverboards from quests.
*The Huge Bread Shiba can only be hatched from the Cafe Egg or Dojo Egg while in Hardcore mode.
*The Huge Basketball Retriever can only be hatched from the Dog Egg or the Disco Egg while in Hardcore mode.
*This area used to need 25% Mastery (372 Mastery points) but later was changed to 350 Mastery points.
*The Quest Boards are not available in Hardcore mode.
*The Traveling Merchant and the Mysterious Merchant do not appear in Hardcore mode, most likely for balancing purposes.
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Category:Pet Simulator X
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