Welcome to Ultimate Difficulty - Hard a mod that will make playing DQXI much tougher overall.
This mod strengthens the monsters by 2-5 times (Depending which main version you download) their base HP, MP and everything else to make your playthrough of this game altogether much much more formidable, it also modifies the amount of exp needed to level up (Version Dependant), I would not recommend putting tougher monsters on (or any draconian restriction that is made to make the game tougher) for this one as that will increase their difficulty even more.
Because I'm nice though I have added 10 points to every base attribute the Hero and (only the Hero has) I've also moved the level requirement for the standard healing spell to 2 (for X3, X4 and X5 only) because trust me you will need it.
I'll give you a tip, abuse the autosave system in the Cobblestone Tor to level up aka kill everything, walk out and come back in to do it all again.
Also, I forgot to mention all Metallic Slimes (Liquid and King included) will appear more often. (X2, X3, X4, X5 only).
All Versions (None Extreme): I've modified both the monster drops so rare and common will drop 50% of the time, I've also multiplied the amount of gold monsters drop by 2 to help with buying items from stores as you will likely rely on those (Especially with X5). Also my wolf wear mod is included with this one too hence the iron broadsword which can be used as a starter weapon.
X2 Patch 2.0 - Made it compatible withhttps://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/157 and also patched it since a user reported an issue that the slimes were 1 hitting them which shouldn'tbe possible in this version.
X2 - The easiest one out of all these, this one doubles the monster's stats enabling draconian stronger monsters will equal an even tougher experience.
X2 Extreme -This version basically takes away the stuff that may have made the original X2 easier and instead makes this difficulty even tougher Monster drops of both gold and exp are halved as well as their common and rare drops which are also halved. I've also thrown in another mod of mine so now your Strength and Resilience are affected by only the gear you are wearing as you get no bonuses to them from levellingup, metal monsters will appearat their normal rate (for now Iwill half it soon). If you have used any of my other versions of Ultimate Difficulty and want this version then unfortunatelyyou will need to start a new game due to how the game handles the tables my mod modifies. (This mod is now the one id recommend you try if you are new to Ultimate Difficulty Draconian can also be enabled for a truly Extreme playthrough - remember claim special rewards is usable as that mod is thrown in here too).
X3 - The next one up, this one triples the monster's stats, I wouldn't recommend enabling draconian stronger monsters but if you want an even tougher challenge go ahead.
X4 - The real deal, this one quadruples the monster's stats, it's the one id recommend you download if you want the toughest experience without it being too tough, don't enable stronger monsters unless you have beaten this b4 and want to beat that b4 you move to the next one.
X5 - The Dark Souls of difficulties this one literally makes every fight like a boss right from the start as it quintuples the monster's stats, this one will require a lot of grinding, RNG and a lot of restarts and reloads, you will die at least once in this. The hardest difficulty available in this mod.....at the moment anyway don't enable any draconian option at all you will be slaughtered not like it makes much of a difference anyway as I said this is the toughest difficulty here.
If anyone beats X5 with tougher monsters on and has proof with a video I will release X6-X10.
Optional Version's NotesX5-X2 - The mod that you may want if you like longer battles while still having the game be tough then give this a try, it multiplies the monsters HP and MP by 5 while doubling the other stats.
X15-X2 - The mod that you may want if you like massively long battles while still having the game be tough then give this a try, it multiplies the monsters HP and MP by 15 while doubling the other stats.
Mod Incompatibilitieshttps://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/151
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/154 - Included with this mod.
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/157 - Included in X2 Extreme (Not usable in other versions except X2 due to datatable conflicts)
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/150
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/130
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/119
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/103 - Not tested but my mod plays with the same data table so likely isn't compatible.
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonquestxisdefinitiveedition/mods/240 - Used tables directly from this mod so definitely not compatible.
Copy the .pak fileinto<steamapps>\common\DRAGON QUEST XI S\Game\Content\Paks
*If playing Epic version or Microsoft Store version then just disregard the steamapps\common bit
