Diablo – What effect does difficulty have on the console version of Diablo 3

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I just started a game of Diablo 3 on my PS3 and saw that I had the option of Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty. It looked like there were more difficulty levels that could be unlocked, too. What difficulty levels exist and what specific effect do they have in the game? Harder monsters, probably, but how specifically? Does it affect loot at all?

Note that I am NOT talking about he Normal, Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno difficulty levels. This seems to be a difficulty level system that sits to the side of that and which I didn't see on the PC version

Best Answer

There's a blue post over at the official forums trying to clear up some of the confusion. Essentially, those modes (Easy, Normal, Hard) do not alter Magic Find, Gold Find, and XP bonus in any way. They're just there for players to adjust the difficulty to their liking, increasing monster hit points and damage.

The Master I to Master V difficulties are different though:

  • Master I: +60% Magic Find, +60% Gold Find, +120% XP Bonus
  • Master II: +70% Magic Find, +70% Gold Find, +140% XP Bonus
  • Master III: +80% Magic Find, +80% Gold Find, +160% XP Bonus
  • Master IV: +90% Magic Find, +90% Gold Find, +180% XP Bonus
  • Master V: +100% Magic Find, +100% Gold Find, +200% XP Bonus

That's pretty much the gist of it.

You need to hit level 10 to have access to the Master options.

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