How to save your game in Palworld

You just build the base of your dreams and it took 20 precious hours. There’s no way you’re closing out Palworld before you can save the game. But when you click the settings menu, you may have noticed: There’s no save button.

Fear not, my fellow Pal trainers! There’s an easy way to save in Palworld, and it takes absolutely no effort on your part.

How to save your progress in Palworld

To save your game in Palworld, simply open up your game’s settings and return to the main menu. Before you do, a message will appear, informing you that all your progress will be saved for when you load back up your world.

Palworld has a constant save feature that occurs whenever a player leaves the world. There’s no need to worry about losing your game files, since progress in Palworld is saved to the world, not the player. That means that if you’re playing co-op and you leave a friend’s server, by the time you hop back into the game, it may look completely different than how you last left it.

Can you enable manual saves in Palworld?

If you’re looking for a way to manually save to be extra certain that the game has logged all of your progress thus far, I have some bad news: Unfortunately for players, there’s no way to change Palworld’s save process or enable manual saves. If you’re looking to reload a game file to a time before you died or maybe before you killed a Lucky Pal, there’s currently no way to do so. Palworld is still in early access, however—which means it’s possible developer Pocketpair could find a way to implement this feature in the future.

On dedicated servers, the server is always online and continually saving, whether players are online or not, so you never need to worry about saving your progress. You will need to worry about your Pals getting hungry, though, especially if you aren’t online but other players are. You wouldn’t want your furry friends to starve, after all.

Does Palworld autosave?

Yes, Palworld autosaves very often. Every few minutes, the icon will appear in the corner of the screen, informing players that their game files have been saved. Regarding autosaves, Palworld’s autosave is quite thorough compared to others in the industry.

Be aware, though: A bug will occasionally occur with a message that reads, “unable to auto-save” appearing on screen. If this persists, you may have to start over on a new world.

This article was updated on Sept. 26, 2024 with new information.