diff --git a/src/defaultsettings.cpp b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
index 2e31e9eee..dbd3cf8d2 100644
--- a/src/defaultsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/defaultsettings.cpp
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ void set_default_settings(Settings *settings)
 	settings->setDefault("fixed_virtual_joystick", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("virtual_joystick_triggers_aux", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("smooth_lighting", "false");
-	settings->setDefault("max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client", "3");
-	settings->setDefault("emergequeue_limit_diskonly", "8");
-	settings->setDefault("emergequeue_limit_generate", "8");
-	settings->setDefault("max_block_generate_distance", "3");
+	settings->setDefault("max_simultaneous_block_sends_per_client", "10");
+	settings->setDefault("emergequeue_limit_diskonly", "16");
+	settings->setDefault("emergequeue_limit_generate", "16");
+	settings->setDefault("max_block_generate_distance", "5");
 	settings->setDefault("enable_3d_clouds", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("fps_max", "30");
 	settings->setDefault("pause_fps_max", "10");
@@ -422,11 +422,11 @@ void set_default_settings(Settings *settings)
 	settings->setDefault("sqlite_synchronous", "1");
 	settings->setDefault("gui_scaling", "1.1");
 	settings->setDefault("server_map_save_interval", "15");
-	settings->setDefault("client_mapblock_limit", "500");
-	settings->setDefault("active_block_range", "1");
-	settings->setDefault("chunksize", "3");
+	settings->setDefault("client_mapblock_limit", "1000");
+	settings->setDefault("active_block_range", "2");
+	settings->setDefault("chunksize", "5");
 
-	settings->setDefault("viewing_range", "25");
+	settings->setDefault("viewing_range", "50");
 	settings->setDefault("inventory_image_hack", "false");
 
 	// Check for a device with a small screen