Enshrouded Server Difficulty: Presets and Custom Settings

 

    Enshrouded lets you tune how tough the world is — enemy damage, how fast you get hungry, how much stamina costs, day and night length, and more. On gamever you pick a preset for a one-click feel, and switch to Custom when you want to dial in individual values. This guide covers both.

 

The panel difficulty controls

 

    Open the Settings tab:

 

 

Setting	What it does
Server Settings Preset	The overall difficulty: Default, Relaxed, Hard, Survival, or Custom.
Day time duration	How long daytime lasts (higher = longer days).
Night time duration	How long night lasts (higher = longer, more dangerous nights).
Pacify All Enemies	true makes enemies passive — a peaceful/building mode. false is normal combat.

 

    Pick what you want, Save, then Restart.

 

The presets

 

Preset	Feel
Relaxed	Easier combat and gentler survival pressure — good for casual or building-focused groups.
Default	The standard, balanced experience.
Hard	Tougher enemies and survival for experienced players.
Survival	The most demanding — maximum survival pressure.
Custom	You set every value yourself (see below).

 

    If a preset is close to what you want but not exact, switch to Custom and fine-tune.

 

Custom difficulty (the detailed values)

 

    When the preset is Custom, Enshrouded uses the detailed gameSettings block in enshrouded_server.json. Those values only take effect under Custom — on any named preset they're ignored.

 

    Common things you can tune under Custom include:

 

• Combat — enemy health and damage multipliers.
• Survival — hunger/thirst/stamina drain rates.
• Progression/resources — gathering and durability factors.
• Day/night — the same durations exposed on the panel.

 

    To edit them:

 

1. Set Server Settings Preset = Custom on the Settings tab and Save.
2. Stop the server (Enshrouded rewrites the config on stop — see the config guide).
3. Edit the gameSettings values in enshrouded_server.json via the File Manager.
4. Start the server.

 

Which should you pick?

 

• Building/co-op chill → Relaxed (or Pacify All Enemies = true for pure building).
• Normal adventure → Default.
• Challenge run → Hard or Survival.
• Exact control → Custom.

 

Additional Tips

 

• Custom unlocks gameSettings — named presets ignore those values.
• Stop the server before editing custom values in the JSON.
• Pacify All Enemies is a great building/peaceful toggle.
• Longer nights = harder — the night duration meaningfully changes danger.
• Save then Restart — difficulty changes apply on restart.

 

Conclusion

 

    Enshrouded difficulty is a preset on the Settings tab — Relaxed, Default, Hard, Survival — plus day/night length and a Pacify All Enemies toggle for peaceful building. Want it exact? Switch to Custom and tune the gameSettings block in enshrouded_server.json (with the server stopped). Pick the feel your group wants and jump in.

 

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