Alongside a new epilogue and other features added by the fifth major update for , the game has also introduced a new hardest difficulty, Honour Mode, which adds a level of challenge that significantly exceeds any preexisting way of playing the game. However, aside from just increasing in-game difficulty, Honour Mode also introduces an extremely limiting, automatically updating single save slot for the entire playthrough, meaning that player decisions, bad rolls, and other potential mishaps can't be walked back once they happen.
Difficulty settings in cater to a wide range of skill and experience levels — even prior to the patch, the game's three initial difficulty modes, Explorer, Balanced, and Tactician, meant that players could freely change the game's difficulty to suit their own needs. With the introduction of Honour Mode, however, cuts out save scumming, while also giving enemies higher stats, better tactics, and, for bosses, even going as far as to introduce Legendary Actions — free, unique, limited-use abilities that add significantly to the action economy of bosses. However, while the added in-game difficulty and tweaked enemies will appeal to many players, some might not want to deal with the harsh save restrictions set by the new difficulty.
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For those who want to experience 's new Honour Mode, but might not want to deal with being limited to a single save, a mod from AnaAurora on Nexus Mods, Save In Honour Mode, will allow players to save and load files as normal for Honour Mode playthroughs. The mod's description notes that the golden dice, the unique cosmetic reward for successfully completing Honour Mode without a total party
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