Change the Bedrock server difficulty

Last updated: July 23, 2026

Set a NolimitHost Minecraft Bedrock Edition server to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.

Set the difficulty to peaceful, easy, normal, or hard. You can use the game panel console, an in-game command, or server.properties — the main configuration file for the server, which holds many of the server's core settings.

Difficulty	Effect
`peaceful`	Removes the normal hostile-mob survival threat.
`easy`	Uses reduced hostile-mob damage and an easier survival challenge.
`normal`	Uses the standard survival difficulty.
`hard`	Uses stronger hostile-mob damage and a harder survival challenge.

Change difficulty with a command

Game panel console

Log in to the NolimitHost Game Panel at https://panel.nolimithost.cc/ and select your Minecraft Bedrock server. Start the server, open its Console view, and enter difficulty without a leading /:

difficulty normal

In Minecraft

Join as an operator (an operator is a player with admin powers), open chat, and enter the command with a leading /:

/difficulty normal

Change difficulty in server.properties

Stop the server — Stop the server before editing its configuration, so the running server does not overwrite your change when you save.
Open server.properties — Log in to the NolimitHost Game Panel at https://panel.nolimithost.cc/ and select your Minecraft Bedrock server. In the left sidebar, click File Manager, then select server.properties.
Set the difficulty — Set difficulty to one supported value.
```
difficulty=normal
```
Save and start — Save the file, start the server, and join to confirm the new difficulty. Restarting is required for the new setting to take effect.

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