Remnant 2 difficulty settings explained

Rishov Mukherjee
A screenshot from the game Remnant 2

Remnant 2’s difficulty might prove to be quite tough for any newcomers to the series, or to the soulslike genre as a whole. You can change it to your liking, however, and here’s how each difficulty twists your experience to make it easier or harder.

Souls-like games ever since the genre came into existence have been known for their difficulty level and challenging bosses. It has its own set of fans, and they enjoy that their games are meant to test the skill level of the players.

Remnant 2 falls in a similar category where you need to overcome many difficult obstacles to finally feel the essence of the game. However, compared to other games from the same genre, Remnant 2 takes into consideration of a higher spectrum of players as it also offers a difficulty slider.

So, here’s a guide on the difficulty slider including what each of them means in Remnant 2.

A screenshot of Remnant 2
Remnant 2 has 4 different difficulty settings

Every Remnant 2 difficult setting explained

Remnant 2 currently consists of four different difficulty settings. Here are the names and meanings of each of them:

  • Survivor: This setting is for those players who are playing their first ever souls-like game.
  • Veteran: This setting is for players who are experts in souls-like games but never played Remnant.
  • Nightmare: This is for players who are experts in both souls-like games and have played the previous Remnant title.
  • Apocalypse: This is the ultimate difficulty level where everything is tipped against you and your chances of survival are almost nil.

Here’s a table for you with all the information regarding the experience you obtain across every difficulty setting and the health of the bosses.

DifficultyExperienceMob HPMob DamageBoss HPBoss Damage
Survivor100%100%100%100%100%
Veteran115%150%165%165%165%
Nightmare130%250%350%312.5%262%
Apocalypse150%275%450%412%405%

There are a few things you should remember apart from the difficulty settings provided above. Even if you play on the Survivor setting, the game will initially feel difficult provided you’ve never played a souls-like game before.

With that said, the Apocalypse setting unlocks only after you’ve completed the game in either of the other three difficulty settings. You must remember that the Apocalypse setting is the most difficult mode and we won’t recommend it for someone who doesn’t enjoy dying way too many times.

This concludes our guide for difficulty settings of Remnant 2. If you found it informative, please look into some of our other guides at Dexerto.

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Rishov is a Games Writer at Dexerto. He holds a Masters degree in Astrophysics from St Xavier's College in Kolkata, India, and has previously worked at Sportskeeda. In his spare time, he enjoys playing Street Fighter, Destiny 2, Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, the games he specializes in as well. If you want to get in touch, contact Rishov at rishov.mukherjee@dexerto.com