World Difficulty

Enemy strength

Despair raises early enemies to at least Normal’s endgame baseline before applying its ×2 combat and experience scaling. Doom starts from Despair’s endgame baseline, then applies ×4 combat and ×3 experience scaling.

Life, defense, shields and damage grow with the challenge. Dungeon scaling and champion or elite bonuses can add more; Normal’s gentler dungeon damage limits fall away in higher modes. Individual encounters can have their own limits.

The density shown above applies to ordinary spawn points. Bosses and scripted encounters follow their own setup.

Loot and rewards

Higher modes unlock stronger random equipment bonuses. Despair favors Tier 2 rolls with a small chance of Tier 3. Doom offers much more Tier 3 loot and a rare chance of Tier 4. A higher tier improves eligible bonus values; it does not guarantee a particular item rarity.

Item rarity still depends on the drop source and Magic Find. Greater enemy density gives you more foes to hunt. Gambling costs rise with the difficulty.