How to Disable NPCs on a Hytale Server

You can disable NPC spawning (creatures, monsters, animals) per world. This is useful for pure building servers or PvP arenas.

Note

Stop your server before making changes to configuration files, otherwise they will be overwritten by the server.

How to Disable NPCs via Configuration

Stop the Server
Stop your server via the management panel.
Open the World Configuration
Connect to your server via SFTP and navigate to:
```
/universe/worlds/<worldname>/config.json
```
```
/universe/worlds/<worldname>/config.json
```
Replace <worldname> with the name of your world (e.g., default).
Change NPC Spawning
Find the IsSpawningNPC setting and change the value:
json
```
"IsSpawningNPC": false
```
```
"IsSpawningNPC": false
```
- true - NPCs spawn (default)
- false - No NPCs spawn
Start the Server
Start your server for the changes to take effect.

Admins can also control NPC spawning in-game:

/spawning

/spawning

Use /spawning -help for available options.

Note

Console commands are entered without /. In-game with admin rights, you need the /.

To remove all NPCs in an area, you can use the kill command or reload the world.

Note

Disabling NPCs only affects future spawning. Already existing NPCs will remain.