Code:
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# DIFFICULTY
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# set to your preferred game mode. available modes are EASY, NORMAL, HARD. mismatch with the server may cause visual glitches with recipes. setting an unavailable mode will create a new mode definition file.
difficulty.gamemode=EASY
So what's this about? I can't find anything about it on the wiki, nor on the official Forestry thread, or anywhere at all.