What Classic Mode changes
The official store presents Classic Mode as the original Clawed survival-horror experience. It keeps the park exploration, combat, puzzles, and mission route without the additional survival-resource systems listed for Survival Mode.
What Survival Mode adds
Survival Mode adds hunger, thirst, dynamic weather, a full day/night cycle, and random dinosaur encounters. These systems increase planning pressure, but the official description does not publish fixed depletion rates or a universal difficulty multiplier.
Which mode should you choose?
Start with Classic if you mainly want the authored horror and puzzle route. Pick Survival if tracking resources and adapting to changing conditions is part of the appeal. This is a preference choice, not a claim that one mode is the correct way to play.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Classic and Survival Mode?
Survival Mode adds hunger, thirst, dynamic weather, a day/night cycle, and random dinosaur encounters to the core experience.
Should beginners use Classic Mode?
Classic is the simpler starting point if you want to learn the route without the additional survival-resource systems.
Does Survival Mode have exact published difficulty numbers?
The official description lists added systems but does not provide a universal numeric difficulty multiplier.