Difficulties

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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