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Wildermyth has two difficulty settings: '''combat difficulty''' and '''overland difficulty'''. These are described as follows:

 ''Combat difficulty mostly controls hero health, monster health, armor, and damage. High combat difficulty means heroes are more prone to getting killed in a given situation.''

 ''Overland difficulty mostly controls the pace of calamities, time pressure on the overland map, and the frequency of infestation and incursion. It can end up having a big impact on combat difficulty, too, because of calamities!''

== Hero stats ==
{{Main|Stat}}
The starting [[Stat|stat]] values for a young adult human depend slightly on the '''combat difficulty''' level. They are:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! &nbsp; !! style="width:7.5em" | Storyteller !! style="width:7.5em" | Adventurer !! style="width:7.5em" | Tragic Hero !! style="width:7.5em" | Walking Lunch
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Health || 7 || 6 || colspan=2 | 5 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Speed || colspan=4 | 1 (+3.4 for 2 natural legs)
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Armor || 1 || 0.4 || colspan=2 | 0 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Warding || colspan=4 | 0 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Melee Accuracy || 105 || colspan=2 | 100 || 97
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Range Accuracy || colspan=3 | 100 || 97
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Stunt Chance || colspan=3 | 15 || 14
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Bonus Damage || 1 || 0.4 || colspan=2 | 0 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Potency || 1 || 0.4 || colspan=2 | 0 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Dodge || 50 || colspan=3 | 45 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Block || colspan=4 | 45 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Recovery Rate || 40 || 30 || colspan=2 | 25 
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Retirement Age || colspan=4 | 45 
|}

== Monster strength ==
{{Main|Calamity}}
The starting stats of each monster depend slightly on the '''combat difficulty''' level.

Additionally, [[Calamity]] cards that strengthen your foes are drawn at timed intervals on the overland map. The interval is shorter at higher '''overland difficulty''' levels. Calamity cards are also drawn after every battle, and the number of cards drawn in this fashion depends on the '''overland difficulty''' level.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!  !! Storyteller !! Adventurer !! Tragic Hero !! Walking Lunch
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Card draw interval || 220-240 || 160-180 || 120-140 || 100-120
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Cards per draw || 2 || 4 || 5 || 6
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Cards per battle || colspan=3 | 1 || 1.35
|}

Some calamity cards boost monster stats. For these cards, the magnitude of the boost depends on the '''combat difficulty''' level:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! &nbsp; !! Storyteller !! Adventurer !! Tragic Hero !! Walking Lunch
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Protection || colspan=2 | +1 Armor || +1 Armor, +1 Warding || +2 Armor, +1 Warding
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Health || +20% || +25% || +30% || +40%
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Damage || colspan=2 | +1 || colspan=2 | +2
|}

A number of calamity cards are removed at the end of each [[Chapter|chapter]], and this number depends on the '''overland difficulty'''. In particular, a small fraction of the total number of calamity cards are removed, and a larger fraction of the calamity cards collected above a threshold number are also removed. 

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! &nbsp; !! Storyteller !! Adventurer !! Tragic Hero !! Walking Lunch
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Remove one card per || 7 || 9 || 11 || 14
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Remove this fraction of cards above threshold || 80% || 70% || 33% || 0%
|-
| '''Thresholds:'''
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Chapter 1 || 6 || 7 || 10 || -
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Chapter 2 || 10 || 12 || 18 || -
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Chapter 3 || 14 || 17 || 26 || -
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Chapter 4 || 18 || 22 || 34 || -
|}

== Missions ==
{{Main|Mission}}
At higher '''combat difficulty''' levels, enemies draw more monster cards in each [[Mission|mission]]. Typically, enemies draw one extra monster card at Walking Lunch difficulty, but the effect can vary by mission.

Within a mission, [[Battle_map#Doors|doors]] have a chance to start open at higher '''combat difficulty''' levels. The range of a monster's [[Alarm]] call also varies with '''combat difficulty''' level.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!  !! Storyteller !! Adventurer !! Tragic Hero !! Walking Lunch
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Open door chance || 0% || 25% || 50% || 50%
|-
| style="text-align: left" | Alarm range || 8 || 10 || 12 || 14
|}

== Overland map ==
{{Main|Chapter}}
The chance for a tile to become [[Infestation|infested]] and the chance for small groups of heroes to be ambushed in an infested tile both depend on the '''overland difficulty''' level.

Also, many aspects of [[Incursion|incursions]] vary with '''overland difficulty''': their frequency, their size, how fast they move, and how quickly they destroy constructions.

When a [[Chapter|chapter]] has a time limit, the limit depends on the '''overland difficulty'''.

== Resources ==
{{Main|Resource}}
On Storyteller '''overland difficulty''', [[mission]] victories grant 3 [[legacy point]]s instead of the usual 2.

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