Server Maintenance

Backups

Backups are very important, especially if you're running a private server. See this guide on how to create backups: guide. We recommend creating a backup every 6 hours.

Restarting

Restarting your server is very important, especially if you're running a private server. We recommend restarting your server every 6 hours after creating a backup cause of the actual memory leaks in the game.

Updating

⚠️ Make sure to turn off your server first! ⚠️

To update your server you can follow this guide or simply run this command: steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 2394010 validate +quit. If it doesn't work retry some players need to do it multiple times You can check the server update here.

Editing config

⚠️ Make sure to turn off your server first! ⚠️

Most server settings are explained over at the Official Palworld site. To edit these settings, head to /.../Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini.