How to Optimize Your Palworld Server Performance (Reduce Lag)

• PalSpawnNumRate — fewer wild Pals to track. Default 1.0, try 0.8 on a busy server.
• PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum — caps items with active physics simulation, the most expensive kind of dropped item. Default 500, try 250. This one's easy to miss since it's separate from the total item count below, but it's a sharper lever than trimming the total.
• DropItemMaxNum — total items allowed on the ground server-wide. MintServers already ships this lower than the game's own default of 3000. Default 1500, only worth dropping further (to 800–1000) if items are still piling up.

PalSpawnNumRate=0.800000
PhysicsActiveDropItemMaxNum=250
DropItemMaxNum=1000

• BaseCampWorkerMaxNum — the single biggest lever here. Every working Pal slot, across every base, runs constantly. Default 15, try 10.
• MaxBuildingLimitNum — per-player structure cap. Default 0 (unlimited). On a public server, an uncapped mega-build can drag everyone else down. Try 3000.
• MaxGuildsPerFrame — how many guilds get processed per server tick. Default 10. Only worth raising if you're running dozens of small guilds and seeing guild-related stutter; leave it alone otherwise.

BaseCampWorkerMaxNum=10
MaxBuildingLimitNum=3000

• ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance — the range at which Pals sync to nearby players. MintServers already ships this below the game's own default of 15000. Default 10000, drop to 5000 (the minimum) on a struggling server.

ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance=5000.000000

• AutoSaveSpan — seconds between auto-saves, each one a brief CPU spike. Default 30. Raising it to 120–180 smooths that out, at the cost of losing a bit more progress if the server ever crashes between saves.
• Restart daily. Memory usage creeps up the longer a server runs. Set it up once in the Schedules tab for a quiet hour, and pair it with a /Broadcast warning if you're online to send one.

AutoSaveSpan=150.000000

• Only one or two players are laggy, everyone else is fine: That's their connection, not your server. Have them try a wired connection, run a speed test, and check what else on their network is using bandwidth.
• Everyone gets stutter or delayed actions, not just high ping: This is usually the server struggling to process the world fast enough to send timely updates, not a bandwidth problem. Work through World & Item Load and Base & Guild Load above first.
• Pals or players rubber-band or appear to teleport short distances: A sync issue, typically ServerReplicatePawnCullDistance set too high for your current player count and load. Lower it further than the Network Sync section suggests.
• Lag spikes at a regular, predictable interval: That's almost always an auto-save. Raise AutoSaveSpan as covered in Saves & Restarts.
• Ping is high for everyone, even right after a fresh restart with few players online: This points to an actual network issue rather than server load — routing, bandwidth, or something affecting your specific IP. This one isn't a settings fix; open a support ticket and our team can check the connection itself.
• Performance was fine, then dropped suddenly after no config changes: Check whether a mod update, a game update, or a sudden jump in player count lines up with when it started — that'll usually point to the cause faster than re-tuning settings that were already working.