How to Change Difficulty Settings on Your Arma 3 Server

Configure difficulty presets on your Arma 3 server — Recruit, Regular, Veteran, or Custom with specific options.

Set the Difficulty

Stop the server from Console in the XGamingServer Panel.

Open server.cfg in Files and add:

forcedDifficulty = "regular";

Save and start from Console.

Value	Description
`recruit`	Easiest — all HUD elements, AI easiest
`regular`	Balanced
`veteran`	Hard — limited HUD, tougher AI
`custom`	Uses settings from your server profile

If mission rotation is defined with per-mission difficulty, it overrides forcedDifficulty.

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