Game Settings

Difficulty

Game difficulty roughly emulates that of the original game. There are five to select from:

• I'm Too Young to Die (ITYTD): The easiest difficulty, in many ways. Ammo is doubled, enemy spawns are at their lowest, enemies have a universal accuracy penalty, healing and powerup durations are doubled, you take half damage from fluids, and you get a lot of extra EXP per kill. A good way to start playing the game, although several special levels will not appear and no challenges can be played on this difficulty.
• Hey, Not Too Rough (HNTR): The "standard" difficulty for many players. Given that all multipliers are set to one other than an increased EXP multiplier, challenges are allowed, and all special levels are now available, this is an appropriate moniker.
• Hurt Me Plenty (HMP): The first "difficult" difficulty. More numerous enemies appear, you no longer get increased EXP per kill, and stronger enemies appear sooner as well, giving you less time to prepare for them. All special levels also see a substantial buff in the difficulty of their enemy loadouts, making entering them a more serious risk/reward consideration.
• Ultra-violence (UV): The difficulty of DoomRL veterans, with very high enemy density, all enemies having increased accuracy, and stronger enemies appear even sooner. This is the point where even the first few floors of the game can kill you reliably if you don't know the ins and outs of the game. Special levels additionally become very difficult, and entering them without the appropriate inventory and a good strategy will lead to swift deaths. It is unlocked at the Lance Corporal skill rank.
• Nightmare! (N!): The exclamation point does not lie, this difficulty is for hardcore players only. In addition to Ultra-violence changes, enemies are even more numerous than UV, enemies can respawn at any time if their corpses are not destroyed, enemies attack much more frequently, and special levels become absolutely brutal. At least several of the ITYTD benefits are back to help. It is unlocked at the Sergeant skill rank.

The differences in game difficulty may seem subtle, but switching to a harder difficulty is easily the most frustrating part of playing DoomRL, diamond badges aside. Difficulty information has been tabulated: the columns are identified as follows:

• Shorthand: How the difficulty is expressed on the score page (and in mortem tags on the forums)
• Score Multiplier: How much your score is increased by, just by playing on that difficulty level
• Ammo Multiplier: For randomly generated ammo, how much extra is added to each stack
• Enemy Accuracy: How much the enemies' accuracy is changed on this difficulty
• Enemy Spawns: How many enemies spawn on randomly generated levels, and how much their depth level is modified
• Healing/Powerups: The duration/strength of powerups, and the health gain of small healing items
• XP Multipler: How much increased experience is gained for killing enemies
• Special: Any extra features regarding the difficulty level

Challenges

This section lists the different challenges and how they affect gameplay.

Note: The standard items (that is, what you get in a standard game) is as follows: pistol (equipped), 10mm ammo (x24), small med-pack (x2).

Angel Game Challenges

Dual-Angel Game Challenges

Lets you select a pair of challenges to run simultaneously.

Archangel Game Challenges

Extremely difficult challenges, each one is a harder version of an Angel Game Challenge.