Talk:Dark Mode/@comment-73.151.66.222-20180216091903/@comment-93.105.250.220-20181016073246

Well it depends how you play. When I played Witcher 1 on Hard Mode I took my time leveling up inside the Crypt in the Sewers in chapter II. Later again in chapter III inside the Swamp Cave farming the Cockatrice, while at it I advanced all my sword styles to level 5, but still the Cockatrice could be quite deadly if I took too many at once. However, once I also advanced all 4 attributes to level 5 suddenly everything went easy mode and I could fight all the Cockatrice at once and only take like 25% damage to my health.

Witcher 2 however is a slightly different story, I played every difficulty except Insane as I'm not into frustration modes. But the difference in difficulty between Hard and Dark can go both ways. What I mean is Dark is indeed the hardest as the Prologue was much more difficult when compared to Hard, but if you are able to craft the cursed sets then it becomes way more easy than Hard.

So yeah after I farmed Endrega and Nekkers in chapter I to get the gold I needed for the Blasphemers set, the game also went easy mode as soon as I put it on. So if you manage to to get the money and the required ingredients to craft the sets as soon as possible Dark mode isn't really hard.