Barotrauma serversettings.xml Generator

Configure every setting for your Barotrauma dedicated server. Pick a preset or tune each option individually — then copy or download the complete serversettings.xml.

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Stop your server before editing serversettings.xml — the server overwrites it on shutdown, discarding any changes you made while it was running.

Quick Presets

Server Identity

Server Name (name)

Password (leave blank for public)

Playstyle

Game Mode (gamemodeidentifier)

Max Players 8

Port

Tickrate 20

Default 20. Higher = smoother, more CPU cost.

Listed publicly (public)

Server Message (MOTD)

Gameplay

Level Difficulty 15

0 = easiest, 100 = hardest. Default 15.

Line-of-Sight Mode (LosMode)

Allow Spectating

Allow Friendly Fire

Allow Rewiring

Allow Disguises

Allow Ragdoll Button

Respawn

Allow Respawn

Use Respawn Shuttle

Respawn Interval (seconds)

Default 300s (5 minutes).

Min Respawn Ratio 0.20

Fraction of crew needed to trigger respawn shuttle. Default 0.20.

Bots

Bot Count (botcount) 0

Bots always active. Default 0.

Max Bot Count (maxbotcount) 16

Cap when using Fill spawn mode. Default 16.

Bot Spawn Mode

Normal = fixed count; Fill = fills empty crew slots up to max.

Traitors

Traitors Enabled

Min Players for Traitors

Default 3.

Traitor Ratio 0.20

Fraction of players selected as traitors. Default 0.20.

Karma

Karma Enabled

Karma Preset

Voting

Allow Vote Kick

Allow End Vote

Kick Vote Required Ratio 0.60

Default 0.60 (60% of players).

End Vote Required Ratio 0.60

Default 0.60 (60% of players).

Miscellaneous

Save Server Logs

Voice Chat

AFK Kick Time (seconds)

0 = disabled. Default 120s.

Auto-Ban Time (seconds)

Duration of vote-kick bans. Default 3600s (1 hour).

Generated serversettings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<serversettings
  name="My Barotrauma Server"
  Password=""
  ServerMessage=""
  public="true"
  playstyle="Casual"
  gamemodeidentifier="campaign"
  MaxPlayers="8"
  port="27015"
  tickrate="20"

  AllowSpectating="true"
  AllowFriendlyFire="false"
  AllowRewiring="true"
  AllowDisguises="true"
  AllowRagdollButton="true"
  LosMode="None"
  LevelDifficulty="15"

  AllowRespawn="true"
  UseRespawnShuttle="true"
  RespawnInterval="300"
  MinRespawnRatio="0.20"

  botcount="0"
  maxbotcount="16"
  BotSpawnMode="Normal"

  TraitorsEnabled="No"
  TraitorRatio="0.20"
  TraitorsMinPlayerCount="3"

  KarmaEnabled="true"
  KarmaPreset="default"

  AllowVoteKick="true"
  AllowEndVoting="false"
  KickVoteRequiredRatio="0.60"
  EndVoteRequiredRatio="0.60"

  SaveServerLogs="true"
  VoiceChatEnabled="true"
  KickAFKTime="120"
  AutoBanTime="3600"
/>

Place this file in your Barotrauma server's Data/ folder (or the path specified in your server launch args) and restart.