Campaign Difficulty Modes: Campaign 2

Explore the four difficulty settings in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's Campaign mode: Easy, Normal, Veteran, and Angel of Death. Understand how enemy aggression, armor, and revive mechanics change.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 features four distinct difficulty settings for its Campaign mode: Easy, Normal, Veteran, and Angel of Death. Unlike other games, difficulty in Space Marine 2's campaign doesn't solely rely on enemy health and damage. Instead, it adjusts various mechanics to alter the player experience. Key changes include enemy aggression, the amount of Armor recovered from executions, Health restored by Medicae Stimms, and the number of incapacitations allowed before sustaining a Mortal Wound.

Here's a breakdown of each difficulty:

Easy

Ideal for players who want to experience the campaign with minimal challenge or are focusing on collectibles like Dataslates. Easy mode offers more Armor bars, increased Armor recovery from executions, generous Medicae Stimms and Ammo Boxes, and prevents Mortal Wounds entirely, allowing infinite incapacitations without penalty. Enemies are also significantly less aggressive.

• FOUR Armour bars.
• MORE Armour from executions.
• NORMAL Health from Medicae Stimms.
• NORMAL Ammo from Ammo Boxes.
• NEVER sustain a Mortal Wound when incapacitated.
• Enemies are MUCH LESS aggressive.

Normal

Considered a step up from Easy, Normal difficulty is still relatively forgiving. Players have three Armour bars, and while executions still grant more Armor, the primary difference from Easy is the introduction of Mortal Wounds. Two incapacitations will result in a Mortal Wound, making progress loss more possible if companions cannot revive you in time. Enemies are less aggressive.

• THREE Armour bars.
• MORE Armour from executions.
• NORMAL Health from Medicae Stimms.
• NORMAL Ammo from Ammo Boxes.
• Sustain a Mortal Wound after being incapacitated TWICE.
• Enemies are LESS aggressive.

Veteran

This is the game's intended difficulty setting. Veteran mode reduces Armour bars to two and slightly decreases the effectiveness of Ammo Boxes and Medicae Stimms, providing around 1.5 Health segments from Stimms and 20% less ammo. Enemies are more aggressive. Similar to Normal, two incapacitations lead to a Mortal Wound.

• TWO Armour bars.
• LESS Armour from executions.
• LESS Health from Medicae Stimms.
• LESS Ammo from Ammo Boxes.
• Sustain a Mortal Wound after being incapacitated TWICE.
• Enemies are MORE aggressive.

Angel of Death

The highest difficulty, Angel of Death, is a challenging but not insurmountable step up from Veteran. It shares the same number of Armour bars (two) and similar pickup potency. The main increases are significantly more aggressive enemies and a harsher incapacitation system: a single incapacitation results in a Mortal Wound, and a second incapacitation with a Mortal Wound sends you back to the last checkpoint. Guardian Relics become crucial on this difficulty.

• TWO Armour bars.
• LESS Armour from executions.
• LESS Health from Medicae Stimms.
• LESS Ammo from Ammo Boxes.
• Sustain a Mortal Wound after being incapacitated ONCE.
• Enemies are MUCH MORE aggressive.