What is the difficulty?
The difficulty determines how challenging the game is. It affects mob damage, hunger and other gameplay mechanics.
| Value | Difficulty | Description |
|---|---|---|
peaceful |
Peaceful | No hostile mobs, health regenerates quickly |
easy |
Easy | Hostile mobs spawn but deal low damage |
normal |
Normal | Default difficulty |
hard |
Hard | Mobs deal more damage, hunger can be lethal |
How do I change the difficulty?
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Open server.properties
Connect to your server via SFTP and open the fileserver.properties. -
Find the entry
Search for the following entry:difficulty=easy -
Change the value
Change the value to the desired difficulty. -
Restart the server
Save the changes and restart the server.