How to Enable Automatic Backups and AutoSaves on a Palworld Server

To prevent losing progress on your Palworld Server, you can enable automatic backups to be created that you can rollback to at any time.

Once the bIsUseBackupSaveData setting is enabled, it will create a backup interval for 5 saves per 30 seconds, 6 saves per 10 min, 12 saves per hour, and 7 saves per day. Here are the steps:

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Enabling automatic backups

To enable autosaves on your BerryByte server, follow these steps:

1. Open the Palworld Settings tab
2. Find the bIsUseBackupSaveData option and set it to True

3. Restart the server

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Enabling automatic backups (Manual)

Self-hosting your server or need to do it the manual way? You can edit the PalworldSettings config to enable autosaves:

1. Stop the server
2. Navigate to Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini
3. Find the bIsUseBackupSaveData option and set it to True
4. Save the file
5. Start the server

This will enable autosaves for your Palworld server and you can restore backups on your Palworld server at any time. The backup interval is Create backup directory in save data directory when enabled.

Need help setting up backups for your Palworld dedicated server? Shoot us a message in our community Discord server or contact the Berry team.