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Watch Dogs Legion: How to Change Difficulty

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The streets of London aren’t the friendliest place in Watch Dogs Legion. Helping to enforce the regime of mass surveillance are private militia groups that patrol public areas and pavements. If you’re struggling to prevail in your fight back against the system, you might be wondering how to change difficulty in Watch Dogs Legion. Well, here’s everything you need to know.

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There are three difficulty settings that players can choose from in Watch Dogs Legion. These are:

  • Easy
  • Normal
  • Hard

There is also a permadeath mode that players can turn on at the beginning of a game. This means that if one of the NPCs you recruit to DedSec dies during a mission, they’ll be gone forever, rather than simply respawning.

Changing Difficulty in Watch Dogs Legion

To change difficulty, press the Options button on PS4 or Menu button on Xbox One to bring up the Pause menu.

Next, go to Options, and then Gameplay. Here, you’ll then find the ‘Difficulty’ option, where you can switch between Easy, Normal and Hard at your leisure.

It’s also worth pointing out that if you enabled the aforementioned Permadeath mode at the beginning of a save, that it can also be turned off and disabled in the same menu as the other difficulty settings. Keep in mind that if you do turn it off, it cannot be turned back on.

Is There a Difficulty Trophy / Achievement?

The good news is, there is no trophy or achievement tied to beating Watch Dogs Legion on a specific difficulty.

That means you can change difficulty at any time, or play through the game on its ‘Easy’ difficulty setting and still get that Platinum trophy or all 1000 Gamerscore.

There you have everything you need to know on how to change difficulty in Watch Dogs Legion. Head over to our wiki for more tips and tricks. You can also search for Twinfinite, or check out more of our coverage on the game below.


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Chris Jecks
Chris Jecks has been covering the games industry for over eight years. He typically covers new releases, FIFA, Fortnite, any good shooters, and loves nothing more than a good Pro Clubs session with the lads. Chris has a History degree from the University of Central Lancashire. He spends his days eagerly awaiting the release of BioShock 4.