1 min readUpdated Sep 8, 2026

How To Change Difficulty On Your The Forest Server

Here's how to change the difficulty on your The Forest server.

Changing Difficulty

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings.
  3. 3
    Set Difficulty to Peaceful, Normal, Hard, or HardSurvival.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.
DifficultyWhat it does
PeacefulRemoves enemies entirely, so you can build and explore without any combat.
NormalThe standard, balanced experience.
HardIncreases enemy aggression and damage, and makes survival more punishing.
HardSurvivalEverything in Hard, plus a harsher survival layer: animals and fish are scarce, cold, poison, fire and polluted water hit several times harder, health regenerates slowly, food restores less, and your weight tracks calories eaten against calories burnt.