Relentless World FAQ

The mod is active by default once installed. Press O to open the settings dashboard and configure difficulty scaling, mob filters, and safety options to your preference. You'll see your current level and nearby enemy stats on the target screen immediately.

Your level is calculated from your survival time and combat performance. The mod uses it to scale nearby enemy stats—higher levels mean tougher mobs with better gear, abilities, and tactics. You can see your projected level and enemy scaling in the main dashboard.

The mod temporarily increases difficulty when you easily defeat enemies to keep the challenge matched to your skill. If you're taking heavy damage, difficulty will lower to give you recovery time. Use the entity simulator to preview how hard specific mobs will be before engaging.

Craft and place Warding Lanterns around your base perimeter to push scaled mobs away. High-level monsters can break weak blocks like dirt and wood to reach you, so reinforce critical areas with stronger materials and use the lanterns as your primary defense line.

Vanilla spawners exhaust after a set time to prevent infinite farming, but experience scaling means high-level mobs drop more experience than low-level ones. Focus on fighting naturally spawned or scaled mobs instead of relying on spawner grinding.

Elite traits like Pyro's Aura, Phase Shifter, and Blood Siphon give high-level mobs special abilities—some reflect damage, teleport, heal, or push you back. Adapt your combat strategy by using the entity simulator to test the boss before fighting, then prepare gear and tactics that counter its specific trait.

Yes—with TACZ, mobs spawn with guns and seek cover while reloading. With Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks, mobs become mages casting attack and healing spells. With Apotheosis, monsters get powerful enchanted gear that scales with their level.

Open the settings dashboard and use the mob filters and safety net options to exclude specific mobs, dimensions, or biomes from scaling. You can also adjust difficulty scaling factors separately for the Overworld, Nether, and End.

Scaled mobs spawn with shields that block arrows and push you away if you get too close, making ranged combat riskier. Melee combat or abilities that bypass shields become more valuable against shielded enemies.

Look at any monster to see its health, rarity, and equipment on the target screen. Use the entity simulator in the menu to test how hard a specific monster is and preview its stats, gear, and traits before committing to the fight.