How to Disable Death Penalties in Hytale

Losing your hard-earned items upon death can be incredibly frustrating for players. Fortunately, you can easily configure your Hytale server settings to allow players to keep their inventory, experience, and equipment safely when they respawn.

Let us walk through your MintServers panel and get that death penalty disabled!

Step 1: Stop Your Server

1. Log into your MintServers game panel.
2. Click the Stop button to safely shut down the server.

Step 2: Access the World Configuration

You will need to edit the specific configuration file for your current world.

1. On the left-hand sidebar, navigate to the Files tab to open your File Manager.
2. Navigate to the following folder path to locate your world's configuration file:

Step 3: Modify the Gameplay Config

Now we will add the specific code that tells the server not to drop your items.

1. Open the file and use the search function (usually CTRL+F) to find the following line: "GameplayConfig": "Default",
2. Create a new line immediately after that text and paste the following code block exactly as shown:

  "Death": {
    "RespawnController": {
      "Type": "HomeOrSpawnPoint"
    },
    "ItemsLossMode": "None",
    "ItemsAmountLossPercentage": 0.0,
    "ItemsDurabilityLossPercentage": 0.0
  },
  "IsCompassUpdating": true,

This configuration sets the item drop amount and durability loss to absolute zero, effectively disabling the death penalty!

Step 4: Save and Restart

1. Double-check that the code is aligned correctly and you didn't accidentally delete any commas.
2. Click the Save Content button at the top right of the editor.
3. Navigate back to the Console tab and Start your server.

Your server is now configured to keep inventories completely safe when players die!