Your Pals work the night shift. Your PC doesn’t have to.

Pocketpair says a server starts with 8 GB and recommends more for big worlds. In practice 8 GB fits a group of up to 8 friends, 12 GB a group of 16 or an older world with many bases, and 16 GB the full 32 players. Memory grows the longer the server runs and with every Pal working at a base, which is why our servers restart by themselves when nobody is on, at least once a day. Moving up a plan keeps your world and settings.

Many cheaper offers sell player slots or memory you only get when it is free (“boost”), skip the CPU model, or charge extra for backups. Our price is the market average for the memory you get, and that memory is guaranteed: a named Ryzen 9 9900X, DDR5, free backups and support from people who play. Compare the memory, the CPU and what backups cost, not only the price.

Palworld’s dedicated server is free, but your PC has to stay on all day for friends to play. A gaming PC running around the clock at 100 to 150 W uses about 72 to 108 kWh a month, roughly $12 to $19 at typical US electricity prices, plus wear and a machine you can’t turn off. You also handle port forwarding, updates and backups yourself, and consoles only find your server if it is listed as a community server.

Yes, two ways: co-op from the game (up to 4 players, and the world is only online while the host plays) or Palworld’s free dedicated server tool from Steam on your own PC. A rented server is for groups that want the world online when the host is away, without leaving a PC on.

Yes. Palworld servers accept Steam, Xbox, PlayStation 5, Mac and Game Pass PC players. Console and Game Pass players find the server by its exact name in Community Servers; they can’t join by address. You choose which platforms get in from the panel.

Yes, and we move it for free: open a support ticket and send your world as a .zip. We fix the host’s character (co-op saves it under a fixed ID, so the host would otherwise start over), remove WorldOption.sav so your panel settings apply, test it and tell you when it is ready. Each player’s explored map stays on their own PC.

Yes, free too. Send us a .zip of your world, or your old host’s login details and we copy it for you; we delete those details as soon as the move is done. Change that password afterwards anyway.

Palworld now documents Workshop mods for Windows dedicated servers. Each mod must support servers and your game build; some also require client installation. Confirm the server operating system, file access, and dependencies with us before choosing a plan for a specific mod stack.

Palworld’s default world holds 32 players. Our plans recommend a count that stays smooth at each memory size; they are recommendations, not slots you pay for per head.

Yes, for free. Every server has three backup slots and new servers make one every night on their own. Once a day the newest backup is also copied to Amazon S3, away from the game machine, and kept 14 days after you cancel. Palworld’s own autosaves can be restored from the panel too.

The panel shows a notice as soon as a new version is out, because players’ games update themselves and can’t join a server that is behind. One button backs up, warns players in game and restarts on the new version; or turn on updates on every start. If a mod isn’t ready, stay on your version until it is. Everyone needs the same version to join.