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There are multiple different ways to play Melvor Idle. In addition to the official game modes that can be selected when creating a character, there are also community-created game modes that add additional self-imposed restrictions to what a given character is allowed to do.
Official Game Modes
Standard
This is the default Melvor Idle game mode. As the default way of playing the game, it doesn't have any unique modifiers.
Hardcore
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Hardcore mode is a more challenging version of the game. It includes the following challenges:
- Hardcore characters are deleted upon death
- Passive
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Hitpoints regeneration is disabled.
- Bank slots cannot be purchased from the Shop after the player reaches 108 bank slots, although more bank slots can still be acquired through the use of
Bank Slot Tokens.
- The Combat Triangle penalties for using a combat style the enemy is resistant to are increased.
Adventure
Adventure mode is a version of the game in which players start with only a few skills and must work to unlock others. It includes the following changes:
- Skills are locked and must be purchased using
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GP to access
- Start with only
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Attack, Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Strength, Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Defence, and Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Hitpoints unlocked along with 10 
Shrimp and a 
Bronze Dagger.
- Non-Combat skill levels cannot go above your Combat Level.
- The Combat Triangle penalties for using a combat style the enemy is resistant to are increased (identical to the changes in Hardcore mode)
- Hitpoints, Damage, and Food Healing values are 10x larger than standard.
Chaos
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Chaos mode was a game mode released as part of the 2021 April Fools Event. It was a time limited event: new characters could only be made in Chaos Mode until April 11th, 2021, and the game mode was discontinued as part of the Alpha v0.21 update. It included the following features:
- Item Corruption
- 25% interval reduction on attack speeds & skill intervals (multiplicative)
- All enemies have at least 1 random passive
- All equipped items are lost on death
- BIG NUMBERS
- Golbin Raid is not available
- The Combat Triangle penalties for using a combat style the enemy is resistant to are increased. (Identical to the changes in Hardcore mode)
- Do not fight a
Chicken
The following game modes aren't enforced in-game but instead have a list of rules that players who wish to play them choose to follow voluntarily. Different players may play the same game mode slightly differently or may choose to combine multiple to create an even more difficult challenge.
Some people also combine these game modes, for increased difficulty.
Game Modes
These modes are mostly collections of restrictions, or unique ways to play the game which are widespread enough to be talked about to some degree or another in an agreed-upon way.
Hardcore Combat Only (HCCO)
Hardcore Combat Only (often abbreviated to HCCO) is a game mode in which the player creates a
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Hardcore character which completely avoids non-combat skills. All gear and food can only be obtained through combat, so success in this game mode requires careful planning in order to grow stronger without dying, especially due to the lack of passive HP regeneration.
PainCO
This is pain: A harder start to HCCO, with additional limitations such as some restricted monsters, being unable to use the shop, and no upgrading of items.
Masochism
This mode is not meant to be easy, nor is it meant to be quick. It is meant so be slow, tedious, and to punish mistakes. Played in Adventure it is designed to make players think about preparation, planning, and thinking ahead. In addition there are strong bank management aspects involved that can very easily punish mistakes.
Restrictions
12 Bank Slots (12B)
12 Bank Slots (often abbreviated as 12B) is a game mode in which players restrict themselves to the starting 12 bank slots and do not purchase more or use Bank Slot Tokens. Although often combined with Hardcore Combat Only, this game mode can also be played as a regular character.
This game mode can be compared to the UIM challenge on RuneScape.
Bank Completion
Bank Completion (also called Living Bank) is a challenge some people aim for once they start getting into late-game. It's an extension of Item Completion (getting 100% of items in Completion Log), where you have at least one of each item in the bank, effectively requiring you to have 1,125 Bank Slots.
Usually items that do not count for Completion are excluded from this challenge (just as they are in the completion log) since they include event specific time limited items, like the 1st anniversary cake, and would make it impossible to acquire for accounts that missed this to complete the challenge.
Some people might want to push this even further, and have 4 of every item, allowing themselves to fill all Equipment sets, and still have one of each item in their bank. This is often called Ultimate Living Bank.
While it is possible in Normal game mode to get enough slots, it is very hard to do so combined with
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Hardcore, due to the 108 bank slot cap from shop. One would need to farm and use at least 1,017 Bank Slot Tokens, preferably after hitting the 108-cap.
Combat Drops Only
While often considered as a "more relaxed" version of Combat Only, some people play Combat Drops Only/No Gathering (abbreviated CDO, or NG), where they are only allowed to craft items from resources collected from enemies.
The only skills they are allowed to use are
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Firemaking,
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Cooking,
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Smithing,
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Farming,
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Fletching,
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Crafting,
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Runecrafting,
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Herblore,
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Alt. Magic, and those related to combat.
As a note, there is currently no way to level
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Firemaking, as there is no enemy who drops 
Normal Logs.
No-Coward
Disallows fleeing from combat. There's no room for both the enemy and yourself to remain alive! Requires a bit of planning ahead.
Shopless
Shopless (SL) is as simple it sounds, this game mode doesn't allow the usage of the shop. This limits the user to the initial bank slots until slaying God Dungeons, no skill upgrades, and no Auto Eat. Usually, the player may use
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Gold Pieces collected to upgrade gear, but there's no purpose to accumulating
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Slayer Coins.
Vegan Mode
Vegan players don't like to kill animals nor human beings, but allow themselves to kill monsters (because they're evil, apparently), and plants. Nevertheless, they will still pickpocket the humans, in order to distribute the wealth of the rich.
Skiller
Also called No Combat (NC): Most normal accounts start out as skiller accounts, and some players decide to stick with it. Players in this game mode never touch combat, and just live a peaceful life gathering resources through hard labour.
