Changing the world difficulty on an Abiotic Factor server allows hosts to scale the game's challenge from standard enemy stats in Normal mode to aggressive, high-damage threats in harder modes. Upgrading to Hard or Apocalyptic mode boosts enemy health, speed, and accuracy while overriding dynamic difficulty to pack the facility with crowded spawns. Selecting the right setting ensures the survival experience perfectly matches the group's size and familiarity with the game.
1. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
2. Stop the server.
3. Select the Config tab and choose Game Settings.
4. From the Game Difficulty dropdown, choose the desired difficulty.
Note: The difficulty setting affects enemy interactions. Customize other settings manually to increase the challenge. Learn how to change the sandbox settings here.
5. Start the server.