Painkiller: Black Edition

Painkiller: Black Edition

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Difficulties explained
By Peppins
Difficulties explained

There are four difficulty settings in Painkiller.

Unfortunately players are kept in the dark about the exact differences between these settings. Well, here they are.

Daydream
  • Enemies only have 75% of their health
  • Gibbing enemies is made easier
  • No matter which kind of damage you encounter, you will always lose 1 HP only
  • On pick up, you will receive twice as much ammo
  • Your health is refreshed at checkpoints
  • Thor (in level "Ruins") is easier to beat
  • Tarot cards are not available
  • Level "Prison" is not available
  • Level "Abandonded Factory" is not available
  • Level "Forest" is not available
Insomnia
  • You will only receive half the damage
  • On pick up, you will receive 50% more ammo
  • Your health is refreshed at checkpoints
  • Level "Prison" is not available
  • Level "Forest" is not available
Nightmare
  • Console cheats are disabled
  • Level "Forest" is not available
Trauma
  • Enemies don't leave their souls after their death
  • Quicksaves are disabled
  • Console cheats are disabled
  • You will receive 50% more damage
  • Chapter 5 is not available

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22 Comments
xSHXDEx 4 Nov, 2024 @ 6:06pm 
@djfoster its not 3 levels, its 4 chapters with 4-5 levels each, you only miss the 5th chapter in trauma. It's also the story canon difficulty. Actually play the game through before talking out of your ass lol.
Helios 29 Oct, 2024 @ 1:34am 
Seems that difficulty settings are kind of bs. Is there a mod or something that makes the enemies faster/more dangerous?
FabriTyrell13 28 Jul, 2023 @ 10:17am 
Plitch once again saving the day, if you think im gonna play the entire game in the hardest difficulty just for the real ending well, think again
KrushigeVenturia 13 May, 2023 @ 11:10pm 
Trauma has its best ending for Garner to unite Catherine in heaven after every he ever did was slaying the generals.
Volt Ryan 6 May, 2023 @ 7:17pm 
Nice! very useful indeed! I see I did choose right :ZAT_Correct:
DJfoster 6 May, 2023 @ 5:01pm 
What is this bullshit?

the hardest diff lets me play 3 levels but blocks me from playing the final chapter?
What is this horseshit?
Shonky Business 5 Sep, 2021 @ 1:44am 
Didn't even know checkpoints regen your health cause by the time I get to them I usually have above 100 cause of the souls. Such a nice thing to do
Alex 3 Jul, 2021 @ 12:58pm 
thanks for answers
Peppins  [author] 3 Jul, 2021 @ 12:41pm 
@Max Caulfield: Yea, you're right. Anyways, there is a mod to play last chapter on trauma too. I've also thinked about to add more difficulty, we will see for the end of the year (i was working also on mod to merge stats of each level into one, so like to play entire chapter).
Alex 3 Jul, 2021 @ 12:29pm 
its bad that good ending is non canon