Difficulty Options

There are seven difficulty settings in *Pathfinder: Kingmaker*.

## Story Mode

The damage you suffer from enemies and traps is reduced by 80%. Enemies have drastically decreased power and cannot critically hit you. Your character will not die after suffering a deadly injury. Instead, they'll fall unconscious until the end of the combat. If all your characters fall unconscious, the game is over.

## Easy Mode

The damage you suffer from enemies and traps is reduced by 60%. Enemies have decreased power and cannot critically hit you. Your character will not die after suffering a deadly injury for the first time. Instead, they'll be afflicted by the *Death's Door* condition.

If a character with this condition suffers a deadly injury, they will die. Resting in a comfortable and safe place, such as Oleg's Trading Post, removes the *Death's Door* condition. Your character can still die from an instant death effect, energy drain, poison, or other similar condition. If your main character dies, the game is over. If a companion dies, you can resurrect them with *Raise Dead* or a similar spell — an extremely expensive service unavailable to most adventurers.

## Normal Mode

The damage you suffer from enemies and traps is reduced by 20%. Enemies inflict reduced damage on critical hits.
Your character will not die after suffering a deadly injury for the first time. Instead, they'll be afflicted by
the *Death's Door* condition. If a character with this condition suffers a deadly injury, they will then die.

Resting in a comfortable and safe place, such as Oleg's Trading Post, removes the *Death's Door* condition. Your character can still die from an instant death effect, energy drain, poison, or other similar condition. If your main character dies, the game is over. If a companion dies, you can them with *Raise Dead* or a similar spell — an extremely expensive service unavailable to most adventurers.

## Challenging Mode

Your character will suffer full damage from enemies and traps. Enemies will have full power and will have the usual chances of inflicting critical hits. Your character will die after suffering a deadly injury. If your main character dies, the game is over. If a companion dies, you can resurrect them with *Raise Dead* or a similar spell — an extremely expensive service unavailable to most adventurers.

## Hard Mode

Your character will suffer full damage from enemies and traps. Enemies will have increased power and will have the usual chances of inflicting critical hits. Your character will die after suffering a deadly injury. If your main character dies, the game is over. If a companion dies, you can resurrect them with *Raise Dead* or a similar spell — an extremely expensive service unavailable to most adventurers.

## Unfair Mode

Your character will suffer double damage from enemies and traps. Enemies will have drastically increased power and will have the usual chances of inflicting critical hits. Your character will die after suffering a deadly injury.
If your main character dies, the game is over. If a companion dies, you can resurrect them with *Raise Dead* or a similar spell - an extremely expensive service unavailable to most adventurers.

## Custom Mode

There are no presets for Custom Mode. This mode is strictly for the player who wants to adjust the sliders themselves.