Palworld Dedicated server Quick Setup

This guide will help you get setup with hosting your Palworld Dedicated server on Docker! This Palworld server quick setup will only take a couple of minutes and you'll have a working server.

Prerequisites

• Virtualization enabled in the BIOS/UEFI
• Must have Docker installed

Server Requirements

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	4 cores	4+ cores
RAM	16GB	Recommend over 32GB for stable operation
Storage	8GB	20GB

Docker Compose

This repository includes an example compose.yaml file you can use to set up your server.

services:
   palworld:
      image: thijsvanloef/palworld-server-docker:latest
      restart: unless-stopped
      container_name: palworld-server
      stop_grace_period: 30s  # Set to however long you are willing to wait for the container to gracefully stop
      ports:
         - 8211:8211/udp
         - 27015:27015/udp  # Required if you want your server to show up in the community servers tab
         - 8212:8212/tcp  # REST API enabled port, enabled by default. DO NOT PORT FORWARD THIS.
      environment:
         PUID: 1000
         PGID: 1000
         PORT: 8211  # Optional but recommended
         PLAYERS: 16  # Optional but recommended
         SERVER_PASSWORD: "worldofpals"  # Optional but recommended
         MULTITHREADING: true
         REST_API_ENABLED: true
         REST_API_PORT: 8212
         TZ: "UTC"
         ADMIN_PASSWORD: "adminPasswordHere"
         COMMUNITY: false  # Enable this if you want your server to show up in the community servers tab, USE WITH SERVER_PASSWORD!
         SERVER_NAME: "palworld-server-docker by Thijs van Loef"
         SERVER_DESCRIPTION: "palworld-server-docker by Thijs van Loef"
         CROSSPLAY_PLATFORMS: "(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac)"
      volumes:
         - ./palworld:/palworld/

As an alternative, you can copy the .env.example file to a new file called .env file.

Modify it to your needs, check out the environment variables section to check the correct values.

Modify your compose.yaml to this:

services:
   palworld:
      image: thijsvanloef/palworld-server-docker:latest
      restart: unless-stopped
      container_name: palworld-server
      stop_grace_period: 30s # Set to however long you are willing to wait for the container to gracefully stop
      ports:
        - 8211:8211/udp
        - 27015:27015/udp
        - 8212:8212/tcp  # REST API enabled port, enabled by default. DO NOT PORT FORWARD THIS.
      env_file:
         -  .env
      volumes:
         - ./palworld:/palworld/

Starting the server

Use docker compose up -d in the same folder as the compose.yaml to start the server in the background

Stopping the server

Use docker compose stop in the same folder as the compose.yaml to stop the server

Use docker compose down --rmi all in the same folder as the compose.yaml to stop and remove the server and remove the docker image from your computer

Docker Run

docker run -d \
    --name palworld-server \
    -p 8211:8211/udp \
    -p 27015:27015/udp \
    -v ./palworld:/palworld/ \
    -e PUID=1000 \
    -e PGID=1000 \
    -e PORT=8211 \
    -e PLAYERS=16 \
    -e MULTITHREADING=true \
    -e REST_API_ENABLED=true \
    -e REST_API_PORT=8212 \
    -e TZ=UTC \
    -e ADMIN_PASSWORD="adminPasswordHere" \
    -e SERVER_PASSWORD="worldofpals" \
    -e COMMUNITY=false \
    -e SERVER_NAME="palworld-server-docker by Thijs van Loef" \
    -e SERVER_DESCRIPTION="palworld-server-docker by Thijs van Loef" \
    -e CROSSPLAY_PLATFORMS="(Steam,Xbox,PS5,Mac)" \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    --stop-timeout 30 \
    thijsvanloef/palworld-server-docker:latest

As an alternative, you can copy the .env.example file to a new file called .env file.

Modify it to your needs, check out the environment variables section to check the correct values.

Change your docker run command to this:

docker run -d \
    --name palworld-server \
    -p 8211:8211/udp \
    -p 27015:27015/udp \
    -v ./palworld:/palworld/ \
    --env-file .env \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    --stop-timeout 30 \
    thijsvanloef/palworld-server-docker:latest