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Heavy Hands
"One swing, one problem solved."
How do I install Heavy Hands?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Heavy Hands for Nightmare of Decay in one click.
</>What does Heavy Hands do?
Everything in this manor takes a few too many hits. You commit to a swing, it connects, and the thing in front of you barely reacts - which is the point, until you have done it for the fortieth time. Heavy Hands turns your output up. The slider runs from normal all the way to ten times, and whatever is in your hands hits proportionally harder - knife, crowbar, shotgun, all of it. At 2 or 3 it just takes the grind off. Up at 10, most things stop being a fight at all. It sits at 1 by default so nothing changes until you move it, and sliding it back hands your damage straight back to the game.
</>What is Heavy Hands?
Heavy Hands puts your damage output in Nightmare of Decay on a slider that runs from the game's normal damage up to ten times it. Every weapon scales together, so the knife, the crowbar and the shotgun all hit harder and a fight that took a minute ends in a swing or two. One of 1,600+ mods on ProjectMods, the community-first PC mod manager and desktop app for 400+ games.
</>Common questions about Heavy Hands
What does Heavy Hands do in Nightmare of Decay?
Heavy Hands multiplies the damage you deal in Nightmare of Decay. A single slider runs from 1, which is the game's normal damage, up to ten times that, and whatever you are holding scales with it - knife, crowbar, pistol, shotgun, all of them. At the low end it simply trims the padding off fights that take a few too many swings. Turned right up, most of what the manor sends at you stops being a fight at all. The slider sits at 1 by default, so nothing changes until you deliberately move it.
Does Heavy Hands affect melee weapons as well as guns?
Yes, everything you attack with scales together. In Nightmare of Decay the knife and the crowbar are what you fall back on when ammo runs out, and they are exactly where the padding is most obvious - a lot of swings for very little reaction. Heavy Hands lifts melee and firearms by the same multiplier, so switching to the knife stops feeling like a punishment. That also makes it the natural companion for the melee-only and knife-only run challenges, where the restriction is the interesting part but the swing count is not.
What is a sensible Damage Multiplier to set?
Between 2 and 3 keeps Nightmare of Decay recognisable. At that range enemies still take real hits and bosses still need a plan, but the grind of the fortieth identical swing is gone. Push toward the upper end of the slider and things fall over almost immediately, which is what you want for a Horde Mode run or for getting back to a section you actually care about. Because the Heavy Hands slider starts at 1 and returns there, you can experiment freely mid-run and hand the game its own numbers back at any point.
Does Heavy Hands make enemies hit me harder too?
No. Heavy Hands only scales the damage you deal in Nightmare of Decay - everything that attacks you does exactly what it always did, and your health bar takes the same hits it always took. That keeps the tension where the game put it while shortening the part most people find repetitive. If you also want to stop taking damage, Deathless holds your health bar steady while it is on and Field Medic refills it on demand. Running Heavy Hands alone is the lighter option: fights end faster, but they can still go badly wrong.
How does Heavy Hands change boss fights and Horde Mode?
Dramatically, which is usually why people install it. Nightmare of Decay's bosses are built around long damage windows and careful resource use, and its Horde Mode asks you to survive fifty waves of the same arithmetic. Raising the Heavy Hands Damage Multiplier collapses both - bosses drop in a handful of solid hits and waves stop outlasting your patience. If you want fights shorter but not trivial, keep the slider low and let the boss still demand positioning. Deep Mag pairs well when you would rather not think about ammo either.
What options does Heavy Hands include?
Damage Multiplier
How much harder you hit. 1 is the game's normal damage.
Heavy Hands is a free Nightmare of Decay mod from ProjectMods with a damage slider running from normal up to ten times, so every weapon you carry, knife to shotgun, hits proportionally harder.
System Requirements
What features does Heavy Hands include?
- Multiplies everything you swing or fire on one slider, from normal damage up to ten times it
- Applies to whatever is currently in your hands - knife, crowbar, shotgun, the whole rack
- Set it to 2 or 3 to trim the grind while fights still feel like fights worth respecting
- Push it to 10 and most of what wanders the manor stops being an obstacle at all
- Sits at 1 by default, so the game plays exactly as written until you decide otherwise
Best For
- Melee players tired of committing to a fourth swing on the same shambling target
- Boss fights you have already learned and would rather not re-learn on a fifth attempt
- Repeat playthroughs where you are here for the story and the dread, not the swing count
- Horde Mode runs where you want to reach the later waves you have never actually seen
- Anyone who wants the game a notch or two kinder without switching anything off completely
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