Difficulty is one of the most interesting character stats in Megabonk, and understanding it will be key to success on every run.
Given the nature of Megabonk, you won't want to make things more difficult. However, the game also rewards you for your extra effort in the form of XP, Silver, and Gold. Interestingly, you can pre-determine your run's difficulty and modify it midway.
What is the Difficulty stat in Megabonk
Simply put, Difficulty determines how hard (or easy) your current run is. If the value is high, you'll have more enemies spawn. These enemies will also have more health and damage, making things more complicated. However, you'll earn more rewards from taking down these strong enemies. It's a great risk vs. reward approach that you can choose for yourself.
If you want to raise the Difficulty, there are a couple of ways.
How to raise the Difficulty in Megabonk
There are two main ways of raising the Difficulty of your run.
- Going for a higher tier: Once you clear a map on tier 1, you can go for the next tier. Clear the map on the second tier; you can go up until you hit the ceiling. Enemies at higher tiers will be more challenging to take down, but will provide you with extra rewards. Additionally, you'll be able to complete more formidable challenges as well.
- Shrines: The Greed Shrine will raise the Difficulty stat of your runs by 5%, and provide extra Gold. Charge Shrines can also raise the Difficulty stat by 8%, but it triggers randomly.
Playing in higher Difficulty is fun and rewarding, but you'll want to use the best items, tomes, and builds to get the job done. Otherwise, your run will end prematurely, leading to a failure in your objectives.
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