New Game Settings

Maincharacter

You can choose one out of four Main Characters, their elemental affinity, dating interests and your saved loadouts.

Difficulty

You can change the game length and difficulty modifier here. Many toggles, choices and selections can vary the difficulty modifier from the minimum of 8% to the maximum of 774% - but to unlock Achievements and new gallery entries, which provide new start options, the difficulty modifier for that playthrough must be at or above 100%.

Game mode

Game modes largely affect how long the game being set up will be. On the last day of the game mode, the final mission portal will spawn which you must clear within its time limit to win the game. Each mode also has separate effects, such as for how long the King's quests remain active, how many times they can be failed without game over, and so on.

Fast	Normal	Long
King's quest duration: 4 days	King's quest duration: 5 days	King's quest duration: 6 days
Game over: 1 failed King's quest.	Game over: 2 failed King's quests.	Game over: 3 failed King's quests.
Essence Portals: Every 3rd day.	Essence Portals: Every 4th day.	Essence Portals: Every 5th day.
Egg growth: +50%		Egg growth: -25%
Artifact Portals: Every 4th day. (Starting on Day 7)	Artifact Portals: Every 5th day. (Starting on Day 12)	Artifact Portals: Every 8th day. (Starting on Day 17)
Home upgrade costs are discounted by half and Town NPCs' familiarity rise twice as fast compared to other game modes.
Free play
King's quest duration: 7 days Game over: King's quests are optional and failing them does not trigger a game over. Essence Portals: Every 6th day. Artifact Portals: Every 10th day (Starting Day 17) Story portals do not open on predetermined dates. Instead, the player must increase the World Level via clearing regular portals. When the player achieves at least 8 of each regular portal's goals (exploration and combat), the free play world's World Level will be set to the portal's Hostility rating if it were higher. Story portals become available at WL 10, 15 and 20 and can be triggered by the buttons to the left side of the Portal nexus screen.

Difficulty modifiers

These options apply the most impact on the game's difficulty. They affect the difficulty rating in a multiplicative fashion - piling easier or harder choices will have compounding effects. Here, the options will have a difficulty factor noted within parentheses next to them. The factor of x1.0 indicates the recommended choice for new players.

Penalty

This option determines what happens to a character who falls in battle.

Death (x1.3)	Injury (x1)	Nothing (x0.7)
Removes the unit permanently.	Makes the unit (I)njured and no longer able to participate in combat until their injury heals.	Still takes them out of the fight but they can be healed afterward to rejoin another fight.

Mc-points

This option determines how many points the player can distribute for their Main Character.

0 (x1.6)	10 (x1.4)	20 (x1.0)	30 (x0.7)	50 (x0.5)
No Mc-points	10 Mc-points	20 Mc-points	30 Mc-points	50 Mc-points

Starter points

This option determines how many points the player's two Starter units receive. Here, the Starters refer to the girls the player can configure under the Starters option to the right of the screen. Like with Mc-points, this option ranges from 0 to 50 albeit with different difficulty factors.

0 (x1.2)	10 (x1.1)	20 (x1.0)	30 (x0.8)	50 (x0.6)
No Starter points	10 Starter points	20 Starter points	30 Starter points	50 Starter points

Starting money

The Main Character will have access to money at the start of the game depending on this option.

-1000 (x1.3)	100 (x1.15)	500 (x1.0)	1000 (x0.9)	2000 (x0.8)
Start 1000 gold in debt	Start with 100 gold	Start with 500 gold	Start with 1000 gold	Start with 2000 gold

Save type

This option configures how the player can save and load their progress and interact with the chosen game mode.

Limited (x1.3)	In Town (x1.0)	Always (x0.8)
Player can load up to: 3 times in Short, 5 times in Normal, 10 times in Long, 50 times in Free Play. Each time a save file is loaded, the counter goes down by 1, when it reaches 0, the player may not save that particular game anymore.	Player can save and load as many times as they want, but only while they are in Town.	Allows the player to save even within portals outside of Town.

King's Quests

Four toggles to the top right of the screen show what types of King's quests you will receive in the game.

Breeding	Require you to raise a character that fits the King's demands, either as a soldier with combat stats or a breeder with breeding stats.
Portal-Exploration/Fights	Require you to enter random portals to explore a certain percentage of it or conduct a certain number of battles there.
Combat/Arena	Requires you to fight in the Arena, either in daily random battles or in ranked battles with one of the King's soldiers.
Training	Requires you to raise the King's units in certain ways, such as up to a specific level or sex skill competency.

Choosing all 4 applies a x1.2 multiplier to the difficulty,
Choosing 3 applies a x1.0 multiplier,
Choosing 2 applies a x0.9 multiplier,
Choosing only 1 will apply x0.6 multiplier.

It is impossible to choose none even if King's quests are rendered optional.

Bonus

The list of options here forms the main bulk of difficulty boosts. The percent numbers here are additive instead of multiplicative. The list here is up to date as of v0.22.01.

Modifier list

Modifier		Description
Gacha	(+0%)	The player will receive a random character each day, but recruiting characters in other ways or hatching eggs will become extraordinarily difficult.
Easy	(+0%)	The Main Character's stamina regeneration will double. Other characters are unaffected.
UniqueStarter	(+10%)	The Main Character cannot summon spirits, but they will receive a base spirit without the associated affinity trait at the start.
Dating	(+5%)	The player must date Town NPCs before they can be recruited.
Armored	(+20%)	All enemies receive +2 armor.
Wild	(+15%)	Every fight, the enemy party will receive an additional creature that does not factor into experience gain.
Dangerous	(+10%)	Encounter hostilities increase.
Resolve	(+10%)	Enemies start combat with the high morale bonus.
UnPrepared	(+30%)	The player's team will always start battle with only 1 AP as if they were ambushed.
Adamant	(+10%)	None of the player's units may never retreat from battle. No arena fights may be forfeited.
Rivalry	(+20%)	Rivals' power grows 50% faster.
Taxes	(+15%)	The player begins with a 100 gold per day expenditure, which rises by 20 gold each day.
Wasteful	(+10%)	The cost of home upgrades is doubled.
Hostile	(+10%)	Characters above Lv. 1 cannot be recruited in combat.
HighStandards	(+10%)	The brothel score for all characters is reduced as their appeal is halved.
Sparse	(+15%)	New portals spawn far less frequently.
Teeming	(+10%)	Portals have more enemy parties and they attack each other less frequently.
Raiders	(+15%)	Frequency and intensity of events near the portal entrance are drastically reduced.
Sleepless	(+30%)	Characters restore only half as much stamina per day.
Unlimited	(+0%)	Limits on hostility, enemy scaling, genes and level caps are removed. Not recommended for a first playthrough.
Harsh	(+15%)	All portals spawn with difficult terrain, such as oceans, caves, and floating islands. Early King's quests will not be floating islands, however.
Advancing	(+3%)	Natural portal generation is disabled and portal hostility does not increase over time. Once the player cleared 50% of each portal's goals, a new one with a higher hostility rating will open.
ElementalLock	(+10%)	All party members, except the Main Character, must share the same type to enter portals.
Diminished	(+0%)	All characters' base stats and growth are halved and the Main Character's skill nodes cost twice as much.

Traits/Profession

You can choose your Main Characters profession, traits and genes here.

Professions

Profession	Cost	Description	Unlock requirement
Farmer	3p	Higher egg production Egg stability +20% Egg growth +5%/day Better gene inheritance for breeding (+1 roll) Higher chance to inherit traits. (50% instead of 35%) Start with farm upgrade, 2 fields +5 farm capacity +1 capacity for hatchery upgrades	Unlocked by Default
Scout	0p	Higher chances of rare events/loot. Enemies notice your party less Less bad events. +1 vision to everyone	Unlocked by Default
Doctor	0p	50% chance for characters to not get injured (if permadeath is on, you get a 50% chance for characters to only get injured) Injuries will be removed when returning home Heal all characters for 20% after a won battle Doctor activity during camping	Unlocked by Default
Scientist	0p	Gain money by exploring/discovering new things. Fusion requires much less stamina. +1 option when choosing essences.	Unlocked by Default
Merchant	2p	Better prices for buying/selling Stuff. Better/more items at the shop. More loot from fighting enemies. Carrying capacity of all characters increased by 50%.	Unlocked by Default
Architect	0p	50% lower costs for all buildings/home upgrades etc. Start with home upgrade +1 capacity for hatchery upgrades	Unlocked by Default
Trainer	1p	Double exp gain for every character. Starting characters are lv 3. More money as arena reward.	Unlocked by Default
Madam	3p	+50% global bonus to appeal in the brothel +50% brothel value to each character Know all likes/dislikes of your characters. Start with 2 rooms in the brothel	Unlocked by Default
Quester	0p	Get 2 new quests and character offers in the tavern every day. Better rewards for completing requests. Better rewards for completing portal-milestones.	Unlocked by Default
Prostitute	3p	Own SexSkills start at 3. Easier to train sexSkills of characters. Pairing with you increases partners interests quicker. +1 energy drained from enemies 50% bonus to servicing cum-chance For dates: +5 lust to all sexual actions involving your partner	Unlocked by Default
Entertainer	2p	Much easier to increase relations. Characters are more attracted to you. Bonus to recruit/service characters for all allies For dates: +5 fun to non-sexual actions. Start with 3 casual/lewd skillpoints. Progress for town-character objectives increases twice as fast	Unlocked by Default
Biologist	8p	Gain twice as many skillpoints	Unlocked by Default
Knight	2p	You have 50% more health, +1 str, +1 Lres and +1 speed. Good starting equipment. +50 max stamina	Unlocked by Default
Tamer	5p	Higher chance of taming non humanoid creatures. Creatures stats increase more. (+25% growth) Can fuse any two creatures Starts with a highly durable net. Start with a maxlevel 20 Laquas.	Unlocked by Default
Alchemist	3p	Start with all basic farmpotions unlocked. FarmPotions are 50% cheaper. Higher effect of most farmPotions (by about 50%) Starts with many consumables	Unlocked by Default
Magician	2p	You have 50% more mana, +1 magic, +1 Lres and +1 speed. Good starting equipment. +50 max stamina	Unlocked by Default
Hero	0p	No bonus Essence portals won't open Special reward for beating the game	FirstWin Achievement Beat the game for the first time with any character.
God	10p	Start with 10 skillpoints in everything +100% hp /mana/maxLust +2 str/magic/lDmg Starting characters have maxlevel 20	HeroWin Achievement Beat the game with the hero profession.
Noble	3p	Start with 5.000 money Get 5% interest each day	Reliable Achievement Beat the game without ever ending a day with negative money.
BattleMaster	8p	You have 25% more health, +2 str, +1 Lres and +1 speed. You have 25% more mana, +2 magic Good starting equipment. +50 max Stamina	HundredBattles Achievement Win 100 battles in a row without fleeing or losing.
Elementalist	5p	Can summon any type of spirit (regardless of starting affinity) Summoned spirits start with an additional random trait and +5 total genes Get the starting skills for all affinities Unique evolution (Laquas) (Chosen affinity only affects statbonuses and rivals elements)	Elementalist Achievement Get a level 20 spirit in the first 15 days.
Researcher	10p	Income from submitting species to the library is increased. (50g per species (instead of 20g) Start the game with one character of each base species (In addition to your starters)	Researcher Achievement Send 10 lv 10+ characters to the library within the first 30 days. Not available in Free mode.
Explorer	1p	Unstable portals spawn more frequently They have tripled wealth Exp bonus of them is increased	Explorer Achievement Successfully return from an unstable portal.
ZooKeeper	1p	Start with various exotic creatures (always the same) (Including large flying and land mount) Creatures gain some exp each day	ZooKeeper Achievement Have 15+ unique non-humanoid creatures at home.
SoulReaper	1p	Start with a weapon to collect souls. Various unique items crafted with souls.	Crafter Achievement Craft 100 items. Not available in Free mode.
Ascended	5p	Get a divine favour every other day. (Can be turned into powerful effects.)	Ascended Achievement Beat challenge rank 10.
PortalShaper	0p	Grants the ability to create/manipulate portals. +5 stabilised portal capacity. Start with Portal skill.	Revolution Achievement Alternate ending.
Mechanist	1p	Can build and upgrade robots using various materials. Mechanical units grow stronger (+25%)	Mechanical Achievement Find a Robot's home.

Traits WIP

Starters

You can choose your starters species, genes and traits.

Initially you can only pick from Base Species.
After you unlock a Hybrid Species in the gallery you can also pick them.

You will receive starting Essence based on what primary species you've picked for your starters. If you choose hybrid species make sure that you've chosen the right primary species, as Centaur/Mermaid and Mermaid/Centaur starters will have different essence.

Additionally you can see your starters species description, base stats and possible, as well as guaranteed skills.

Challenge Rank

Challenge Ranks provide additional difficulty increases that do not affect other unlockable settings. Instead of allowing more flexible options, Challenge Ranks simply make the game harder. However, there exists a rare Achievement at clearing a Challenge Rank 10 game with a powerful reward.

Each CR up to 10 has a unique global modifier that complicate a playthrough in its own ways. Beginning with CR11, more general, numerical bonuses begin to apply to enemies. There appears no limit to how many Challenge Ranks can pile up.

With a brand new game, the Challenge Rank is limited to 0. Each time the player clears a game in the highest Challenge Rank, the next rank is unlocked for future playthroughs.

Rank Details

• 1: Enemies have +25% strength/magic/LDmg. The player cannot flee on the first turn.
• 2: Portals spawn less frequently and cost +400% more gold to enter.
• 3: Unstable portals' hostility increases by 2.
• 4: Brothel work earns half as much. Enemies' LRes inccreases by 2.
• 5: King's quests remain active for 1 less day. The King is stronger.
• 6: Enemies have +1 speed and armor.
• 7: Shop, tavern, and market purchases cost increases by 100%.
• 8: Enemies have +25% HP and an additional genetic trait.
• 9: Enemies start battles defending.
• 10: King's quests remain active for 1 less day. The King is even stronger.
• After clearing a Challenge Rank 10 game, the player may play even higher CR games with repeating bonuses for enemies.
• 11+: All enemy stats increase by 2% for every additional rank.
• 11, 16, 21...: Hostility of everything increases by 1.
• 12, 17, 22...: Enemy strength and magic increase by 1.
• 13, 18, 23...: Enemy armor increases by 1.
• 14, 19, 24...: Rival power increases by 10.
• 15, 20, 25...: Enemy LDmg and LRes increases by 1. (Note: CR15 does not increase enemy LRes; the effect kicks in with CR20 and above).

New Game+

You can only start NG+ by starting a new run and winning the game. It allows you to carry over 5 characters and equipped items. It will also increase the difficulty.

For more information look here.