Quick overview
Open the map, use Global Settings, choose a higher difficulty, and confirm. Raise it when your clear speed and survivability remain comfortable; a harder world that slows every activity is not automatically better.
Detailed route
What to do, step by step
Use this order when you are in-game. It expands the overview with the checks and choices that keep the route on track.
- Finish your current activity before changing the global setting.
- Open the map and choose Global Settings.
- Select the next difficulty you can clear without frequent wipes or long pauses.
- Run one Control Point or mission as a test before committing to a full farming route.
- Lower the setting if the added enemy health costs more time than the reward is worth.
Key details
Before you commit
- Difficulty changes affect open-world activities and enemy strength, not every separate activity setting.
- Use a test route to compare clear time instead of judging difficulty by one difficult encounter.