How to Disable Death Penalties on your Abiotic Factor Server

By default, Abiotic Factor applies death penalties when a player dies, causing them to drop their items and apply durability loss.

If you prefer a more forgiving experience, you can disable or modify death penalties to prevent players from dropping items upon death.

# Disabling Death Penalties

You can modify the DeathPenalties setting in the SandboxSettings.ini file via the Shockbyte Panel.

1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Panel.
2. Click Files.

3. Navigate to AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Worlds/<Your Save Name>.

4. Click SandboxSettings.ini.

5. Locate the DeathPenalties setting and change the value to 0.

6. Click Save and Restart

If you want to customize death penalties rather than disable them entirely, you can adjust the setting to one of the following values:

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