Single player or multiple people? Three sets of minimum choices for beginners world settings

Guide scope

Choose solo or multiplayer first: the difference is who controls the world

The archives and rules of the single-player/hosted co-op world world are held by the host. When playing single player, you can enter and pause your own rhythm at any time; when playing multiplayer, friends can use the invitation code to join, but when the host is not online, others usually cannot continue in the world. If the team needs anyone to be online at any time, it should consider a dedicated server instead of using the hosted co-op world as a permanent server.

Multiplayer is more than just a few more players: bases, chests, resource points, death recovery and exploration progress are all used together. Before starting, at least clarify who will keep the archive, who can change the settings, and whether the base and supplies will be shared.

Most settings can still be changed after creation and are not permanently locked.

Exit to the title screen, enter the world list, select an existing world and use "Change World Settings" to modify most difficulties and multipliers, as well as switch multiplayer on and off. The settings are not changed directly during the game, but before entering the world again.

Exceptions should be listed separately: completely random and other creation modes may not be changed after the world is created; dedicated servers are controlled by the server owner's configuration file and management process. Back up your save before making any major changes, especially multiplayer and long-term worlds.

Plan A: Default immersion, fully understand the game for the first time

Select Normal and leave the default values. This plan does not seek to save the most time. The advantage is that technology, materials, capture, combat and base pressure appear according to the official 1.0 preset rhythm, and it is also the easiest to compare when reading the guide.

The normal difficulty default of 1.0 has been adjusted so that equipped items will not be dropped when you die; if you want a complete experience but don’t want to lose the entire set of equipment due to one death, just use the default first instead of changing dozens of multipliers at the beginning.

Plan B: Low friction and fast experience, only change four high-impact items

Keep Normal as the base, and only adjust: the death drop will be reduced to none or lighter; the egg hatching time will be shortened; the experience multiplier and capture multiplier will be moderately increased. These four items respectively reduce corpse runs, waiting in vain, repeatedly brushing levels, and repeatedly losing Spheres. It is not necessary to fill up the collection, damage, day and night, and Pal quantity at the same time.

It is recommended to make small adjustments first, and then decide whether to increase the size after playing one or two outing cycles. If the multiplier is too high, technology, equipment, and regional difficulty will lose their level. This is great in the short term, but it may also make newcomers confused about which systems are originally solving what.

Plan C: Real survival, put the pressure on preparation instead of pure numerical torture

Start with a Hard or near-hard default, retaining death drops and a slower resource/experience rhythm; then adjust hunger, stamina, day and night, and resource refresh according to the sense of survival you really want. Don't push player injuries, enemy health, and collection costs to extremes at the same time, otherwise you'll get delays instead of more realistic decisions.

The goal of this plan is to make food, torches, clothing, retreat lines, backup equipment, and base supplies more important. When playing for the first time, it is still recommended to use the default understanding system first, and then gradually add back the already understood friction.

Four settings you must understand

Death drop determines whether to run away and recover after failure; hatching time determines whether cultivation requires a long wait; experience multiplier determines technology and regional advancement speed; capture multiplier determines ball consumption and capture setbacks. These four items are the easiest to make the same guide produce completely different feelings in different worlds.

After making the changes, tell your teammates about the setting, and recheck it after your first trip, your first death, your first egg hatching, and your first capture of a higher-level Pal. The world settings are adjustable game rules, not permanent answers that you have to guess at the beginning.

Common mistakes

• Mistaking a friend's room for a dedicated server that the host can still operate offline.
• I mistakenly believe that all settings cannot be changed after the world is created.
• Fulling all the magnifications at once will cause technology, materials and regional rhythm to lose reference.

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