Editing gameplay settings (PalWorldSettings.ini)

Palworld reads its gameplay options (XP rates, capture rates, death penalty, PvP, base camp limits, and more) from Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini. This article shows you how to edit that file in the EZ Game Host panel and apply your changes with a restart.

Warning

The following keys are rewritten by the Startup tab every time the server boots: ServerName, ServerDescription, AdminPassword, ServerPassword, PublicPort, PublicIP, RCONEnabled, RCONPort, and ServerPlayerMaxNum. Editing them in PalWorldSettings.ini has no lasting effect: any change is overwritten at the next start. Change those on the Startup tab instead. See Changing server name, passwords, and player slots.

Edit the file

The LinuxServer config folder in the file manager

In the panel sidebar, open Files.
Navigate into Pal > Saved > Config > LinuxServer.
Hover over PalWorldSettings.ini and click the pencil (edit) icon. The editor opens with the header Editing: Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini and Syntax Highlighting set to ini.
Find the line starting with OptionSettings=( and change the values you want inside the parentheses. For example, to double XP gain, change ExpRate=1.000000 to ExpRate=2.000000.
Click Save (or Save & Close).
Go to Console and click Restart (or Start if the server is stopped). The game only reads this file at boot, so changes take effect after the restart.

Editing PalWorldSettings.ini in the panel's file editor

Tip

The entire OptionSettings=(...)block is one very long line; that is the normal format for this file. Do not add line breaks inside the parentheses; use your browser's find (Ctrl+F / Cmd+F) to locate an option.

Tip

Before making large changes, take a backup so you can roll back. See Backing up your server.

Finding the default values

The file DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini in the root of your Filespage is a reference copy listing every option with its default value. Use it to look up option names and defaults, but don't edit it; the live config the server uses is Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini.

Popular options

All options below appear inside OptionSettings=(...). Rates are multipliers where 1.000000 is normal; booleans are True/False. Defaults shown are the values observed in an unmodified server config.

Rates and multipliers

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`ExpRate`	`1.000000`	XP gain multiplier.
`PalCaptureRate`	`1.000000`	Pal capture chance multiplier.
`WorkSpeedRate`	`1.000000`	Work/crafting speed multiplier.
`DayTimeSpeedRate`	`1.000000`	How fast daytime passes.
`NightTimeSpeedRate`	`1.000000`	How fast nighttime passes.
`PalSpawnNumRate`	`1.000000`	Number of Pals that spawn in the world.
`EnemyDropItemRate`	`1.000000`	Item drop rate from defeated enemies.
`CollectionDropRate`	`1.000000`	Drop rate when gathering resources.
`ItemWeightRate`	`1.000000`	Item weight multiplier (lower = carry more).

Difficulty and death

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`Difficulty`	`None`	Difficulty preset; `None` means the individual values in this file apply.
`DeathPenalty`	`All`	What players drop on death: `None`, `Item`, `ItemAndEquipment`, or `All` (items, equipment, and Pals).
`bHardcore`	`False`	Hardcore mode: player death is permanent.
`bPalLost`	`False`	Pals are permanently lost when they die.

PvP

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`bIsPvP`	`False`	Enables PvP mode.
`bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamage`	`False`	Players can damage other players.
`bEnableFriendlyFire`	`False`	Damage applies to allies.

Base camps

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`BaseCampMaxNum`	`128`	Maximum base camps on the whole server.
`BaseCampWorkerMaxNum`	`15`	Maximum worker Pals per base camp.
`BaseCampMaxNumInGuild`	`4`	Maximum base camps per guild.

Guilds

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`GuildPlayerMaxNum`	`20`	Maximum players in a guild.

Miscellaneous

Option	Default	What it does (game behavior)
`AutoSaveSpan`	`30.000000`	Interval between world autosaves, in seconds.
`PalEggDefaultHatchingTime`	`72.000000`	Hours for the largest eggs to hatch (smaller eggs scale down from this).
`bEnableFastTravel`	`True`	Allows fast travel between unlocked points.
`CrossplayPlatforms`	`(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac)`	Which platforms can join together.
`ChatPostLimitPerMinute`	`30`	Maximum chat messages per player per minute.

Changing server name, passwords, and player slots: the Startup-tab settings that override this file
Managing files and connecting over SFTP
Backing up your server
Using the console and admin commands