In this guide, you will learn how to play multiplayer with friends in Palworld.
Palworld allows for cooperative play with friends who can join your server and help you fight/capture Pals throughout your journey. As of the time of this post, there is no PvP. While you can collaborate to build bigger bases and more easily handle large bosses, some progression is restricted to solo.
How to Play Multiplayer in Palworld
You can either host or join a friend’s personal save file with support for up to 4 players. In addition, you can join a dedicated server with support for up to 32 players. To join a personal save file, input the invite code generated by a host. The host will find the player in their options.
If for some reason the invite code does not appear, you may need to toggle the multiplayer option in the world settings. Each time you start a new session, you will have to send your buddies a newly generated invite code.
There are two options to play on a dedicated server. Either join one of the Palworld public servers, host your own, or purchase a hosting website.
Dedicated servers are exclusive to Steam as of the time of this post.
How Multiplayer Works in Palworld
Multiplayer differs from the traditional solo game mode in many ways.
- Bosses and Alpha Pals can be hunted and fought as a group.
- Guilds act as parties and only those in the same guild can work on the host’s base.
- World exploration is unique to the individual player’s progression of the map. Everyone will need to explore to unlock the various fast travel points.
- Loot is unique to the world, and anyone who opens a chest or picks up something on the ground is the only one who can have it.
Does Palworld Support Crossplay?
The Xbox and Steam versions are separate communities and do not support crossplay with one another. What’s more, the Xbox Game Pass version on PC does not support crossplay with the Steam version.
How to Troubleshoot ‘Prevented from Playing Multiplayer’ Error
Palworld’s servers have been struggling with stability issues since launch. Meaning, it’s not you, it’s the game. To fix this, consider closing/relaunching the game as administrator, and restarting your console.
Palworld is an action-adventure survival game developed by Pocket Pair and released in 2024 in early access for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.