Deep within Minecraft's code, where people seldom venture, lies a relatively-unknown system called 'regional difficulty'. Thanks to its existence, the difficulty in different areas is able to steadily progress - up to a point, of course - in various ways depending on things such as the world's selected difficulty, how much time players have cumulatively spent in the area, and even the phase of the moon. Near the start of a new world, one would likely not remember encountering zombies and skeletons wearing enchanted armor, or creepers and spiders that have spawned in already affected by potions effects, yet players that spent ages perfecting large-scale builds would have certainly noticed such occurrences popping up more and more over time.

Those examples are notable symptoms of regional difficulty… and Restless Legions inverts it.

With Restless Legions installed, the regional difficulty of all chunks in the world is no longer 0 by default. Neither does the regional difficulty of specific chunks increase with player presence there - just the opposite. Restless Legions makes it so the world is a hostile place from the very start, with the aforementioned symptoms becoming encounterable immediately, and areas can only be made safer if players have spent a substantial amount of time in the vicinity.

This incredibly simple yet surprisingly settlement-esque spin on vanilla's long-term progression is sure to intrigue both adventurers and difficulty enjoyers alike.