Change Pal Capture Rate on Your Palworld Server

How to increase or decrease the Pal capture success rate on your Palworld dedicated server.

The PalCaptureRate setting controls how easy or hard it is to catch Pals with Pal Spheres.

Changing the Capture Rate

  1. Stop your server
  2. In the XGamingServer Panel, click Files
  3. Open Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini
  4. Find PalCaptureRate and change the value:
PalCaptureRate=2.000000
  1. Save and start your server

Values

ValueEffect
0.550% capture rate — much harder
1.0Default — normal capture rate
1.550% easier captures
2.0Double capture rate — popular for casual servers
5.0Very easy captures

💡 Tip: A value of 2.0 is the most common change — it makes catching Pals feel rewarding without being trivial.

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