Server settings

The game's Customize Difficulty screen for a dedicated server: pick a preset, step any setting through the values the game allows, and download the enshrouded_server.json.

Player

Player Healthx1

Player Manax1

Player Staminax1

Frost Resistance Durationx1

Diving Timex1

Survival

Starvation ModeOff

Time until starvation10 min

Food Buff Durationx1

Time in the Shroudx1

Loot Loss On DeathDefault

Weapon DurabilityOn

Harsh Weather OccurrencesNormal

Glider TurbulencesOn

Taming Startle RepercussionLose Some Progress

Curse ChanceDefault

Fishing DifficultyDefault

Enemies

Enemy AmountNormal

Simultaneous Enemy AttacksNormal

Enemy Damagex1

Enemy Healthx1

Enemy Staminax1

Enemy Perception Rangex1

Enemy Attack Frequencyx1

Boss Damagex1

Boss Healthx1

Pacify EnemiesOff

Resources

Mining Damagex1

Loot Amountx1

Plant Growth Speedx1

Workshop Production Speedx1

Weapon Upgrade Costx1

Weapon Upgrade Recycling Yieldx0.5

XP Modifications

Combat XPx1

Mining XPx1

Quest & Exploration XPx1

Other

Day Duration30 min

Night Duration12 min

Groups and passwords

Players join a group by entering its password. Reserved slots keep room for that group on a full server.

enshrouded_server.json

{
	"name": "Enshrouded Server",
	"password": "",
	"saveDirectory": "./savegame",
	"logDirectory": "./logs",
	"ip": "0.0.0.0",
	"queryPort": 15637,
	"slotCount": 16,
	"voiceChatMode": "Proximity",
	"enableVoiceChat": false,
	"enableTextChat": false,
	"gameSettingsPreset": "Default",
	"gameSettings": {
		"playerHealthFactor": 1,
		"playerManaFactor": 1,
		"playerStaminaFactor": 1,
		"playerBodyHeatFactor": 1,
		"playerDivingTimeFactor": 1,
		"enableStarvingDebuff": false,
		"fromHungerToStarving": 600000000000,
		"foodBuffDurationFactor": 1,
		"shroudTimeFactor": 1,
		"tombstoneMode": "AddBackpackMaterials",
		"enableDurability": true,
		"weatherFrequency": "Normal",
		"enableGliderTurbulences": true,
		"tamingStartleRepercussion": "LoseSomeProgress",
		"curseModifier": "Normal",
		"fishingDifficulty": "Normal",
		"randomSpawnerAmount": "Normal",
		"aggroPoolAmount": "Normal",
		"enemyDamageFactor": 1,
		"enemyHealthFactor": 1,
		"enemyStaminaFactor": 1,
		"enemyPerceptionRangeFactor": 1,
		"threatBonus": 1,
		"bossDamageFactor": 1,
		"bossHealthFactor": 1,
		"pacifyAllEnemies": false,
		"miningDamageFactor": 1,
		"resourceDropStackAmountFactor": 1,
		"plantGrowthSpeedFactor": 1,
		"factoryProductionSpeedFactor": 1,
		"perkCostFactor": 1,
		"perkUpgradeRecyclingFactor": 0.5,
		"experienceCombatFactor": 1,
		"experienceMiningFactor": 1,
		"experienceExplorationQuestsFactor": 1,
		"dayTimeDuration": 1800000000000,
		"nightTimeDuration": 720000000000
	},
	"userGroups": [
		{
			"name": "Admin",
			"password": "",
			"canKickBan": true,
			"canAccessInventories": true,
			"canEditWorld": true,
			"canEditBase": true,
			"canExtendBase": true,
			"reservedSlots": 0
		},
		{
			"name": "Friend",
			"password": "",
			"canKickBan": false,
			"canAccessInventories": true,
			"canEditWorld": true,
			"canEditBase": true,
			"canExtendBase": true,
			"reservedSlots": 0
		},
		{
			"name": "Guest",
			"password": "",
			"canKickBan": false,
			"canAccessInventories": false,
			"canEditWorld": true,
			"canEditBase": false,
			"canExtendBase": false,
			"reservedSlots": 0
		},
		{
			"name": "Visitor",
			"password": "",
			"canKickBan": false,
			"canAccessInventories": false,
			"canEditWorld": false,
			"canEditBase": false,
			"canExtendBase": false,
			"reservedSlots": 0
		}
	],
	"bannedAccounts": []
}

How the file works

The server only reads the gameSettings block when gameSettingsPreset is "Custom". With Default, Relaxed, Hard or Survival it loads that preset and ignores the block, so the generator switches to Custom as soon as one value differs from the preset you picked.

Day length, night length and the time until starvation are written in nanoseconds: 30 minutes is 1800000000000. Only the query port (UDP, 15637 by default) has to be open; the separate game port is gone. Each group's password decides what a player who enters it may do, and reserved slots hold places for that group when the server is full.

Every setting