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Suggestions / Custom Difficulty: Let Us Raise Attributes
« Last post by Sarokan on February 22, 2026, 01:29:37 am »Hello Styg,
I really appreciate the new custom difficulty box – it massively boosts Underrail’s replay value and was a great call.
What I don’t quite understand is why you didn’t go one step bolder to further increase player freedom and replayability.
Without even touching mods, there’s a huge opportunity here: let us customize base attributes as well.
Concretely, I’d love to see an option in the custom difficulty menu to set how many attribute points the player gets at each usual allocation step (instead of being locked to the standard progression). That way, we could intentionally create runs that push certain stats close to their maximum, just to see how the system behaves at the extreme.
Of course this would be strictly limited to custom difficulty. But for people who want to go crazy: if we’re already allowed to crank bosses up to +1000% HP, it feels like a missed opportunity that the player side can’t go equally wild.
This would open up completely new playthroughs on top of the existing game – the same world, but a totally different experience, and a big extra boost to Underrail’s already strong replay value. In other words, take the handbrake off in custom difficulty and let attributes and a few more parameters off the leash, so every player can truly build the kind of run they want – whether that’s unlimited money, absurdly tanky bosses, or a deliberate David-vs-Goliath power fantasy.
I’d really appreciate it if you considered something like this for a future patch.
I really appreciate the new custom difficulty box – it massively boosts Underrail’s replay value and was a great call.
What I don’t quite understand is why you didn’t go one step bolder to further increase player freedom and replayability.
Without even touching mods, there’s a huge opportunity here: let us customize base attributes as well.
Concretely, I’d love to see an option in the custom difficulty menu to set how many attribute points the player gets at each usual allocation step (instead of being locked to the standard progression). That way, we could intentionally create runs that push certain stats close to their maximum, just to see how the system behaves at the extreme.
Of course this would be strictly limited to custom difficulty. But for people who want to go crazy: if we’re already allowed to crank bosses up to +1000% HP, it feels like a missed opportunity that the player side can’t go equally wild.
This would open up completely new playthroughs on top of the existing game – the same world, but a totally different experience, and a big extra boost to Underrail’s already strong replay value. In other words, take the handbrake off in custom difficulty and let attributes and a few more parameters off the leash, so every player can truly build the kind of run they want – whether that’s unlimited money, absurdly tanky bosses, or a deliberate David-vs-Goliath power fantasy.
I’d really appreciate it if you considered something like this for a future patch.