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GetCurrentZoneDungeonDifficulty

ESO Lua API function — used by 66 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 16,427,764 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

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GetCurrentZoneDungeonDifficulty()

Returns: isVeteranDifficulty

Real usage — from Code's Combat Alerts

	CombatAlerts.zoneId = LCA.GetZoneId()
	CombatAlerts.isVet = GetCurrentZoneDungeonDifficulty() == DUNGEON_DIFFICULTY_VETERAN

Short excerpt from the shipping addon Code's Combat Alertsits ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

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