It Lurks Below has five difficulty levels: Normal, Nightmare, Hell, Inferno, and Unholy. As with Diablo and other games of the ARPG genre, each subsequent difficulty ramps up the monsters levels and reduces your resistances. Completion of each difficulty rewards a medal that players can place within their town.
Currently, Unholy difficulty is only available in special Pocket Dimension scrolls tied to the Krampus and Hafferman bosses.
Normal difficulty[ | ]
- Monster level 1-35
- Completing normal rewards Medal of the Guardian
Nightmare difficulty[ | ]
- Monster level 35-65
- All monsters possess deadly Monster Modifiers
- Completing nightmare rewards Medal of the Hero
- On Nightmare, players suffer from the Nightmare difficulty debuff:
-50 to all resists
Hell difficulty[ | ]
- Monster level 65-90
- All monsters possess deadly Monster Modifiers
- Completing hell rewards Medal of the Vanquisher
- On Hell, players suffer from the Hell difficulty debuff:
-100 to all resists
Inferno difficulty[ | ]
- Monster level 90-100
- All monsters possess deadly Monster Modifiers
- Completing inferno rewards Medal of the Champion
- On Inferno, players suffer from the Inferno difficulty debuff:
-150 to all resists
Unholy difficulty[ | ]
- Monster level 110
- All monsters possess deadly Monster Modifiers
- Magical Unique items may drop, which possess random stats and quality in addition to their normal stats.
- Exclusive runeword recipes drop from Krampus and Hafferman
- On Unholy, players suffer from the Unholy difficulty debuff:
-250 to all resists
World Books[ | ]
Sold at Wizard of Space and Time .
They allow you to reset the world below Dirt Layer and Badlands, spawning in new monsters.
- Don't worry about your buildings disappearing, only the areas below Dirt Layer and Badlands get respawned
- The books get re-stocked every in-game day (midnight)
- Be careful when you first enter a higher difficulty, it sure is a step-up
Normal World Book
- Resets the world on Normal difficulty
- Costs 100 gold
- Resets the world on Nightmare difficulty
- Available for purchase at level 25
- Costs 1000 gold
- Resets the world on Hell difficulty
- Available for purchase at level 55
- Costs 5000 gold
- Resets the world on Inferno difficulty
- Available for purchase at level 80
- Costs 10000 gold