How To Change Egg Hatch Speed - Palworld

Want eggs to hatch faster in Palworld? Adjusting the hatch speed lets you control how quickly your Pals emerge, perfect for speeding up breeding or fine-tuning server balance. With a quick config change in the world settings, you can shorten wait times and keep the action moving. Ideal for private servers or custom gameplay, this tweak gives you full control over your world’s pacing—no more long waits for your next companion.

In this guide, we'll show you how to change egg hatch speed Palworld server, helping you reduce long hatching times, speed up breeding, and create a more balanced experience for your player community—especially on hard mode or colder maps where incubation can take several full hours.

Changing Egg Hatching Times

To speed up or slow down hatching egg times:

• Open your Apollo panel

• Head over to the Files tab

• Navigate to the following directory: /home/container/Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini

• Search for PalEggDefaultHatchingTime, and edit it as desired.

• Once changed, click on the Save Content Button

To change the difficulty settings, click here

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Updated on: 04/08/2025