Death Mode
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| The Death Mode icon as seen in the Difficulty Indicator UI. |
"Enjoy the fun."
Death Mode is the second gamemode introduced in the Calamity Mod, serving as an increased difficulty level to Revengeance Mode. It is activated by selecting it through the Difficulty Indicator which replaces the Revengeance Mode icon over it. The Difficulty Indicator is locked during boss battles, and hovering the cursor over it will state, "You cannot change the rules now!"
General Changes
- Enemy damage boost from Revengeance Mode is further increased by 60%.
- For example, if Revengeance Mode increases damage by 10%, Death Mode will increase damage by an additional 6%.
- The Nurse will refuse to heal the player if a boss is currently alive.
- All damage over time debuffs deal 25% more damage.
- Enemy spawn rates during a Blood Moon are massively increased.
Enemy AI Changes
Like in Revengeance Mode, it modifies certain enemy AIs by making them move or attack slightly faster:
- Fighter and Hovering AI enemies move and attack slightly faster.
- Swimming and Jellyfish AI enemies always chase the player outside of water when in close range with them.
- Slime AI enemies jump more aggressively.
- Worm AI enemies are longer, faster, and have more defense.
- Blazing Wheels move even faster and emit flamethrowers more often.
- Diggers, World Feeders, and Dune Splicers have individual health bars per segment and split when one of them is broken, like the Eater of Worlds.
Boss AI Changes
This is a list of all boss fight changes caused by Death Mode. The names of vanilla bosses are italicized.
Unique Items
Weapons
Gael's Greatsword, dropped by 
Supreme Witch, Calamitas
Pets
Levi, dropped by Supreme Witch, Calamitas
Cosmic Plushie, obtained from the 
Treasure Bag (The Devourer of Gods) when opened by a Hardcore character
Messages
- "Death is active, enjoy the fun." (When activated)
- "Death is not active, not fun enough for you?" (When deactivated)
Trivia
- The removed Death Mode Environmental Effects were influenced by the weather mechanics in the game Don't Starve.
- If the Vanilla Calamity Mod Music is enabled and the world is in Death Mode while there is a Blood Moon ongoing, the vanilla theme will be replaced with Sanguine Eclipse, which was composed by Thriplerex.
See Also
| Game mechanics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat | Damage reduction • Defense damage • Enchantment • Hit sounds • Immunity frames • Lifesteal • Minions • Pierce resistance • Rogue | ||||||||
| Environment | Biome backgrounds • Events • Music • World generation | ||||||||
| Events | Acid Rain • Boss Rush | ||||||||
| Game | Bestiary • Configuration options • Difficulty Modes (Death Mode • Revengeance Mode) • Fishing • Game controls • Lore • Secret world seeds (For the worthy • Get fixed boi) • Vanilla changes | ||||||||
| Items | Alternative crafting ingredients • Charge • Consumable • Crafting stations (By Hand) • Drops • Modifiers • Rarity • Recipes • Vanilla item recipes | ||||||||
| Player | Adrenaline Meter • Aggro • Buffs and Debuffs • Dash • Death prevention • Defense • Dodge • Flight Time Bar • Rage Meter | ||||||||
| UI | Boss Health Bar • Cooldown Rack • Speedrun Timer • Status messages • Tips | ||||||||