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You may want to stop playingPalworldalone and instead experience it with your friends. If your group of friends is large and can be more than four, you may want to set up a dedicated server for yourselves.
However, playing Palworld and hosting the server on the same computer may create a negative experience for both you and the players on your server. In this case, you may want to move your server to a secondary computer. Let’s learn in detail how to set up and move a Palworld server with this guide.
What Is A Dedicated Server? What Makes It Different From Other Servers?
If you want to play multiplayer games in Palworld, you have some options ahead of you.
In short, one of the biggest advantages of a dedicated server is the ability tohost a significantly larger number of playerscompared to a regular server, where only four players can play. Additionally, dedicated serversoffer flexibility and the ability to be optimized.
Thanks to dedicated servers,your server will be online 24/7even if you are offline. This allows others to join and play whenever they want.
If you are determined to set up a dedicated server, here’s where the road splits for you. You can eitherset up the server on your computer or host it from another machinethrough a vendor. If you decide to set up the server on your computer, you will need to perform tasks like router port forwarding.
How To Set Up A Dedicated Server In Palworld?
If you’re playing the game on Windows via Steam, setting up a dedicated server involves some steps that aren’t too difficult for you. Even if you’re unfamiliar with these topics, it’s quite simple to do.
Before proceeding with setting up the dedicated server, it’s beneficial toknow the required system specifications.Playing on a server with low or insufficient system specifications can result in apoor gaming experiencefor both you and the players on the server.
16GB
Recommended for larger than 32GB.
Network
UDP Port 8211 (Default, Changeable) Be able to port forwarding by router configuration.
Low-performance storage may corrupt saved data
Windows 64bit
Linux 64bit
If you’re concerned about the specifications of your system or if you’re using a hosting company’s system, definitely do not set up the server on your own computer. What you should do is install the server on the system you rented from the hosting company.
The first thing you need to do isdownload the Palworld Dedicated Serverfrom Steam. To do this, you can go to the Library tab on Steam and type ‘Palworld Dedicated Server’ into the search bar to find it. If you don’t see any results,ensure that ‘Tools’ is selected from the dropdown boxbelow the Home button under the Library tab.
After downloading the Palworld Dedicated Server,select the ‘Launch’ option. Select ‘Play Palworld Dedicated Server’ from the Steam window that appearsand then press the ‘Play’button.
Then,a CMD window will appearwith “Setting breakpad minidump AppID” written on it. The number at the end varies for each computer as it’s assigned uniquely. If you’ve reached this stage, it meansyour startup has been successful.
If you want your installed Palworld server to bedisplayed as a Community Server, you need to set up your server beforehand. If you have done so, when running the Palworld Dedicated Server, you shouldselect the option ‘Open and start as a community server’.
Now you can close the Palworld Dedicated Server tool screen. The next step you need to take is toaccess the Port Forwarding settings of your router.Since each router type is different, this step will vary depending on the type of your router. Then, you shouldset Port Forwarding to 8211.This is Pocketpair’s default port setting.
Open the Dedicated Server folderif you want to use a different port.Afterwards, open theWorldSettings.ini filefrom this folder. you may write the appropriate port by changing the numbers on the “PublicPort=8211” line.
After configuring the Port Forwarding settings, you need to open the Palworld Dedicated Server tool again.
So, you’ve completed the setup for the dedicated server. Next,other players need to have the public IP address and port numberof your server to join. To find your public IP, you can type “What is my public IP?” into your search engine. Then, add “:8211” to the end of your public IP. The result will look like “11.111.111.11:8211” as an example.
Do not share your IP address with people you do not trust.
The people who will join your server shouldselect the ‘Join Multiplayer Game’option from Palworld’s main menu. On the opened screen, they should enteryour IP address and port number combinationinto the text box at the bottom, which has ‘Connect’ written on the right side.
If you’ve made your server a Community Server, click on the ‘Community Servers’ button on the left side.Your server will be listed among other community servers, and other players can connect to it by finding it there or by searching for your server name in the search bar above.
For you to connect to your server as the host, you need touse your local IP address, followed by’:8211’ at the end.
To find your local IP,type ‘cmd’ into the search boxof your operating system. Then,type ‘ipconfig /all’ into the black window. Your local IP address is next to the IPv4 text.
If you’re going to set up the server on an operating system other than Windows, you’re able to obtain detailed information fromPocketpair’s guide.
How To Move Up A Dedicated Server In Palworld?
You may want to move the server you’ve set up on your computer to another computer or to a server you’ve rented from a hosting company. In this case, you might be concerned about losing progress on the server on your computer. However, if you follow the steps below, you canmove your server to a secondary computer without any issues.
This guide explains how to move the server using the Palworld Dedicated Server tool on theWindows operating system via Steam. If you are using a different operating system, SteamCMD, or a third-party dedicated server service,you may need to follow different steps.
First, start by installing the Palworld Dedicated Server toolon the computer where you will transfer your server.
After downloading the Palworld Dedicated Server,select the ‘Launch’ option.Select’Play Palworld Dedicated Server’from the Steam window that appears and thenpress the ‘Play’ button.Next, a CMD window will appear with ‘Setting breakpad minidump AppID’ written on it.
After the number that varies for each computer appears at the end of the text in the CMD window,you can close this window.
Right-click on the Palworld Dedicated Server in Steamandselect Manage → Browse Local Filesto access the location of this tool. Completely copy the folder named Palserver.
At this stage, there are two important files to be moved. These are theServer Configuration File and the World Save File.you’re able to perform this process by either copying the entire Palserver folder or by copying specific files.
Configuration File directory: steamapps\common\PalServer\Pal\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\PalWorldSettings.ini
You shouldcopy the PalWorldSettings.ini filefrom here.
World Save File directory: Steamapps\common\PalServer\Pal\Saved\SaveGames\0\
The file name you need to copy from here is quite long. For example, it could be something like B5E673274E3AC83550294D89FEF04AB8.Completely copy this file.
Paste the contentsof the files into the directorywhere the Palserver folder is located on the secondary computer.You can find the Palserver folder on the secondary computer by right-clicking on Palworld Dedicated Server in Steam and selecting ‘Browse Local Files’.Allow the same files to be overwritten.
Then, you shouldperform Port Forwarding from the router settingsof the secondary computer. If you haven’t changed it, the default port setting is 8211. Depending on the situation, you may need toremove the port forwarding setting from the primary computer.
Afterward,run the Palworld Dedicated Server again from the secondary computer.You can close the CMD window once a single line of text appears.
If your primary and secondary computers are connected to the same network, people joining your server canconnect with the same IP address and port number.However,if your secondary computer is connected to a different network, they need to enter the public IP address and port number of the secondary computer to join.
If your primary and secondary computers are linked to the same Steam account, verify to set Steam to offline on the secondary computer where the Palworld Dedicated Server tool is running.
