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Will Palfarm have dedicated servers?
Short answer: nobody knows yet, including every hosting company on the internet. Here is what is actually confirmed, what Palworld's history suggests, and how to think about it.
What is confirmed
- Palfarm has multiplayer: the official Steam page confirms you can farm with friends.
- Announcement coverage describes co-op for up to 4 players sharing one farm.
- Pocketpair has said nothing about dedicated servers, server files, or how multiplayer is hosted.
The Palworld precedent
Palworld is the closest possible reference: same studio, same universe, and a much bigger multiplayer scope. At its January 2024 launch, Pocketpair shipped a free dedicated server tool on Steam alongside the game. Anyone could run one, communities rented them from hosting companies, and servers supported up to 32 players. That tool is why a whole Palworld hosting market exists today.
So Pocketpair clearly knows how to ship dedicated servers and has done it on day one before. That is a real reason for optimism, but it is a precedent, not a promise.
The other possibility: invite-based co-op
A 4-player farming game does not need dedicated servers the way a 32-player survival game does. Plenty of cozy co-op games handle multiplayer with invite-based sessions where one player hosts and friends join, no server files, nothing to rent. If Palfarm goes that way at launch, there simply will not be Palfarm server hosting, and any site selling "Palfarm servers" before that question is answered is selling something that does not exist.
What each path means for you
- If dedicated servers ship: you will be able to self-host for free on your own hardware, or rent from a host so your farm stays online 24/7 even when the owner logs off. Hosts that already run Palworld, like Survival Servers, will be the first to offer it.
- If it launches invite-only co-op: the host player's machine and connection carry the session, and the farm is only live while they play. Dedicated support could still arrive later, Palworld kept expanding its multiplayer after launch.