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How To Change the Death Penalty on Your Abiotic Factor Server

Configure what happens to player items when they die

Death penalties control what happens to your items when you die. Adjust this setting to match your server's difficulty level—whether you want a forgiving experience or a hardcore survival challenge.

Changing Death Penalties

  1. Access the GhostCap Panel and Stop your Abiotic Factor server.
  2. In the sidebar go to Startup Parameters.
  3. Under Basic, find the Death Penalty setting and select your desired option.
  4. Restart your server.

Death Penalty Options

OptionDescription
Keep All ItemsPlayers retain all items upon death
Keep Equipped Items And HotbarPlayers keep equipped items and hotbar items
Keep Hotbar OnlyPlayers only keep items in their hotbar
Keep Equipped Items OnlyPlayers only keep equipped items
Lose All Items Including HotbarPlayers lose all items but items remain in the world
All Items Are DestroyedAll player items are permanently destroyed