---
title: "Disabling Death Penalties on Your Abiotic Factor Server"
description: "Customise your Abiotic Factor server by removing death penalties for a relaxed or creative gameplay style."
url: https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/369-disabling-death-penalties-on-your-abiotic-factor-server
collection: "Abiotic Factor"
updated: 2026-06-11
language: en
---

# Disabling Death Penalties on Your Abiotic Factor Server

Customise your Abiotic Factor server by removing death penalties for a relaxed or creative gameplay style.

**Remove or customise death penalties to create a more forgiving or creative gameplay experience on your Abiotic Factor server.**

By default, **Abiotic Factor** applies penalties when a player dies, causing item drops and durability loss. For players who prefer a less punishing experience, you can disable or modify these death rules to retain equipment and progress after death.

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### Disabling Death Penalties

You can disable or adjust death penalties by modifying the **DeathPenalties** setting in your **SandboxSettings.ini** file through the **ChipHead Panel**:

1.  Log in to your **ChipHead Panel**.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/E4kTaWxi9TbdC2mWA5OuVdvkFCZAS96LhxpoiHCEbb39BM8iOwl8TYgRcBgH2NN8bq54yweZfv2.webp)
    
2.  Click **Files** & Navigate to the following directory:
    
    ```javascript
    AbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Worlds/<Your Save Name>/
    ```
    
3.  Open the **SandboxSettings.ini** file.
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260611010813_7939.webp)
    
4.  Locate the setting **DeathPenalties**.
    
5.  To disable death penalties completely, set the value to:
    
    ```javascript
    DeathPenalties=0
    ```
    
6.  Click ”**Save Content”**.
    
7.  Start your server
    
    ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/attachments/20260611010834_8327.webp)
    

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### Death Penalty Options

If you’d like to customise what happens upon death instead of disabling penalties entirely, use one of the following values:

<table data-id="8fdeaef6-cfb6-42b3-abe3-a55e3ca48aa2" style="min-width: 50px;"><colgroup><col style="min-width: 25px;"><col style="min-width: 25px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="07354f14-5f83-44f0-9652-645d15b9ff79"><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="522eaa6b-c156-49f8-96d5-398c195ba08f"><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="0916d146-7739-4b51-85c3-a3a44a755888"><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="9e3494e4-aa30-4aec-aaab-ec2e0d9baefc">Keep all items upon death.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="49f28d75-dc7d-42fb-b4c6-0b4d55224759"><strong>1</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="28b3f818-22aa-4797-9617-6cd42c88bf38">Keep equipped items and hotbar.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="330cb0cc-8823-4333-9bb5-a041ce0e3a2f"><strong>2</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="aa86e426-9097-465a-9488-51e5223f150f">Keep hotbar items only.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="97c78545-ebc3-48ba-8d81-a0b28bd3e7fe"><strong>3</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="2c9299c6-3146-45fa-a408-b24283bc0a8b">Keep equipped items only.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="1a4cb357-c62a-48e6-aafa-8fe765468af9"><strong>4</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="960d4a49-11b2-4ca7-b6b9-8e2481b59b65">Lose all items, including hotbar.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="01e4709b-6899-4c87-9603-76c1b4fdb7de"><strong>5</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="f499279c-f843-4424-b2da-0d9932de6377">All items are permanently destroyed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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> **Success:** **That’s it!**
> You’ve successfully adjusted the death penalty settings on your **Abiotic Factor** server. Whether you’re building a more relaxed co-op experience or maintaining hardcore survival rules, you can now fully control how death affects players on your **ChipHead** server.