# Windrose Difficulty Presets (/docs/windrose/difficulty-presets)



import { Step, Steps } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/steps';
import { Tab, Tabs } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/tabs';

Windrose offers three built-in difficulty presets plus full custom control over individual multipliers. The preset is set per-world in `WorldDescription.json`.

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Presets Overview [#presets-overview]

<Tabs items={['Easy', 'Medium', 'Hard', 'Custom']}>
  <Tab value="Easy">
    All multipliers set to `0.7` — lower enemy health, damage, and ship combat pressure. Ideal for casual crews or players new to survival games.

    | Multiplier                   | Value   |
    | ---------------------------- | ------- |
    | MobHealthMultiplier          | `0.7`   |
    | MobDamageMultiplier          | `0.7`   |
    | ShipHealthMultiplier         | `0.7`   |
    | ShipDamageMultiplier         | `0.7`   |
    | BoardingDifficultyMultiplier | `0.7`   |
    | CombatDifficulty             | `Easy`  |
    | CoopQuests                   | `true`  |
    | EasyExplore                  | `false` |
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Medium">
    All multipliers at `1.0` — balanced defaults, the standard Windrose experience as intended by the developers.

    | Multiplier                   | Value    |
    | ---------------------------- | -------- |
    | MobHealthMultiplier          | `1.0`    |
    | MobDamageMultiplier          | `1.0`    |
    | ShipHealthMultiplier         | `1.0`    |
    | ShipDamageMultiplier         | `1.0`    |
    | BoardingDifficultyMultiplier | `1.0`    |
    | CombatDifficulty             | `Normal` |
    | CoopQuests                   | `true`   |
    | EasyExplore                  | `false`  |
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Hard">
    All multipliers at `1.5` — higher enemy health, more damage, tougher combat encounters and more aggressive bosses.

    | Multiplier                   | Value   |
    | ---------------------------- | ------- |
    | MobHealthMultiplier          | `1.5`   |
    | MobDamageMultiplier          | `1.5`   |
    | ShipHealthMultiplier         | `1.5`   |
    | ShipDamageMultiplier         | `1.5`   |
    | BoardingDifficultyMultiplier | `1.5`   |
    | CombatDifficulty             | `Hard`  |
    | CoopQuests                   | `true`  |
    | EasyExplore                  | `false` |
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Custom">
    Set any combination of individual multipliers. See [World Modifiers](/docs/windrose/world-modifiers) for the full parameter reference.

    Any custom value in `WorldSettings` automatically sets the preset to `"Custom"` on next server start. To return to a clean preset, remove all values from `WorldSettings`.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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How to Change the Preset [#how-to-change-the-preset]

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Stop your server.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Open **File Manager** and navigate to:

    ```
    R5/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default/RocksDB/<game_version>/Worlds/<world_id>/
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Open `WorldDescription.json`.
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Find the `WorldPresetType` field and set it to `"Easy"`, `"Medium"`, or `"Hard"`:

    ```json
    "WorldPresetType": "Hard"
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step>
    If you had any custom `WorldSettings` values, remove them — otherwise the server will override your preset with `"Custom"` on next start:

    ```json
    "WorldSettings": {
      "bool": {},
      "float": {},
      "tag": {}
    }
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Save and restart.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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Related Guides [#related-guides]

* [World Modifiers](/docs/windrose/world-modifiers) — fine-tune individual multipliers
* [Server Configuration](/docs/windrose/server-config) — full config reference
* [Manage Worlds](/docs/windrose/manage-worlds) — create and switch between worlds