Hardcore Mode - Difficulty Mod

A mod that increases the difficulty of the game to make the game more challenging, rather than simply increasing the values ​​and making the game boring.

Hardcore mode - Difficulty mod

🎯Mod Overview

Nier: The Pretender has always had issues with its difficulty balance. The original hard mode just turned the enemies into blood cows and didn't really increase the difficulty, it just extended the combat time. This module aims to solve the following three core problems:

• 🚫Stop using therapeutic items at any time
• 🏃Can escape and use long-range magic
• ⏳ The enemy’s blood volume is too high, causing the battle to take too long

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⚙️ Module function

Core mechanism adjustment

• **Item Usage**: Using items requires consuming a full MP bar
• **Damage Adjustment**: Increased damage done by players
• **Health**: The player's health is reduced
• **MP RESTORATION**: Slightly recovers MP when hitting an enemy
• **Passive Recovery**: Passive MP recovery speed is slowed down
• **MP upper limit**: MP is fixed at 100

🛠️ Configuration options

All features can be adjusted and disabled via configuration files (game restart required)

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📥 Installation Guide

Install using Special K Local

• Run the game first and generate the SpecialK configuration file (dxgi.ini or d3d11.ini)
• Add at the end of the file:

```ini

[Import.HardcoreMod]

Architecture=x64

Role=ThirdParty

When=PlugIn

Filename=NieR_Replicant_Hardcore.dll

```

• Place `NieR_Replicant_Hardcore.dll` into the game installation directory

Install using Lunar Tear

• Install Lunar Tear
• Create a folder with any name and put the dll file in it
• Place the folder into `[game]/LunarTear/mods/`
• Run the game once to generate the configuration file
• Enable the plugin in `LunarTear/LunarTear.ini`

Install using Special K Global

• Run the game once through the SpecialK launcher and create a game configuration file
• Go to `SpecialKFolder/Profiles/NieR Replicant ver122474487139/`
• Open `SpecialK.ini` and add the above code at the end
• Move the dll file to this folder

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🐛 Known issues

• **MP Display Issue**: The MP bar does not display until Weiss is encountered. MP is still calculated normally, but this may affect the judgment of when an item can be used. These sections are short and simple with low impact

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🔧 Troubleshooting

Common error solutions

• **"The system cannot find the specified file"**: Reinstall the module
• **"DLL not found"**: Reinstall the module
• **"handle is empty"**: Make sure Steam is running before starting the launcher

If the above steps are invalid, or the module does not respond but no error is reported, please contact the author on or GitHub

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📋 Update log

v1.1.1

-Fixed the bug where fishing was misjudged as using items

v1.1.0

• Significantly rebalanced to significantly increase player damage
• Use better hooks to make numerical adjustments more accurate
• Allows adjustment of attack, magic attack, defense, magic defense
• No more launchers, use SpecialK instead

v1.0.2

• Add configuration files to modify values ​​without recompiling
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the full MP bar is not required to use items
• More stable injection method

v1.0.1

• bug fix

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💡 Future Plans

The author is considering the following feature improvements and welcomes feedback and suggestions:

• Hot reload settings
• Limit the number of healing items and automatically replenish them when approaching the save point
• Further limits MP but increases magic damage
• Increase enemy refresh rate
• Enhance the effect of affixes
• Stuns the player when blocking an attack
• Reduce item drop rate
• Further reduce health points to encourage precise operation and tactical awareness

GitHub source code: