How many server settings does Palworld have?

120. The in-game world-settings menu exposes a fraction of them; the rest are only reachable by editing PalWorldSettings.ini on a dedicated server.

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Palworld server settings and custom world rules

All 120 of them, with the default the game actually ships. The in-game menu shows a fraction of this list — the rest only exist if you edit the file, and several of the most useful ones (how many bases a guild gets, what you drop on death, whether raids happen at all) are in that hidden majority.

If you do not have a server yet, start here instead — co-op holds four players for free, the dedicated server software is a free download, and renting only buys you uptime and a reachable address.

Build a config

Pick a starting point, change what you want, and copy the finishedPalWorldSettings.ini line. Every preset lists exactly which values it changes, and none of them claims to be the right way to play.

Exactly the file Pocketpair ships. No changes.

Your PalWorldSettings.ini

Changed from the shipped file

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exactly the file Pocketpair ships

[/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,WorkSpeedRate=1.000000,CollectionDropRate=1.000000,CollectionObjectHpRate=1.000000,CollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRate=1.000000,EnemyDropItemRate=1.000000,ItemWeightRate=1.000000,EquipmentDurabilityDamageRate=1.000000,ItemCorruptionMultiplier=1.000000,MonsterFarmActionSpeedRate=1.000000,PalEggDefaultHatchingTime=1.000000,PalDamageRateAttack=1.000000,PalDamageRateDefense=1.000000,PlayerDamageRateAttack=1.000000,PlayerDamageRateDefense=1.000000,BuildObjectHpRate=1.000000,BuildObjectDamageRate=1.000000,BuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate=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,DeathPenalty=Item,bPalLost=False,bHardcore=False,bCharacterRecreateInHardcore=False,bCanPickupOtherGuildDeathPenaltyDrop=False,bEnableNonLoginPenalty=True,BlockRespawnTime=5.000000,RespawnPenaltyDurationThreshold=0.000000,RespawnPenaltyTimeScale=2.000000,BaseCampMaxNum=128,BaseCampWorkerMaxNum=15,BaseCampMaxNumInGuild=4,MaxBuildingLimitNum=0,bBuildAreaLimit=False,bEnableDefenseOtherGuildPlayer=False,bInvisibleOtherGuildBaseCampAreaFX=False,bAllowEnemyCampSpawnNearBaseCamp=False,bEnableBuildingPlayerUIdDisplay=False,BuildingNameDisplayCacheTTLSeconds=60,DropItemMaxNum=3000,PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum=-1,DropItemMaxNum_UNKO=100,DropItemAliveMaxHours=1.000000,bActiveUNKO=False,GuildPlayerMaxNum=20,bAutoResetGuildNoOnlinePlayers=False,AutoResetGuildTimeNoOnlinePlayers=72.000000,GuildRejoinCooldownMinutes=0,AutoTransferMasterCheckIntervalSeconds=3600.000000,AutoTransferMasterThresholdDays=14,MaxGuildsPerFrame=10,CoopPlayerMaxNum=4,ServerPlayerMaxNum=32,bIsPvP=False,bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage=False,bEnableFriendlyFire=False,bAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode=False,AdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode="PlayerDropItem",AdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode=1,bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCamp=False,bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player=False,bEnableFastTravel=True,bEnableFastTravelOnlyBaseCamp=False,bIsStartLocationSelectByMap=False,bEnableInvaderEnemy=True,SupplyDropSpan=180,EnablePredatorBossPal=True,bExistPlayerAfterLogout=False,bAllowEnhanceStat_Health=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Attack=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Stamina=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_Weight=True,bAllowEnhanceStat_WorkSpeed=True,bIsMultiplay=False,ServerName="Default Palworld Server",ServerDescription="",AdminPassword="",ServerPassword="",PublicPort=8211,PublicIP="",RCONEnabled=False,RCONPort=25575,RESTAPIEnabled=False,RESTAPIPort=8212,Region="",bUseAuth=True,BanListURL="https://b.palworldgame.com/api/banlist.txt",bShowPlayerList=False,ChatPostLimitPerMinute=30,CrossplayPlatforms=(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac),bAllowClientMod=True,LogFormatType=Text,bIsShowJoinLeftMessage=True,AutoSaveSpan=30.000000,bIsUseBackupSaveData=True,ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance=15000.000000,ItemContainerForceMarkDirtyInterval=1.000000,PlayerDataPalStorageUpdateCheckTickInterval=1.000000,DenyTechnologyList=,bAllowGlobalPalboxExport=True,bAllowGlobalPalboxImport=False,bEnableAimAssistPad=True,bEnableAimAssistKeyboard=False,bEnableVoiceChat=False,VoiceChatMaxVolumeDistance=3000.000000,VoiceChatZeroVolumeDistance=15000.000000)

Replaces the whole OptionSettings line — all 120 keys are emitted, because a partial line makes the server fall back to defaults without saying so.

Every setting

Change individual settings120

Difficulty and rates

DifficultyRandomizerTypeRandomizerSeedbIsRandomizerPalLevelRandomDayTimeSpeedRateNightTimeSpeedRateExpRatePalCaptureRatePalSpawnNumRateWorkSpeedRateCollectionDropRateCollectionObjectHpRateCollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRateEnemyDropItemRateItemWeightRateEquipmentDurabilityDamageRateItemCorruptionMultiplierMonsterFarmActionSpeedRatePalEggDefaultHatchingTime

Damage

PalDamageRateAttackPalDamageRateDefensePlayerDamageRateAttackPlayerDamageRateDefenseBuildObjectHpRateBuildObjectDamageRateBuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate

Survival and regeneration

PlayerStomachDecreaceRatePlayerStaminaDecreaceRatePlayerAutoHPRegeneRatePlayerAutoHpRegeneRateInSleepPalStomachDecreaceRatePalStaminaDecreaceRatePalAutoHPRegeneRatePalAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep

Death and penalties

DeathPenaltybPalLostbHardcorebCharacterRecreateInHardcorebCanPickupOtherGuildDeathPenaltyDropbEnableNonLoginPenaltyBlockRespawnTimeRespawnPenaltyDurationThresholdRespawnPenaltyTimeScale

Bases and building

BaseCampMaxNumBaseCampWorkerMaxNumBaseCampMaxNumInGuildMaxBuildingLimitNumbBuildAreaLimitbEnableDefenseOtherGuildPlayerbInvisibleOtherGuildBaseCampAreaFXbAllowEnemyCampSpawnNearBaseCampbEnableBuildingPlayerUIdDisplayBuildingNameDisplayCacheTTLSeconds

Items on the ground

DropItemMaxNumPhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNumDropItemMaxNum_UNKODropItemAliveMaxHoursbActiveUNKO

Guilds and players

GuildPlayerMaxNumbAutoResetGuildNoOnlinePlayersAutoResetGuildTimeNoOnlinePlayersGuildRejoinCooldownMinutesAutoTransferMasterCheckIntervalSecondsAutoTransferMasterThresholdDaysMaxGuildsPerFrameCoopPlayerMaxNumServerPlayerMaxNum

PvP

bIsPvPbEnablePlayerToPlayerDamagebEnableFriendlyFirebAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPModeAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPModeAdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPModebDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCampbDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player

Travel and world

bEnableFastTravelbEnableFastTravelOnlyBaseCampbIsStartLocationSelectByMapbEnableInvaderEnemySupplyDropSpanEnablePredatorBossPalbExistPlayerAfterLogout

Stat upgrades

bAllowEnhanceStat_HealthbAllowEnhanceStat_AttackbAllowEnhanceStat_StaminabAllowEnhanceStat_WeightbAllowEnhanceStat_WorkSpeed

Server, network and admin

bIsMultiplayServerNameServerDescriptionAdminPasswordServerPasswordPublicPortPublicIPRCONEnabledRCONPortRESTAPIEnabledRESTAPIPortRegionbUseAuthBanListURLbShowPlayerListChatPostLimitPerMinuteCrossplayPlatformsbAllowClientModLogFormatTypebIsShowJoinLeftMessageAutoSaveSpanbIsUseBackupSaveDataServerReplicatePawnCullDistanceItemContainerForceMarkDirtyIntervalPlayerDataPalStorageUpdateCheckTickIntervalDenyTechnologyListbAllowGlobalPalboxExportbAllowGlobalPalboxImport

Input and chat

bEnableAimAssistPadbEnableAimAssistKeyboardbEnableVoiceChatVoiceChatMaxVolumeDistanceVoiceChatZeroVolumeDistance

Where to put the file Admin commands

Where to put them

The file you edit is Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini on Linux, or WindowsServer in place of LinuxServer. Editing DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini does nothing — it is a sample, and the file says so in its own first line. Every value below is that sample’s default.

Difficulty and rates

19 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`Difficulty`	None	—
`RandomizerType`	None	—
`RandomizerSeed`	(empty)	—
`bIsRandomizerPalLevelRandom`	False	—
`DayTimeSpeedRate`	1	Multiplies how fast the clock runs during the day. 2.0 halves the length of daytime; 0.5 doubles it.
`NightTimeSpeedRate`	1	Multiplies how fast the clock runs at night. The setting people raise to shorten nights.
`ExpRate`	1	Multiplies all experience gained. The single most-changed setting on private servers.
`PalCaptureRate`	1	Multiplies capture chance. Stacks with the per-Pal capture multipliers.
`PalSpawnNumRate`	1	Multiplies how many Pals each spawner places. Affects wild density, not which Pals appear.
`WorkSpeedRate`	1	Multiplies base work speed — crafting, farming, everything a base Pal does.
`CollectionDropRate`	1	Multiplies what gathering nodes yield.
`CollectionObjectHpRate`	1	Multiplies the HP of gathering nodes — how many hits an ore node takes.
`CollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRate`	1	Multiplies the respawn timer of gathering nodes. Lower is faster.
`EnemyDropItemRate`	1	Multiplies what defeated Pals and enemies drop.
`ItemWeightRate`	1	—
`EquipmentDurabilityDamageRate`	1	—
`ItemCorruptionMultiplier`	1	—
`MonsterFarmActionSpeedRate`	1	—
`PalEggDefaultHatchingTime`	1	Default hours for an egg to hatch. 0 hatches instantly.

Damage

7 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`PalDamageRateAttack`	1	Multiplies damage dealt by Pals.
`PalDamageRateDefense`	1	Multiplies damage taken by Pals.
`PlayerDamageRateAttack`	1	Multiplies damage dealt by players.
`PlayerDamageRateDefense`	1	Multiplies damage taken by players — the difficulty dial most people mean.
`BuildObjectHpRate`	1	—
`BuildObjectDamageRate`	1	Multiplies damage dealt to structures.
`BuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate`	1	Multiplies the deterioration damage structures take outside a base. 0 stops decay.

Survival and regeneration

8 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`PlayerStomachDecreaceRate`	1	Multiplies how fast player hunger drops. Lower is slower.
`PlayerStaminaDecreaceRate`	1	Multiplies how fast player stamina drains.
`PlayerAutoHPRegeneRate`	1	Multiplies player health regeneration.
`PlayerAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep`	1	—
`PalStomachDecreaceRate`	1	Multiplies how fast Pal hunger drops. Lower is slower.
`PalStaminaDecreaceRate`	1	Multiplies how fast Pal stamina drains.
`PalAutoHPRegeneRate`	1	Multiplies Pal health regeneration.
`PalAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep`	1	—

Death and penalties

9 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`DeathPenalty`	Item	What you drop on death. `Item` drops your inventory only; `All` drops equipment and Pals too; `None` drops nothing.
`bPalLost`	False	Pals in your party are lost on death. Independent of bHardcore.
`bHardcore`	False	Player death is permanent.
`bCharacterRecreateInHardcore`	False	—
`bCanPickupOtherGuildDeathPenaltyDrop`	False	—
`bEnableNonLoginPenalty`	True	Whether an offline player's base still suffers raids and decay.
`BlockRespawnTime`	5	—
`RespawnPenaltyDurationThreshold`	0	—
`RespawnPenaltyTimeScale`	2	—

Bases and building

10 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`BaseCampMaxNum`	128	Server-wide cap on base camps, not a per-player one — the per-guild limit is BaseCampMaxNumInGuild.
`BaseCampWorkerMaxNum`	15	Pals assignable to a single base. Raising this is the usual cause of base-camp lag.
`BaseCampMaxNumInGuild`	4	How many bases one guild may hold. This is the number most people mean by 'how many bases can I have'.
`MaxBuildingLimitNum`	0	0 means no limit.
`bBuildAreaLimit`	False	Restricts building to base camp areas.
`bEnableDefenseOtherGuildPlayer`	False	—
`bInvisibleOtherGuildBaseCampAreaFX`	False	—
`bAllowEnemyCampSpawnNearBaseCamp`	False	—
`bEnableBuildingPlayerUIdDisplay`	False	—
`BuildingNameDisplayCacheTTLSeconds`	60	—

Items on the ground

5 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`DropItemMaxNum`	3000	—
`PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum`	-1	-1 means no limit.
`DropItemMaxNum_UNKO`	100	—
`DropItemAliveMaxHours`	1	How long dropped items survive before despawning.
`bActiveUNKO`	False	Whether Pals leave droppings. UNKO is the Japanese word.

Guilds and players

9 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`GuildPlayerMaxNum`	20	Members a guild may hold.
`bAutoResetGuildNoOnlinePlayers`	False	—
`AutoResetGuildTimeNoOnlinePlayers`	72	—
`GuildRejoinCooldownMinutes`	0	—
`AutoTransferMasterCheckIntervalSeconds`	3600	—
`AutoTransferMasterThresholdDays`	14	—
`MaxGuildsPerFrame`	10	—
`CoopPlayerMaxNum`	4	Cap for co-op (host-and-friends) sessions, separate from a dedicated server's ServerPlayerMaxNum.
`ServerPlayerMaxNum`	32	Cap for a dedicated server.

PvP

8 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`bIsPvP`	False	Enables player-versus-player damage.
`bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage`	False	—
`bEnableFriendlyFire`	False	Whether attacks hurt allies.
`bAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	False	—
`AdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	PlayerDropItem	—
`AdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	1	—
`bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCamp`	False	—
`bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player`	False	—

Travel and world

7 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`bEnableFastTravel`	True	Whether fast travel works at all.
`bEnableFastTravelOnlyBaseCamp`	False	Fast travel restricted to your own base camps.
`bIsStartLocationSelectByMap`	False	—
`bEnableInvaderEnemy`	True	Raids on your base. Turning this off stops raid events entirely.
`SupplyDropSpan`	180	Seconds between supply drops.
`EnablePredatorBossPal`	True	—
`bExistPlayerAfterLogout`	False	—

Stat upgrades

5 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`bAllowEnhanceStat_Health`	True	—
`bAllowEnhanceStat_Attack`	True	—
`bAllowEnhanceStat_Stamina`	True	—
`bAllowEnhanceStat_Weight`	True	—
`bAllowEnhanceStat_WorkSpeed`	True	—

Server, network and admin

28 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`bIsMultiplay`	False	Marks the save as a multiplayer world. Set by the game for co-op; not the way to add players.
`ServerName`	Default Palworld Server	—
`ServerDescription`	(empty)	—
`AdminPassword`	(empty)	Empty by default, which means admin commands are unavailable until you set one.
`ServerPassword`	(empty)	—
`PublicPort`	8211	—
`PublicIP`	(empty)	—
`RCONEnabled`	False	Enables the RCON console. Required for the admin commands.
`RCONPort`	25575	—
`RESTAPIEnabled`	False	Enables the REST API, an alternative to RCON for the same operations.
`RESTAPIPort`	8212	—
`Region`	(empty)	—
`bUseAuth`	True	Requires platform authentication to join.
`BanListURL`	https://b.palworldgame.com/api/banlist.txt	—
`bShowPlayerList`	False	Whether the in-game player list is available.
`ChatPostLimitPerMinute`	30	—
`CrossplayPlatforms`	(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac)	Which platforms may join. The shipped default lists all four, which is why crossplay works out of the box.
`bAllowClientMod`	True	Whether modded clients may connect.
`LogFormatType`	Text	—
`bIsShowJoinLeftMessage`	True	—
`AutoSaveSpan`	30	Seconds between autosaves.
`bIsUseBackupSaveData`	True	—
`ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance`	15000	—
`ItemContainerForceMarkDirtyInterval`	1	—
`PlayerDataPalStorageUpdateCheckTickInterval`	1	—
`DenyTechnologyList`	(empty)	Technologies blocked on this server, empty by default.
`bAllowGlobalPalboxExport`	True	—
`bAllowGlobalPalboxImport`	False	Off by default — the asymmetry with export is deliberate, not an oversight.

Input and chat

5 settings

Setting	Default	What it does
`bEnableAimAssistPad`	True	Aim assist on controllers.
`bEnableAimAssistKeyboard`	False	Aim assist on keyboard and mouse.
`bEnableVoiceChat`	False	—
`VoiceChatMaxVolumeDistance`	3000	—
`VoiceChatZeroVolumeDistance`	15000	—

The settings people actually come looking for

BaseCampMaxNumInGuild is the real answer to “how many bases can I have” — it defaults to 4, and the 128 in BaseCampMaxNum is a server-wide ceiling that people regularly mistake for a personal one.

AdminPassword ships empty, which means the admin commands do not work at all until you set one — the most common reason RCON appears to be broken on a fresh server.

CrossplayPlatforms defaults to all four platforms, which is the file-level reason crossplay works without configuring anything.

What is sourced here and what is not

The setting names and the default values are verbatim from DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini as shipped with the dedicated server — that half of this page is a transcription, and it is exact.

The grouping and the “what it does” notes are ours, written from the setting names and from behaviour, and they are not in the file. Where a name was not self-explanatory enough to describe confidently, the note is left blank rather than filled with a plausible guess — a blank cell is more useful than a wrong sentence sat next to an exact number, borrowing its credibility.

Several of the questions people ask about multiplayer are answered by the defaults above:how many players a server holds,whether split screen exists, andwhich platforms can play together.

Extracted from Palworld's game files on 7 September 2026 (build 4570874460).Methodology