Cooperative[]
Cooperative is a more casual way to play the game, specifically designed around playing with friends & focusing on survival in a PVE focused environment, full control of settings are allowed to make the game as easy or difficult as wanted, raiding is disabled & players take 50% less damage from other players
PVP[]
PVP is the standard way to play the game, team up with survivors & fight in a PvPvE environment for domination of resources & the server, gather supplies, gear up, contest & raid other survivors.
Note: PVP still has offline raid protection active by default, encouraging active player interaction
Hardcore[]
Hardcore is an intense version of PVP.
It is a specific unforgiving ruleset that challenges even experienced players. Hardcore mode disables the ability to place bedrolls & pick respawn location, disables the map completely (compass is still allowed for navigation). Enemy difficulty is clamped at the hard difficulty (unless turned up higher), on death a player looses all their XP & skills