Custom Difficulty Mod (Easier or harder monsters)

⭐ — (27 endorsements) 📥 1,229 downloads 📌 v1.1 📅 2/6/2026
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By SmileyNeko · Gameplay

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 2/18/2026 📅 Created: 2/6/2026

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  • 🏆 #47 of 154 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Customizable difficulty presets: easier or harder monster, remove or add HP bloat; less parts HP/stun/status infliction/exhaust values.カスタマイズ可能な難易度プリセット: モンスターをより簡単にまたはより難しく、HP 肥大化を削除または追加し、パーツの HP/スタン/ステータス付与/疲労

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Intro

This mod provides various difficulty options from cutting monster HP or inflating it, including options to change monster stun, exhaust, mount, status infliction and parts HP modifiers(cutting them by half).

Currently available options are:

  • [] Halved monster HP with and without other modififers being halved(parts hp etc)

    [] Monster HP adjusted to compensate for clutch claw addition (HZVs unchanged but monster HP is scaled to ~70% of its original values)

    [] Monster HP divided by 3 of its original value

    [] ↑(This should be baseline for solo monster HP in Iceborne since it is scaled to multiplayer HP x 2 in Solo play)↑

    [] Monster HP divided by 4 of its original value.

    [] Monster HP multiplied by 4 of its original value.

    [] Monster HP multiplied by 3 of its original value.

    [] Monster HP multiplied by 2 of its original value.

    Installation:

    Don't forget to install Stracker's Loader first! 

    Just copy the contents of the archive to your MHW folder.

    For example if you want to halved monster HP option with halved other values(stun,etc) - open the folder 0,5xHP_0,5xOther and copy its contents into your MHW folder. Other folders follow the same naming scheme: MODIFIERxHP and if the other values are modified in the folders name there will be MODIFIERxOther.

    The path should look something like this:

    Your_MHW_Game_Folder/NativePC/common/em/em_difficulty.dtt_dif

    Mod compatibility:

    It should be compatible with any other mods that don't directly change monster damage values, hp multipliers, stun/exhaustion values or mount values.

    It should work in multiplayer as long as you are hosting the hunts, ie other people do not need to install it.

    I would recommend using this collection as well to make the game more fun, it removes most of the time-wasting grind: 

    https://www.nexusmods.com/games/monsterhunterworld/collections/tlkeyz - Collection of QOL improvements.

    https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterworld/mods/7174 - Actually cute handler.

    Credits:

    Thanks to JodoZT, Stracker and Synthlight for creating MHWNoChunk, Stracker's Loader and MHW Editor respectively.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Monsterhunterworld Mods
Author
SmileyNeko
Version
1.1
Downloads
1,229
Endorsements
27
Category
Gameplay
Created
2/6/2026
Updated
2/18/2026

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