Palworld
Verified Palworld 1.0 · recentlyByYurii Luzhko
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Palworld Base Limit: How Many Bases Can You Have?

Palworld 1.0Bases per guildWork Pals per base

You can have 4 bases per guild by default. You start with one; the 2nd base unlocks at base level 8, the 3rd at 15 and the 4th at 25. Base level is not your player level — it rises as you clear the Base Missions at your Palbox. On a dedicated server, the BaseCampMaxNumInGuild setting raises the limit to as many as 10.

Source: paldb.cc — Base (v1.0.5) · Pocketpair — Configuration parameters (docs 1.0.4)

When each base unlocks

The game's base level table gives every level a number of bases per guild. With default settings it tops out at 4, reached at base level 25.

  • 1st base

    Base level 1

    Your first Palbox — open from the start.

    1 work Pal per base at this level

  • 2nd base

    Base level 8

    Missions on the way reach technology Lv 12.

    8 work Pals per base at this level

  • 3rd base

    Base level 15

    Missions on the way reach technology Lv 39 (1 Ancient).

    15 work Pals per base at this level

  • 4th base

    Base level 25

    Missions on the way reach technology Lv 58 (4 Ancient).

    15 work Pals per base at this level

Bases 5–10No base level unlocks them. A dedicated server can allow them with BaseCampMaxNumInGuild — how.

Plan for this: the missions before the 4th base include 4 Ancient Technology structures — Summoning Altar, Guild Chest, High-Pressure Crude Oil Extractor and Large-Scale Electric Egg Incubator. Those are bought with Ancient Technology Points, not regular ones (see the tech tree).

Palbox tip“Clearing Base Missions obtained by interacting with the Palbox will grow the guild's base and increase the number of Pals you can summon in the base.”

Source: paldb.cc — Base (v1.0.5) · paldb.cc — Palbox tip · our structure + tech tree data

Next: where to put themBest base locations in Palworld →Every biome ranked by its resource nodes, plus a spot finder on the map.

Base level explorer

Pick a base level to see how many bases your guild may hold, how many Pals can work at one base, and which missions take it to the next level. Work Pals are capped twice: by the base level, and by the world settings — 15 in every built-in difficulty preset (Easy, Normal, Hard, Hardcore). The lower number applies, so the base level stops mattering for workers from level 15 unless the setting is raised.

Base level

8/ 35

Bases per guild

  • Lv 15
  • Lv 25
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

2 of 4 default bases open. The 3rd unlocks at base level 15 (7 levels to go).

Work Pals per base

This level grants 8

With the default world settings: 8

Missions to reach base level 9

Base upgrade screen“Note: Max Pals on base are limited by the World Settings.”

Source: paldb.cc — Base (v1.0.5) · Game table DT_OptionWorldPresetTable · Game text DT_UI_Common_Text_Common (English)

All 35 base levels

Each row is what a base level grants and the missions that take it to the next one. The level table itself allows up to 30 work Pals (from level 30); with default world settings a base still holds 15.

LvBasesWork PalsMissions to reach the next level
111
212
313
414
515
616
717
82+2nd8
929
10210
11211
12212
13213
14214
153+3rd15
1631615 default
1731715 default
1831815 default
1931915 default
2032015 default
2132115 default
2232215 default
2332315 default
2432415 default
254+4th2515 default
2642615 default
2742715 default
2842815 default
2942915 default
3043015 default
3143015 default
3243015 default
3343015 default
3443015 default
3543015 default— top level

Source: paldb.cc — Base (v1.0.5) · Game table DT_OptionWorldPresetTable · our structure + tech tree data

How to change the base limit

Both limits — bases per guild and work Pals per base — are settings, in a world you host and on a dedicated server alike.

Single-player & co-op

A world you host

On the world select screen, Change World Settings opens the world settings. They carry both limits; the game labels them:

Setting“Maximum number of bases for each guild.”
Setting“Maximum number of work pals at the base.”

Every built-in difficulty preset sets work Pals per base to 15. Raising a limit comes with the game's own warning: “Increasing the limit may affect processing load.”

Not stated in any source we hold: the range these two options accept in a hosted world, so we do not print one.

Dedicated server

PalWorldSettings.ini

  1. Copy DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini to the server's config folder as PalWorldSettings.ini.
  2. Edit the copy — Pocketpair notes that editing the default file changes nothing.

Windows:

steamapps\common\PalServer\Pal\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\PalWorldSettings.ini

Linux:

steamapps/common/PalServer/Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini
PalWorldSettings.ini — base keysdocs 1.0.4
  • BaseCampMaxNumInGuilddefault: 4max: 10

    “Maximum number of bases per guild. Default: 4 (max 10).”

    “Increasing this value raises processing load.”

  • BaseCampWorkerMaxNumdefault: not stated (presets: 15)max: 50

    “Maximum number of Pals per base (max 50).”

    “Increasing this value raises processing load.”

  • BaseCampMaxNumdefault: not stated

    “Total number of bases across the server.”

Unconfirmed: how a raised server value combines with the base level table — whether base levels still gate bases past 4, or whether a work-Pal setting above a level's own number lifts that base past it. No source we hold states it.

Source: Pocketpair — Configuration parameters (docs 1.0.4) · Game table DT_OptionWorldPresetTable · Game text DT_UI_Common_Text_Common (English)

When you hit the limit

Placing one Palbox too many stops with this message — and it names both ways out:

In game“Cannot build any more bases. Increase the level of your guild's base or disassemble a base via the map.”

1. Raise the base level

Clear the Base Missions at a Palbox. The next base opens at the levels in the table above, up to 4 in all.

2. Dismantle a base from the map

The world map offers “Dismantle the base”. Before it goes, the game warns:

  • Structures not placeable outside of base will be disassembled.
  • Some structures will not be disassembled and will remain.
  • All Pals at this base will be stored in your Palbox.
  • Doing this will not cause any of your Pals to disappear. Once disassembled, Palbox cannot be restored!

The limit belongs to the guild, not the player

Pocketpair's setting is “bases per guild”, and the game's guild tip says players in one guild share a base. In co-op, everyone in your guild draws on the same 4. Joining a guild can fail on it:

Guild tip“Players within the same guild share a base and their working Pals.”
Joining a guild“Max number of bases exceeded. Failed to join guild. Dismantling a base is required.”

Two other base messages

In game“Too close to another base.”
In game“The world has reached its max capacity for bases.”

The second is the server-wide cap, BaseCampMaxNum (“Total number of bases across the server.”), not your guild's.

Source: Game text DT_UI_Common_Text_Common (English) · Pocketpair — Configuration parameters (docs 1.0.4) · Game text DT_HelpGuideDescText

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