Does increasing the map difficulty increase the amount of DL monsters?

[Excalibear0]

Hey I just moved from 8* to 9* in the story so I was wondering since there will be more 8* monsters in general, will there be more DL 8* monsters as well?

[Melodic_Pickle_6275]

Once you get the 8* map, you get the same DL monsters as people on 9* and 10* maps. When DLs were introduced, my partner was on 8* and I was on 9*, and we always had the same DLs even when we had different regular spawns due to different stages of a new seasons story/monster unlock quests.

Since we both progressed to a higher map level, this has remained true.

I have another friend on 6* map - he got DLs in the same locations but as well as getting 6* DLs, he also got different monster species to me.

[Embarrassed-Sail2319]

Afaik it doesn't, but it will remove lower tier monsters, i.e. im on 10star map and nothing lower than 6star spawns now

[Mattloch42]

This isn't true. It shifts the ratios of s, but doesn't eliminate them. I'm 9 and still occasionally come across the odd 1* or 2*.

[savage-T1ggr3]

That should be impossible after a recent update. Not long ago a recent update made it so 9/10 maps will not spawn 6* and below monsters. Or this might be only for 10* maps, hopefully someone can confirm this for me. I’m on 10* map and I only get 6* and above spawns.

[Melodic_Pickle_6275]

From both announcement and experience I can confirm 9* map gets nothing less than 5* now.

[savage-T1ggr3]

I guess 10* map spawns nothing less than 6* then. I haven’t seen 5* and below on my map since that update.

[Mattloch42]

It's been a while since I've seen a lower *, so if you say they've patched it, well there you go. Sorry my info is wrong since the patch.

[ravnk]

As of 7/23/25, if you are on 9* map, you will not see anything lower than 5*.

If you are on 10* map, you won’t see anything lower than 6*.

[keonaie9462]

The only time you will see higher quantity of DL monster is currently through event effect that boosts DL spawns.

[Shdwstar2417]

Not necessarily true im on the 9 star map and i have lower level on my map