Show HN: Easily run a Palworld dedicated server

https://github.com/thijsvanloef/palworld-server-docker

by saga81 • 2 years ago

9 6 2 years ago

github.com

- This is a Docker container to help you get started with hosting your own Palworld dedicated server.

- Has been tested and will work on both Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) and Windows 10.

Lienetic3• 2 years ago

Do you have any personal recommendations on a good/affordable cloud host for this?

I briefly looked into how much it'd cost to run on an EC2 instance and it seems like it'd be order of $100 - $200 per month while these dedicated game server companies seem to be offering it, fully managed, for only $20/mo! I'm guessing they do this by having larger instances running many people's servers?

I'd prefer to manage and run this myself but when the price is an order of magnitude more to do so, it doesn't seem worth it to self host unless you happen to have a suitable always on home server sitting around.

shepherdjerred• 2 years ago

Having a physical server at home is quite useful! Just start with an old desktop/laptop and go from there. At $100/mo, you can build a decent home server from scratch and break even in just a few months.

Lienetic3• 2 years ago

I do actually have an old computer that I use as basic home server but it can't support meaningfully heavy loads. For a Palworld dedicated server, I'd need something with 4 cores and 16gb which seems to cost ~$500 (e.g. for a NUC).

In comparison, all of these game server hosting sites charge ~$20/month, notably cheaper than that or hosting with any cloud host.

They also "manage it for you" which for us technical people is probably more of a con than a pro but honestly is fine for a game server as long as it works and allows reasonable access (most seem to at least let you FTP in).

I'm open to a better alternative if you have any suggestions

jachriga• 2 years ago

Why do all of the PalWorld dedicated server repos I see have a crazy amount of stuff going on? I run my friend group server using a 27-line Dockerfile[1], and that could even be compressed a bit without losing any functionality...

[1] https://github.com/jagapher/palserver-container/blob/main/Do...

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