GetDifficultyInfo

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Added in 5.2.0 / 1.15.0

Returns information about a difficulty.

name, groupType, isHeroic, isChallengeMode, displayHeroic, displayMythic, toggleDifficultyID, isLFR, minPlayers, maxPlayers = GetDifficultyInfo(id)

Arguments

id

number - difficulty ID to query, ascending from 1.

Returns

name

string - Difficulty name, e.g. "10 Player (Heroic)"

groupType

string - Group type appropriate for this difficulty; "party" or "raid".

isHeroic

boolean - true if this is a heroic difficulty, false otherwise.

isChallengeMode

boolean - true if this is challenge mode difficulty, false otherwise.

displayHeroic

boolean - display the Heroic skull icon on the instance banner of the minimap

displayMythic

boolean - display the Mythic skull icon on the instance banner of the minimap

toggleDifficultyID

number - difficulty ID of the corresponding heroic/non-heroic difficulty for 10/25-man raids, if one exists.

isLFR

boolean - true if this is looking for raid difficulty, false otherwise.

minPlayers

number - minimum players needed.

maxPlayers

number - maximum players allowed.

See also

• DifficultyID (a list of possible difficultyIDs)
• SetDungeonDifficultyID
• GetInstanceInfo
• GetRaidDifficultyID

Patch changes

Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now returns displayHeroic and displayMythic.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Added.