One of the coolest features of Outriders is the 15 World Tiers. With them, you can influence the difficulty of the loot shooter, among other things. MeinMMO explains how they work.
What are World Tiers? These are the dynamic difficulty levels of Outriders. They influence the game’s difficulty, your chances for rare loot, and also provide rewards for unlocking each tier.
They can be changed at any time during the game, even in the middle of a mission. In total, there are 15 World Tiers, which become particularly important for you in the endgame after the story. The following factors are influenced by them:
- Enemy level (lower or higher than the player’s level)
- Loot level (lower or higher than the player’s level)
- Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment
- Modifier for the drop chance of legendary drops
- Permanent unlocks (for example, increased caps for equipment that are at a higher level than the player)
- Rewards for unlocking such as equipment or accolades (emotes, banners, etc.)
World Tiers can be unlocked if you are good enough
How to unlock World Tiers: You start at level 1 and always have a display at the top of the screen that shows your progress.
For each successful mission and each kill, the display fills up. If the display is full, the next World Tier is unlocked. If the difficulty is too high and you die frequently, you will lose progress and the bar will gradually empty.
Can you drop back down? This does not mean that you can lose World Tiers again. Once they are unlocked, they remain so. It just means that you cannot advance because, for example, your equipment is not strong enough yet.
So the game tells you: “Collect more equipment and work on your builds, then it will work with the next World Tier.” It is an automatic adjustment to your progress.
Especially in the endgame, the higher World Tiers become particularly important when it comes to endgame content.
The 15 World Tiers and their advantages
That’s why World Tiers are so important: According to the developers People Can Fly, the campaign of Outriders will engage you for about 30-40 hours and take you to level 30. After that, it goes into the endgame. More about playtime can be found here: What is the max level in Outriders and how long does it take?
There, equipment can be collected up to equipment level 52 and the particularly difficult expeditions become available. There are a total of 15 expeditions. These are missions designed to keep you busy in the endgame.
However, they can only be played completely if you unlock the 15 World Tiers as well.
| World Tier | Difficulty Level | Information |
| 1 | Story | – Enemy Level: -2 – Loot Level: -2 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 80 % |
| 2 | Easy | – Enemy Level: -1 – Loot Level: -1 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 90 % |
| 3 | Normal | – Enemy Level: – – Loot Level: – – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 100 % – Rewards: Accolade, resource pack (scrap) |
| 4 | Hard | – Enemy Level: +1 – Loot Level: +1 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 120 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +1 – Rewards: Accolade, unusual weapon |
| 5 | Expert | – Enemy Level: +2 – Loot Level: +2 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 140 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +25 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +2 – Rewards: Accolade, rare weapon |
| 6 | Master | – Enemy Level: +3 – Loot Level: +3 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 160 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +50 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +3 – Rewards: Accolade, rare weapon |
| 7 | Legend | – Enemy Level: +4 – Loot Level: +4 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 180 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +75 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +4 – Rewards: Accolade, resource pack (iron) |
| 8 | Immortal | – Enemy Level: +5 – Loot Level: +5 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 200 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +100 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +5 – Rewards: Accolade, rare weapon |
| 9 | Frantic | – Enemy Level: +6 – Loot Level: +6 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 225 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +125 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +6 – Rewards: Accolade, resource pack (iron) |
| 10 | Impossible | – Enemy Level: +7 – Loot Level: +7 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 250 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +150 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +7 – Rewards: Accolade, epic weapon |
| 11 | Inferno | – Enemy Level: +8 – Loot Level: +8 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 300 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +175 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +8 – Rewards: Accolade, resource pack (titan) |
| 12 | Torment | – Enemy Level: +9 – Loot Level: +9 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 350 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +200 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +9 – Rewards: Accolade, epic weapon |
| 13 | Nightmare | – Enemy Level: +10 – Loot Level: +10 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 400 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +225 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +10 – Rewards: Accolade, resource pack (titan) |
| 14 | Insanity | – Enemy Level: +11 – Loot Level: +11 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 450 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +250 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +11 – Rewards: Accolade, epic weapon |
| 15 | Madness | – Enemy Level: +12 – Loot Level: +12 – Modifier for the drop chance of rare equipment: 500 % – Bonus for the drop chance of legendary drops: +300 % – Permanent unlocks: Equipment cap increases to +12 – Rewards: Accolade, a legendary weapon, resource pack (titan) |
Higher chances, but legendary loot remains rare
That’s why you don’t drop legendary loot: The chance for legendary weapons remains low, even at high difficulty. Because the increased chance does not mean that you now have, for example, a 25% chance for legendary drops at World Tier 5.
The +25% comes from the base chance for a drop. If the drop rate for a legendary weapon were at 1%, the chance at World Tier 5 would be 1.25%, and at World Tier 15 it would be 3%.
What is the chance? This is not exactly known. The calculation mentioned above is only for orientation, in which low range the chance for a legendary item could move.
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