Palworld 1.0 is here — and so is the server question
Palworld 1.0 is out with crossplay across PC, Xbox, PS5, and Mac, which means your friend group is probably bigger than ever. And the biggest multiplayer question in Palworld is the same one as every survival game: how do we all play in the same world without one person stuck hosting?
Palworld supports a few ways to play together: co-op with a host player, official servers, and your own dedicated server. Each has tradeoffs, and picking the right one changes the whole experience.
Co-op hosting vs. a dedicated server
Palworld’s co-op mode is the easiest option: one player creates a world and up to a few friends join. The catch is baked into the design — the world only exists while the host is online, and the host’s PC does all the heavy lifting. The host crashes or logs off for dinner, and everyone’s night session is over.
A dedicated server fixes all of that:
- 24/7 world: Your base, Pals, and progress persist around the clock. Guildmates log in whenever they want.
- Console friends can join: On a properly configured dedicated server, PS5 and Xbox players can connect through the Community Server list — something co-op hosting can’t offer for consoles.
- More players: Dedicated servers handle larger groups, with performance limited by RAM and CPU rather than one player’s machine.
- Settings you control: XP rates, egg timers, damage multipliers — everything is yours to tune.
Palworld server settings matter more than you think
Palworld has 89 server settings, and most of them should stay at default. The ones worth touching: cull distance (lowering it from 15000 toward 8000-10000 is the single biggest performance lever), DropItemMaxNum, and BaseCampWorkerMaxNum. Also worth knowing: on Palworld 1.0, most world settings are read from WorldOption.sav, not the ini file — so editing the ini on a self-hosted server can silently do nothing until you update that file too.
How much RAM does a Palworld server need?
Rough guidance: 6-10GB for small groups, 16GB for 15+ players. A good host will let you add RAM without a restart as your guild grows.
What EVLBOX offers for Palworld
EVLBOX hosts Palworld servers from $16/month in four locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, and Falkenstein, Germany. Their Palworld setup includes the Nitro panel for editing every server setting as labelled fields (no ini hunting), offsite backups, and instant setup — your server is provisioned in about five minutes.
Two things stand out for Palworld specifically:
- Mod support that actually works: Most hosts say Palworld servers can’t run mods. EVLBOX’s can — you flip to a modded configuration from a dropdown in the panel, keep your world, and the mod loader is already on. Flip back to vanilla just as easily.
- Console crossplay made simple: EVLBOX added a one-click Community Server toggle that lists your server in Palworld’s in-game browser, so PS5 and Xbox friends can find and join it without typing an IP address.
The bottom line
If your Palworld group is more than a host and one friend, a dedicated server is the move. Look for a host with crossplay support, panel-based settings, and mod capability — then stop being the person whose PC has to stay on all weekend.
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