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How to Change Death Penalty Settings on a Palworld Server

Last updated: July 23, 2026

The death penalty setting decides what a player loses when they die on your Palworld server. It shapes the server's overall difficulty more than almost any other option. This guide explains each mode and how to change the setting.

Death Penalty Modes

ModeEffect
None (0)Nothing drops. Players respawn with full inventory, equipped gear, and active Pal party.
Item (1)Inventory items drop. Equipped weapons, armor, and accessories stay. Active Pal party is unaffected.
ItemAndEquipment (2)Inventory items and all equipped gear drop. Pal party is unaffected.
AllInventory, equipment, and the player's active Pal party all drop.
Note: With the v1.0 update, Pocketpair changed the default DeathPenalty from All to Item. Check your current value if your server predates this update.

Change via NolimitHost Panel

  1. Log into the NolimitHost Game Panel and select your Palworld server.
  2. Stop your server first, so it doesn't overwrite your changes while you work.
  3. Open Palworld Settings from the left navigation.
  4. Search for Death Penalty using CTRL+F.
  5. Change the setting, then click Save.
  6. Restart your server and verify in-game.

Change via Config File

PalWorldSettings.ini is the main configuration file for your server.

  1. Stop your server first, so it doesn't overwrite your changes while you work.
  2. In the left sidebar of your NolimitHost Game Panel, open File Manager and navigate to Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini.
  3. Find DeathPenalty= inside the OptionSettings=(...) line.
  4. Change the value and save the file.
  5. Restart the server to apply the change.

Related Settings

  • bPalLost — Set to True and Pals dropped under All are permanently gone instead of sitting in the death chest.
  • bHardcore — With True, a player who dies can't respawn at all.

Troubleshooting

  • Server fails to start — Syntax error in the OptionSettings line. Check for missing commas or quotation marks.
  • Death penalty appears unchanged — Confirm you edited the correct platform folder and that the server actually restarted. If the world already existed, Palworld may read from WorldOption.sav instead.