Puzzle Quest mods

It looks like making changes to the PC version of Puzzle Quest really is easy. Basically you get an Assets.zip full of xml and lua files to be tinkered with to your heart's content.

Infinite Interactive made some balance changes for the PC, Xbox 360, and all future versions. However, I prefer to use the Warrior's Deathbringer spells from the older PSP/DS versions of PQ.

Here's how to put the classic Deathbringer back in the game:

1. Open up your Puzzle Quest folder (probably C:\Program Files\Puzzle Quest)
2. Make a backup copy of Assets.zip
3. Inside of the zip, edit Assets\Spells\SDBR.xml and change:

<Data cooldown="3" />

into

<Data cooldown="0" />

4. Next edit Assets\Spells\SDBR.lua and change:

if (amt > 10) then
amt = 10;
end

into

if (amt > 64) then
amt = 64;
end

You could probably just delete those three lines.. But it is probably best to set the upper bounds to no more than the actual number of gems on the board. :)

5. Overwrite the files in Assets.zip with your new copies and you're done.