Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has 5 difficulty settings to customize each player's gaming experience. Read on to learn the difficulty settings differences in the game, their parameters, as well as how to change the difficulty settings.

Difficulty Settings Differences

Difficulty Settings
Rookie	・Great for players who play for the story only. ・Enemies deal half their usual damage.
Warrior	・The standard difficulty of the game. ・Enemies deal normal damage.
Hero	・Great for players who are already familiar with the game. ・Enemies deal more damage than usual.
Immortal	・The hardest difficulty. ・Enemies deal double the damage and have double the health.
Custom	A feature where you can change the difficulty parameters on your own accord.

Rookie

Enemy Damage	50%
Enemy Health	50%
Environmental Damage	50%
Parry Difficulty	Easy
Dodge Window	Long
Athra Depletion Rate	Off

This difficulty is recommended for gamers who are seeking a narrative experience with minimal challenges. The enemies only deal half of their usual damage and there is a long window for dodging.

Warrior

Enemy Damage	100%
Enemy Health	100%
Environmental Damage	100%
Parry Difficulty	Normal
Dodge Window	Normal
Athra Depletion Rate	Off

A balanced combat experience with some challenges on your path. This is the standard difficulty of the game and is recommended if you want to experience the entirety of the game in its original gameplay.

Hero

Enemy Damage	150%
Enemy Health	100%
Environmental Damage	150%
Parry Difficulty	Normal
Dodge Window	Normal
Athra Depletion Rate	Fast

This difficulty level adds a bit of a challenge to the game and is recommended to players who have experience in action games and is familiar with the Prince of Persia game mechanics.

Immortal

Enemy Damage	200%
Enemy Health	150%
Environmental Damage	200%
Parry Difficulty	Hard
Dodge Window	Normal
Athra Depletion Rate	Very Fast

As its name suggests, this difficulty level leaves no room for error as this is the hardest game mode available for the game. This is recommended to players who are no strangers to challenges and is comfortable with extreme adversity.

Custom

You can tweak your own difficulty setting and overall experience by choosing the Custom difficulty level.

Difficulty Parameters

Difficulty Parameters
Enemy Health	Enemy Damage	Environmental Damage
Parry Difficulty	Dodge Window	Athra Depletion Rate
Athra Gain

Enemy Health

The amount of health enemies have. This ranges from half their typical health to double their usual health.

Enemy Damage

The amount of damage dealt by enemies. This ranges from half their typical damage to double their usual damage.

Environmental Damage

The amount of damage dealt by traps and other elements in the environment. This ranges from half their typical damage to double their usual damage.

Parry Difficulty

How precise your parry timing must be. This has an option of Easy, Medium, or Hard.

Dodge Window

How long you're invulnerable for while dodging. It has a choice for Long and Normal.

Athra Depletion Rate

How quickly your Athra Gauge depletes. You can toggle it to Off, Slow, Medium, Fast, or Very Fast

Athra Gain

How quickly your Athra gauge fills up through combat. This parameter is accessible when using Custom Mode.

How to Change Difficulty Settings

Change Difficulty Setting From the Options Menu

All difficulties are available upon playing the game the first time.

It is possible to change the difficulty setting during the game. You can change the difficulty in-game by going to the options menu.

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