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PSA: Palworld server connections are struggling right now

Developer was not prepared for this kind of popularity

Marco Wutz

PSA: Palworld server connections are struggling right now
PSA: Palworld server connections are struggling right now /

Palworld is suffering from success: The survival crafting game that took some hefty inspiration from Pokémon is having a stellar launch day in terms of popularity. At the time of writing we’re looking at over 360,000 concurrent players of the game on Steam – tendency: rising.

Pocketpair, which developed and self-published the game, has been caught off-guard a little bit by this enormous response and seemingly hasn’t prepared adequate server power to handle all the multiplayer servers players are opening. At the moment, Palworld servers may not be able to connect properly. While this is frustrating for players, the developer has already responded and is working on bringing additional resources into the fray to stabilize the experience.

A large, round, fluffy yellow creature with pointed black ears is sitting atop a multi-turreted tank with a tiny human on its right shoulder.
Palworld is having too good a launch: its servers are creaking under the player numbers / Pocketpair

Taking to social media, they wrote: “We are blown away with the response to Palworld and we're doing our best to respond to your issues! Currently, our server provider is reporting that due to the large amount of concurrent players, the servers have become unstable and you may be experiencing issues connecting to servers.”

“We are working to resolve this ASAP! In the meantime, some users have reported success in attempting to connect 2-3 times or waiting after launching the game,” they concluded.

Patience is going to be your greatest asset at the moment, along with occasional refreshes on your connection attempts.

In the meantime, check out our Palworld beginner tips to get a good start into your world and learn some basics like how to hatch Eggs and how to fast-travel.

Palworld FAQ: All your important Palworld questions, answered

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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