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.

Palworld server settings

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.

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

Setting	Default	What it does
`Difficulty`	None	—
`RandomizerType`	None	—
`RandomizerSeed`	(empty)	—
`bIsRandomizerPalLevelRandom`	False	—
`DayTimeSpeedRate`	1	—
`NightTimeSpeedRate`	1	—
`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	—
`WorkSpeedRate`	1	—
`CollectionDropRate`	1	—
`CollectionObjectHpRate`	1	—
`CollectionObjectRespawnSpeedRate`	1	—
`EnemyDropItemRate`	1	—
`ItemWeightRate`	1	—
`EquipmentDurabilityDamageRate`	1	—
`ItemCorruptionMultiplier`	1	—
`MonsterFarmActionSpeedRate`	1	—
`PalEggDefaultHatchingTime`	1	—

Damage

Setting	Default	What it does
`PalDamageRateAttack`	1	—
`PalDamageRateDefense`	1	—
`PlayerDamageRateAttack`	1	—
`PlayerDamageRateDefense`	1	—
`BuildObjectHpRate`	1	—
`BuildObjectDamageRate`	1	—
`BuildObjectDeteriorationDamageRate`	1	—

Survival and regeneration

Setting	Default	What it does
`PlayerStomachDecreaceRate`	1	—
`PlayerStaminaDecreaceRate`	1	—
`PlayerAutoHPRegeneRate`	1	—
`PlayerAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep`	1	—
`PalStomachDecreaceRate`	1	—
`PalStaminaDecreaceRate`	1	—
`PalAutoHPRegeneRate`	1	—
`PalAutoHpRegeneRateInSleep`	1	—

Death and penalties

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	—
`BlockRespawnTime`	5	—
`RespawnPenaltyDurationThreshold`	0	—
`RespawnPenaltyTimeScale`	2	—

Bases and building

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

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

Setting	Default	What it does
`GuildPlayerMaxNum`	20	—
`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

Setting	Default	What it does
`bIsPvP`	False	—
`bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage`	False	—
`bEnableFriendlyFire`	False	—
`bAdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	False	—
`AdditionalDropItemWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	PlayerDropItem	—
`AdditionalDropItemNumWhenPlayerKillingInPvPMode`	1	—
`bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_BaseCamp`	False	—
`bDisplayPvPItemNumOnWorldMap_Player`	False	—

Travel and world

Setting	Default	What it does
`bEnableFastTravel`	True	—
`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

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

Server, network and admin

Setting	Default	What it does
`bIsMultiplay`	False	—
`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	—
`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

Setting	Default	What it does
`bEnableAimAssistPad`	True	—
`bEnableAimAssistKeyboard`	False	—
`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.

Extracted from Palworld’s game files on 12 August 2026 (build 4797106687).