How to Change the Difficulty on a Minecraft Java Server

What is the difficulty?

The difficulty determines how challenging the game is. It affects mob damage, hunger and other gameplay mechanics.

Value	Difficulty	Description
`peaceful`	Peaceful	No hostile mobs, health regenerates quickly
`easy`	Easy	Hostile mobs spawn but deal low damage
`normal`	Normal	Default difficulty
`hard`	Hard	Mobs deal more damage, hunger can be lethal

Open server.properties
Connect to your server via SFTP and open the file server.properties.
Find the entry
Search for the following entry:
```
difficulty=easy
```
```
difficulty=easy
```
Change the value
Change the value to the desired difficulty.
Restart the server
Save the changes and restart the server.