How to update a Palworld Server

[palworld]

Updating the Palworld Server with new game server files, please follow these steps:

First, open SteamCMD and run these commands:

Type this code: login anonymous and hit Enter.

After that, download the latest Palworld server files with this command:

app_update 2394010 validate

SteamCMD will download the files and validate all of them.

After that, go to the PalworldServer\steamapps\common\PalServer file location and start the game.

That is it. You just updated your Palworld server to the latest version.

 

[Amine88]

Will this retain the configured settings or reset them to default?

 

[fonzie015]

it will retain everything, but make sure to backup the save as ive heard pal world likes to wipe.

 

[orli1337]

In case you’re running Linux. Here’s a small script that creates a backup of your save and runs the update.

Prerequesites:

• Server is set-up as described in https://github.com/A1RM4X/HowTo-Palworld
• Your steam user has sudo access with NOPASSWD
  • Add this to your /etc/sudoers file: steam ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
• You’re running the Palworld server as a service named palworld (service file below)

If you want to run the update automatically, you can add something like this to your steam user’s contab (run crontab -e to edit it):

0 6 * * * /home/steam/scripts/update-palworld.sh >> /home/steam/update-palworld.log 2>&1

Script:
/home/steam/scripts/update-palworld.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

backupPalworldSave()
{
  local -r backupDirectory="/home/steam/backups/$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')"

  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Backing up files to ${backupDirectory}"
  mkdir -p "${backupDirectory}"

  cp /home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini "${backupDirectory}/PalWorldSettings.ini"

  cp /home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini "${backupDirectory}/GameUserSettings.ini"

  mkdir -p "${backupDirectory}/SaveGames"
  cp -r /home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0 "${backupDirectory}/SaveGames"

  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Backup complete"
}

updatePalworld()
{
  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Stopping palworld service"
  sudo systemctl stop palworld

  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Updating Palworld"
  steamcmd +runscript /home/steam/scripts/update-palworld.steamcmd

  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Starting palworld service"
  sudo systemctl start palworld
}

backupPalworldSave
updatePalworld
echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] Done"
echo -e "\n\n"

Service definition:
/etc/systemd/system/palworld.service:

[Unit]
Description=Palworld server
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/PalServer
ExecStart=/home/steam/Steam/steamapps/common/PalServer/PalServer.sh -useperfthreads -NoAsyncLoadingThread -UseMultithreadForDS -port=8211 -players=32
Restart=always
User=1000
Group=1000

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
RequiredBy=network.target

 

[burstahh]

PALA - Palworld Admin

PALA is designed to help you admin your server. This includes installation, updates, backups, keeping the server alive as well as viewing online players, and more!

www.nexusmods.com

Here’s a great tool for Windows I currently use for my dedicated, has autobackups, server restarting, ini configuration and SteamCMD Update/Install support for Palworld.

 

[Amine88]

Your steam user has sudo access with NOPASSWD

Why would you give your steam user sudo access? isn’t the whole point of having a steam user to mitigate risk?

 

[orli1337]

Of course it’s not optimal. But in my case, I don’t really care to be honest. Since the Palworld server is the only thing running on that VM.

 

[daylighter]

Hi,

Adding validate will force an integrity check for the current version against steam data. You need to remove validate to upgrade 0.1.3.0 → 0.1.4.0.

app_update 2394010

 

[crawdad59]

Updating the Palworld Server with new game server files, please follow these steps:

First, open SteamCMD and run these commands:

Type this code: login anonymous and hit Enter.

After that, download the latest Palworld server files with this command:

app_update 2394010 validate

SteamCMD will download the files and validate all of them.

After that, go to the PalworldServer\steamapps\common\PalServer file location and start the game.

That is it. You just updated your Palworld server to the latest version.

Does this work for the Xbox version as well