Choosing Game Difficulty

Understand the game's difficulty options: how tough enemies are, whether death drops your backpack, and whether you need food and equipment repairs.

The host changes these options in the game, including after world creation. This site explains them; it cannot change your save.

Start with how you want to play

A preset is a ready-made set of difficulty options. Each card includes its in-game name. You can still adjust individual options afterward.

Focus on story & building

Planck Story

Take no combat damage and focus on exploration, collecting, and building.

Explore with less pressure

Lunar Leisure

Lower damage and upkeep pressure for a relaxed adventure.

Play standard survival

Planetary Survival

Experience the survival loop with standard combat, food, and repair costs.

Encounter more enemies

Stellar Hero

Area enemy limits and respawn rates are 200% of standard, without an additional health increase.

Challenge elite enemies

Black Hole Extreme

Eligible ordinary enemies become elite, with higher continuous Food drain and repair costs.

Preset values at a glance

Preset	Damage to player	Enemy / boss HP	Death penalty	Food drain	Durability / repair cost
Planck Story	0%	30% / 30%	Keep backpack	Continuous off / action off	No loss / 0%
Lunar Leisure	50%	50% / 50%	Keep backpack	Continuous off / action half	Normal loss / 5%
Planetary Survival	100%	100% / 100%	Drop backpack	Continuous slow / action standard	Normal loss / 35%
Stellar Hero	100%	100% / 100%	Drop backpack	Continuous slow / action standard	Normal loss / 35%
Black Hole Extreme	100%	100% / 100%	Drop backpack	Continuous standard / action standard	Normal loss / 50%

Elite unlocks & drops

Black Hole Extreme and Elite Enemies unlock account-wide after defeating three Watchers in worlds where players can take damage.
Community records report a 50% chance for elite non-boss enemies to drop additional loot from the matching full-star tier.

Combat is too hard. What can I change?

Reduce incoming damage or enemy and boss health. Lower percentages mean smaller values.

Rule	Options	Effect
Damage to Player Multiplier	0% / 30% / 50% / 75% / 100% / 150% / 200%	Scales eligible incoming damage. Setting it to 0% permanently affects certain combat achievements in this world.
Enemy Health Multiplier	30% / 50% / 75% / 100% / 150% / 200%	Changes non-boss enemy health.
Boss Health Multiplier	30% / 50% / 75% / 100% / 150% / 200%	Changes boss health independently.
Elite Enemies	Off / On	Eligible non-boss enemies gain a half-star marker, stronger stats, and a chance at extra loot from the matching full-star tier.
Area Enemy Limit	50% / 100% / 200% / 300% / 400%	Changes how many ordinary enemies an area can sustain.
Area Enemy Respawn Rate	50% / 100% / 200% / 300% / 400%	Changes how quickly ordinary enemies replenish.

Do I lose items on death? Do I need food?

Turn off backpack drops to keep your inventory on death. Reduce or disable Food drain to eat less often.

Rule	Options	Effect
Drop Backpack on Death	Off / On	Controls whether backpack contents are kept after death.
Continuous Food Drain	Off / Slow / Standard	Controls Food loss over time, including while idle.
Action Food Drain	Off / Half / Standard	Controls extra Food loss from running, mining, combat, and similar actions.

Constant repairs? Enemies spawning at home?

Disable durability loss, reduce repair costs, or let crafted floors prevent natural enemy spawns.

Rule	Options	Effect
Durability Loss	Off / On	Controls whether equipment loses durability.
Repair Material Cost	0% / 5% / 35% / 50%	Adjusts the material cost paid when repairing equipment.
Craftable Floors Block Natural Spawns	Off / On	Floors made at a Construction Workstation can block natural spawns; summoned and fixed spawns are unaffected.

What can I change when playing with friends?

The host can control friendly fire and whether players share the host's unlocked comic abilities.

Rule	Options	Effect
Friendly Fire	Off / On	Controls eligible damage between players in the host's world.
Share Host’s Comic Book Knowledge	Off / On	Shares the host's unlocked comic abilities. Personal skills and recipe sharing are separate systems.