Resetting a Player's Save on a Palworld Server

If a specific player can't log in, is stuck, or has a corrupted character, you can
reset just that one player by deleting their individual save file. Everyone else's
progress and the world itself are left untouched.

This is destructive for that player. Deleting their .sav wipes their
character — level, technology, stats, and inventory. Back up the world (or at
least copy the file out) before deleting it.

You'll do this in two parts: find which file belongs to the player, then
delete it.

Part 1 — Find the Player's Save File

Each player's file is named after their PlayerUID, written in hexadecimal. To
match a player to their file you need to look up that UID and convert it.

Get the player's PlayerUID:

Easiest (FSH Panel): with the server running, open the Console and
type ShowPlayers. RCON returns a list of connected players.

In-game: join the server, authenticate with

/AdminPassword <your admin
password>

, then run /ShowPlayers.

In the output, note the player's PlayerUID — it's the middle value
(name, playeruid, steamid).

Convert that PlayerUID from decimal to hexadecimal using any decimal→hex
converter. The result is the file name.

The file name is uppercase and zero-padded to 8 hex digits
(e.g. decimal 123456789 → 075BCD15 → 075BCD15.sav).

Part 2 — Reset (Delete) the Player File

Stop the server and wait for it to fully shut down.
(Editing saves while the server is running gets overwritten on shutdown.)

Open the File Manager and navigate to:

Pal/Saved/SaveGames/0/<WorldID>/Players

<WorldID> is the long hash-named world folder.

Find the .sav file whose name matches the hexadecimal UID from Part 1.

Delete that file (optionally download a copy first as a backup).

Start the server and have the player try to log in again — they'll join as
a fresh character.

Troubleshooting

Not sure which file is theirs? Sort the Players folder by Modified date
and note which file changes right after the player attempts to join — that's
almost always the corrupted one. Still, confirming via the UID (Part 1) is the
reliable method.

Only one .sav and several players? Single-character servers can share a
guild file, but each player still has their own UID-named .sav. If a file is
missing, the player simply hasn't generated one yet.

Player still can't join after a reset: The issue may be server-wide rather
than per-player — check the console log on their join attempt.

Resetting a Player's Save on a Palworld Server

Part 1 — Find the Player's Save File#

Part 2 — Reset (Delete) the Player File#

Troubleshooting#

Part 1 — Find the Player's Save File

Part 2 — Reset (Delete) the Player File

Troubleshooting