SCUM Puppet Difficulty Tuner

Dial in exactly how many zombies spawn and how dangerous they are. Adjust sliders, pick a preset, and copy the ready-to-paste INI block into your GameUserSettings.ini.

Difficulty Presets

Spawn Settings

Max Allowed Puppets (0–2000)

Total puppets allowed on the map at once. Default: 400

Max Allowed Hunts (0–64)

Simultaneous hunt events. Default: 4

Abandoned Bunker Max Active (0–64)

Bunker instances simultaneously active. Default: 2

Disable Suicide Puppets

Suicide puppets crawl and explode on players

Combat Settings

Health Multiplier (0.01–100)

Default: 1.0

Running Speed Multiplier (0.5–2.0)

Default: 1.0

Damage Multiplier (0–10)

Default: 1.0

Spawn Cooldowns (seconds)

Note: group cooldown overrides individual check time — set group cooldown higher than individual to avoid instant re-spawning.

Exterior Spawn Cooldown

Default: 300

Interior Spawn Cooldown

Default: 180

Wilderness Spawn Cooldown

Default: 600

Group Spawn Cooldown

Default: 600 — overrides individual check time

INI Output

Paste into SCUM/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini

[/Script/SCUM.SCUMGameMode]
MaxAllowedPuppets=400
PuppetHealthMultiplier=1.000000
PuppetRunningSpeedMultiplier=1.000000
ZombieDamageMultiplier=1.000000
DisableSuicidePuppets=False
MaxAllowedHunts=4
AbandonedBunkerMaxSimultaneouslyActive=2
ExteriorPuppetSpawnCooldown=300
InteriorPuppetSpawnCooldown=180
WildernessPuppetSpawnCooldown=600
PuppetGroupSpawnCooldown=600

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