Palworld Knowledge Base
Complete guides for your WDC GameGrid Palworld server. Learn how to configure difficulty, day/night speed, and Pal spawn rates; use admin commands; install mods; and fix common connection and performance issues.
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Setup and Configuration
Palworld Server Setup Guide
Configure your Palworld dedicated server: difficulty, day/night speed, Pal spawns, and PvP.
Important Palworld Settings Reference
Every PalWorldSettings.ini option: types, defaults, valid ranges, and restart requirements.
WorldOption.sav vs PalWorldSettings.ini
The #1 cause of settings not applying - and how to fix it.
Palworld Crossplay Setup Guide
Connect Steam, Xbox, PS5, and Mac players to the same server.
Palworld Port Configuration
Every port your Palworld server uses, what it does, and which ones players need.
How to Connect to Your Palworld Server
Step-by-step connection guide for Steam, Xbox, PS5, and Mac players joining a Palworld dedicated server.
Palworld Difficulty Settings Explained
What the Difficulty field does on a Palworld server, why it only applies to new worlds, and which individual rates to tune instead.
Configuring PvP on Your Palworld Server
Enable PvP, set death penalties, and configure hardcore mode for competitive Palworld servers.
Palworld Base Camp Settings Guide
Configure base camp limits, worker counts, and understand the performance impact of high base settings.
Palworld Egg Hatching Settings
What Pal Egg Hatching Time really is (a multiplier, not hours), the range the panel accepts, and how to balance hatching for your server.
Administration
Palworld Admin Commands
Vanilla admin commands for managing players, saving, and server control.
Palworld Command Manager
Schedule Palworld server commands to run on their own - saves, restart broadcasts, and PalDefender item and XP rewards for everyone online, without typing platform player IDs.
Palworld REST API Guide
What Palworld's REST API does on a GameGrid server, why you reach it through the Console tab rather than over the network, and the full endpoint list.
How to Become Admin on Your Palworld Server
Set an administrator password, authenticate in game, and use the panel's Console tab for admin work without exposing anything.
Managing Players on Your Palworld Server
List, kick, ban and unban players from the panel or in game - including the whitelist PalDefender gives you.
Scheduling Automatic Restarts for Your Palworld Server
Why regular restarts matter, how to schedule them, and how to warn players before they happen.
Mods
Economy and Game Tools
Palworld Economy and Item Delivery
A currency and shop on Palworld: what UE4SS and PalDefender are for, how items are delivered, how players link their Discord accounts, and what auto-earn does not do here.
Palworld Game Tools: Live Map, Dashboard, Chat and Events
The six tabs on the Palworld Tools page: a live map of the Palpagos Islands, server metrics, UE4SS and PalDefender management, and live chat and join feeds.
Performance
Backups and Worlds
Palworld Backup and Restore Guide
How to back up and restore your Palworld world, what each file does, and what restoring overwrites.
Palworld Save Corruption Recovery
How to recover when your world won't load, loads blank, or reports a missing save.
How to Reset Your Palworld World
Three ways to reset your world - from keeping player data to a complete wipe.
Palworld Save File Locations
Where your world data, player data, and configuration files live on the server.
How to Import a World to Your Palworld Server
Transfer a local or hosted world to your GameGrid Palworld server.
Troubleshooting
Palworld Common Issues
Fixes for connection errors, save corruption, and performance problems.
Palworld Connection Troubleshooting
Can't connect? Server not showing? Password rejected? Here's what to check.
Palworld Server Not Showing in Community List
Why your server doesn't appear in the in-game browser and how to fix it.
Fixing Palworld Version Mismatch
When players see "incompatible version" and can't connect, the fix is usually a server restart.
Palworld Settings Not Applying After Restart
Why your config changes don't take effect and how WorldOption.sav overrides PalWorldSettings.ini.
How to Update Your Palworld Server
Keep your server current with the latest Palworld version to prevent version mismatch errors.
Other Game Knowledge Bases
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