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How to Change Egg Hatch Time on a Palworld Server

Last updated: July 23, 2026

Learn how to change egg hatching time on your Palworld dedicated server. Palworld's default egg hatch time can leave players waiting real hours for a single Pal. Shortening that wait only takes one configuration change and no mods.

Understanding the Egg Hatch Setting

  • One setting for all egg sizes — PalEggDefaultHatchingTime governs the hatch time for Huge eggs (the longest tier). Every smaller egg scales down from that same value automatically.
  • Hours, not a multiplier — Set it to 1 and a Huge egg takes about an hour. Set it to 0 and eggs hatch instantly.
  • Default values — Huge eggs defaulted to 72 hours originally. With the v1.0 update, Pocketpair lowered the shipped default to 1 hour. Check your current value before assuming.

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 in the left navbar.
  4. Locate PalEggDefaultHatchingTime and set the desired number of hours.
  5. Save and restart your server to apply the change.

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 (or WindowsServer).
  3. Find PalEggDefaultHatchingTime= inside the OptionSettings=(...) line — be careful not to disturb surrounding commas and parentheses.
  4. Change the value and save the file.
  5. Restart your server to apply the change.
One catch: Eggs already sitting in an incubator keep their original timer. Pull them out and place them back in after the restart to pick up the new setting.

Troubleshooting

  • Setting not taking effect — Make sure you edited PalWorldSettings.ini, not DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini.
  • Eggs still hatching slowly — Remove them from incubators and place them back in after the restart.
  • Setting reverts after restart — The server may have been running while you edited. Fully stop it first.