How to Optimize Settings in Palworld Game Server ; DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini

Day Time Speed: Mastering the Passage of Time

Understanding the Setting

• Default Speed (1x): The game progresses at the standard rate, offering a balanced day-night cycle.
• Half Speed (0.5x): Slows down the day’s progression, ideal for players who prefer a more leisurely pace.
• Double Speed (2x): Accelerates time, challenging players to manage their activities more swiftly.

Strategic Applications

• Leisurely Gameplay: Use 0.5x to immerse yourself in the game world without feeling rushed.
• Fast-Paced Challenges: Opt for 2x to test your time management and quick decision-making skills.

EXP Rate: Optimizing Experience Gain

Setting Variations

• Normal Gain (1x): Standard rate of experience acquisition.
• Reduced Gain (0.5x): Slows down leveling up, suitable for those seeking a more challenging progression.
• Enhanced Gain (2x): Doubles the rate of experience gain, perfect for players looking to level up quickly.

Best Practices

• New Players: Starting with a 1x rate helps in understanding game mechanics.
• Experienced Players: Switching to 2x can be rewarding for those aiming to reach higher levels faster.

Pal Capture and Appearance Rates: Enhancing Companion Dynamics

Capture Rate

• Default (1x): Balanced difficulty in capturing Pals.
• Increased Difficulty (0.5x): Makes Pal capture twice as hard, adding a layer of challenge.
• Eased Difficulty (2x): Simplifies the capture process, ideal for casual gameplay.

Appearance Rate

• Normal (1x): Standard spawn rate for Pals.
• Reduced Groups (0.5x): Lesser Pals appear, increasing the game’s difficulty.
• Enhanced Groups (2x): Larger groups, including bosses, spawn more frequently, ideal for action-packed sessions.

Damage Settings: Fine-Tuning Combat Intensity

Damage From/To Pals

• Default (1x): Standard damage metrics for a balanced combat experience.
• Reduced Impact (0.5x): Halves the damage dealt and received, suitable for a less aggressive playstyle.
• Increased Impact (2x): Doubles the damage parameters, perfect for those seeking heightened combat challenges.

Player-Specific Damage Settings

• Normal (1x): Offers a balanced player combat experience.
• Reduced (0.5x): Decreases the intensity of combat for players.
• Increased (2x): Amplifies the stakes in player encounters.

Hunger and Stamina Management: Prolonging Survival

Hunger Depletion Rate

• Default (1x): Standard rate of hunger depletion.
• Slower Depletion (0.5x): Reduces the frequency of needing to eat, easing survival.
• Faster Depletion (2x): Increases the survival challenge by requiring more frequent nourishment.

Stamina Reduction Rate

• Normal (1x): Balanced stamina depletion rate.
• Decreased Rate (0.5x): Stamina depletes slower, beneficial for extended exploration.
• Increased Rate (2x): Intensifies gameplay by necessitating careful stamina management.

Structural Integrity: Balancing Building Durability

Damage to Structures

• Normal (1x): Standard damage resistance for structures.
• Increased Resistance (0.5x): Structures take half the damage, ideal for defensive gameplay.
• Reduced Resistance (2x): Structures are more vulnerable, adding a strategic challenge to base management.

Gatherable Items Multiplier: Resource Management

Setting Implications

• This setting determines the abundance of resources obtained from gatherable items.
• Default (1): Standard resource yield, suitable for a balanced gameplay experience.
• Reduced Yield (0.5): Halves the resource output, adding an element of scarcity and challenge.
• Increased Yield (2): Doubles the resources, ideal for more casual gameplay or faster progression.

Gatherable Objects HP Multiplier: Harvesting Dynamics

Understanding the Setting

• The health of gathering nodes affects the effort required to harvest resources.
• Default (1): Standard health level, providing a balanced harvesting experience.
• Reduced Health (0.5): Nodes require fewer hits to harvest, but yield fewer resources. Ideal for quicker gameplay.
• Increased Health (2): Nodes need more hits, prolonging the harvesting process but not affecting resource quantity.

Key Consideration

• Changing this setting in an existing world will not affect current nodes until they are harvested and respawn. This setting also influences tool durability, as more hits result in quicker wear.

Gatherable Objects Respawn Interval: Resource Availability

Setting Impact

• This setting adjusts the respawn rate of resources in the game world.
• Normal Rate (1): Standard respawn interval, maintaining a balanced resource availability.
• Faster Respawn (0.5): Resources regenerate more quickly, reducing wait times for re-harvesting.
• Slower Respawn (2): Extends the interval between resource respawns, increasing the survival challenge.

Dropped Items Multiplier: Loot Dynamics

Gameplay Effect

• This setting determines the quantity of loot dropped by enemies.
• Normal Amount (1): Standard loot drop rate.
• Reduced Loot (0.5): Halves the loot quantity, suitable for a more challenging experience.
• Increased Loot (2): Doubles the loot, enhancing the reward for combat and exploration.

Time to Incubate Eggs: Breeding Strategy

Incubation Periods

• Adjusting the incubation time for eggs affects the breeding strategy in the game.
• Normal Rate (1 hour for largest egg): Standard incubation period.
• Instant Hatch (0): Eggs hatch immediately, useful for rapid breeding.
• Extended Period (72 hours for largest egg): Lengthens the breeding process, adding realism and challenge.

Enable Raid Events: Enhancing the Challenge

Deciding on Raids

• Enabling or disabling NPC/Wild Pal raids can dramatically change the gameplay experience.
• Enabled Raids (Yes): Introduces unexpected challenges and the need for defensive strategies.
• Disabled Raids (No): Suitable for a more peaceful building and exploration experience.