How to Defend Against Monster Swarms and Adjust Difficulty

Once the dark realm begins spilling into your world, you will face varied hostile creatures with unique attack patterns.

Countering Different Monster Types

• Demogorgons: Extremely fast predators that relentlessly pursue players across land. Engage them at a distance using your telekinesis to fling them away before they reach melee range.
• Demodogs: Pack hunters that gain substantial strength when clustered together. Disperse groups quickly rather than engaging multiple dogs at close quarters.
• Demobats: Flying threats that descend in large swarms. Pull out a flamethrower to blast through Demobat swarms and clustered Demodogs effectively.

Always monitor your surrounding torches and lanterns; if they flicker, prepare your flamethrower immediately.

Customizing Threat Behavior

If rift spawns or monster encounters become unmanageable, you can adjust mod settings in-game:

1. Open your chat box and enter /strangerthingsconfig.

2. In the configuration screen that appears, customize curse timers, rift opening rates, and monster behaviors to match your preferred playstyle.