How much does a Palworld server cost?
A Palworld server here costs 17 credits an hour while it's on (about $0.71), and 3 credits a day while it's installed and ready (about $0.13). A weekend of play, ten hours over three days, comes to 179 credits, about $7.46. Put it away between weekends and nothing is charged in between.
What common ways of playing cost
| How you play | Credits | About | Each, for 9 players |
|---|---|---|---|
| One game night three hours, then put away | 54 credits | $2.25 | $0.25 |
| A long Saturday six hours of Palworld in one sitting | 105 credits | $4.38 | $0.49 |
| A weekend Friday 3 hours, Saturday 4, Sunday 3 | 179 credits | $7.46 | $0.83 |
| Two evenings a week, for a month three hours each, kept ready all month | 498 credits | $20.75 | $2.31 |
| Every evening, for a month three hours a night, kept ready all month | 1620 credits | $67.50 | $7.50 |
Groups of 2 to 16 usually play Palworld together; one person pays and the sums split however you like. A new server's first 3 days have no daily charge, so the first weekend costs a little less.
By the hour, or a monthly server?
Palworld needs 8 GB of memory, and monthly hosts charge more for that much memory too, so compare with a monthly plan of the same size. The rule holds either way: if the group plays most evenings, a month can be cheaper; for weekends and game nights, the hour is. The full comparison
What changes the price
More memory, if a big group needs it
- +8 GB (12 GB in all): 6 credits an hour more (about $0.25), only while it's switched on
Packs of credits
- $5: 120 credits, about 7 hours of Palworld at its hourly rate
- $20: 480 credits, about 28 hours of Palworld at its hourly rate
- $30: 720 credits, about 42 hours of Palworld at its hourly rate
- $60: 1440 credits + 120 free, about 91 hours of Palworld at its hourly rate
The daily charge for keeping a server ready comes out of the same credits.
When the hours start and stop, what installing costs and how long credits last: how billing works.
What that buys
The machine
2 cores and 8 GB of memory of its own, and 25 GB of storage for all your servers.
Setting up
It installs itself: a few minutes the first time, seconds after that.
Sleeping and waking
When nobody plays it goes to sleep and stops using hours. This one wakes the moment a friend joins; nobody has to press Start.
Mods and backups
Palworld doesn't take mods on a dedicated server, so there's nothing to manage here. A backup every night and before every update.
What other games cost
Valheim7 Days to DieProject ZomboidEnshroudedNecesseRuneScape: DragonwildsMinecraft: Java EditionSpace Engineers by the hour or by the month