Summon Night: Swordcraft Story: Summon Night: Swordcraft Story Extreme Mode

Requires IPS patching

If you are familiar with https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5573/, this is more of the same.

Most enemies have triple HP and damage with some exceptions for tougher bosses.
Human enemies have 255 DUR on their weapons which means that breaking them is unlikely. That is why some enemies now drop the techniques of those human enemies. Check the readme file the list of enemies that drop them.

The grind for some materials has been lessened. Enemies that drop Mystic Ore now always drop 2.
Some postgame enemies have their drop rates increased, making getting powerful materials easier.

There are a few changes to weapons as well. Ladle enjoyers rejoice, ladles are better than ever now.
Also, Prominence Sword is one of the final weapons obtainable in the game. By the time you obtain it, there is not much left to do in the game, which is why it has been reworked and massively improved to become the best weapon in the game. It now functions more as a final reward for fully completing the game.

Check the changelog to see more specific changes.

NOTE: It is highly recommended to patch over a USA version of the ROM as it is the one that the hack was originally made on. Other versions might produce issues.

ENEMY STAT CHANGES

All enemies have 3x damage and HP. Below are exceptions to that rule:
-Kirin - 6x damage, 3x HP
-All Parista battles - 6x damage, 3x HP
-Final Parista - increased def from 270 -> 320
-Evil Metal - 6x damage, 3x HP
-Omen Fish - 6x damage, 3x HP
-Inferno Kirin - 12x damage, increased def from 550 -> 700, no HP increase (was already maximum possible)



ENEMY DROPS

Some enemies now drop techniques for weapons that would be near impossible to obtain, due to human enemies having 255 DUR:
-Gunnerhead - drops Chaves's Sword 5%
-Cuckoo - drops Varil's Spear 5%
-Yasha Spider - drops Kenon's Axe 100%
-Spirit - drops Razzy's Knuckles 5%
-Red Gremlin - drops Ariel's Drill 5%
-Kirin - drops Ureksa Spear 100%
-Missilehead - drops Ureksa Spear EX 5%
-Parista (port battle) - drops Lubert's Drill 100%
-Parista 3 (final boss) - drops Sanary's Blade 100%
-Parista 4 (final boss) - drops Neo Ureksa Spear 100%
-Giant monk - drops Hammer Head 5%

All enemies that drop Mystic ore now drop 2.
Devil Head - Overpriced Pot drop rate increased from 5% -> 50%
Dark Demon - Beast Fossils drop rate increased from 5% -> 95%



WEAPON CHANGES

Ladle - 255 DUR, 50 AGI, 255 TEC
Hot Iron Ladle - 255 DUR, 50 AGI
All final weapons (made with and without mystic ore) have 255 TEC, a minimum of 5 AGI and a minimum of 180 DUR
Prominence Sword - 255 of all materials to craft (inlcuding mystic ore), renamed, different sprite, hyper buffed, faster swing, no element






Database match: Summon Night - Swordcraft Story (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 3FA7E703D48E070D9C762C2404E91A566A50166E
File/ROM CRC32: 3EA860C2