Dark Daemon

Dark Daemon is an action game in which you guide a hero through levels in a demon-ruled world. You fight demons and ghosts, progress through the story, and work toward restoring peace to humanity. The game has six chapters with eight levels each; monsters, treasure chests, traps, altar buffs and dropped equipment vary between levels.

Levels and difficulty

There are four difficulty levels: Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Purgatory. You must reach a certain level to advance to the next difficulty. Reloading a map changes the battles and the random events you encounter, including monsters, traps, altars and equipment drops. Bonus properties on your equipment can also affect these events, as well as gold drops.

The main tasks advance the plot and grant material rewards when completed. Side tasks offer additional rewards, and the game includes more than 100 achievements that also grant materials.

Heroes and equipment

Characters have 13 primary attributes, 19 secondary attributes and dozens of skills to learn. They can equip nine types of gear: helmets, clothes, gloves, leg warmers, necklaces, rings, weapons, shields and wings. Equipment has a level, and your character must be at a higher level to wear it; jewelry with a level-reducing property can bypass this requirement.

Equipment comes in five qualities: white, blue, gold, dark gold and legendary. White gear is common and low-quality, but a novice hammer can convert it to dark gold quality. Blue gear has more magical properties than white gear and can provide attributes that higher-quality equipment lacks. Gold gear offers greater combat power, while dark gold gear has more combat attributes than gold and can often be used without further forging. Legendary gear carries higher combat attributes. Jewelry also has different qualities and can be polished through washing, extraction or synthesis to improve its combat performance.

A character can use either a two-handed weapon or a one-handed weapon. With a one-handed weapon, the character can equip a second weapon or a shield in the other hand.

Forge and crafting

At the forge, you can tailor equipment to different demons and improve it in several ways. The blacksmith can strengthen gear, synthesize it into other equipment, or add jewelry with different attributes. Engraving greatly raises one property while lowering others. The game includes nearly 40 synthesis recipes and related crafting options, including inscriptions, equipment building and jewelry.

Random events and progression

Monsters, equipment drops, traps and altars appear randomly throughout the levels. Equipment bonuses can influence the random events you encounter. The game also includes a black market, exchanges, and hero strategies for forming teams.