Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #15
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
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Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Abiotic Factor: updates, settings and interface
Game updates, plugin versions and improvements to our interface with a traceable history.
Recorded, available and installed are different states. Your actual installation status and suitable updates are shown in the server panel.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #14
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.2.0.23023
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Game update
Published
1.2 - Holiday Cryosphere
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #13
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Nominate Abiotic Factor for "Better with Friends" at the Steam Awards!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
1.1 - Community Update #3
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #12
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
1.1+ Roadmap
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Vote for Abiotic Factor!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #11
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.0.0.21184
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
A Scientific Survey
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.0.0.21035
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #10
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
Over 1.4 Million Scientists and Growing!
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.0.0.20909
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.0.0.20809
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
Developer announcement
Published
Peer Review #9
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Game update
Published
Hotfix 1.0.0.20513
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Effects on plugins
No independent plugin compatibility test is documented for this announcement. Check the affected plugins in the update center before changing game versions.
What the interface looks like
The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.
What the settings do
These values come from our guided editors. Defaults are the editor starting values; they do not show the contents of a customer server.
Difficulty
1 = Normal, 2 = Hard, 3 = Apocalyptic.
- Setting
- GameDifficulty
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 1, 2, 3
Hardcore mode
Warning: characters have one life and difficulty is forced to Apocalyptic.
- Setting
- HardcoreMode
- Default
- false
Respawn resources
Respawns resources around the Facility; furniture is excluded.
- Setting
- LootRespawnEnabled
- Default
- false
Power sockets off at night
- Setting
- PowerSocketsOffAtNight
- Default
- true
Day/night cycle
0 = Normal, 1 = always day, 2 = always night. Fixed time can affect progression.
- Setting
- DayNightCycleState
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0, 1, 2
Day/night speed
- Setting
- DayNightCycleSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.1 – 3
Weather frequency
1 = Never, 2 = Infrequent, 3 = Normal, 4 = Frequent, 5 = Daily.
- Setting
- WeatherFrequency
- Default
- 3
- Range / options
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sink refill rate
0 disables refilling; higher values refill faster.
- Setting
- SinkRefillRate
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 10
Food spoil speed
0 stops spoilage, 1 is normal, 2 is twice as fast.
- Setting
- FoodSpoilSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
Refrigeration effectiveness
- Setting
- RefrigerationEffectivenessMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
Storage restrictions by tag
Off allows arbitrary item types in containers.
- Setting
- StorageByTag
- Default
- true
Bridge support requirement
0 removes additional support requirements; 2 is the default.
- Setting
- BridgeSupports
- Default
- 2
- Range / options
- 0, 1, 2
Allow Home Worlds
- Setting
- HomeWorlds
- Default
- true
Invisible radiation
Hides radiation screen effects, making Geiger counters more important.
- Setting
- InvisibleRadiation
- Default
- false
Tainted sink water
- Setting
- TaintedSinkWater
- Default
- false
Radiation deals damage
- Setting
- RadiationDealsDamage
- Default
- false
Enemy respawn rate
Higher values respawn enemies more often and can increase server load.
- Setting
- EnemySpawnRate
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.5 – 3
Enemy health
- Setting
- EnemyHealthMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.75 – 3
Enemy damage to players
- Setting
- EnemyPlayerDamageMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.25 – 3
Enemy damage to deployables
- Setting
- EnemyDeployableDamageMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 5
Detection speed
- Setting
- DetectionSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.1 – 3
Enemy accuracy
0 = Pathetic, 1 = Low, 2 = Default, 3 = High, 4 = Precise.
- Setting
- EnemyAccuracy
- Default
- 2
- Range / options
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
Apocalyptic enemy abilities
Allows these abilities regardless of the selected difficulty.
- Setting
- ApocalypticAbilities
- Default
- false
Damage to allies
0 disables friendly fire; 1 applies full standard damage.
- Setting
- DamageToAlliesMultiplier
- Default
- 0.5
- Range / options
- 0 – 3
Hunger speed
- Setting
- HungerSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
Thirst speed
- Setting
- ThirstSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
Fatigue speed
- Setting
- FatigueSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
Continence drain
- Setting
- ContinenceSpeedMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 2
XP gain
0 prevents players from leveling skills.
- Setting
- PlayerXPGainMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 3
Item stack size
- Setting
- ItemStackSizeMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 1 – 30
Item weight
- Setting
- ItemWeightMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 5
Item durability
- Setting
- ItemDurabilityMultiplier
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0.1 – 10
Durability loss on death
- Setting
- DurabilityLossOnDeathMultiplier
- Default
- 0.1
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Show death messages
- Setting
- ShowDeathMessages
- Default
- true
Allow recipe sharing
- Setting
- AllowRecipeSharing
- Default
- true
Allow pagers
Pagers help players find one another.
- Setting
- AllowPagers
- Default
- true
Allow transmog
- Setting
- AllowTransmog
- Default
- true
Skip research minigames
- Setting
- DisableResearchMinigame
- Default
- false
Death penalty
0 = keep all; 1 = equipment & hotbar; 2 = hotbar only; 3 = equipment only; 4 = drop all; 5 = destroy all.
- Setting
- DeathPenalties
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
First-spawn weapon
0 = None, 1 = Shiv, 2 = Desk Leg, 3 = Kitchen Knife, 4 = Starter Baton, 5 = Pipe Club, 6 = Random.
- Setting
- FirstTimeStartingWeapon
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Host access to death bags
- Setting
- HostAccessPlayerCorpses
- Default
- true
Allow character reset
- Setting
- AllowCharacterReset
- Default
- true
Destroy player furniture
On destroys furniture at zero durability; off packages it instead.
- Setting
- PlayerFurnitureDestruction
- Default
- false
Allow Iron Mode job
Only applies in Hardcore mode and makes the start substantially harder.
- Setting
- AllowIronMode
- Default
- true
[STEAM] Auto Update
Should Auto Update
- Setting
- AUTO_UPDATE
- Default
- 1
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Server name
Name in the Steam server list, up to 63 UTF-8 bytes (accented letters and emoji take more space). No double quotes or line breaks: the game cannot apply them. Changes take effect after a restart.
- Setting
- SERVER_NAME
- Default
- A Pterodactyl Hosted Server
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Steam query port
Port for the Steam server query. It is assigned automatically and is read-only here.
- Setting
- QUERY_PORT
- Default
- 27015
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Maximum players
Number of players allowed at the same time. This startup value is managed centrally and is read-only here.
- Setting
- NUM_PLAYERS
- Default
- 6
- Range / options
- 1 – 32
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.