Palworld server hosting, by the day
Palworld servers are memory-hungry, so they need one of the bigger sizes. Buy a day pass for the nights your guild plays, and the settings you change in the panel are checked before you save.
Tonightfrom£4.32a day
The weekfrom£13.68a week renewing, or£15.20paid once
16 GB, up to 8 players Our estimate, from published requirements and community reports · Prices for the United Kingdom · Final price
Hosting
How to host a Palworld server with Galeforce.
Four steps, and the first three are in the panel.
- Pick a size. For 8 players we'd size it at 16 GB. The table below has other group sizes, and the RAM calculator works out yours.
- Pick a pass. At 16 GB that's a day, a week or a month, paid up front. It renews until you cancel, or you pay once.
- Start it from the panel. The panel installs the server and starts it.
- Invite your friends. In Palworld, choose Join Multiplayer Game and enter the address and port from your panel at the bottom.
Would you rather run it on your own PC? Our guide covers both ways: How to host a Palworld dedicated server.
Sizing
How much RAM a Palworld server needs.
Pocketpair's requirements page lists 16 GB, adds "Recommended for larger than 32GB", and says 8 GB boots but risks out-of-memory crashes. Usage grows with active bases, so a daily restart helps. Our recommended size for each group is below. Try your own numbers.
| Group and RAM Est: Our estimate, from published requirements and community reports | RAM Est: Our estimate, from published requirements and community reports | Day | Week | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 player, 16 GB | 16 GB | £4.32 | £13.68renewing, £15.20paid once | £39.16renewing, £43.52paid once |
| 4 players, 16 GB | 16 GB | £4.32 | £13.68renewing, £15.20paid once | £39.16renewing, £43.52paid once |
| 8 players, 16 GB | 16 GB | £4.32 | £13.68renewing, £15.20paid once | £39.16renewing, £43.52paid once |
| 16 players, 16 GB | 16 GB | £4.32 | £13.68renewing, £15.20paid once | £39.16renewing, £43.52paid once |
| 32 players, 16 GB | 16 GB | £4.32 | £13.68renewing, £15.20paid once | £39.16renewing, £43.52paid once |
Per server, paid up front. Each pass renews until you cancel, or you pay once.
Renewing or paid once. Bought with renewal, a week or month pass of 4 GB or more costs 10% less than the same pass paid once, on the first payment and every renewal, while renewal stays on. Stopping renewal is free and takes nothing back: the pass you've paid for runs to its end at the price you paid. Any pass paid for once is at the pay-once price.
Connecting
Ports and joining.
In Palworld, choose Join Multiplayer Game and enter the address and port from your panel at the bottom.
| Port Docs: From the game's own server documentation or defaults | Protocol | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 8211 | udp | Game |
| 8212 | udp | Server-list queryoptional: the server runs without it |
Defaults shown; your server gets its own ports on our machines, and the panel shows the address to use.
Field notes
Worth knowing first.
- Palworld needs at least 16 GB, which makes it the game where a day pass for each session saves the most.
- The panel console talks to the server over RCON inside its container. RCON is never opened to the internet.
- Stopping sends Palworld's own graceful shutdown command, so the world saves on the way out.
- Steam games check for a game update on every start, so the first start after a patch takes a few minutes longer.
Included
What your Palworld server gets.
- 01
Live CPU and RAM graphs
Watch CPU and memory as you play, so lag has a number you can point at.
- 02
Crashes explained
When the server stops unexpectedly, the panel names the likely cause in plain English and suggests the fix.
- 03
Stop it when you're done
Stop Palworld from the panel when your group is done, and the world saves cleanly.
- 04
PalWorldSettings.ini editor
Every setting it shows is explained and checked for type and range before you save. For a PalWorldSettings.ini on any server, there's also a free public tool.
- 05
Your world, downloadable
Download your world whenever you like, free, over SFTP. Leaving shouldn't cost you a save.
The game
New to Palworld?
The publisher's trailer, and the game on Steam. Both come from outside Galeforce, so nothing loads until you click: until then, YouTube and Steam see nothing of your visit.
Get Palworld on Steam, at Steam's price.
The box is Steam's own: the price in it is Steam's price for the game, as Steam shows it to you, and you pay Steam. Our price, above, is for the server alone.
Off our site · store.steampowered.com
Steam's own box for Palworld: its price and its buy button.
Steam then sees your IP address and sets a cookie.
Galeforce is not affiliated with Valve or Pocketpair.
Questions
Palworld server hosting, answered.
- How much RAM does a Palworld server need?
- For 8 players, we'd size a Palworld server at 16 GB. Pocketpair's requirements page lists 16 GB, adds "Recommended for larger than 32GB", and says 8 GB boots but risks out-of-memory crashes. Usage grows with active bases, so a daily restart helps.
- How much does a Palworld server cost?
- From £4.32 a day in the United Kingdom and $4.80 a day in the United States, at 16 GB, which our estimate fits up to 8 players in. A bigger server costs more, by its RAM. Prices are final: nothing is added at checkout. Every size and pass, country by country.
- How do my friends join a Palworld server?
- In Palworld, choose Join Multiplayer Game and enter the address and port from your panel at the bottom.
- Do I need to keep my PC on?
- No. Your Palworld server runs on our machines, so it's there for your friends whether your PC is on or off. You start and stop it from the Galeforce panel, and a pass is time, not running hours: it runs out whether the server is on or off.
Guides
Read before you start.
- SetupHow to host a Palworld dedicated serverSet up a Palworld dedicated server: Steam app 2394010, PalWorldSettings.ini, UDP port 8211, -publiclobby for Xbox and PS5, 16 GB RAM, and how friends join.9 min · 11 Nov 2026
- SettingsPalworld server settings explained (PalWorldSettings.ini)Every PalWorldSettings.ini setting with its default, where the file lives, why a typo undoes them all, and lines to paste for casual and hardcore servers.8 min · 11 Nov 2026
- SetupMove a Palworld co-op world to a dedicated serverMove a Palworld co-op or single-player world to a dedicated server: the save folder, DedicatedServerName, and what happens to the host's character.8 min · 11 Nov 2026
- CostHourly, daily or monthly: which is cheapest for a game server?Hourly, monthly or by the day: how game server billing works, the break-even for each, worked through for real play patterns, and the catches to check.6 min · 12 Nov 2026
Free tools
Free Palworld tools.
They run in your browser, for any server: ours, another host's or your own PC.
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