Developer announcement
Published
Sneak peek: Alien Ruin and Husk improvements
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
Barotrauma: 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.
Game update
Published
Hotfix v1.5.9.2
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
Late Summer Greetings
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 v1.5.9.1 for the Summer Update
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 v1.5.8.0 for the Summer Update
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
Out now: Summer Update
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
Preview: Summer Update
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 v1.4.6.0 for Blood in the Water
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 v1.4.5.0 for Blood in the Water
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
Out now: Blood in the Water
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Coming next week: Blood in the Water
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 v1.3.0.4
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 v1.3.0.3
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
Sneak peek: Respawning changes and campaign difficulty settings
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Barotrauma now available on Epic Games Store
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Sneak peek: Changes to diving suits and big monsters
Announcement from the official source. The source describes the changes; your server installation status is shown separately in the update center.
Developer announcement
Published
Sneak peek: new poison enemy and medical system changes
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 v1.2.8.0 for the Winter Update
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
Sneak peek and poll: Permadeath
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 v1.2.7.0 for the Winter Patch
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.
Player limit (MaxPlayers)
Barotrauma allows at most 16 players. More players need more RAM and CPU — the recommendation follows your plan.
- Setting
- MaxPlayers
- Default
- 8
- Range / options
- 1 – 16
Server name
At most 60 characters; cannot be empty. Emoji may count as two characters.
- Setting
- ServerName
- Default
- Server
Description and MOTD
At most 2000 characters. Emoji may count as two characters. Leave empty to remove the description.
- Setting
- ServerMessageText
- Default
Server tick rate
The game technically allows up to 60 but warns against values above 20, so the panel caps this at the default 20.
- Setting
- TickRate
- Default
- 20
- Range / options
- 1 – 20
Maximum lag compensation (ms)
- Setting
- MaxLagCompensation
- Default
- 150
- Range / options
- 0 – 500
Save server logs
- Setting
- SaveServerLogs
- Default
- true
Allow mod downloads
Off prompts players to use Workshop downloads instead and reduces direct server transfers.
- Setting
- AllowModDownloads
- Default
- true
Allow file transfers
- Setting
- AllowFileTransfers
- Default
- true
Voice chat
- Setting
- VoiceChatEnabled
- Default
- true
Play style
- Setting
- PlayStyle
- Default
- Casual
- Range / options
- Serious, Casual, Roleplay, Rampage, SomethingDifferent
Game mode
- Setting
- GameModeIdentifier
- Default
- sandbox
- Range / options
- sandbox, mission, pvp, multiplayercampaign
Randomize route seed
- Setting
- RandomizeSeed
- Default
- true
Start when enough clients are ready
- Setting
- StartWhenClientsReady
- Default
- false
Required ready ratio
- Setting
- StartWhenClientsReadyRatio
- Default
- 0.8
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Submarine selection
- Setting
- SubSelectionMode
- Default
- Manual
- Range / options
- Manual, Random, Vote
Mode selection
- Setting
- ModeSelectionMode
- Default
- Manual
- Range / options
- Manual, Random, Vote
Level difficulty
- Setting
- SelectedLevelDifficulty
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Allow spectating
- Setting
- AllowSpectating
- Default
- true
Allow AFK
- Setting
- AllowAFK
- Default
- true
AFK kick after (sec)
- Setting
- KickAFKTime
- Default
- 600
- Range / options
- 60 – 7200
Disconnected character remains (sec)
- Setting
- KillDisconnectedTime
- Default
- 300
- Range / options
- 0 – 3600
Automatically restart round
- Setting
- AutoRestart
- Default
- false
Restart delay (sec)
- Setting
- AutoRestartInterval
- Default
- 60
- Range / options
- 10 – 3600
Respawn mode
- Setting
- RespawnMode
- Default
- MidRound
- Range / options
- None, MidRound, BetweenRounds, Permadeath
Use respawn shuttle
- Setting
- UseRespawnShuttle
- Default
- true
Respawn interval (sec)
- Setting
- RespawnInterval
- Default
- 30
- Range / options
- 10 – 3600
Maximum shuttle time (sec)
- Setting
- MaxTransportTime
- Default
- 180
- Range / options
- 30 – 3600
Minimum respawn ratio
- Setting
- MinRespawnRatio
- Default
- 0.2
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Skill loss on death (%)
- Setting
- SkillLossPercentageOnDeath
- Default
- 20
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Extra loss on immediate respawn (%)
- Setting
- SkillLossPercentageOnImmediateRespawn
- Default
- 10
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Bot takeover on permadeath
- Setting
- AllowBotTakeoverOnPermadeath
- Default
- true
Ironman with permadeath
Only applies in Permadeath mode and prevents obtaining any new character after death.
- Setting
- IronmanMode
- Default
- false
Friendly fire
- Setting
- AllowFriendlyFire
- Default
- true
Allow disguises
- Setting
- AllowDisguises
- Default
- true
Allow rewiring
- Setting
- AllowRewiring
- Default
- true
Lock all default wires
- Setting
- LockAllDefaultWires
- Default
- false
Allow linking Wi-Fi to chat
- Setting
- AllowLinkingWifiToChat
- Default
- false
Allow immediate item delivery
- Setting
- AllowImmediateItemDelivery
- Default
- true
Allow drag-and-drop giving
- Setting
- AllowDragAndDropGive
- Default
- true
Destructible outposts
- Setting
- DestructibleOutposts
- Default
- false
Killable NPCs
- Setting
- KillableNPCs
- Default
- true
Kick voting
- Setting
- AllowVoteKick
- Default
- true
End-round voting
- Setting
- AllowEndVoting
- Default
- true
End-round vote ratio
- Setting
- EndVoteRequiredRatio
- Default
- 0.6
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
General vote ratio
- Setting
- VoteRequiredRatio
- Default
- 0.6
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Kick vote ratio
- Setting
- KickVoteRequiredRatio
- Default
- 0.6
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Vote duration (sec)
- Setting
- VoteTimeout
- Default
- 30
- Range / options
- 5 – 300
Kick-vote cooldown (sec)
- Setting
- DisallowKickVoteTime
- Default
- 120
- Range / options
- 0 – 3600
Traitor probability
- Setting
- TraitorProbability
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0 – 1
Minimum players for traitors
- Setting
- TraitorsMinPlayerCount
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 1 – 16
Karma system
Uses the existing karma preset; this editor does not modify the separate karma file.
- Setting
- KarmaEnabled
- Default
- false
Looted money destination
- Setting
- LootedMoneyDestination
- Default
- Bank
- Range / options
- Bank, Wallet
Track opponent in PvP
- Setting
- TrackOpponentInPvP
- Default
- true
PvP win score
- Setting
- WinScorePvP
- Default
- 200
- Range / options
- 1 – 1000
Auto Update
1 = on; 0 = off
- Setting
- AUTO_UPDATE
- Default
- 1
- 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
- 27016
- Range / options
- … – 65535
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
List in the public server browser
Controls whether the server appears in the relevant public server browser.
- Setting
- PUBLIC_SERVER
- Default
- True
- Range / options
- True, False
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.