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There are multiple difficulty settings in Killing Floor 3 (KF3). See all difficulties, their differences, and the best difficulty to play on here!

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Normal • Less enemies spawn
• Medium zeds are uncommon
Hard • Higher XP Rewards
• More zeds appear
• More crafting materials drop
• Zeds deal more damage
• Zeds are more aggressive
Hell on Earth • Significantly higher XP Rewards
• Even more zeds appear
• Even more crafting materials drop
• Medium zeds can appear in hordes
• Zeds deal even higher damage
• Zeds are even more aggressive

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The best difficulty is Hell on Earth as it drops the highest amount of crafting materials at the end of each round. This is especially useful when looking to farm Zedtech to craft weapon mods, as more Scrakes and Fleshpounds appear at this difficulty setting.

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