How to change the difficulty on a Sons of the Forest server

GameMode selects the difficulty used when a new save is created. It does not replace the difficulty of an existing save loaded with SaveMode set to Continue.

1. Create a backup, stop the server and open dedicatedserver.cfg with the Text Editor.
2. Set GameMode to normal, hard, hardsurvival, peaceful, creative or custom.

   

3. Keep SaveMode as Continue unless you deliberately intend to create or overwrite a save.
4. Click Save & Exit and start the server.

Use custom only when creating a save that should read the values under CustomGameModeSettings.