Troubleshooting Palworld mod server crashes
Most modded Palworld server crashes come from three causes: a mod compiled for an older game build, a corrupt Level.sav after an unclean shutdown, or memory exhaustion once the save passes roughly 200 MB.
Updated for the current Palworld patch
- ✓Version mismatch
- ✓Corrupt saves
- ✓Memory ceiling
- ✓Read the crash log
Version mismatch
After every Palworld patch, disable all mods, boot clean, then re-enable one at a time. A loader built for a previous engine version fails silently rather than erroring.
Corrupt saves
Never kill the process. Use RCON 'Shutdown 30' or the console Ctrl+C so the world flushes. Restore from Pal/Saved/SaveGames backups if the world loads to an empty map.
Memory ceiling
Budget 8 GB plus 1 GB per four concurrent players. Large modded saves with 20 workers per base regularly cross 16 GB.
Read the crash log
Pal/Saved/Logs/Pal.log names the last loaded mod before the fault — that mod is your suspect in the overwhelming majority of cases.
Automate recovery
A watchdog script that restarts on exit plus an hourly zip of SaveGames turns most crashes into a two-minute outage instead of a lost world.
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