Where is PalWorldSettings.ini located?

On Windows servers it's at steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/PalWorldSettings.ini, and on Linux at .../Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini. Don't edit DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini. The game ignores changes to that file; it only documents the defaults.

Why aren't my settings applying?

The four usual causes: you edited DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini instead of PalWorldSettings.ini; the server was running while you edited (settings are only read at startup, so restart it); your hosting panel manages the file and overwrites manual edits; or the world already exists — after the first launch most world settings come from WorldOption.sav, so replace that file with the one generated here.

How do I raise XP, catch rates or loot drops?

Most balance settings are multipliers where 1 is the game's default. ExpRate=2 doubles experience, PalCaptureRate=1.5 makes captures noticeably easier, EnemyDropItemRate=2 doubles loot. The sliders above mark whether a change makes the game easier or harder.

How do I make eggs hatch faster?

Lower PalEggDefaultHatchingTime. It's the hatching time in hours for huge eggs (smaller eggs scale down from it). Set it to 0 for instant hatching, which pairs nicely with serious breeding projects.

Which settings can hurt server performance?

The big ones are PalSpawnNumRate (more wild Pals to simulate), BaseCampWorkerMaxNum and BaseCampMaxNum (more working Pals and bases), and DropItemMaxNum (more items lying in the world). Raise them gradually and watch your server's CPU.

Is this generator up to date?

The 119 settings and their default values are parsed directly from the dedicated server's own configuration file.

What is WorldOption.sav and when do I need it?

When a world is generated, the server saves its world settings into WorldOption.sav next to Level.sav in SaveGames/0/ / and ignores most PalWorldSettings.ini values from then on. To change an existing world, download a WorldOption.sav from this page and replace that file while the server is stopped. Server and network settings such as ports, passwords and player limits still come from the .ini.

Palworld Server Settings Generator

Build your PalWorldSettings.ini visually. Every setting explained, with the current default values. Import your existing file to edit it, then copy or download the result. Also exports a WorldOption.sav for worlds that already exist.

119 settings, with defaults from the official Palworld 1.0 server build (2026-07-10)

Server Name ServerName

Server Description ServerDescription

Admin Password AdminPassword

Server Password ServerPassword

Public IP PublicIP

Public Port PublicPort

Coop Player Max Num CoopPlayerMaxNum

Server Player Max Num ServerPlayerMaxNum

Maximum number of players that can join the server.

Is Use Backup Save Data bIsUseBackupSaveData

Auto Save Span AutoSaveSpan

Seconds between world auto-saves.

Allow Connect Platform CrossplayPlatforms

Crossplay platforms

Log Format Type LogFormatType

Enable Voice Chat bEnableVoiceChat

Enable in-game proximity voice chat.

Voice Chat Max Volume Distance VoiceChatMaxVolumeDistance

Distance up to which voice chat plays at full volume (100 units = 1 m).

Voice Chat Zero Volume Distance VoiceChatZeroVolumeDistance

Distance at which voice chat becomes inaudible (100 units = 1 m).

Randomizer Type RandomizerType

Randomizer Seed RandomizerSeed

Is Randomizer Pal Level Random bIsRandomizerPalLevelRandom

Randomizer pal level random

Difficulty Difficulty

Day Time Speed Rate DayTimeSpeedRate

Day length multiplier. Above 1 makes daytime pass faster (shorter days).

Night Time Speed Rate NightTimeSpeedRate

Night length multiplier. Above 1 makes nighttime pass faster (shorter nights).

Exp Rate ExpRate

Multiplier for EXP earned by players and Pals. 2 = double XP, 0.5 = half.

Pal Capture Rate PalCaptureRate

Multiplier for Pal capture chance. Values above 1 make spheres more likely to succeed.

Pal Spawn Number Rate PalSpawnNumRate

Multiplier for how many wild Pals spawn. High values impact server performance.

Pal Damage Rate Attack PalDamageRateAttack

Pal Damage Rate Defense PalDamageRateDefense

Pal Stomach Decrease Rate PalStomachDecreaceRate

Pal Stamina Decrease Rate PalStaminaDecreaceRate

Pal Auto HP Regen Rate PalAutoHPRegeneRate

Pal Auto HP Regen Rate In Sleep PalAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep

Player Damage Rate Attack PlayerDamageRateAttack

Player damage rate when attacking

Player Damage Rate Defense PlayerDamageRateDefense

Player damage rate when defending

Player Stomach Decrease Rate PlayerStomachDecreaceRate

Player Stamina Decrease Rate PlayerStaminaDecreaceRate

Player Auto HP Regen Rate PlayerAutoHPRegeneRate

Player Auto HP Regen Rate In Sleep PlayerAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep

Build Object HP Rate BuildObjectHpRate

HP rate to build objects

Build Object Damage Rate BuildObjectDamageRate

Damage rate to build objects

Build Object Deterioration Damage Rate BuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate

Deterioration damage rate to build objects

Drop Item Max Num DropItemMaxNum

Maximum dropped items kept in the world before the oldest despawn.

Item Weight Ratio ItemWeightRate

Item weight rate

Collection Drop Rate CollectionDropRate

Multiplier for items gathered from trees, ore nodes and other collectables.

Collection Object HP Rate CollectionObjectHpRate

Collection Object Respawn Interval Rate CollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRate

Enemy Drop Item Rate EnemyDropItemRate

Multiplier for loot dropped by defeated enemies.

Pal Egg Default Hatching Time PalEggDefaultHatchingTime

Hours a huge egg takes to hatch (other eggs scale down from this). 0 = instant hatching.

Enable Invader Enemy bEnableInvaderEnemy

Enable Predator Boss Pal EnablePredatorBossPal

Death Penalty DeathPenalty

What players drop on death.

Guild Player Max Num GuildPlayerMaxNum

Maximum members per guild.

Base Camp Max Num In Guild BaseCampMaxNumInGuild

Base Camp Worker Max Num BaseCampWorkerMaxNum

Maximum Pals working at one base. Raising this above 15 can hurt performance.

Max Building Limit Per Player MaxBuildingLimitNum

Building number limit per player

Interval for supply drop or meteorite (minutes) SupplyDropSpan

Minutes between supply drops.

Chat Post Limit Per Minute ChatPostLimitPerMinute

Number of chats that can be posted per minute

Equipment Durability Damage Rate EquipmentDurabilityDamageRate

Item Container Force Mark Dirty Interval ItemContainerForceMarkDirtyInterval

Interval for marking item container as dirty

Item Corruption Multiplier ItemCorruptionMultiplier

Ranch Production Speed Rate MonsterFarmActionSpeedRate

Multiplier for Ranch (Monster Farm) production speed.

Enable Player To Player Damage bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage

Enable Friendly Fire bEnableFriendlyFire

Active UNKO (Pal will poop) bActiveUNKO

Active UNKO

Enable Aim Assist Controller bEnableAimAssistPad

Enable aim assist pad

Enable Aim Assist Keyboard bEnableAimAssistKeyboard

Pal Poop Drop Max Num (UNKO) DropItemMaxNum_UNKO

Drop item max num UNKO

Physics Active Drop Item Max Num PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum

Maximum dropped items simulated with physics at once. -1 = no limit.

Base Camp Max Num BaseCampMaxNum

Drop Item Alive Max Hours DropItemAliveMaxHours

Auto Reset Guild No Online Players bAutoResetGuildNoOnlinePlayers

Auto Reset Guild Time No Online Players AutoResetGuildTimeNoOnlinePlayers

Guild Master Auto Transfer Check Interval AutoTransferMasterCheckIntervalSeconds

How often the server checks for inactive guild masters, in seconds.

Guild Master Auto Transfer Threshold (Days) AutoTransferMasterThresholdDays

Days a guild master can stay offline before leadership auto-transfers to an active member.

Work Speed Rate WorkSpeedRate

Multiplier for base work/crafting speed.

Is Multiplay bIsMultiplay

Is PvP bIsPvP

Enables PvP mode: players can damage each other.

Hardcore Mode bHardcore

Hardcore mode: player death is permanent.

Pal Lost Mode bPalLost

When enabled, Pals on a player are lost permanently on death.

Allow Character Recreate In Hardcore bCharacterRecreateInHardcore

Character recreate in hardcore

Can Pickup Other Guild Death Penalty Drop bCanPickupOtherGuildDeathPenaltyDrop

Enable Non Login Penalty bEnableNonLoginPenalty

Enable Fast Travel bEnableFastTravel

Is Start Location Select By Map bIsStartLocationSelectByMap

Exist Player After Logout bExistPlayerAfterLogout

Enable Defense Other Guild Player bEnableDefenseOtherGuildPlayer

Invisible Other Guild Base Camp Area FX bInvisibleOtherGuildBaseCampAreaFX

Enable invisible other guild base camp area FX

Build Area Limit bBuildAreaLimit

Enable build area limit

Pal Sync Distance From Player ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance

Pal Storage Update Check Interval PlayerDataPalStorageUpdateCheckTickInterval

Interval in seconds between pal storage update checks in player data.

Max Guilds Per Frame MaxGuildsPerFrame

Guilds processed per server frame; higher updates guilds faster at more CPU cost.

Enable Online Player List in Dedicated Server bShowPlayerList

Enable dedicated server player list

Allow Global Palbox Export bAllowGlobalPalboxExport

Allow Global Palbox Import bAllowGlobalPalboxImport

RCON Enabled RCONEnabled

Enables RCON remote console access.

RCON Port RCONPort

REST API Enabled RESTAPIEnabled

Enables the REST API for server management tools.

REST API Port RESTAPIPort

Region Region

Use Auth bUseAuth

Ban List URL BanListURL

Enable Fast Travel Only Base Camp bEnableFastTravelOnlyBaseCamp

Enable fast travel only to base camp

Allow Client Mod bAllowClientMod

Allow client mods

Show Join/Leave Message bIsShowJoinLeftMessage

Show player join/leave messages

Deny Technology List DenyTechnologyList

List of technologies to deny

Guild Rejoin Cooldown (Minutes) GuildRejoinCooldownMinutes

Cooldown time for guild rejoin in minutes

Block Respawn Time BlockRespawnTime

Respawn Penalty Duration Threshold RespawnPenaltyDurationThreshold

Respawn Penalty Time Scale RespawnPenaltyTimeScale

Display PvP Item Num on World Map (Base Camp) bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCamp

Display PvP item numbers on world map for base camps

Display PvP Item Num on World Map (Player) bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player

Display PvP item numbers on world map for players

Show Building Owner Player UId bEnableBuildingPlayerUIdDisplay

Show the owner's player UId on buildings.

Building Name Display Cache TTL (Seconds) BuildingNameDisplayCacheTTLSeconds

How long building owner-name lookups are cached, in seconds.

Additional Drop Item When Player Killing in PvP Mode AdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode

Additional drop item when killing player in PvP mode

Additional Drop Item Num When Player Killing in PvP Mode AdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode

Number of additional drop items when killing player in PvP mode

Enable Additional Drop Item When Player Killing in PvP Mode bAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode

Enable additional drop items when killing player in PvP mode

Allow Enhance Stat - Health bAllowEnhanceStat_Health

Allow enhancing health stat

Allow Enhance Stat - Attack bAllowEnhanceStat_Attack

Allow enhancing attack stat

Allow Enhance Stat - Stamina bAllowEnhanceStat_Stamina

Allow enhancing stamina stat

Allow Enhance Stat - Weight bAllowEnhanceStat_Weight

Allow enhancing weight stat

Allow Enhance Stat - Work Speed bAllowEnhanceStat_WorkSpeed

Allow enhancing work speed stat

Changing an existing world? After a world's first launch the server reads most world settings from WorldOption.sav and ignores the .ini versions. Download the .sav and replace the one in your world's save folder — or upload your current WorldOption.sav above to edit it.

[/Script/Pal.PalGameWorldSettings]
OptionSettings=(Difficulty=None,RandomizerType=None,RandomizerSeed="",bIsRandomizerPalLevelRandom=False,DayTimeSpeedRate=1.000000,NightTimeSpeedRate=1.000000,ExpRate=1.000000,PalCaptureRate=1.000000,PalSpawnNumRate=1.000000,PalDamageRateAttack=1.000000,PalDamageRateDefense=1.000000,PlayerDamageRateAttack=1.000000,PlayerDamageRateDefense=1.000000,PlayerStomachDecreaceRate=1.000000,PlayerStaminaDecreaceRate=1.000000,PlayerAutoHPRegeneRate=1.000000,PlayerAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep=1.000000,PalStomachDecreaceRate=1.000000,PalStaminaDecreaceRate=1.000000,PalAutoHPRegeneRate=1.000000,PalAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep=1.000000,BuildObjectHpRate=1.000000,BuildObjectDamageRate=1.000000,BuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate=1.000000,CollectionDropRate=1.000000,CollectionObjectHpRate=1.000000,CollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRate=1.000000,EnemyDropItemRate=1.000000,DeathPenalty=Item,bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage=False,bEnableFriendlyFire=False,bEnableInvaderEnemy=True,bActiveUNKO=False,bEnableAimAssistPad=True,bEnableAimAssistKeyboard=False,DropItemMaxNum=3000,PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum=-1,DropItemMaxNum_UNKO=100,BaseCampMaxNum=128,BaseCampWorkerMaxNum=15,DropItemAliveMaxHours=1.000000,bAutoResetGuildNoOnlinePlayers=False,AutoResetGuildTimeNoOnlinePlayers=72.000000,GuildPlayerMaxNum=20,BaseCampMaxNumInGuild=4,PalEggDefaultHatchingTime=1.000000,WorkSpeedRate=1.000000,AutoSaveSpan=30.000000,bIsMultiplay=False,bIsPvP=False,bHardcore=False,bPalLost=False,bCharacterRecreateInHardcore=False,bCanPickupOtherGuildDeathPenaltyDrop=False,bEnableNonLoginPenalty=True,bEnableFastTravel=True,bEnableFastTravelOnlyBaseCamp=False,bIsStartLocationSelectByMap=False,bExistPlayerAfterLogout=False,bEnableDefenseOtherGuildPlayer=False,bInvisibleOtherGuildBaseCampAreaFX=False,bBuildAreaLimit=False,ItemWeightRate=1.000000,CoopPlayerMaxNum=4,ServerPlayerMaxNum=32,ServerName="Default Palworld Server",ServerDescription="",AdminPassword="",ServerPassword="",bAllowClientMod=True,PublicPort=8211,PublicIP="",RCONEnabled=False,RCONPort=25575,Region="",bUseAuth=True,BanListURL="https://b.palworldgame.com/api/banlist.txt",RESTAPIEnabled=False,RESTAPIPort=8212,bShowPlayerList=False,ChatPostLimitPerMinute=30,CrossplayPlatforms=(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac),bIsUseBackupSaveData=True,LogFormatType=Text,bIsShowJoinLeftMessage=True,SupplyDropSpan=180,EnablePredatorBossPal=True,MaxBuildingLimitNum=0,ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance=15000.000000,bAllowGlobalPalboxExport=True,bAllowGlobalPalboxImport=False,EquipmentDurabilityDamageRate=1.000000,ItemContainerForceMarkDirtyInterval=1.000000,PlayerDataPalStorageUpdateCheckTickInterval=1.000000,ItemCorruptionMultiplier=1.000000,MonsterFarmActionSpeedRate=1.000000,DenyTechnologyList=,GuildRejoinCooldownMinutes=0,AutoTransferMasterCheckIntervalSeconds=3600.000000,AutoTransferMasterThresholdDays=14,MaxGuildsPerFrame=10,BlockRespawnTime=5.000000,RespawnPenaltyDurationThreshold=0.000000,RespawnPenaltyTimeScale=2.000000,bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCamp=False,bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player=False,AdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode="PlayerDropItem",AdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode=1,bAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode=False,bEnableVoiceChat=False,VoiceChatMaxVolumeDistance=3000.000000,VoiceChatZeroVolumeDistance=15000.000000,bAllowEnhanceStat_Health=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Attack=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Stamina=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Weight=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_WorkSpeed=True,bEnableBuildingPlayerUIdDisplay=False,BuildingNameDisplayCacheTTLSeconds=60)

How to apply these settings

Dedicated servers read their settings from PalWorldSettings.ini. Depending on the platform, the file lives at:

Windows: steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/PalWorldSettings.ini
Linux: steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini

Stop the server before editing, replace the contents of the file with the generated output, then start the server again. Settings are only read on boot, so a running server won't pick up changes.

That covers new worlds. Once a world has been generated, the server copies most world settings into WorldOption.sav and ignores the .ini versions from then on. To change an existing world, download the WorldOption.sav above and replace the one in the world's save folder (stop the server first):

steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0/<WorldID>/WorldOption.sav

On a Host Havoc Palworld server you don't need to touch any files: every option on this page can be changed straight from the control panel's configuration editor.

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