Quest64 Hard Mode at it’s core is a difficulty mod of the original story that ended up getting many more changes beyond just difficulty.

Patch is a .rup format, and was made using Ninja Patcher

A shortlist of most notable features would be

UI Hud is always visible.

Stat Growth rates made faster and Stat Caps changed to 999.

Elements Cap changed to 99, Removed 99 combat level cap.

All Monster stats are modified (Most cases being 1.5X rounded up).

Some Monsters were given specific tweaks to make them much harder than the average.

All “Spirits” are in new locations.

Some Treasure Chests have had their contents altered.

Many spells altered, Rebalancing, Deleted, some New Spells entirely.

Each “Element” is more closely balanced, so that players don’t feel forced to go Earth/Water.

Item Effects changed.

6 New “Items” added (3 of them have a default Icon of “White Wings” as I’m not a sprite artist).

Unused BGM’s have been used in certain areas.

The Start of leaving the Monastery is faster.

References to “Guilty” in Brannoch removed.

Optional Area Shamwood locked behind a Key Item.

Mammon’s World Changed Slightly.

And more…

• Database match: Quest 64 (USA)
• Database: No-Intro: Nintendo 64 (v. 20210220-053642)
• File/ROM SHA-1: 91B96E938C6D91699057FAD91D726EE5A23CE33A
• File/ROM CRC32: D75B45C6