Eclipse introduces the notion of difficulties. These are set once during character creation, and cannot be changed afterwards.

There are five tiers of difficulty:

• Journey: A relaxed experience.
• Classic: A fair experience.
• Expert: Fortune & Glory, Kid.
• Master: Game over man, game over!
• Legendary: Not for the faint of heart…

This is the default difficulty, and applies no changes.

This is an easier difficulty, and is for those that want a relaxed experience.

It applies the following modifiers to the player:

• Status Resistance: 25%
• No soul loss occurs on death.

It applies the following modifiers to the enemies:

• Max HP: -50%
• Direct Damage: -50%
• Stamina Damage: -50%
• Poise Absorption: -300%
• Status Resistance: -75%

This is a tougher difficulty, and is for those that want a step above Classic.

It applies the following modifiers to the player:

• Status Resistance: -5%

It applies the following modifiers to the enemies:

• Enable Challenge AI tweaks
• Max HP: +35%
• Max Stamina: +5%
• Direct Damage: +10%
• Stamina Damage: +5%
• Poise Absorption: +15%
• Status Resistance: +20%
• Blood/Frost Damage Taken: -5%

This is a tough difficulty, and is for those that want a challenge.

It applies the following modifiers to the player:

• Status Resistance: -10%

It applies the following modifiers to the enemies:

• Enable Challenge AI tweaks
• Max HP: +60%
• Max Stamina: +10%
• Direct Damage: +20%
• Stamina Damage: +10%
• Poise Absorption: +25%
• Status Resistance: +25%
• Blood/Frost Damage Taken: -10%

It applies the following modifiers to the world:

• More enemies will appear throughout the world.

This is the toughest difficulty, and is for those that want a challenge.

It applies the following modifiers to the player:

• Status Resistance: -15%

It applies the following modifiers to the enemies:

• Enable Challenge AI tweaks
• Max HP: +100%
• Max Stamina: +20%
• Direct Damage: +30%
• Stamina Damage: +20%
• Poise Absorption: +35%
• Status Resistance: +35%
• Blood/Frost Damage Taken: -15%

It applies the following modifiers to the world:

• More enemies will appear throughout the world.
• The Pursuer will randomly appear and attempt to assassinate you throughout your journey.
• He will only stop once you defeat the Soul of Cinder.