Most customisation of your 7 Days to Die Server will be done through its serverconfig.xml file, including changing the difficulty. There are 5 difficulty levels, as explained below with their differences.
# Changing the Difficulty
You can change the difficulty of your server via the serverconfig.xml file.
- Open your server's control panel and Stop the server.
- Navigate to the Files tab.
- Find and open the serverconfig.xml file.
- Locate and set the value of the Game Difficulty property to your desired difficulty, referring to the number in the first column of the table above.
- Save the file and then Restart your server to apply the changes.
