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How to Modify Enemy Difficulty on your Abiotic Factor Server
Abiotic Factor
·Feb 3, 2025
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In Abiotic Factor, enemy difficulty impacts combat encounters by adjusting enemy spawn rates, health, damage, and detection speed. Server owners can customize these settings to create a challenging survival experience or an easier, more relaxed environment.
#Adjusting Enemy Difficulty
There are multiple settings available that effect enemy difficulty all found in the SandboxSettings.ini file.
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Navigate to the Shockbyte Panel.
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Click Files.
- Navigate to
AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Worlds/<Your Save Name>.
- Click SandboxSettings.ini.
- Locate and modify the following settings based on your preferred difficulty level:
| Setting | Description | Min/Max Range |
|---|---|---|
GameDifficulty | Adjusts enemy aggression, combat reaction speed, and spawn density. | 1 Normal2 Hard3 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 |
- Click Save and Restart your server.
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