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| “ | The ultimate challenge where any hit results in a Game Over. | „ |
—In-game description | ||
Dread Mode is the hardest difficulty mode in Metroid Dread. It was added in a free update released on February 9, 2022, along with the easier Rookie Mode. On Dread Mode, Samus Aran will die in a single hit. However, effects that deal damage over time such as lava, extreme heat, extreme cold, Phantom Cloak after depleting Aeion, and the inside of Kraid's stomach (if sequence breaking is performed) simply do damage as normal. It is unlocked by completing Hard Mode and then starting a new game on the same save file.
Completion of Dread Mode unlocks the Dread Rush mode that was added in an update on April 7, 2022, where Samus faces off against twelve of the game's bosses sequentially with Dread Mode's instant death effect.
Official data[]
Metroid Dread website[]
- New Difficulty Level - "Dread Mode"
- "Just one hit will spell the end of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in this intense test of your action/exploration bona fides. Do you have what it takes to escape unscathed? You’ll need to complete Hard Mode first before stepping up to this challenge."[1]
References[]
- ^ Metroid Dread Update: Free updates add a bounty of new excitement. Nintendo of America (February 9, 2022). Retrieved on February 20, 2022.
| Metroid Game Modes | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty modes | Easy/Rookie/Casual/Normal Mode • Veteran Mode • Hard Mode • Hypermode • Time Attack Mode Fusion Mode • Dread Mode |
| Multiplayer Modes | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Multiplayer • Multiplayer Mode Deathmatch Mode • Bounty Mode • Bounty • Capture • Defender • Nodes Prime Hunter • Survival • Blast Ball • Rival Radar • Wireless Mission • Challenge Practice • Local Play • Versus • Tourney |
| Story Modes | Multi Mission • Single Mission • Adventure Mode (Melee) • Adventure Mode (Metroid Prime Hunters) • Campaign Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary • Assault Mission • World of Light |
| Miscellaneous | Adult and Child Modes • Attract mode • Boss Rush • Combat Sim • Dual Mode Morph Ball • Movies • Progressive Scan Mode • Regulator • Shooting Range Sleep Mode • Stylus Mode • Survivor • Theater Mode Classic Mode • Event Match |