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Speed

10 / 20

Vanilla

Max Boost

How fast you gather, level, tame, and breed. Does NOT make the game easier — just faster.

Difficulty

10 / 20

Easy

Brutal

How dangerous the world is. Wild dino power, player fragility, tame weakness. Right = punishing survival.

Quality of Life

10 / 20

Vanilla

Max QoL

Decay timers, spoilage, structure durability, build limits. Right = less tedium, more forgiving.

Speed Categories

Gathering & Resources

speed: 10

Harvest amounts, respawn rates, and resource collection multipliers

HarvestAmountMultiplier	`6.385042` (default: 1.0)
HarvestHealthMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier	`0.736842` (default: 1.0)
PlayerHarvestingDamageMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
DinoHarvestingDamageMultiplier	`8.789474` (default: 3.2)

Taming

speed: 10

Taming speed, passive intervals, and max tame count

TamingSpeedMultiplier	`6.385042` (default: 1.0)
PassiveTameIntervalMultiplier	`0.736842` (default: 1.0)
MaxTamedDinos	`578.947368` (default: 5000.0)

Breeding & Raising

speed: 10

Egg hatch speed, maturation, cuddle intervals, and imprint amounts

EggHatchSpeedMultiplier	`11.99446` (default: 1.0)
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier	`23.213296` (default: 1.0)
BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier	`0.725762` (default: 1.0)
MatingSpeedMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
MatingIntervalMultiplier	`0.725762` (default: 1.0)
BabyImprintAmountMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)

XP & Leveling

speed: 10

Experience multipliers for kills, crafting, harvesting, and exploration

XPMultiplier	`6.385042` (default: 1.0)
KillXPMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
CraftXPMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
HarvestXPMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
GenericXPMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
SpecialXPMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)

Difficulty Categories

Wild Dino Danger

difficulty: 10

Wild dinosaur damage, resistance, spawn density, and difficulty scaling

DinoDamageMultiplier	`2.631579` (default: 1.0)
DinoResistanceMultiplier	`0.668421` (default: 1.0)
DinoCountMultiplier	`1.684211` (default: 1.0)
DifficultyOffset	`0.578947` (default: 1.0)
OverrideOfficialDifficulty	`7.631579` (default: 0.0)

Tamed Dino Power

difficulty: 10

Tamed dinosaur damage, resistance, stamina, and food consumption

TamedDinoDamageMultiplier	`0.668421` (default: 1.0)
TamedDinoResistanceMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
DinoCharacterHealthRecoveryMultiplier	`0.621053` (default: 1.0)
DinoCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier	`2` (default: 1.0)
DinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier	`2` (default: 1.0)

Player Survival

difficulty: 10

Player damage, resistance, food/water/stamina drain, and health recovery

PlayerDamageMultiplier	`0.668421` (default: 1.0)
PlayerResistanceMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier	`2` (default: 1.0)
PlayerCharacterWaterDrainMultiplier	`2` (default: 1.0)
PlayerCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier	`2` (default: 1.0)
PlayerCharacterHealthRecoveryMultiplier	`0.621053` (default: 1.0)

Quality of Life Categories

Day/Night Cycle

qol: 10

Overall cycle speed, daytime length, and nighttime length

DayCycleSpeedScale	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
DayTimeSpeedScale	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
NightTimeSpeedScale	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)

Decay & Spoilage

qol: 10

Food spoilage, structure decay, dino decay, and decomposition timers

GlobalSpoilingTimeMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
CropDecaySpeedMultiplier	`0.526316` (default: 1.0)
PvEStructureDecayPeriodMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
PvEDinoDecayPeriodMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
GlobalItemDecompositionTimeMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)
GlobalCorpseDecompositionTimeMultiplier	`5.263158` (default: 1.0)

Structures

qol: 10

Structure damage, resistance, platform limits, and build area scaling

StructureDamageMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
StructureResistanceMultiplier	`0.621053` (default: 1.0)
PerPlatformMaxStructuresMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)
PlatformSaddleBuildAreaBoundsMultiplier	`2.894737` (default: 1.0)