Difficulties

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When a player starts a new game, they will be prompted with the option of three different slugcats, which correspond to three different difficulty modes. Although the different slugcats have many different features, the vastly different skill and dedication levels required to play each slugcat mean that the option essentially boils down to a difficulty option. Yellow, White, and Pink slugcat correspond to easy, default, and hard difficulties for the game respectively.

Yellow Slugcat: The Monk (Easy Difficulty)
The monk is more in-tune with nature than your average slugcat. Predators will tend to leave yellow slugcats alone, and less food is required for the player to hibernate. Karma gates will also always open for the monk, removing the need to survive for multiple cycles in a row. Creatures are also much more quick to befriend or forgive yellow slugcats. The only significant downside is the monk's reduced throwing abilities with rocks and spears, making combat much more difficult should the player seek it out. It is speculated that the monk will not be able to eat any meat, but this is not yet confirmed. The monk is designed for players seeking a more peaceful experience.

White Slugcat: Default (Normal Difficulty)
The classic Rain World experience, white slugcat has standard karma gate requirements, requires 4 pips of food to hibernate, and must deal with the ever-present threat of predators.

Pink Slugcat: The Warrior (Hard Difficulty)
The warrior is a carnivorous slugcat, a strange creature with the odds stacked against them. The warrior can only eat meat, but will happily make a meal out of otherwise inedible predators such as lizards. Since the warrior is pushing past its place in the food chain, it is karmically imbalanced, and karma flowers will not spawn on this difficulty. Several predators are expected to be unique to this difficulty, and it is believed that no overseers will appear to guide the player on this difficulty. Although the journey will be difficult, the warrior is adapted to it. The warrior is faster and stronger than other slugcats, and also has the ability to carry a second spear on its back. Its heightened metabolism will require it to eat more food per cycle than other slugcats, forcing the player to battle for their survival.