Hard Mode

Hard Mode
Boosts enemy strength, but gives you more EXP and rewards.
Effect	Enable Hard Mode, changing enemy behavior and stats. Artis will give medals as rewards for defeating bosses while equipped. EXP gained is increased by 15%.
MP Cost	0
Location(s)	Explorers' Association

Hard Mode is a Medal in Bug Fables. It raises the difficulty of the game in exchange for additional EXP from battles and special medals from Artis for defeating bosses with it equipped.

It can be obtained by talking to Artis at the Explorers' Association after Maki's tutorial.

Defeating bosses in Hard Mode will have Artis reward you with a Special Medal, depending on what boss you defeat. However, this doesn't count for the refights, so if you miss it, you'll have to buy the medal from the Caravan.

According to the developers, Hard Mode was originally designed as the default difficulty.

List of Changes in Hard Mode

• Most enemies have more HP, sometimes less.
• Most enemies have more ATK.
• Some enemies have more DEF.
• Multi hit enemy attack hit more times.
• Enemies' special abilities that don't use up their turn activate more often.
• Some enemies get new attacks.
• An enemy's resistance to a status increases by more every time it is inflicted.
• Getting first hit by an enemy will cause each enemy to get a free attack instead of just the front one.
• EXP from battles is increased by 1.15 times.
• Item drops from battles are more often.
• Kabbu's basic attack will only flip enemies upon a successful attack.

Medals Obtained From Artis

Medal	After Defeating	Description
Quick Flea	Spider	A favorite for those who know when to retreat. Makes fleeing a bit easier.
Break	Zasp and Mothiva (Chapter 2)	Grants Leif the "Break" skill, which reduces an enemy's defense for 2 turns.
Spiky Bod	Venus' Guardian	When blocking, Kabbu will damage enemies that touch him with his horn.
Life Stealer	Monsieur Scarlet	Reduces an ally's attack by 1, but their attacks will steal life from enemies.
Deep Taunt	Ahoneynation	Kabbu's taunt will now reduce enemies' defense by 1, but will boost their attack by 1.
Empower	Heavy Drone B-33	Grant's Leif the "Empower" skill, which boosts an ally's attack for 2 turns.
Miracle Matter	Broodmother and Wasp King	If the equipped ally falls in battle, they will revive in 2 turns.
TP Core	Mother Chomper	The party recovers 2 TP every 2 turns.
Heavy Throw	Kali	Grants Vi the "Heavy Throw" skill, which can deal high damage to an enemy.
Triumph Buzz	Astotheles	After a successful battle, the party recovers 2 HP.
Hard Charge	Dune Scorpion	Allows the equipped bug to use the "Hard Charge" skill, which grants maximum charge in exchange for HP.
Enfeeble	The Watcher	Grants Leif the "Enfeeble" skill, which reduces an enemy's attack for 2 turns.
Reverse Toxin	The Beast	Being poisoned heals the equipped ally instead. However, it reduces defense by 1 while poisoned.
Berry Finder	Riz	Increases berries found after defeating enemies.
TP Plus	Zasp and Mothiva (Chapter 6)	Increases the party's TP by 3.
Resist All	Primal Weevil	Decreases an ally's chances of receiving bad status effects by 50%.
HP Plus	Cenn and Pisci	Increases an ally's HP by 2.
Block Heal	Zommoth	If the equipped ally performs a Super Block, they heal 1 HP
Antlion Jaws	ULTIMAX Tank	Boosts an ally's basic attack, making them ignore 1 point of enemy defense.
Random Start	Carmina	The equipped ally starts the battle with a random status buff/condition.