diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/DifficultySection.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/DifficultySection.cs
index 952ce90273..0434c1cf1f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/DifficultySection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Setup/DifficultySection.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Setup
 {
     internal class DifficultySection : SetupSection
     {
+        private LabelledSliderBar<float> circleSizeSlider;
+        private LabelledSliderBar<float> healthDrainSlider;
+        private LabelledSliderBar<float> approachRateSlider;
+        private LabelledSliderBar<float> overallDifficultySlider;
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
@@ -18,8 +27,60 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Setup
                 {
                     Text = "Difficulty settings"
                 },
-                new LabelledSlider()
+                circleSizeSlider = new LabelledSliderBar<float>
+                {
+                    Label = "Circle Size",
+                    Current = new BindableFloat(Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CircleSize)
+                    {
+                        Default = BeatmapDifficulty.DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY,
+                        MinValue = 2,
+                        MaxValue = 7
+                    }
+                },
+                healthDrainSlider = new LabelledSliderBar<float>
+                {
+                    Label = "Health Drain",
+                    Current = new BindableFloat(Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.DrainRate)
+                    {
+                        Default = BeatmapDifficulty.DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY,
+                        MinValue = 0,
+                        MaxValue = 10
+                    }
+                },
+                approachRateSlider = new LabelledSliderBar<float>
+                {
+                    Label = "Approach Rate",
+                    Current = new BindableFloat(Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.ApproachRate)
+                    {
+                        Default = BeatmapDifficulty.DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY,
+                        MinValue = 0,
+                        MaxValue = 10
+                    }
+                },
+                overallDifficultySlider = new LabelledSliderBar<float>
+                {
+                    Label = "Overall Difficulty",
+                    Current = new BindableFloat(Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.OverallDifficulty)
+                    {
+                        Default = BeatmapDifficulty.DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY,
+                        MinValue = 0,
+                        MaxValue = 10
+                    }
+                },
             };
+
+            foreach (var item in Flow.OfType<LabelledSliderBar<float>>())
+                item.Current.ValueChanged += onValueChanged;
+        }
+
+        private void onValueChanged(ValueChangedEvent<float> args)
+        {
+            // for now, update these on commit rather than making BeatmapMetadata bindables.
+            // after switching database engines we can reconsider if switching to bindables is a good direction.
+            Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CircleSize = circleSizeSlider.Current.Value;
+            Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.DrainRate = healthDrainSlider.Current.Value;
+            Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.ApproachRate = approachRateSlider.Current.Value;
+            Beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.OverallDifficulty = overallDifficultySlider.Current.Value;
         }
     }
 }