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title: How to Enable PvP on Your Palworld Server
description: Learn how to enable PvP on your Palworld server.
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/palworld/how-to-enable-pvp-on-your-palworld-server"
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published: "2025-12-18T21:17:29.409Z"
updated: "2025-12-18T21:17:29.371Z"
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# How to Enable PvP on Your Palworld Server

Learn how to enable PvP on your Palworld server.

PvP was introduced to Palworld as an experimental feature in the Home Sweet Home update. Enabling it allows players to fight each other, interact with other bases, and participate in PvP specific mechanics like special item drops. It's an exciting addition and adds more competition to your server! Let's get into how to enable that.

**Note: Always ensure that your Palworld server is fully stopped before making any configuration changes! **

## PvP Server Changes

There are quite a few changes that your server experiences when PvP is enabled!

- Players will harm each other
- When a player enters another player's base, the pals at that base will become hostile
- There is an increased damage amount to flying players and mounted Pals
- There is reduced damage to summoned and base Pals
- Players will be able to access chests owned by other guilds
- There is reduced melee weapon damage against structures that are built by other players
- The Pals on a base will defend a larger area
- Online players will be notified of an ongoing attack and building and repairing objects and structures will be unavailable

## Enable PvP

1. Open the **dashboard** for your Palworld server.
2. Click **Game Settings** on the left side.
3. Select the **PVP** tab. From here, you will see all PvP options in one place.
4. Enable the following options:

  - **Enable Player vs Player (PvP)**
  - **Enable Player vs Player (PvP) Damage**

  If you would like PvP to impact bases and their items as well, also enable **Player vs Player Damage to Guild Objects**.

  ![Nodecraft PvP settings panel showing PvP enabled, player damage options, and PvP special item drop settings.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/808x701/0ab70f7b1f/screenshot-2025-12-18-151422.png/m/)
5. Don't forget to click the **Submit** button at the bottom to save your changes!
6. **Start** your server.

From here, base level PvP is enabled and ready to go! You can further edit things by enabling PvP Special Items drops and even the ability to see players on the map! Figure out the perfect settings for what you want to see on your server. That is part of the fun after all!