Enshrouded Custom Difficulty Builder

Configure all 35+ gameSettings fields for gameSettingsPreset: "Custom". Adjust player stats, enemy difficulty, resource rates, XP multipliers, death settings, and world options — then copy the ready-to-paste JSON block.

Quick Presets

Preset: Default — tweak any setting below to create your custom mix.

Player Stats

Player Health 1×

playerHealthFactor — 0.25–4 (default 1)

Player Mana 1×

playerManaFactor — 0.25–4 (default 1)

Player Stamina 1×

playerStaminaFactor — 0.25–4 (default 1)

Body Heat Factor 1×

playerBodyHeatFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Survival

Enable Durability

enableDurability

Starving Debuff

enableStarvingDebuff

Food Buff Duration 1×

foodBuffDurationFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Shroud Time 1×

shroudTimeFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Enemies

Enemy Damage 1×

enemyDamageFactor — 0.25–5 (default 1)

Enemy Health 1×

enemyHealthFactor — 0.25–4 (default 1)

Enemy Stamina 1×

enemyStaminaFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Perception Range 1×

enemyPerceptionRangeFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Threat Bonus 1×

threatBonus — 0.25–4 (default 1)

Boss Damage 1×

bossDamageFactor — 0.2–5 (default 1)

Boss Health 1×

bossHealthFactor — 0.2–5 (default 1)

Pacify All Enemies

pacifyAllEnemies — disables combat

Random Spawner Amount

randomSpawnerAmount

Aggro Pool Amount

aggroPoolAmount

Resources & XP

Mining Damage 1×

miningDamageFactor — 0.5–2 (default 1)

Resource Drop Stack 1×

resourceDropStackAmountFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Factory Production Speed 1×

factoryProductionSpeedFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Plant Growth Speed 1×

plantGrowthSpeedFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Combat XP 1×

experienceCombatFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Mining XP 1×

experienceMiningFactor — 0–2 (default 1)

Exploration & Quest XP 1×

experienceExplorationQuestsFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Perk Cost 1×

perkCostFactor — 0.25–2 (default 1)

Perk Upgrade Recycling 0.5×

perkUpgradeRecyclingFactor — 0–1 (default 0.5)

World

Weather Frequency

weatherFrequency

Fishing Difficulty

fishingDifficulty

Curse Modifier

curseModifier

Glider Turbulences

enableGliderTurbulences

Death & Taming

Tombstone Mode

tombstoneMode

Taming Startle Repercussion

tamingStartleRepercussion

gameSettings JSON

{
  "gameSettingsPreset": "Custom",
  "gameSettings": {
    "playerHealthFactor": 1,
    "playerManaFactor": 1,
    "playerStaminaFactor": 1,
    "playerBodyHeatFactor": 1,
    "enableDurability": true,
    "enableStarvingDebuff": true,
    "foodBuffDurationFactor": 1,
    "shroudTimeFactor": 1,
    "enemyDamageFactor": 1,
    "enemyHealthFactor": 1,
    "enemyStaminaFactor": 1,
    "enemyPerceptionRangeFactor": 1,
    "threatBonus": 1,
    "bossDamageFactor": 1,
    "bossHealthFactor": 1,
    "pacifyAllEnemies": false,
    "randomSpawnerAmount": "Normal",
    "aggroPoolAmount": "Normal",
    "miningDamageFactor": 1,
    "resourceDropStackAmountFactor": 1,
    "factoryProductionSpeedFactor": 1,
    "plantGrowthSpeedFactor": 1,
    "experienceCombatFactor": 1,
    "experienceMiningFactor": 1,
    "experienceExplorationQuestsFactor": 1,
    "perkCostFactor": 1,
    "perkUpgradeRecyclingFactor": 0.5,
    "weatherFrequency": "Normal",
    "fishingDifficulty": "Normal",
    "enableGliderTurbulences": true,
    "curseModifier": "Normal",
    "tombstoneMode": "Everything",
    "tamingStartleRepercussion": "LoseSomeProgress"
  }
}

Merge this block into your enshrouded_server.json. The gameSettingsPreset must be "Custom" for the individual fields to take effect.

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