User:MMK-001/Difficulty

Difficulty also known as the special variable is a hidden mechanic in Deltarune. It alters attacks to different, usually harder versions of themself and is usually used when a boss goes into a phase, but it can be used for normal enemies.

Attacks affected by difficulty

These are attacks that are affected by difficulty.

Chapter 1


Enemy	Attack Name	Difficulty Levels	Function


Lancer (Card Castle)	Spade Rain	$(s e l f . t u r n s * 2)$	Lancer after turn 3 uses the formula: $(s e l f . t u r n s * 2)$ , which gradually makes him spawn less spades that avoid the SOUL.

Chapter 2


Enemy	Attack Name	Difficulty Levels	Function


Spamton NEO	Flying Heads	2 (unused), 3, 7 (unused)	Difficulty 2 makes Spamton shoot out massive lasers. Difficulty 3 makes the heads come from multiple directions, while Spamton fires shots from his arm cannon. Difficulty 7 makes the Spamton heads do a circle before shooting.
Spamton NEO	Spam Mail	1, 2 (unused), 3 (unused), 4 (unused)	Difficulty 1 makes the trucks go faster and more frequently. Difficulty 2 makes many more trucks and Spamton heads spawn, as well as spawning unused red Spamton heads that destroy surrounding columns when shot. Difficulty 3 spawns the trucks in the same way as difficulty 2, but without the red heads. Difficulty 4 spawns empty columns with no heads, making it impossible to dodge.
Spamton NEO	A Heart Attack	1, 2, 3 (unused), 4 (unused)	Difficulty 1 adds two smaller hearts along with the main heart, these smaller hearts shoot a line of diamonds towards the SOUL. Difficulty 2 makes the heart move back and forth more rapidly, and shoot more frequently and with an increased angle deviation. Difficulty 3 adds two biters that shoot lasers. Difficulty 4 adds two bombs that if shot, explode and release many diamonds, these diamonds are accidentally fired at Spamton instead of at the SOUL, due to a bug.

Chapter 3


Enemy	Attack Name	Difficulty Levels


Knight	Star Storm
Knight	Tracking Swords	1 (unused), 2 (unused), 3, 4
Knight	Box Splitter
Knight	Sword Tunnel
Knight	Rotating Slash

Chapter 4


Enemy	Attack Name	Difficulty Levels	Function

Unused


Enemy	Attack Name	Difficulty Levels	Function
Spamton NEO	Heart and Hands	1, 2	Difficulty 1 makes Spamton shoot shots out of his arm cannon. Difficulty 2 makes flying heads spawn, in addition to the arm cannon shots from difficulty 1.
Spamton NEO	Arrow Elevator	2, 3	Difficulty 2 spawns an electric orb that moves back and forth. Difficulty 3 spawns many electric orbs going up or down, and now two arm cannons can fire at the same time.
Spamton NEO	Crusher Walls	2, 3, 4, 5, 6	Difficulty 2 makes the walls not get destroyed after defeating a Spamton head, instead leaving a small space where the head was. Difficulty 3 makes the walls have guns attached to them which shoot bullets occasionally. Difficulty 4 makes the walls not get destroyed after defeating a Spamton head, instead leaving a small space where the head was, the walls also move up and down and stop in place when the Spamton head is defeated. Difficulty 5 spawns three walls that take knock back from shots. Difficulty 6
Spamton NEO	Rotating Walls	2	Spawns flying heads.
Spamton NEO	Rotating Walls Prototype	1, 2, 3, 4
Spamton NEO	Pipis Spam Mail	1, 2, 3, 4	Difficulty 1 makes the trucks go faster and more frequently. Difficulty 2 makes many more trucks and Spamton heads spawn, as well as spawning unused red Spamton heads that destroy surrounding columns when shot. Difficulty 3 spawns the trucks in the same way as difficulty 2, but without the red heads. Difficulty 4 spawns empty columns with no heads, making it impossible to dodge.

Spamton NEO	A Big Heart Attack	1, 2, 3, 4	Difficulty 1 adds two smaller hearts along with the main heart, these smaller hearts shoot a line of diamonds towards the SOUL. Difficulty 2 makes the heart move back and forth more rapidly, and shoot more frequently and with an increased angle deviation. Difficulty 3 adds two biters that shoot lasers. Difficulty 4 adds two bombs that if shot, explode and release many diamonds, these diamonds are accidentally fired at Spamton instead of at the SOUL, due to a bug.
Spamton NEO	Old Heart Attack	1, 2, 3, 4	Difficulty 1 adds two smaller hearts along with the main heart, these smaller hearts shoot a line of diamonds towards the SOUL. Difficulty 2 makes the heart move back and forth more rapidly, and shoot more frequently and with an increased angle deviation. Difficulty 3 adds two biters that shoot lasers. Difficulty 4 adds two bombs that if shot, explode and release many diamonds, these diamonds are accidentally fired at Spamton instead of at the SOUL, due to a bug.


Queen	Berdly Wire Attack	3	Does nothing.
Lanino and Elnina	Lanino and Elnina Fireballs	1, 2, 3, 4	Instead of firing fireballs scarcely and unaimed, the attack will fire raindrops, ice crystals, moons or suns in more consistent streams in a similar way to their default attack but sideways. All difficulty levels do the same thing.
Moonwarmer	Moon Rain	1	The moons are bigger and fall slower.
Knight	Falling Swords	1, 2	Difficulty 1 reduces the size of the bullet board, causes more swords to spawn and makes 2 big swords fall at end instead of 1. Difficulty 2 makes 1 sword fall and then traps the player in an empty attack for 277 hours (999999 frames).
Miscellaneous	Susie Photo	1	Makes the attack do a burst of axes separated by a longer delay.
Miscellaneous	Dual Rainballs	1, 2	Difficulty 1 makes the two rainballs to wobble left and right. Difficulty 2 makes the droplets spin around the balls.