Any game that relies on online servers has its fair share of bugs. These can stop us from playing games like Palworld without any warning, and there’s nothing worse than getting a message saying “Sorry, you can’t play right now” at the start of a session.
We play the game on Xbox and we’ve seen the “Sorry, you can’t play right now” error far too many times in Palworld. This error appears seemingly out of nowhere and has driven us around the bend when we’ve deliberately left the game on so our friends can farm resources, or while we were waiting for a cake to be baked. Fortunately, this error has a simple cause and a simple solution based on our experience with it.
How to fix the “Sorry, you can’t play right now” error in Palworld on Xbox?
To resolve the ‘Sorry, you can’t play at the moment’ error in Palworldplayers will need to close the dialog box and open their save file again. We’ve always managed to get around this this way, although some users have reported having to completely restart the game or the Xbox they’re playing on.
At the time of writing it is February 4, 2024, we’ve seen dozens of players reporting this issue on Twitter. It appears there was a server error specific to the Xbox version of the game. We will update this section of the article if we see an official Palworld statement.
The main problem this bug causes is splitting up teams of players who were all in one world. There’s no way to get back into each other’s worlds anytime soon. Players will have to compete again as they originally did to capture Pals and grind weapons for boss fights.
What is the “Sorry, you can’t play right now” error in Palworld?
The error message ‘Sorry, you can’t play at the moment’ Palworld is a catch-all error for when the server a player is using times out or resets. There is no rhyme or reason to when the error occurs. We’ve experienced it right after meeting a boss Pal and getting into battle, but we’ve also seen it pop up after hours of Arrow or Pal Sphere crafting in our base.
We are always ready for this mistake to hold us back. The reason we know it’s a server issue is that the error message isn’t specifically tailored to one platform, so it’s clearly being used to inform players that they’ve been separated from their friends. Another cause could be players being migrated to a new server to lighten the load. Either way, the solutions we’ve outlined above should help players get their Pals back to management as quickly as possible.
Anyone who wants to know more about it Palworld must read our full guide. Here we’ve collected every piece of advice we could think of that would have been helpful as we started or reached the endgame.
