Rise of the Ronin: Difficulty levels Rise of the Ronin guide, tips

How to lower the difficulty level in Rise of the Ronin? This is a question you can ask yourself after encountering a boss or other elite enemy. In the guide is a list of difficulty levels and information on how to make the game as easy as possible to pass.

Last update: 03 April 2024

In Rise of the Ronin, some of the battle sequences may prove to be difficult, and this is when you may search for a way to lower the challenge level to avoid being stuck and having to constantly repeat a problematic segment. On this page of our guide, you will find information regarding available difficulty levels (3 in total), how and where can you change it during the game, as well as how to enable additional settings related to difficulty.

• Choosing the difficulty level
• How to change the difficulty level during the game?
• Additional settings

Choosing the difficulty level

As you initiate the campaign of Rise of the Ronin, one of the steps will be choosing a difficulty level from 3 possible. These are:

1. Dawn - this is the lowest difficulty level. Its assumption is to make combat less demanding so the player can focus more on the story without having to constantly repeat sequences which may ruin the pacing of the narrative.
2. Dusk - this is the default normal difficulty level. The battles in this setting may prove to be challenging, especially for players who don't handle fast-paced combat well and/or aren't experienced with the soulslike genre. To be able to match the challenge of this difficulty level, you need to master the basics of combat (countering, dodges, healing, matching Combat Styles to the enemy) well, and even then, sometimes certain fragments of the game such as tougher battles may produce problems.
3. Twilight - this is the highest difficulty level, recommended only for more experienced players. On this setting, even simpler missions may be hard to comlpete. Battling bosses will require flawless execution of actions and excellent mastery of every aspect of the combat system.

How to change the difficulty level during the game?

1. Unfortunately, you cannot change the difficulty level at any moment of the game. The setting will appear in options, but it will remain greyed-out.
2. To change the difficulty level, you need to reach any Veiled Edge Banner and interact with it. From the banner menu that appeared, choose Options. Click on Game Settings and the setting to change the difficulty level should appear there.

Additional settings

While on the lowest difficulty setting of Rise of the Ronin, you can additionally enable 2 options to facilitate the gameplay even more. Consider using them if even when playing on Dawn difficulty level, you still die often:

1. Increased Health Recovery from Medicine - this option increases the healing power of Medicine, the basic and main means of healing. The boost will be especially noticeable when healing at a low health.
2. Reduced Ki Loss from Attacks - thanks to this option, you can perform more attacks before the Ki bar is exhausted. Additionally, the bar will replenish faster, without having to use Blade Flash to regain a portion of Ki after concluding your attacks.