Minecraft: how to change difficulty
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In basic mode
Call up game configuration under "Basic Config" and Game Settings
.
Set the wanted difficulty under Difficulty
and click save.
In advanced mode
Call up game configuration and there under "Configuration files" and server.properties
.
Here, change the difficulty= variable to the desired value and save.
Values for the variable difficulty in the JAVA Edition:
peaceful
easy
normal
hard