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How to Adjust Custom Game Settings on Your Enshrouded Server
Custom Game Settings let you change how your Enshrouded world plays. You can make enemies tougher or weaker, speed up crafting and plant growth, adjust how much XP players earn, and change the length of each day and night. You can turn off weapon durability, pacify enemies for a relaxed building server, or turn on starvation for a harder survival challenge. You can adjust every setting from the Settings tab on the Shockbyte Panel, so you don't need to edit the server's configuration file by hand. --- Turning On Custom Game Settings Your server uses a Game Settings Preset to decide which settings apply. To use your own values, you need to set the preset to Custom first. 1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Control Panel and open your Enshrouded server. 2. Click Stop to shut down your server and open the Settings tab. 3. Under Server, select Enshrouded Server Settings. 4. Make sure Simple view is selected in the top right. 5. Find Game Settings Preset and select Custom from the dropdown. 6. Scroll down and click Game Settings (Custom) to expand the section. 7. Change the settings you which to have on your server. (The tables below explain each one.) 8. Save your changes. 9. Click Start Server to start your server with the new settings. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Your server ignores the Game Settings (Custom) section unless the Game Settings Preset is set to Custom. If your changes don't apply, check the preset first." appearance="danger"} :: --- How Factor Settings Work Most settings use a factor. A factor of 1 keeps the game's normal value, which Enshrouded shows in-game as 100%. A factor of 2 doubles the value (200%), and a factor of 0.5 halves it (50%). Each factor setting has a minimum and maximum value. The panel shows these limits under each setting, and the tables below list them too. --- Player Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Player Health Factor | Scales the max health for players. | 0.25 / 4 | | Player Mana Factor | Scales the max mana for players. | 0.25 / 4 | | Player Stamina Factor | Scales the max stamina for players. | 0.25 / 4 | | Player Body Heat Factor | Scales how much body heat players have. A higher value lets players stay in very cold areas longer before hypothermia sets in. | Dropdown | | Player Diving Time Factor | Scales how long players can stay underwater before running out of oxygen. | 0.5 / 2 | | Shroud Time Factor | Scales how long players can stay inside the Shroud. | 0.5 / 2 | | Enable Durability | Turn off to stop weapons from breaking. | On / Off | | Enable Glider Turbulences | Turn off to stop air turbulence from affecting the glider, as in earlier versions of the game. | On / Off | | Tombstone Mode | Decides what players lose when they die. By default, players lose only materials. Lost items go into a tombstone that players can recover. | Dropdown | --- Enemy Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Enemy Health Factor | Scales the health of all enemies except bosses. | 0.25 / 4 | | Enemy Damage Factor | Scales the damage of all enemies except bosses. | 0.25 / 5 | | Enemy Stamina Factor | Scales the stamina of all enemies except bosses. Enemies with higher stamina take longer to stun. | 0.5 / 2 | | Enemy Perception Range Factor | Scales how far enemies can see and hear players. Excludes bosses. | 0.5 / 2 | | Threat Bonus | Scales how often enemies attack. Excludes bosses. | 0.25 / 4 | | Aggro Pool Amount | Controls how many enemies can attack at the same time. | Dropdown | | Random Spawner Amount | Controls how many enemies appear in the world. | Dropdown | | Pacify All Enemies | Turn on to stop enemies attacking players until a player attacks first. Excludes bosses. | On / Off | | Curse Modifier | Controls the chance of enemies giving players the Shroud curse. Easy turns the curse off and Hard doubles the chance. | Easy / Normal / Hard | --- Boss Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Boss Health Factor | Scales the health of all bosses. | 0.2 / 5 | | Boss Damage Factor | Scales the damage of boss attacks. | 0.2 / 5 | --- Experience Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Experience Combat Factor | Scales the XP players earn through combat. | 0.25 / 2 | | Experience Mining Factor | Scales the XP players earn by mining resources. | 0 / 2 | | Experience Exploration Quests Factor | Scales the XP players earn by exploring and completing quests. | 0.25 / 2 | --- Resource and Crafting Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Resource Drop Stack Amount Factor | Scales the number of materials in each loot stack from chests, defeated enemies, and other sources. | 0.25 / 2 | | Mining Damage Factor | Scales mining damage. Higher mining damage increases terraforming and the resources players get from each hit. | 0.5 / 2 | | Plant Growth Speed Factor | Scales how fast plants grow. | 0.25 / 2 | | Factory Production Speed Factor | Scales how long workshop items take to produce. | 0.25 / 2 | | Perk Cost Factor | Scales the number of Runes players need to upgrade weapons. | 0.25 / 2 | | Perk Upgrade Recycling Factor | Scales the number of Runes players get back when they salvage upgraded weapons. | 0 / 1 | | Flame Level For Shroud Removal | Sets the Flame level a world needs before Flame Altars push back the Shroud around them. Lower it to unlock Shroud removal earlier. | 0 / 11 | | Fishing Difficulty | Controls how strong fish are during the fishing minigame. | Dropdown | | Taming Startle Repercussion | Decides what happens to taming progress when a player startles the wildlife. The game shows taming progress as hearts. | Dropdown | --- Survival Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Enable Starving Debuff | Turns on hunger and starvation. Starving players lose health over time until they eat or drink, or until they die. | On / Off | | From Hunger To Starving | Sets how long players stay hungry before starvation sets in. | 5 min / 20 min | | Food Buff Duration Factor | Scales how long food buffs last. | 0.5 / 2 | | Weather Frequency | Controls how often new weather appears in the world. | Dropdown | --- Day and Night Settings | Setting | What it does | Min / Max | | ----- | ----- | ----- | | Day Time Duration | Sets the length of daytime. A smaller value gives a shorter day. | 2 min / 60 min | | Night Time Duration | Sets the length of nighttime. A smaller value gives a shorter night. | 2 min / 60 min | --- Converting Minutes to Nanoseconds The configuration uses nanoseconds for Day Time Duration, Night Time Duration, and From Hunger To Starving, while the game shows these times in minutes. One minute equals 60,000,000,000 nanoseconds, so you multiply the number of minutes you want by 60,000,000,000. | Minutes | Value to enter | | ----- | ----- | | 2 | 120000000000 | | 5 | 300000000000 | | 10 | 600000000000 | | 12 | 720000000000 | | 15 | 900000000000 | | 20 | 1200000000000 | | 30 | 1800000000000 | | 45 | 2700000000000 | | 60 | 3600000000000 | ::ProseNote{title="Note" description="Enter the number without commas or spaces. For example, enter 1800000000000 for a 30 minute day." appearance="note"} :: --- Troubleshooting - My changes didn't apply. Check that the Game Settings Preset is set to Custom. Your server reads its settings when it starts, so restart your server after saving any change. - A setting won't save. Check that the value sits between the setting's minimum and maximum. The panel lists these limits under each setting. - The day or night length looks wrong. Check that you entered the time in nanoseconds, not minutes. Use the conversion table above to find the right value. - I want to edit the settings as code. Click Text editor in the top right of the Enshrouded Server Settings page. Your custom settings appear in the gameSettings section of the enshroudedserver.json file. If you still need help, contact our support team and we'll take a look for you.
How to Change the Permission Group Settings on Your Enshrouded Server
Permission Groups control what each player can do on your Enshrouded server. Every group has its own password, and the password a player enters when joining decides which group they belong to. You can give trusted friends full building rights, let your admins kick and ban troublemakers, and limit visitors to exploring without touching your base. With the Enshrouded 1.0 release, you can manage your Permission Groups from the Settings tab on the Shockbyte Panel, so you don't need to edit the server's configuration file by hand. --- How Permission Groups Work Your server comes with two Permission Groups, and you can add more if you need them. Each group has a name, a password, a set of permissions, and a number of reserved slots. When a player joins your server, Enshrouded asks them for a password. The server places them in the group that matches the password they enter, and they receive that group's permissions for the session. To move a player into a different group, give them that group's password and ask them to rejoin. ::ProseNote{title="Note" description="Enshrouded 1.0 lets players who host a game from inside the game client promote or demote other players in-game. This option isn't available on dedicated servers. On your Shockbyte server, the password a player joins with always decides their permissions." appearance="note"} :: --- Permission Settings Explained Each Permission Group has the same eight settings. You set the toggles to on (blue) or off (grey). | Setting | What it does | | ----- | ----- | | Name | Sets the display name for the group, such as Admin, Friend, or Guest. | | Password | Sets the password players enter to join this group. Click Generate to create a random password. | | Can Kick / Ban | Lets members remove or ban players from the server. | | Can Access Inventories | Lets members open chests and containers that other players own. | | Can Edit World | Lets members change terrain outside of base claims. | | Can Edit Base | Lets members build and destroy inside existing base claims. | | Can Extend Base | Lets members expand base boundaries and place new claims. | | Reserved Slots | Holds this number of server slots for members of the group, so they can join when the server is busy. | --- Changing Your Permission Group Settings You can change any group's settings in a few steps. We recommend stopping your server first so your changes apply cleanly when it starts again. 1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Control Panel and open your Enshrouded server. 2. Click Stop to shut down your server and open the Settings tab. 3. Under Server, select Enshrouded Server Settings. 4. Make sure Simple view is selected in the top right. 5. Scroll down and click Permission Group to expand the section. 6. Find the group you want to change, such as Permission Group 2 (Admin), and update its settings: - Enter a name in the Name field. - Enter a password in the Password field, or click Generate to create one. Click the eye icon to show or hide the password. - Click each toggle to turn a permission on or off. - Use the arrows or type a number to set Reserved Slots. 7. Save your changes. 8. Click Start Server to start your server with the new settings. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="If two groups share the same password, players can land in the wrong group, so give every group its own password." appearance="danger"} :: --- Adding or Removing a Permission Group You can add extra groups if two aren't enough, such as a separate group for builders or VIP players. To add a group: 1. Open the Permission Group section in your Enshrouded Server Settings. 2. Scroll to the bottom of the section and click Add +. 3. Fill in the new group's name, password, permissions, and reserved slots. 4. Save your changes and restart your server. To remove a group: 1. Open the Permission Group section in your Enshrouded Server Settings. 2. Click the X in the top right corner of the group you want to remove. 3. Save your changes and restart your server. Players who used a removed group's password won't be able to join with it anymore. Send them the password for their new group. --- Joining Your Server With a Group Password Once your groups are set up, send each player the password for the group you want them in. Players join your server like this: 1. Launch Enshrouded and click Play, then select Join from the main menu. 2. Select the Dedicated Servers tab, then search for your server's name. 3. Select your server and enter the group password when the game asks for it. If a player enters the wrong password, the server won't let them join. ::ProseNote{title="Note" description="Please note your server may take a few minutes to appear in the server browser on initial startup." appearance="note"} :: --- Troubleshooting - My changes didn't apply. Your server reads its settings when it starts. Restart your server after saving any change to your Permission Groups. - A player has the wrong permissions. Check which password they used to join. Give them the correct group's password and ask them to rejoin. - A player can't join with their password. Confirm the password matches the one in the panel exactly, including capital letters. If you changed or removed the group, send them the new password. - I want to edit the settings as code. Click Text editor in the top right of the Enshrouded Server Settings page. Your Permission Groups appear in the userGroups section of the enshroudedserver.json file. If you still need help, contact our support team and we'll take a look for you.
How to Kick Players on Your Enshrouded Server
Enshrouded servers include built-in admin functionality that allows administrators to manage players directly from within the game. If a player is being disruptive or you simply need to free up a slot, you can remove them from the server by using the Kick Player option. Before you can kick players, make sure you are connected as an admin. If you haven’t set up your admin access yet, follow our guide on How to Add Admins to Your Enshrouded Server. --- Kicking Players In-Game Once you are connected as an admin, you can remove players from your server by following these steps: 1. Press O on your keyboard to open the Social Menu. 2. From the player list, select the player you want to remove. 3. Choose Kick Player to disconnect them from the server. --- To learn more about managing your Enshrouded server, visit our full collection of Knowledgebase articles here.
How to Add Admins to Your Enshrouded Server
Admins on your Enshrouded server can kick and ban players, open any chest, and build anywhere in the world. Enshrouded doesn't use admin commands or an admin list. Instead, you create an Admin Permission Group with its own password, and anyone who joins with that password gets admin permissions. You can set up your Admin group from the Settings tab on the Shockbyte Panel in a few minutes. --- Setting Up Your Admin Group 1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Control Panel and open your Enshrouded server. 2. Click Stop to shut down your server and open the Settings tab. 3. Under Server, select Enshrouded Server Settings. 4. Make sure Simple view is selected in the top right. 5. Scroll down and click Permission Group to expand the section. 6. Find Permission Group 2 (Admin) and update its settings: - Enter Admin in the Name field. - Click Generate to create a secure password, or enter your own. Click the eye icon to show the password so you can copy it. - Turn on Can Kick / Ban, Can Access Inventories, Can Edit World, Can Edit Base, and Can Extend Base. - Set Reserved Slots to 1 or more, so your admins can join when the server is full. 7. Save your changes. 8. Click Start Server to start your server with the new settings. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Anyone with the Admin password can kick and ban players on your server. Share it only with people you trust, and make sure it differs from every other group's password." appearance="danger"} :: --- Joining as an Admin Send the Admin password to each person you want to make an admin. They join your server like this: 1. Launch Enshrouded and click Play, then select Join from the main menu. 2. Select the Dedicated Servers tab, then search for your server's name. 3. Select your server and enter the Admin password when the game asks for it. If a player is already on your server with a different password, ask them to leave and rejoin with the Admin password. --- Removing an Admin You can't remove a single player from the Admin group. To remove admin access, change the Admin group's password, restart your server, and send the new password only to the admins you want to keep. ::ProseNote{title="Note" description="Enshrouded 1.0 lets players who host from inside the game client promote and demote players in-game. Dedicated servers don't support this, so the password a player joins with always decides whether they're an admin." appearance="note"} :: --- For more control over what each group can do, including adding groups for friends or guests, see our guide on How to Change the Permission Group Settings on Your Enshrouded Server. If you still need help, contact our support team and we'll take a look for you.
How To Upload An Existing Save To Your Enshrouded Server
If you already had an Enshrouded world locally, or on a previous server, you can still use it on your new Shockbyte server. --- Locating Local Enshrouded World Files If you don't yet have your local Enshrouded world files on hand, you will first need to locate them. 1. Open your Steam games library, right-click Enshrouded and select Manage Browse Local Game Files. 2. Navigate backwards to the Steam folder. 3. Navigate to . 4. Sort the folder by "Date Modified" to determine which world was played most recently. 5. Set these files aside; you will need both the world file and the world\info file later. --- Uploading an Existing Enshrouded World Once you have access to your desired world files, you will need to rename your existing server world, upload your new world files, and then configure your active world save. 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to the Files tab. 3. Open the folder, then open your active save folder. By default, it will be called . 4. Rename the existing world files by adding to their names. 5. Upload your desired local file and file. 6. Change the name of the world files you just uploaded to match the name of your old world. 7. Start your server. Once your server boots back up, it will be using the existing world save you uploaded to your server.
How To Make Your Enshrouded Server Private
You can make your Enshrouded server private by setting a password on every Permission Group. Enshrouded doesn't have a single server password. Instead, each group has its own password, and the password a player enters when joining decides which group they belong to. If any group has an empty password, anyone can join your server and receive that group's permissions. Once every group has a password, only players you've shared a password with can get in. --- Making Your Server Private 1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Control Panel and open your Enshrouded server. 2. Click Stop to shut down your server and open the Settings tab. 3. Under Server, select Enshrouded Server Settings. 4. Make sure Simple view is selected in the top right. 5. Scroll down and click Permission Group to expand the section. 6. Check the Password field of every Permission Group. For each group with an empty password, click Generate to create a secure password, or enter your own. 7. Save your changes. 8. Click Start Server to start your server with the new settings. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Give every group a different password. If two groups share the same password, players can land in the wrong group and get the wrong permissions." appearance="danger"} :: --- Sharing Access With Your Players Your server still appears in the Enshrouded server browser, but players need a password to join. Send each player the password for the group you want them in. For example, give your friends the password for a group that can build, and keep the Admin password for yourself and people you trust. Players join your server like this: 1. Launch Enshrouded and click Play, then select Join from the main menu. 2. Select the Dedicated Servers tab, then search for your server's name. 3. Select your server and enter their group password when the game asks for it. --- Making Your Server Public Again To let anyone join, clear the password on one Permission Group, save your changes, and restart your server. Players who join without a password receive that group's permissions, so turn off any permissions you don't want strangers to have, such as Can Kick / Ban and Can Access Inventories. ::ProseNote{title="Note" description="If someone you no longer want on your server knows a password, change that group's password, restart your server, and send the new password to the players you want to keep." appearance="note"} :: --- To learn more about what each group can do, see our guide on How to Change the Permission Group Settings on Your Enshrouded Server. If you still need help, contact our support team and we'll take a look for you.
How To Join Your Enshrouded server
In Enshrouded, you are a Flameborn, the last ember of a dying race. You must awaken, survive the shroud, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Start your own Enshrouded dedicated server today to begin your grand adventure with up to 16 players. --- Connecting to your Enshrouded Server To join your Enshrouded server, you will first need to configure a custom server name, then search for it in the in-game server list. 1. Click Play, then click Join to open the server list. 2. Click Search For Server Name, then enter your Server Name in the search bar and press Enter. 3. Select your server and then click Join. If applicable, enter a password.