What are world tiers in Outriders? If you’re wondering how difficulty works in Outriders, or you’re progressing through the story and have unlocked a few tiers, then here’s exactly how each tier varies in difficulty, along with how to unlock more tiers.
There are a total of 15 world tiers in Outriders, each getting progressively harder in enemy difficulty. Higher tiers provide greater rewards, including increased dropped item level, loot rarity modifier, and legendary drop rate modifier bonus, as well as permanently unlocking an increased wearable item level.
To unlock a new tier, you need to play on the highest world tier level available to you; killing enemies fills a world tier progress bar which unlocks further tiers. You can change your world tier whenever you like, but will lose a portion of your world tier progression bar whenever you die – yeesh. The plus side is that unlocking a new world tier also provides a reward, usually a higher tiered weapon or resource pack. Here are all the world tiers in Outriders and the changes you can expect in each tier.
Outriders world tiers list
Story
- Enemy level: -2
- Dropped item level: -2
- Loot rarity modifier: 80%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +0%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +0
- Reward for unlocking: Resource Pack
Easy
- Enemy level: -1
- Dropped item level: -1
- Loot rarity modifier: 90%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: + 0%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +0
- Reward for unlocking: Resource Pack
Normal
- Enemy level: Unchanged
- Dropped item level: 0
- Loot rarity modifier: 100%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +0%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +0
- Reward for unlocking:
Hard
- Enemy level: +1
- Dropped item level: +1
- Loot rarity modifier: 120%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +10%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +1
- Reward for unlocking:
Expert
- Enemy level: +2
- Dropped item level: +2
- Loot rarity modifier: 140%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +25%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +2
- Reward for unlocking:
Master
- Enemy level: +3
- Dropped item level: +3
- Loot rarity modifier: 160%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +50%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +3
- Reward for unlocking: Rare weapon
Legend
- Enemy level: +4
- Dropped item level: +4
- Loot rarity modifier: 180%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +75%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +4
- Reward for unlocking: Epic weapon
Immortal
- Enemy level: +5
- Dropped item level: +5
- Loot rarity modifier: 200%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +100%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +5
- Reward for unlocking: Epic weapon
Frantic
- Enemy level: +6
- Dropped item level: +6
- Loot rarity modifier: 225%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +125%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +6
- Reward for unlocking: Resource Pack
Impossible
- Enemy level: +7
- Dropped item level: +7
- Loot rarity modifier: 250%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +150%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +7
- Reward for unlocking: Epic weapon and Resource Pack
Inferno
- Enemy level: +8
- Dropped item level: +8
- Loot rarity modifier: 300%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +175%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +8
- Reward for unlocking: Epic weapon and Resource Pack
Torment
- Enemy level: +9
- Dropped item level: +9
- Loot rarity modifier: 350%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +200%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +9
- Reward for unlocking: Legendary weapon and Resource Pack
Nightmare
- Enemy level: +10
- Dropped item level: +10
- Loot rarity modifier: 400%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +225%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +10
- Reward for unlocking: Legendary weapon and Resource Pack
Insanity
- Enemy level: +11
- Dropped item level: +11
- Loot rarity modifier: 450%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +250%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +11
- Reward for unlocking: Legendary weapon and Resource Pack
Madness
- Enemy level: +12
- Dropped item level: +12
- Loot rarity modifier: 500%
- Legendary drop rate modifier bonus: +300%
- Permanent unlock: Wearable item level cap +12
- Reward for unlocking: Legendary weapon and Resource Pack
That’s all you need to know about world tiers in Outriders. If you’re jumping into the co-op game with pals, then check out all the Outriders classes and the best Trickster, Devastator, Technomancer, and Pyromancer builds to compliment your setup.