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How To Change The Difficulty Of Your Abiotic Factor Server

Learn how to change the difficulty of your Abiotic Factor Sever.

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Abiotic Factor server owners may wish to change the difficulty of their server to wither increase or decrease the challenge of their playthrough. One of the most impactful changes that cen be made is to the enemy difficulty.

Available Settings

Below you can find all of the available enemy difficulty settings along with a description and a range of available values.

Option

Description

Value Range

GameDifficulty

Adjusts enemy aggression, combat reaction speed, and spawn density.

1 Normal, 2 Hard, 3 Apocalyptic

EnemySpawnRate

Controls how frequently enemies respawn. Higher values mean faster respawns.

0.5 - 3.0

EnemyHealthMultiplier

Adjusts enemy health. Lower values make enemies easier to kill.

0.75 - 3.0

EnemyPlayerDamageMultiplier

Modifies the damage enemies deal to players.

0.25 - 3.0

EnemyDeployableDamageMultiplier

Adjusts how much damage enemies deal to deployable structures.

0.1 - 5.0

DetectionSpeedMultiplier

Determines how quickly enemies detect players. Higher values make enemies more alert.

0.1 - 3.0

Changing Server Difficulty

  1. Login to the Kinetic Panel and Stop your server.

  2. Go to the File Manager.

    Kinetic Panel Abiotic Factor Server Files
  3. Go to AbioticFactor > Saved > SandboxSettings.ini.

  4. Locate your desired setting from the table above and set your chosen value.

  5. Save and Start your server to apply the new difficulty.

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