How to Set Up a Dedicated Palworld Server

The hot game of the moment is Palworld, an independently developed title for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S by Japanese studio Pocketpair. It combines the addictive, tense resource collection and survival aspects of games like Rust with taming cartoonish monsters straight out of Pokémon and drizzles the whole thing with dark humor. If you haven’t visited the Palpagos Islands yet, the game is currently in Early Access on Steam, where it has already sold 12 million copies.

One of the coolest things about Palworld is that you don’t have to go it alone. You can play co-op with up to three other people on Pocketpair’s servers, but for the real experience the game supports multiplayer for up to 32 people to tackle an island. If you want to play with that many friends, much like…