The mod was created for game version 1.9.5.

The Hard Level mod is suitable for those who have already completed the game on a difficult level and are going to beat it again.

The mod has changed the balance of character development and abilities, as well as the combat system and the properties of some items.

The mod essentially eliminates, in my opinion, the most obvious shortcomings of the standard hard mode.

Result:

The mod should make the character weaker, which will change the player’s behavior, and the development of abilities will not be so rapid, while the battles will become dynamic and lengthy. In combat, it will become more difficult to make a perfect block and much more difficult to parry, while the enemy will be in the same conditions and will be forced to use a regular block, dodges and regular strikes more often. Wounds and injuries will take much longer to heal both during sleep and while awake.

Recommendation:

Changes made by the mod: Version 1.0:

The maximum permissible skill level (strength, agility, vitality) has been reduced to 15.

The growth of the survivability level has been slowed down by three times.

The growth of other skills has been halved.

Recovery during sleep is significantly slower.

Self-healing of injuries during wakefulness is slowed down.

The healing properties of potions and food have been reduced.

The weight of the armorer and blacksmith sets has been increased.

Reduced the default limit for repairing heavily damaged items.

Reduced time for perfect block.

Decreased parry time.

Reduced the frequency of enemy parries.

Reduced the frequency of the enemy using the perfect block.

The level of base armor for NPCs has been increased.

The required agility level for a normal attack has been increased.

The dependence of attack speed development on agility development has been reduced.

Version 1.1:

The visibility distance of NPCs has been increased.

The physics of arrows has been slightly changed.

Increased NPC reaction in the clinch.

Training for money has been removed.

The mod is incompatible with mods using the following files:

• food.xml

• pickable_item.xml

• perk_rpg_param_override.xml

• rpg_param.xml

• soul_archetype.xml

Added files:

• Arrow.xml

• WH_Particel.xml

• Trainers.lua

Installation:

Move the HardLevel folder to the Mods folder (Kingdom Come DeliveranceMods).