How To Enable or Disable Permanent Death on Your Space Engineers Server

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In Space Engineers, death is usually just a temporary setback, provided you have a Medical Room or Survival Kit to respawn at. However, the <PermanentDeath> setting changes the stakes entirely. If enabled, a player who dies without a valid respawn point completely loses their identity, meaning they lose ownership of all their previously built grids and ships, essentially forcing them to start from scratch.

1. Log In to Your Panel

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2. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

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3. Select the ‘config’ Folder

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4. Select the ‘Saves’ Folder

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5. Select the ‘World’ Folder

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6. Inside the ‘World’ Folder, Select the ‘Sandbox_config.sbc‘ File

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7. Configure the Permanent Death Setting

Scroll through the file or use Ctrl + F to find the <PermanentDeath> tag.

To Enable Permanent Death (Hardcore): Change the value to true so the line reads <PermanentDeath>true</PermanentDeath>. Dying without a respawn point means total ownership loss.

To Disable Permanent Death (Forgiving): Change the value so the line reads exactly <PermanentDeath>false</PermanentDeath>. If a player dies without a respawn point, they can spawn in a fresh drop pod but will keep ownership of their old base.

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8. Save the Changes

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9. Restart Your Server

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