Difficulty

The difficulty is a game setting in Humankind that gives more challenges against the AI opponents, by giving them or the player extra bonuses. In order from lowest to highest, the difficulties are as follows:

Name	Player bonus	AI bonus	The AI opponents will	Description
Hamlet	+2Combat Strength on all Units +50Stability on all Cities	-10Fortification on City or Outpost Unknown	Try to avoid any conflict as much as possible. Develop at a pace similar to yours.	The equivalent difficulty to overseeing a tiny, run-of-the-mill settlement. In other words, very easy.
Town	+1Combat Strength on all Units +25Stability on all Cities	-5Fortification on City or Outpost Unknown	Make some effort towards avoiding wars. Develop at a pace similar to yours.	Many local mayors would bristle at the suggestion, but this is easy as child's play.
Metropolis (default)	None	Start with a Outpost or start with Influence	Have no particular limits or bonuses.	As challenging as running a big city; a normal difficulty for growing political leaders.
Nation	None	Start with a Outpost or start with Influence	Maximize their potential Fame gains before changing Eras. Receive small bonuses to their base yields when falling behind.	Comparable to governing a lively nation; a hard job even for up-and-coming autocrats.
Empire	None	+5Fortification on City or Outpost +1Combat Strength on all Units Unknown	Maximize their potential Fame gains before changing Eras. Receive substantial bonuses to their base yields when falling behind.	As Ghengis Khan would attest, running an empire is seriously difficult.
Civilization	None	+10Fortification on City or Outpost +1Combat Strength on all Units Unknown	Maximize their potential Fame gains before changing Eras. Receive large bonuses to their base yields when falling behind.	A nearly impossible challenge for leaders who want to truly test their governing mettle.
Humankind	None	+10Fortification on City or Outpost +2Combat Strength on all Units Unknown	Maximize their potential Fame gains before changing Eras. Receive huge bonuses to their base yields when falling behind.	As hard as leading the entire human race to the stars. The ultimate, if not endless, challenge!

Related Achievements

	Unplugged Win a game with the AI difficulty set to Metropolis.
	Disconnected Win a game with the AI difficulty set to Nation.
	Terminated Win a game with the AI difficulty set to Humankind.