Why is Palworld broken on PC? (Dedicated server crashes or world save corruption)
A self-hosted dedicated server crashes repeatedly, or the world fails to load with a save-data error after a crash. Palworld's save system writes large amounts of world-state data; an interrupted write during a crash or improper shutdown can corrupt the active save file. Fix: Always use the in-game or server console save command before stopping a dedicated server — never just kill the process.