How to change respawn time in Palworld

Set BlockRespawnTime=30.000000 in PalWorldSettings.ini and restart the server to make players wait 30 seconds before they respawn. The default is 5.

BlockRespawnTime

Sets the cooldown in seconds before a player can respawn after dying.

BlockRespawnTime=<seconds>

Examples

BlockRespawnTime=5.000000

Five second cooldown.

BlockRespawnTime=30.000000

Longer wait for PvP.

Arguments

secondsRequired: Respawn cooldown in seconds.

What it does

Raising it makes death more costly, for example in PvP. See RespawnPenaltyTimeScale for longer cooldowns after repeated quick deaths.

The game's own description: Cooldown before you can respawn after death (seconds).

Good to know

Edit PalWorldSettings.ini while the server is stopped; changes apply after a restart.

Run it on your server

Admin commands are typed in game chat after /AdminPassword, or from the console on the server page. Settings go in world settings and apply at the next start. New to this? Start a Palworld server first.

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