What is the Ink Game Hardcore Mode, and how do you access it? Find out what it changes in each round of Ink Game! Do freebies exist in the game? Read our Ink Game Codes guide to see if there are any.

Ink Game Hardcore Mode

Hardcore Mode, or Pro Servers, increases the difficulty of the game in general.

How to Join Hardcore Mode (Pro Servers)

When you’re in the lobby area of Ink Game, look to the top of your screen to see the Servers button, next to the icon that displays how much Won (in-game currency) you have. The button then changes to ‘Pro Servers’ with a crown. If you click this, the game asks, ‘Are you sure?’. Select the button again to teleport to a Pro server.

If you are not at least level 15, clicking ‘Are you sure?’ displays a pop-up in the bottom right of your screen telling you that the feature is unlockable once you reach level 15.

How Does Hardcore Mode Change the Game?

When you join Hardcore Mode, some games differ from the regular servers.

Dalgona

In the normal servers, when you play Dalgona, you can make three mistakes when trying to cut through the cookie. However, in the Hardcore Mode servers, you can only make two mistakes instead. This adds to the stress of the game, but if you’re already good at it, then this doesn’t matter too much! That is unless you get the Mona Lisa cookie, which is notoriously difficult.

Hide and Seek

During the Hide and Seek game in Hardcore Mode, those who are the Seekers deal more damage when they attack the Hiders. This makes it much easier for them to defeat Hiders, reducing the amount of times they have to strike them.

Red Light Green Light

If you move once the red light appears in the Red Light Green Light game, you get shot. Luckily, you can get shot multiple times before you are defeated. But, in the Hardcore Mode servers, you are taken out of the game if you are shot two times. This gets difficult if other players in the server are pushing you and trying to sabotage your game.

Powers

Every Power works in Hardcore Mode, except for Medic, which means there is no healing and no revives.

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