How to Configure Every Setting on Your Enshrouded Server - Enshrouded Guide

This is our advanced guide for modifying every setting individually on your Enshrouded server. For basic difficulty presets, follow our difficulty preset guide.

Editing enshrouded_server.json

This is the advanced method for customizing Enshrouded server settings. If you want full control over each individual option, this is the method for you.

Log in to the GhostCap Panel and Stop your Enshrouded server.
Go to Server Options.
Find the Difficulty setting and change it to Custom.
Go to File Manager and open the file enshrouded_server.json.
After you've made the changes you want, start the server.

Default gameSettings Example

Below is the full gameSettings block with every default value (game version 0.9.0.0). Use it as a reference for what each setting looks like in the file, or paste it in and adjust the values you want to change.

Caution

The gameSettingsPreset line must be set to "Custom". If it is left on a preset such as "Default" or "Hard", the server ignores everything in gameSettings and uses the preset values instead. Setting Difficulty to Custom in Server Options writes this line for you, but double-check it if your changes are not taking effect.

"gameSettingsPreset": "Custom",
"gameSettings": {
"playerHealthFactor": 1,
"playerManaFactor": 1,
"playerStaminaFactor": 1,
"playerBodyHeatFactor": 1,
"playerDivingTimeFactor": 1,
"enableDurability": true,
"enableStarvingDebuff": false,
"foodBuffDurationFactor": 1,
"fromHungerToStarving": 600000000000,
"shroudTimeFactor": 1,
"tombstoneMode": "AddBackpackMaterials",
"enableGliderTurbulences": true,
"weatherFrequency": "Normal",
"fishingDifficulty": "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": 1,
"enemyPerceptionRangeFactor": 1,
"bossDamageFactor": 1,
"bossHealthFactor": 1,
"threatBonus": 1,
"pacifyAllEnemies": false,
"tamingStartleRepercussion": "LoseSomeProgress",
"dayTimeDuration": 1800000000000,
"nightTimeDuration": 720000000000,
"curseModifier": "Normal"
},

Available Server Settings

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're 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
playerDivingTimeFactor	Adjusts the amount of oxygen and time available underwater. 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
fishingDifficulty	Adjusts the strength of fish during the fishing minigame. Values: VeryEasy/Easy/Normal/Hard/VeryHard
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

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