LORTers,

It's time for a little preview of what is coming in next week's update. After releasing The Stabbening last month, the team has been working quickly to bring to you Difficulties. We knew when we released LORT that the one sized fits all approach to difficulty was not a long term solution. Since launch, we heard a lot of player feedback regarding difficulty so we made it a priority to release a first version as quickly as we could. Here is what you will see when you start a run in LORT once the update is out on March 16:

Easy

Unlocked by default, Easy is a more relaxed LORT experience. Easy is meant to be more welcoming to new players while also being a chiller LORT experience for you to learn different biomes, enemies, and build combos without being too stressed. Some details on Easy:

• Weaker and fewer enemies

• More gold and item drops

• More Attribute availability

• Increased health regeneration

• More shops

• Less Rune Juice rewards

Normal

Unlocked by default, Normal is the standard LORT experience. Normal is the LORT you know and love, with slightly lower Attribute availability than the current live version. Other than that, nothing much has changed so if you love Normal, we think you'll still love the new Normal. Normies rise up!

Hard

For those wanting to sweat a bit more and earn some extra Rune Juice, Hard is for you. Hard is locked by default and you will have to beat the game on Normal to unlock it (those of you who have already beaten LORT prior to this update will have Hard unlocked already). This is our first stab at a harder difficulty and there is a good chance that it is hard enough for some but not hard enough for others. We are in Early Access and will continue to iterate on LORT, including all difficulties. Some details on Hard:

• Stronger and more enemies

• Less gold and item drops

• Fewer Attribute availability

• Decreased health regeneration

• Fewer shops

• Way more Rune Juice rewards

The timing of this update coming out next week is pretty important for LORT. The Steam Spring sale starts on March 19 and we want to give all the new players who will be discovering LORT for the first time as enjoyable of an experience as we can. And, we know that those of you who have been playing for the last 2 months have been craving more of a challenge. So we are hoping this update can deliver on both while also introducing critical bug fixes and more. The next Adventurer will not be in this update - but they have made their mark on the Hilly Billy Countryside for you to discover.

Thanks for your continued support of LORT and the team at Big Distraction. We are super excited to keep serving yall more LORT in 2026 and beyond.

They LORT like us - Kendrick Lamar