What changed in Palworld in 2024

Corrected an issue with the Xenolord raid being stronger than expected.

New Christmas skins for Pals introduced in the Feybreak update.

Meowmere, the first 'bullet-firing melee weapon' in Palworld, has been added.

Rainbow passive skills added for Pals.

New songs added to the game soundtrack.

Players falling under the ground after fast travel has been reduced.

Prices for some Pals have been modified.

New buildings like Large-Scale Electric Egg Incubator and Guild Chest.

Includes Makeshift SMG, Laser Gatling Gun, and more.

Boss enemies will now become staggered when their stun accumulation value reaches 100.

New mode to randomize Pal spawns in the game.

A large oil rig guarded by a powerful Attack Chopper has been added.

New NPCs have been added to various locations.

Legendary Pals can now reach level 60 and learn more powerful skills.

Conduct research to unlock permanent passives and rewards.

Players can now level up to 60 with new technologies available.

6 new Christmas skins for Pals have been added.

Rare treasure chests that can only be unlocked by Pals of specific elements.

Players can send Pals on expeditions to obtain supplies.

Many minor bug fixes implemented.

Base pals improved to reduce getting stuck.

Paldeck has been renamed to Palpedia for consistency.

A mysterious island with many challenges and new Pals has appeared.

Enemies improved to reduce getting stuck in walls.

Defeat the dark mechanical dragon controlling the Xeno army.

New resources found on Feybreak, including Chromite and Hexolite Quartz.

A mode where player and Pal death is permanent.

Vicious Predator Pals will now appear throughout the world.

The weight multiplier for all items can now be changed in world settings.

Work suitability for specific Pals has been modified.

Animation speed for base Pals with work speed buffs has been slowed down.

New NPC added to the Free Pal Alliance camps.

Raid algorithm improved to ensure raids reach bases more often.

The next major update, 'Palworld: Feybreak', is set to release on Dec. 23, 2024, featuring a new mysterious island and new species of Pals.

Some crafting recipes have been modified.

Limited-time skins are now available to all players.

New skills added for various Pals.

Players earn experience points for discovering locations for the first time.

New skills like Stone Beat and Poison Shower introduced.

New items including Metal Detector, Pouches, and Double Jump Boots.

Dangerous criminals have appeared across the islands for players to capture.

Recovery amount for Felbat and Lovander's partner skills increased from 6% to 10%.

Adjustments made to technology unlock levels.

A new island, the largest and harshest in Palworld's history, will be added in December.

Powerful tower bosses and many vicious new species of Pals will be introduced on the new island.

The reticle will now only be displayed when aiming.

Changed the behaviour of summoning player-owned Pals so that they are always summoned near the player.

A collaboration with Terraria has been confirmed for 2025.

Players can now write much longer messages in multiplayer text chat.

Players receive Halloween Cattiva, Spectacled Katress, Pirate Pengullet, and Halloween Croajiro for free.

Enhanced server FPS when there are many guilds on dedicated servers.

Resolved an issue where a blank page would sometimes appear in the server list.

Addressed various minor bugs in the game.

Optimized game performance when there are many buildings present.

Implemented enhanced measures to prevent cheating in the game.

Lowered memory usage throughout the game.

Steam Trading Cards are now available for Palworld, featuring 10 types of cards, 6 types of badges, and 9 types of backgrounds.

Available from September 3rd to September 10th, 2024.

Available from August 27th to September 3rd, 2024.

This fix allows for smoother participation in dedicated servers with large amounts of data.

Resolved an issue where certain save data could no longer be restored from the in-game backup UI.

Available from August 21st to August 27th, 2024.

Participate in the Twitch Summer Drops Fest to earn three exclusive Pal skins by watching eligible streams.

Addressed an issue where oil rig turrets were desyncing during multiplayer sessions.

Notifications for Pals stuck in the base are now displayed only when the player is nearby, and notifications for natural objects are suppressed.

Corrected a bug where simplified characters appeared in the traditional Chinese translation.

Resolved a problem where pillars could not be built underwater.

Firepower of enemies on the Oil Rig has been decreased.

Fixed an issue where Pals would get stuck when transporting if a chest was moved or the transport route changed.

Merchants now offer meat for purchase.

Fixed a bug that prevented achievements from unlocking.

Fixed a bug where harmful random events such as monster nests occurred within the base.

Recovery amount of Lyleen's unique skill has been adjusted.

If a Pal cannot find a route to the breeding farm when manually assigned, it will now warp directly to it.

Added some measures to address the bug where the treasure chest in the oil rig could randomly disappear and other minor bug fixes.

Summoned Pals will take 25% less damage from all sources, excluding base Pals.

Farm collision has been removed to reduce Pals getting stuck and clogging the pathing.

Overall improved notifications when a work Pal cannot path correctly inside the base.

Food merchants' purchase prices have been increased, along with production efficiency of tomatoes and lettuce at farms.

Measures were taken to prevent Pals from getting stuck when they are unable to path correctly to a repair kit.

The neutral area was missing around the Sakurajima Tower, so it has been set. Building is no longer possible in the surrounding area.

Power generation from large generators has been increased.

Fixed other minor text issues.

New settings added to world options for meteorite and supply drop intervals.

The required technology level for coal mines has been lowered.

Fixed a bug where work Pals would disappear instead of dropping into the Pal Box when the maximum number of work pals at a base was reduced in world settings.

Fixed a bug where a fixed assignment to a breeding farm would be removed when the player was not at the base.

Fixed a problem where simplified characters were mixed into the traditional Chinese version of the game.

Fixed a bug that caused save data to become unreasonably large

Other minor bugs fixed

When a player is stuck in the arena, restarting the game will now restore the player to the correct state.

Asset files were unintentionally split, so they have been reverted back to v0.2.

Changed behavior to reduce the likelihood of getting stuck.

The Sakurajima Update will include a new island for players to explore.

A new island has appeared! Sakurajima, home to many new Pals and a new faction 'The Moonflowers'.

A merchant who exchanges Dog Coins for rare items.

Accessories with the same name cannot be equipped more than once.

The first major update, Sakurajima Update, is scheduled for release on June 27, 2024.

Pal Box capacity increased from 480 to 960 Pals.

A new mini-game to open locked treasure chests.

An oil rig controlled by the Rayne Syndicate has appeared, offering new challenges and resources.

The update will feature new content and mechanics beyond what is shown in the trailer.

6 new songs added to the soundtrack.

Crude oil can now be extracted and used to craft high-tier equipment.

Selling price of Alpha Pals is now about twice that of the original species.

Change Pal's skin at the new Pal Dressing Facility.

Each tower boss now has a hard mode for ultimate challenges.

An arena has appeared for multiplayer battles against other players.

Mitigations added for an issue causing PCs to freeze when closing the game.

The strongest Dragon Pal in the game has arrived.

Players can now adventure to level 55 with new technologies and increased Pal capture bonus.

Includes new remedies, weapons like Laser Rifle and Flamethrower, and cosmetic hats.

Meteorites or supplies will fall from space, potentially bringing unknown Pals.

Fixed a bug that notified all players on the server when someone finished or failed a raid.

Fixed a bug that caused synchronization issues when gates were opened.

The damage reduction rate of enemy bosses has been reduced by 18%.

Items and Pals dropped on death can now be picked up by anyone 24 hours after they are dropped.

Items and Pals dropped on death will now disappear 48 hours after they are dropped.

Many other minor bug fixes have been implemented.

Breeding eggs now have a slight chance to produce an Alpha Pal.

All Alpha Pals, including Lucky Pals, have had their HP increased by 1.2.

The electric egg incubator now has increased hatching speed. Hatches at 1.5 times the normal rate.

You can now pet some pals that could not be pet due to a bug that prevented the 'pet' option from working correctly.

Optimized the processing load on dedicated servers.

Fixed other minor bugs.

Fixed an issue where base pals would sometimes collide with each other on dedicated servers.

Reduced the jittering of sleeping Pals on Pal beds.

Corrected an issue that caused all Pal attacks to deal only half the intended damage.

Corrected the hit detection in the latter parts of the 'Nightmare Ray' and 'Nightmare Bloom' attacks.

You can now close the character editing screen of the antique dresser using the ESC key.

A major update will add a new island, new species of Pals, new buildings, and weapons.

Players will be able to battle against other players in the new arena.

Fixed an issue where eggs could not be placed in the egg incubator if you loaded save data from v0.1.5.x or earlier.

Resolved a problem where a timeout occurred when connecting to a dedicated server built in some Windows environments.

Items include 'Power Fruit', 'Life Fruit', and 'Stout Fruit' to boost Pal's stats.

Allows production of ores from your base.

No need to remove heat-resistance armour in cold conditions.

These manuals allow you to give experience points to Pals.

Pals with this passive cannot reduce enemy HP below 1 when attacking.

Using these meds will slowly recover your HP over time.

Reduced from 2.0 to 1.2.

Protects against both heat and cold with just one slot.

This manual gives you ancient technology points and can be found in dungeon chests.

When equipped, you can see Pal's stats.

Resolved issue where eggs could not be placed inside the incubator.

Resolved issue where treasure chests would become empty upon dying in a dungeon.

Automatically adjusts temperature for egg incubation.

Wearing this ring prevents reducing enemy HP below 1 when attacking.

Resolved issue where attack power effect was duplicating under certain conditions.

This item instantly moves you to your nearest base.

Fixed sorting issues and allowed page transitions.

Players can summon Raid Boss Pals using slabs at the new Summoning Altar.

Fixed issue with HP difference between captured and bred Legendary Pals.

If you have purchased the soundtrack, update to enjoy the new song.

New measures to enhance game comfort and integrity.

Players will challenge an evil new pal in an all-out battle.

Condensation progress will now increase by the number of Pals used in previous condensation.

This is switchable in the options settings.

If you put 4 campfires next to each other, the surrounding area will have the temperature of a volcano.

Pals will attack enemies indiscriminately even if they are not in combat.

Anubis will prioritize manual labour.

Higher-ranked Pals yield more points when concentrated.

On community servers, this will only be displayed if the setting is enabled.

Plans to introduce an external anti-cheat solution to address frequent cheating activities.

A player list function for servers will be released at the end of February to identify and suspend cheaters.

Previous save data that was in a broken state can now be loaded properly after applying the patch.

Resolved an issue where weapons equipped by other players would disappear when a grenade was used.

Resolved an issue where the game would crash and corrupt save data when the total number of Pals captured reached approximately 7000.

Corrected an internal processing bug that prevented actual capture probability increase despite displayed improvements.

Corrected an issue where no wood would drop when a Pal at the base felled a tree.

Resolved an issue where a Pal assigned to a breeding farm would not wake up after going to sleep.

Manual assignments will not be removed and Pals will not become hungry.

Key changed from F to V (Pad: X to Y).

Players can now move at extremely low speed even when over the weight limit.

Further improvements planned for interact key configuration.

Many other minor fixes included.

Improved visibility when mounted.

Game no longer crashes with over 7000 captured objects, but existing corrupted save data remains inaccessible.

Fixed a bug where the world date was not displayed correctly and appeared to reset.

Fixed a bug where the loading screen did not end when logging into the world

Future updates will include new islands, Pals, bosses, and technologies.

Introduction of PvP features including Raid Bosses and Pal Arena.

Planned feature for server transfers and migrations.

Improvements to key configuration for better gameplay experience.

Addressing the issue where the world date may experience rollbacks.

Planned implementation of crossplay between Steam and Xbox.

Enhancements planned for the building system.

Fixing the issue where the loading screen may persist when trying to load into worlds.

Enhancements to the base Pal AI and pathing for better performance.

Critical bugs have been removed to ensure a high-quality experience.

PvP will not be supported at launch, but testing is ongoing for future implementation.

A method for server/save transfer will be provided later during development.

Steam Workshop support will be added after launch.

Palworld will launch into early access worldwide on January 19, 2024.

Palworld starts early access today, January 19th, 2024.

Players can invite up to 3 friends for a multiplayer game, with dedicated servers supporting up to 32 players.

Palworld launches worldwide into early access on January 19th, 00:00 PST!

Features like PvP/Arena, major building system updates, Raid Bosses, and trading Pals with other players are planned.