Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown difficulty settings: Which should you choose?

Whether you want an easy stroll through Mount Qaf or a punishing path ahead, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has many difficulty settings to satisfy your requirements.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown gives you lots of freedom in this regard with five different difficulty settings. If you want to know the differences between each and how they’ll affect your game, this handy guide will give you a quick rundown of each.

All difficulty settings in Prince of Perisa: The Lost Crown

Rookie

Prince of Perisa: The Lost Crown‘s easiest difficulty, Rookie, is for players who want to bypass the rigors of combat and simply enjoy the story, explore, and platform without the worry of being killed by enemies or bosses. It’s also handy if you’re perhaps hunting those final Xerxes coins or mopping up one or two Prince of Persia trophies and achievements.

Enemy and environmental damage are halved, enemy health is reduced, parry difficulty is easy, the dodge window is “long,” and there is no Athra Depletion rate.

Warrior

This is the standard difficulty for Prince of Perisa: The Lost Crown. You’ll experience a lot more pushback from the game’s many enemies, but it shouldn’t be so strenuous that you’re stuck for hours on certain fights.

Enemy damage, environmental damage, enemy health, parry difficulty, and the dodge window are all their normal, base values and there is no Athra Depletion rate.

Hero

The Hero difficulty offers a greater challenge than your standard experience. You’ll need to be on your toes for anything that can potentially come your way: environmental hazards, standard enemies, sub-bosses, and main bosses.

Enemy and environmental damage are increased by 50 percent, and your Athra will deplete at a fast rate. Enemy health, parry difficulty, and the dodge window remain normal.

Immortal

Immortal difficulty provides a ruthless, unforgiving challenge. Immortal requires you as a player to be virtually flawless in all aspects of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to overcome it. This is not recommended for first-time players, regardless of perceived skill level.

Enemy and environmental damage are doubled, enemy health is increased by 50 percent, parrying is hard, and your Athra depletes at a very fast rate. The dodge window remains normal.

Custom

This is a fairly self-explanatory setting. Custom allows you to tweak Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to suit your specifications and playstyle. You can make enemies really tough, but decrease the parry Window timing to balance this out somewhat. You can also be a sadist and make the game even harder than Immortal if you so wish—if you do, please learn how to increase your health.

Which difficulty should you choose in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown?

The difficulty setting you choose in your first playthrough depends entirely on your experience with hack-and-slash style Metroidvania games and action games in general.

Most players should start on Warrior. Even if you have some experience with these kinds of games like I do, Warrior still presents plenty of challenges and hits a nice middle ground: no boss feels invincible, and no enemy, outside of the most basic introductory ones, feels too easy.

If you’re very new to these kinds of games, or if you just want to enjoy the story, then select Rookie. If these kinds of games are your bread and butter, then by all means challenge yourself in Hero. After a few attempts on Immortal, I can definitely say that no one should be playing this difficulty in their first playthrough unless you enjoy suffering.