Difficulty Settings and How to Change Difficulty

This is a guide on difficulty settings in NEO: The World Ends with You (NEO TWEWY). Read on to learn how to change difficulty and how to adjust your team level in the game!

How to Change Difficulty

Unlock Difficulty Options Through Social Network

The Easy, Hard, and Ultimate difficulty options are available for purchase through the Social Network. Unlock the Social Network tab in Thoughts on Day 4 of the Game, then spend Friendship Points (FP) to unlock the difficulty options.

How to Unlock Ultimate Difficulty

Open Difficulty Menu

Dialogue Control Options (while exploring)
Function	Switch	PS4
Difficulty Menu

While in the open world, open the Difficulty Menu by pressing + (Switch) or the Touchpad (PS4). Here, you'll have the option to choose between Easy, Normal, Hard, and Ultimate difficulty.

Increase Difficulty to Obtain Rare Pins

Increasing the difficulty of the game makes the enemies known as Noise stronger. You can obtain rarer Pins as a reward for defeating stronger Noise.

Some pins are only obtainable on harder difficulties. Given that pins are what power your characters' Psychs (combat abilities), increasing difficulty is a worthy investment to get rarer Pins.

Difficulty Settings: How to Change Team Level

Change Team Level in Difficulty Menu

In the same Difficulty Menu, you can alter your team's current level; decreasing team level will reduce team HP, while increasing team level will raise team HP. This doesn't affect leveling up, as what is being leveled up is the Max Level or the cap for altering your level.

Decrease Level to Increase Pin Drop Rate

As you lower the level (and HP) of your team, you will increase the Pin drop rate multiplier. This will increase the probability of obtaining Pins from defeating Noise.

NEO TWEWY Related Guides

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Controls and Best Settings	How to Unlock Ultimate Difficulty
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How to Sprint and Move Faster	All Warp Point Locations
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Rhyme Dive Guide	How to Perform Killer Remixes
How to Build Up Groove	Chain Battles Guide
How to Reboot Single Use Pins	How to Run Away
Best Pin Combinations	--
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