How to change migration settings on your The Isle server

The IsleUpdated Oct 19, 20262 min read

Open Gameplay in the left menu and change the Migration group, then click Save changes and restart the server. Migration settings apply at the next start.

Change them

Open your server in the panel and click Gameplay in the left menu.
In Migration, change the values you want.
Click Save changes, then restart the server.

The settings

Setting	What it does	Range	Default
Species migration	Herds and food move around the map over time.	On or off	On
Species migration time (seconds)	How long a migration zone lasts.	60 to 604800	5400
Mass migration	Occasional migrations of the whole map.	On or off	On
Mass migration time (seconds)	Time between mass migrations.	60 to 604800	43200
Mass migration length (seconds)	How long a mass migration lasts. Empty keeps the game's own value.	60 to 604800, or empty	Empty

Good to know

Times are in seconds: 3600 is one hour, 86400 is one day.
Leave Mass migration length (seconds) empty to use the game's own value.
Restart: How to start, stop, restart and force-stop your server.

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