How To Configure Every Setting On Your Enshrouded Server

In this guide, we will show you how to change the server difficulty on your Enshrouded server.

This is our advanced guide allowing you to change every setting individually, for basic Difficulty presets follow this guide.

Editing enshrouded_server.json

This is the advanced way to modify Enshrouded server settings, if you’re looking for full customization of each individual option this is the method for you.

1. Login to the Game Host Bros Panel and Stop your Enshrouded server.
2. Go to Configuration > Startup Parameters.
3. Find the Difficulty setting and change it to Custom.
4. Go to Management > File Manager and open the file enshrouded_server.json.
5. After you have made the changes you want, start the server.

The following options can be modified in the enshrouded_server.json file, under the gameSettings section.

Units involving time are in nanoseconds (1/1,000,000,000 of a second), in-game they are displayed as minutes, you can calculate your desired value using this calculator.

Setting Name	Description
playerHealthFactor	Adjusts player health scale. Min: 0.25 Max: 4
playerManaFactor	Adjusts player mana scale. Min: 0.25 Max: 4
playerStaminaFactor	Adjusts player stamina scale. Min: 0.25 Max: 4
playerBodyHeatFactor	Increases resistance to cold. Min: 0.5 Max: 2
enableDurability	Prevents weapons breaking if false. Values: true/false
enableStarvingDebuff	Enables health loss when starving. Values: true/false
foodBuffDurationFactor	Adjusts food buff duration. Min: 0.5 Max: 2
fromHungerToStarving	Time before starvation begins. Min: 300000000000 (5 Minutes) Max: 1200000000000 (20 minutes)
shroudTimeFactor	Adjusts time spent in the Shroud. Min: 0.5 Max: 2
enableGliderTurbulences	Disables glider air turbulence if false. Values: true/false
weatherFrequency	Frequency of weather changes. Values: Disabled/Rare/Normal/Often
randomSpawnerAmount	Controls enemy count. Values: Few/Normal/Many/Extreme
miningDamageFactor	Adjusts mining yield. Min: 0.5 Max: 2
plantGrowthSpeedFactor	Adjusts plant growth speed. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
resourceDropStackAmountFactor	Adjusts resource stack sizes. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
factoryProductionSpeedFactor	Reduces production time. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
perkUpgradeRecyclingFactor	Rune yield when recycling weapons. Min: 0 Max: 1
perkCostFactor	Adjusts rune upgrade costs. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
experienceCombatFactor	Adjusts combat XP gain. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
experienceMiningFactor	Adjusts mining XP gain. Min: 0 Max: 2
experienceExplorationQuestsFactor	Adjusts quest XP gain. Min: 0.25 Max: 2
aggroPoolAmount	Controls enemy attack count. Values: Few/Normal/Many/Extreme
enemyDamageFactor	Adjusts enemy damage. (Excludes Bosses) Min: 0.25 Max: 5
enemyHealthFactor	Adjusts enemy health. (Excludes Bosses) Min: 0.25 Max: 4
enemyStaminaFactor	Adjusts enemy stun resistance. (Excludes Bosses) Min: 0.5 Max: 2
enemyPerceptionRangeFactor	Adjusts enemy perception range. (Excludes Bosses) Min: 0.5 Max: 2
bossDamageFactor	Scales the damage of boss attacks. Min: 0.2 Max: 5
bossHealthFactor	Scales all health of bosses by this value. Min: 0.2 Max: 5
threatBonus	Adjusts enemy attack frequency. (Excludes Bosses) Min: 0.25 Max: 4
pacifyAllEnemies	Enemies won’t attack if true. (Excludes Bosses) Values: true/false
tamingStartleRepercussion	Taming progress impact if startled. Values: KeepProgress/LoseSomeProgress/LoseAllProgress
dayTimeDuration	Adjusts day length. Min: 120000000000 (2 Minutes) Max: 3600000000000 (60 Minutes)
nightTimeDuration	Adjusts night length. Min: 120000000000 (2 Minutes) Max: 3600000000000 (60 Minutes)
tombstoneMode	Determines item loss on death. Values: AddBackpackMaterials/Everything/NoTombstone

enshrouded_server.json - Custom Game Settings Example

enshrouded_server.json

"gameSettingsPreset": "Custom",
"gameSettings": {
"playerHealthFactor": 2,
"playerManaFactor": 3,
"playerStaminaFactor": 4,
"playerBodyHeatFactor": 0.25,
"enableDurability": true,
"enableStarvingDebuff": false,
"foodBuffDurationFactor": 1,
"fromHungerToStarving": 300000000000,
"shroudTimeFactor": 1,
"tombstoneMode": "AddBackpackMaterials",
"enableGliderTurbulences": true,
"weatherFrequency": "Normal",
"miningDamageFactor": 1,
"plantGrowthSpeedFactor": 1,
"resourceDropStackAmountFactor": 1,
"factoryProductionSpeedFactor": 1,
"perkUpgradeRecyclingFactor": 0.500000,
"perkCostFactor": 1,
"experienceCombatFactor": 1,
"experienceMiningFactor": 1,
"experienceExplorationQuestsFactor": 1,
"randomSpawnerAmount": "Normal",
"aggroPoolAmount": "Normal",
"enemyDamageFactor": 1,
"enemyHealthFactor": 1,
"enemyStaminaFactor": 2,
"enemyPerceptionRangeFactor": 1,
"bossDamageFactor": 1,
"bossHealthFactor": 1,
"threatBonus": 1,
"pacifyAllEnemies": false,
"tamingStartleRepercussion": "LoseSomeProgress",
"dayTimeDuration": 1800000000000,
"nightTimeDuration": 720000000000
},