Palworld Server Settings Guide

Experience gain multiplier. Increase if your group doesn't have time to grind — 1.5x makes progression feel smooth without removing challenge.

Pal capture rate multiplier. Vanilla capture rates are frustrating. 2.0x makes catching Pals feel rewarding without trivializing it.

Pal XP gain multiplier. Increase alongside ExpRate to keep your Pals leveled with your character.

Pal work speed at base. Increasing this is the biggest quality-of-life change you can make — Pals will produce resources and craft items much faster.

Max items on the ground. Increase if you're running a larger server to prevent items despawning during base raids.

Max base camp buildings. Usually fine at default, but lower if you're having server performance issues.

Player-to-player damage multiplier. For a friendly co-op server, reduce to 0.0 (no friendly fire) or 0.5 to make PvP less punishing.

Player damage to Pals. Leave at 1.0 for balanced PvE. Increase slightly if fighting alpha Pals feels too tanky.

Loot drop rate from enemies. Doubling this makes exploration and combat feel rewarding, especially early game.

Day length multiplier. Lower values make days longer. If your group is casual, 0.5x gives you more time to build before night.

Night length multiplier. Speeding up nights (higher value = shorter nights) lets casual players avoid the frustrating dark period. 4.0 makes nights quick.

How fast Pals get hungry. Halving this means your Pals need feeding half as often — much less micromanagement.

What you drop on death: None, Item, ItemAndEquipment, or All. For a casual friends server, None removes frustrating death loops.

Max players per guild. Default is fine for most groups. Only increase if running a large community server.