I am thinking about staring my next survivor challenge on a new map that looks significantly more difficult than the last/current one.

Seed: spDx92IWIy
Starting location: -2188, 4372

I might need to allow myself to visit the trader at least once, though. Going without the Megingjord just seems like too much to bear.

Originally posted by Dr.Doom:

Hard mode would be: faster moving enemies, more accurate stone throwing dwarves, monsters that have learned to jump over trenches around bases, monsters that have learned to open doors, etc.

ah so "mode" is a synonym for "monster", got it!

i like both modes but i prefer hardcore with this game between patches. die, delete world, delete character and try harder next time. fun to see how far you get before death.
each world being different is part of what makes it fun for me. would not like to do every hardcore run on the same seed.

Small islands and bosses at the other end of the world is not hard-mode, imho. That slows down progression only without adding anything.

Hard mode would be: faster moving enemies, more accurate stone throwing dwarves, monsters that have learned to jump over trenches around bases, monsters that have learned to open doors, etc.

I might try it (without spoiling course). So far I haven't really been able to get why certain maps are supposed to be hard. Sailing isn't hard, bosses further out isn't hard, except if you need go go through mistlands or plains to get to the Elder or something.

Of course having all the traders spawns at the edge of the map would suck moderately.

Originally posted by Tomiro:

I might try it (without spoiling course). So far I haven't really been able to get why certain maps are supposed to be hard. Sailing isn't hard, bosses further out isn't hard, except if you need go go through mistlands or plains to get to the Elder or something.

Of course having all the traders spawns at the edge of the map would suck moderately.

It usually is down to the novelty of say, need to use raft to reach a boss or even to get copper and tin in the first place, or perhaps traverse through more awkward terrain so early in the game there might be tiny bit more challenge and just slower start before the ball gets rolling. Or boss being surrounded by another biome or say, the closest Elder altar being ~30m away from bordering plains. Or that it takes bit longer to actually get your usual merchandise from Haldor.

Here's few seeds if someone wants 0.01% more challenging start than usual.
VanDamme
oskuhuutis
atolls
911SCRS (bosses used to be more spread out pre-mistlands generation but the starting island has remained the same)

Ok i usually dont attribute sailing = hard game, its fun, its faster than walking etc.

But for those that dont want to spoil themselves with mapgen, this is indeed a gem lol.

Something that might make a map hard imo would be a really really small start island that is only meadows and has a large ocean between next island, maybe even a donut style island surrounding start island, and its all swamp to land on.