# Change Day & Night Speed on Your Palworld Server (/docs/palworld/day-night-speed)



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Control how long days and nights last with separate speed settings for each.

Changing Day/Night Speed [#changing-daynight-speed]

1. Stop your server
2. In the [XGamingServer Panel](https://panel.xgamingserver.com), click **Files**
3. Open `Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini`
4. Find and change:

```
DayTimeSpeedRate=1.000000
NightTimeSpeedRate=1.000000
```

5. Save and start your server

How It Works [#how-it-works]

* **Lower values = longer** (0.5 = days/nights last twice as long)
* **Higher values = shorter** (2.0 = days/nights pass twice as fast)

Common Configurations [#common-configurations]

| Config             | Day Setting | Night Setting | Effect                             |
| ------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Normal             | `1.0`       | `1.0`         | Default                            |
| Long days          | `0.5`       | `1.0`         | Days last 2x longer, nights normal |
| Short nights       | `1.0`       | `2.0`         | Days normal, nights pass fast      |
| Permanent day feel | `0.1`       | `5.0`         | Very long days, very short nights  |
| Fast cycle         | `2.0`       | `2.0`         | Everything passes 2x faster        |

> 💡 **Tip:** The most popular config is `DayTimeSpeedRate=1.0` + `NightTimeSpeedRate=2.0` — normal days with short nights.

Related Guides [#related-guides]

* [Server Configuration](/docs/palworld/server-settings)