How to Change the Death Penalty on Your Hytale Server

Published 9 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

Hytale lets you control how death affects a player's inventory. You can configure whether players lose all items, no items, or a percentage of items and durability when they die.

Before you start: Stop your server before editing configuration files.

  1. Log in to the Game Control Panel and stop your server.
    Host Havoc game panel showing the stop server button
  2. Navigate to the Configuration Files page.
    Configuration Files page listing the World Config File
  3. Open the World Config File (universe\worlds\default\config.json) using the Text Editor.
  4. Locate the "GameplayConfig": "Default", line and press Enter to add a new line after it.
    Text editor showing the GameplayConfig line with cursor positioned to add a new line
  5. Paste the following block:
    "Death": {
  "RespawnController": {
    "Type": "HomeOrSpawnPoint"
  },
  "ItemsLossMode": "Configured",
  "ItemsAmountLossPercentage": 10.0,
  "ItemsDurabilityLossPercentage": 10.0
},

    config.json with the Death block pasted in after the GameplayConfig line
  6. Set ItemsLossMode to one of the following values:
    • "All" - The player loses every item in their inventory.
    • "None" - The player loses no items.
    • "Configured" - The player loses a percentage of items and durability (see below).

    ItemsLossMode options listed in the config file
  7. If you chose "Configured", adjust these values to your preference:
    • ItemsAmountLossPercentage - Percentage of items lost from the player's inventory on death.
    • ItemsDurabilityLossPercentage - Percentage of durability lost from items remaining in the player's inventory on death.
  8. Click Save & Exit.

Start your server. The death penalty settings take effect immediately for all players.

For related gameplay settings, see how to change server settings.