How to Edit Sandbox Settings on an Abiotic Factor Server
How to Edit Sandbox Settings on an Abiotic Factor Server
Editing sandbox settings lets server owners adjust the Abiotic Factor experience to fit their players. When learning how to edit sandbox settings on an abiotic factor server, changes to enemy behavior, item durability, fatigue, and perk points help make the game easier or more challenging, creating a balanced and engaging factor server experience.
- Open your Apollo Panel.
- Stop the server.
- Go to the Files tab.
- Head over to the following directory:
AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Worlds
- Choose the current world.
- Install the
SandboxSettingsfile through here.
- Upload the installed
SandboxSettings.inifile by dragging and dropping it inside the desired world folder.
- Start the server.
Abiotic Factor Sandbox Settings
Setting | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Controls dynamic difficulty and enemy behavior. | 1 = Normal 2 = Hard 3 = Apocalyptic |
| Players have one life; iron mode is enabled. | True / False |
| Items spontaneously respawn in the world. | True / False |
| Determines if power sockets are off at night. | True / False |
| Enable or disable night cycle. | 0 = Normal 1 = Always Day 2 = Always Night |
| Speed of the night cycle. | 0.1 – 3.0 |
| Frequency of weather events. | 0 – 10 |
| How quickly sinks refill. | 0.0 – 10.0 |
| How fast food spoils. | 0.0 – 2.0 |
| The efficiency of fridges in slowing spoilage. | 0.0 – 2.0 |
| How frequently enemies respawn. | 0.0 – 5.0 |
| Multiplier for enemy health. | 0.1 – 10.0 |
| Damage enemies deal to players. | 0.0 – 3.0 |
| Damage enemies deal to deployables. | 0.0 – 3.0 |
| Damage players deal to each other. | 0.0 – 3.0 |
| How fast hunger increases. | 0.0 – 2.0 |
| How fast thirst increases. | 0.0 – 2.0 |
| How fast fatigue builds. | 0.0 - 2.0 |
| How fast continence drains. | 0.0 – 2.0 |
| How fast enemies detect players. | 0.1 - 3.0 |
| Additional perk points for jobs. | 0 – 10 |
| How fast XP is gained. | 0.0 – 3.0 |
| Multiplier for inventory stack items. | 1 – 30 |
| How heavy items feel in inventory. | 0.0 – 5.0 |
| Multiplier for item durability. | 0.1 – 10.0 |
| How much durability is lost on death. | 0.0 – 1.0 |
| Display deaths in chat. | True / False |
| Share item recipes with other players. | True / False |
| Use pagers via inventory or emote wheel. | True / False |
| Allow armor appearance changes. | True / False |
| Skip research minigames and unlock recipes. | True / False |
| Determines what items are lost on death. | 0 = Keep All 1 = Equipped & Hotbar 2 = Hotbar Only 3 = Equipped Only 4 = Lose All 5 = All Destroyed |
| The weapon players start with. | 0 – 5 |
| The host can access death bags. | True / False |
| Restrict containers by item type. | True / False |
| Max furniture / deployables stacked. | 1 – 10 |
| Reset jobs, skills, traits. | True / False |
| Support is needed for bridges. | 1 – 5 |
| Enable home world portal worlds. | True / False |
| Radiation shows no screen effect. | True / False |
| Default inventory size. | 1 - 20 |
| Sink water is tainted. | True / False |
| Radiation actively deals damage. | True / False |
| The player built furniture that was destroyed at zero durability. | True / False |
| Iron mode enabled (requires hardcore). | True / False |
| How accurate enemies are; higher accuracy primarily means tighter shots. | 1 - 5 |
Updated on: 15/12/2025
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