More Aggressive World Hostility Settings

Explanation of Barotrauma Regional Difficulty Mechanics and MOD Adjustments:

Although I wanted to explain how the difficulty is calculated, the official weird calculation method always leads to strange errors in my deductions. Eventually, I had to slowly adjust values through debug tuning. Let the big-brain experts derive the formulas XD

Straight to the conclusions:

Regional difficulty coefficients are fixed in Biomes.xml: coldcaverns 015 EuropanRidge 1535 TheAphoticPlateau 3550 TheGreatSea 5065 HydrothermalWastes 65~80 *Note: World hostility adjustments cannot exceed each region's difficulty limits

Special mechanism differences:

Shipping lane monsters: Dynamically controlled through "greater than/less than" conditions

Abandoned sites/beacons/shipwrecks: Generated based on fixed difficulty levels (equivalent to vanilla behavior where only biome changes affect them, not world hostility)

MOD adjustment effects:

Official key threshold: 65 as early/late game divider

Easy mode: 5th biome initial stage ≈60 (close to vanilla 65 threshold)

Medium mode: Mostly vanilla settings

Hard mode: Mostly vanilla settings

Hell mode: 2nd biome directly spikes to 99

In short: Easy mode - For casual players wanting low-pressure early game (maintains relaxed environment before 5th biome) Hell mode - For thrill-seekers craving early challenges (experience endgame intensity in 2nd biome)

PS: Why not modify 1st biome? Lore-wise it has no abyss. Forced modification would create void holes causing bugs when falling through. Don't ask how I know this ToT

To ensure it takes effect, you should place this mod at the top of the mod list. This is because Biomes.xml simultaneously sets the ship purchase levels for each ocean region, and other mods might also modify this file. Placing it highest in the mod load order will prioritize its settings over potential conflicts from other mods.

Note: Some Missions have difficulty level requirements, and those with too low difficulty may not appear.