Custom Difficulty Configuration for Your Enshrouded Server

Learn how to configure every individual game setting on your Enshrouded dedicated server by editing enshrouded_server.json for full customization.

This guide shows you how to customize every individual game setting on your Enshrouded server. This is the advanced method for full control over your server configuration.

💡 Tip: For basic difficulty presets, see our Difficulty Presets guide.

Editing enshrouded_server.json

Set Difficulty to Custom

Log in to the XGamingServer Panel and Stop your Enshrouded server. In the sidebar, go to Startup. Find the Difficulty setting and change it to Custom.

Open the Config File

Go to Files and open the file enshrouded_server.json.

Edit Your Settings

Edit the gameplay settings under the gameSettings section. After you have made the changes you want, save the file.

Start Your Server

Start the server to apply your custom configuration.

Example Configuration

"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,
"curseModifier": "Normal"
},

Available Settings

📝 Note: Units involving time are in nanoseconds (1/1,000,000,000 of a second). 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
curseModifier	Modifies Shroud curse chance. Values: Easy/Normal/Hard
enableTextChat	Allows switching text chat completely off or enabling it. Values: true/false
enableVoiceChat	Allows switching voice chat completely off or enabling it. Values: true/false
voiceChatMode	Switches between proximity and global server-wide voice chat. Values: Proximity/Global