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How to Change the World Settings on a Necesse Server

Changing the world settings on a Necesse server is done to customize how the game plays, including difficulty, survival mechanics, spawn settings, and raid behavior, and how to change the world settings on a Necesse server is commonly searched by server owners who want to adjust world configuration files or settings during world creation. This allows full control over the gameplay experience in a dedicated server, letting communities tailor progression, challenge levels, and survival systems to match their preferred multiplayer style.

To Change Necesse World Settings

Open the Apollo Panel.

Head over to the Startup tab.

Find the Save Name field and remember the save name.

Go to the Files tab.

Navigate to the following directory: saves/worlds

Right-click and extract the save file.

Now delete the zip file.

Open the extracted folder.

Select the worldSettings.cfg

Adjust the desired settings

Setting	All Possible Values	Behavior Description
allowCheats	`true`, `false`	Enables or disables cheat commands in the world.
difficulty	`CASUAL`, `ADVENTURE`, `CLASSIC`, `HARD`, `BRUTAL`	Sets the game difficulty, adjusting enemy health and damage.
deathPenalty	`NONE`, `DROP_MATS`, `DROP_INVENTORY`, `DROP_ALL`, `HARDCORE`	Determines what items are dropped or if the character is deleted upon death.
raidFrequency	`NEVER`, `RARELY`, `OCCASIONALLY`, `OFTEN`	Controls how frequently raiders attack the player.
survivalMode	`true`, `false`	Toggles standard survival on or off.
playerHunger	`true`, `false`	Toggles whether players must consume food to avoid starvation.
disableMobSpawns	`true`, `false`	Completely stops monsters from spawning naturally when set to true.
forcedPvP	`true`, `false`	Forces Player-vs-Player combat to be permanently active across the world.
allowOutsideCharacters	`true`, `false`	Allows or blocks players from bringing in existing characters from other saves.
creativeMode	`true`, `false`	Grants infinite resources and building freedom when enabled.
disableMobAI	`true`, `false`	Freezes all entities, turning enemies completely non-reactive for testing.
canSettlersDie	`true`, `false`	Determines if town villagers can be permanently killed by hostiles.
dayTimeMod	`0.1` to `10.0`	Multiplies the length of the daytime cycle, where 10.0 is the longest.
nightTimeMod	`0.1` to `10.0`	Multiplies the length of the nighttime cycle, where 10.0 is the longest.
gameVersion	E.g., 1.2.0	Matches the world save file to the current running game version.

Hit Save Content.

Navigate back to the saves/worlds directory

Right-click the save folder and hit Archive.

Delete the save world folder.

Right-click the archived file generated, and rename it to the saved name noted.

Start the server.

Updated on: 03/06/2026

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