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Latest Update Info *NEW Update May 13
Future Update Roadmap
Past Updates
How To Update

Latest Update Information

Xbox Patch Update V0.2.4.0 Now Available As Well

On May 13, a follow up update was released and announced on the official X account. The V0.2.4.0 update is now available on Xbox, bringing the same balance adjustments, UI improvements, and bug fixes that were previously added on Steam.

This update aims to enhance the overall gaming experience and ensure stability across all devices. Players can now enjoy the latest improvements and features on their Xbox consoles.

Game Price (Steam & Xbox Game Pass)

V0.2.4.0 Patch Update For Steam Is Now Available!

Balance Adjustment

Increased the HP of all Alpha Pals (larger than normal Pals), including Lucky Pals, by 1.2

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

Reduced the damage reduction rate of enemy bosses by 18%. (The HP adjustment above has been adjusted so that battles don't become too difficult.)

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

UI Adjustment

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

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused synchronization issues when gates were opened

Many other minor bug fixes

On May 13, an update was released and announced on the official X account. The update includes several balance adjustments, UI improvements, and bug fixes for Palworld. It was also noted that the v0.2.4.0 Xbox version is still underway and will be released as soon as it is ready.

Future Update Roadmap

New Pals and Weapons Coming Summer 2024!

During the ID@Xbox Digital Showcase, it has been revealed there will be an addition of new Pals and weapons in an update coming Summer of 2024.

4 New Pals Have Been Revealed!

The trailer started out in a cherry blossom field filled with new looking Pals. In writing it stated New Pals, and the trailer teased us with 4 new Pals and some action of their attack moves.

Check Out All New Pals!

2 New Weapons In The Trailer

In the trailer, there were no specific writing where there will be a release of new weapons, but there were 2 new weapons shown in the trailer indicating there might be new weapons added into the update.

New Map Being Added

The trailer first started in a cherry blossom field which is something new and not seen in the current Palworld map. In the back of the Shrine there is a tower that might indicate a new Boss and fast travels in the new map.

There was also another scene in the trailer where there were huge mushrooms which might be where the new Pals are living like the new mushroom dinosaur looking Pal.

Addressing Critical Issues

Sometimes, the world date may experience rollbacks.

The loading screen may persist when trying to load into worlds.

Improvements To Implement ASAP

Key configuration improvements.

Improvements to base Pal AI and pathing.

Planned Future Updates

PvP Contents

End-Game Content

Pal Arena (PvP for Pals)

Steam-Xbox Crossplay

Various Xbox Feature Improvements

Server Transfers and Migrations

Improvements to the Building System

New islands, Pals, Bosses, and Technologies

On January 24 (Wed), a Roadmap was released on the Official Discord. They have said they are planning to fix any bugs or problems that might occur in the future and release new updated contents.

April 10: Palworld Arena Coming 2024! *Not In Summer As Trailer States

[Official Announcement from Palworld] In the arena teaser, it stated that the arena would release in summer 2024. This was a mistake and should have stated 2024. We are very sorry for this mistake. We are working hard to prepare the arena for you all as soon as possible.

It has been announced from the Triple-i Initiative live viewing that Palworld will be coming out with Arena Mode in the of 2024.

The Pal Arena makes its way to #Palworld in 2024

Battle against other players, pitting both yourself and your pals against them
Train the strongest Pals and defeat all your rivals pic.twitter.com/5msMX9eJcH
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) April 10, 2024

The official X has read that you will be battling against other Players with your Pals and yourself. It looks like it is a 4 vs 4 battle and you will be choosing 3 Pals of your choice. There are some Pals that are mountable, but in the trailer we can not confirm if we can ride them during combat or not.

New Pal Might Be Released?

In the trailer, there is a Quivern type Pal shown, but the color is Green! The latest X post does say we will be having a major update that will add a new island with a new species of Pals, new buildings, weapons, so this is something to look forward to!

Past Updates

V0.2.3.0 Patch Update For Steam Is Now Available!

Balance Adjustment

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

Optimization

Optimized the processing load on dedicated servers

Bug Fixes

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

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

[Xbox Version Only] Fixed an issue where the 'Option to show/hide Journey' and 'Option to change the scale of damage text numbers' were not working

Fixed other minor bugs

Version v0.2.3.0 for the Steam release has rolled out this April 21, with the Xbox version soon to follow once it's ready. Notable changes include an increased hatching speed for the Electric Egg Incubator and improved Dedicated Server loading process. It also includes Bug Fixes regarding collisions between base Pals, Pet feature and display options on Xbox.

April 14: Steam And Xbox Version V0.2.2.0 Has Been Released

Major Fixes

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

Other Fixes

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

Reduced the jittering of sleeping Pals on Pal beds.

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

Corrected other minor bugs.

On April 14, an update for Steam and Xbox was released and announced on the official X account. This fixed the issue where the damage dealt by Pals were greatly reduced after the last update.

April 10: Xbox Version V0.2.1.0 Has Been Released

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented save data from loading correctly in multiplayer.

Fixed a bug that caused the egg incubator to not work properly

Fixed a bug that prevented raid boss achievements from being unlocked

Bug reports and credits can now be accessed in-game

Improved loading times on Xbox Series

Notice

Chat has been temporarily disabled due to a bug that prevented data from loading in multiplayer

On April 10, an update for Xbox was released and announced on the official X account. This fixed the issue where data couldn't be loaded correctly in multiplayer and also the bug that didn't allow the use of the Egg Incubator after the last update.

Confirmed Multiplayer Save Data Issue

In the latest news regarding the Xbox version v0.2.0.6 release, it has been reported that the game data is not being loaded correctly when attempting to load multiplayer save data from an older version. The development team acknowledges this and extends their apologies and assures that they are actively investigating this issue to determine its root cause to fix it as soon as possible.

Xbox Version V0.2.0.6 Has Been Released

The latest Xbox version v0.2.0.6 has been released to users. Also, it was officially confirmed that players may encounter an Incubator Bug which can be fixed by rebuilding the incubator. However, the developers assured that they are actively working on a fix and expect to roll out a permanent solution to the Incubator Bug in the next few days.

▼ Click Here To Check V0.2.0.6 Updates

Dedicated Server Fix Notice

A fix has been deployed for an issue occuring when connecting to dedicated servers in specific Windows environments. This patch doesn't alter the game version. Unaffected servers don't need updates, and there are no client updates. If you faced connection issues, make sure to update your server.

Dedicated Server

April 4, Steam Ver 0.2.1.0 Update Released

An update to fix an issue where eggs could not be placed in the egg incubator if you loaded save data from v0.1.5.x or earlier has been released.

Incubator Bug

The recent software update to version v0.2.0.6 has unfortunately introduced a known issue where players are unable to place eggs inside the incubator as intended. This issue has been reported by users and acknowledged by the development team. The straightforward solution to this problem to rebuild the incubator, which will allow you to resume your egg-hatching activities without further disruptions.

How To Hatch Eggs

April 3, Steam Ver 0.2.0.6 Update Has Been Released

New Content

Implemented the first Raid Boss

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

Raid Boss Pals summoned by slabs are very powerful and can not be captured. Work alongside your base Pals to take on these powerful foes.

Pals Eggs can drop after defeating Raid Boss Pals.

The "extreme" version of the Raid Boss is incredibly powerful and difficult to defeat.

New Training Manual items have been added

These manuals allow you to give experience points to Pals.

New item Ancient Technical Manual has been added.

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

New Recovery Meds items have been added.

Using these meds will slowly recover your HP over time.

Homeward Thundercloud Item has been added.

When used, this item will instantly move you to your nearest base.

Ability Glasses Item has been added.

When equipped, you can see Pal's stats.

New stat boosting items have been added: Power Fruit, Life Fruit, Stout Fruit

These items will boost Pal's stats when used.

Added a new passive Mercy Hit.

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

Ring of Mercy Item has been added.

When wearing this ring, you cannot reduce enemy HP below 1 when attacking.

Multiclimate Undershirt Armor has been added.

Protect yourself against both the heat and the cold with just one slot!

Electric Egg Incubator Building has been added.

This incubator consumes electricity to automatically adjust the temperature to the optimum temperature for each egg.

Ore Mining Site Building has been added.

This mining site allows you to produce ores from the comfort of your base!

Pals

Kelpsea can now produce Pal Fluids at the ranch

Dumud can now produce High-Quality Pal Oil at the ranch

You can now reduce the weight of metal ore while riding Surfent Terra

Increased the amount of ore dropped while riding Astegon

You can now raise Pal's rank to the maximum with a single synthesis using the Pal Essence Condenser. (Condensation progress is now accumulated in the individual Pal)

You can now raise Pal's rank to the maximum with a single synthesis using the Pal Essence Condenser.

Negative Pal status will now be resolved after spending some time in the Pal Box

UI

While aiming a sphere, it will now display how many of the target Pal has already been captured

You can now check the cooldowns on partner skills for all your Pals on the main screen

Equipment and item stats are now visible on the technology screen, even if you have not unlocked them first

The tutorial has been improved and renamed to Journey.

You can now show/hide the Journey in the game options

Damage number display size can be changed in the game options.

Damage number display size can be changed in the game options. (In Raid Boss battles, the damage numbers tend to overlap a lot and it may be difficult to see, so we recommend adjusting the size)

Player

Items dropped by players after death on a dedicated server can now be picked up by anyone after 24 hours of real-time have passed

Added a new sleeping player emote (edited)

Base Related

You can now allow/disallow certain work for base Pals at the Monitoring Stand

Chest filters have been added. Select item types to allow or disallow inside chests

Crafted items are now transported from crafting facilities. Selecting allow transport when crafting will result in Pals transporting those items to chests when finished

You can now edit your character's appearance at any time by using the Antique Dresser

Building and building piece placement rules have been relaxed

You can now connect stairs facing upwards.
Roof pieces can now directly connect to foundations.
Triangular walls can now be connected to stairs.

You can now force a Pal to work and cancel their break by picking them up and throwing them towards a facility. Pals recover their SAN while taking a break, so be careful!

Fixed assignments remain fixed, even after bad events occur. Previously, some assignments would change due to certain conditions, but now they will remain fixed unless the Pal is placed inside the Pal Box

Balance Adjustment

Minimum heat and cold resistance have been added to various armour. You will no longer need to take off your heat-resistance armour when it is cold at night in the starting areas!

Reduce the button press time in the egg incubator

Change the pattern for Jormuntide Ignis to something more unique

Added legendary blueprints for some firearms (Dropped from specific enemies)

Corrected the selling price of diamonds

In single-player, it is no longer possible to select the initial spawn point for multiplayer

Blocked the back of the starting area with rocks to prevent players from getting lost or stuck

The increased attack power multiplier of partner skills that increase the player's attack power while riding has been uniformly reduced from 2.0 to 1.2

Eggs now have a small chance to produce Alpha Pals

Flying and floating Pals are now immune to falling damage

Shop price adjustments

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where treasure chests would become empty when dying in a dungeon

Fixed an issue where the effect that increases the player's attack power while riding was duplicating and accumulating under certain conditions

Fixed an issue where players were not receiving loot when capturing Pals while mounted

Adjusted the HP of the Legendary Pal and fixed an issue where the difference in HP between the captured Legendary Pal and the bred Legendary Pal was too large

Fixed an issue where Pal would eat while riding.

Fixed an issue where spheres thrown close to wild pals would not hit and be lost

Others

Improved various Pal models and textures

Added and adjusted some sound effects

Many other minor bug fixes

Dedicated Server

Fixed an issue where sorting did not work in the server list

Improved the server list to allow page transitions

Dedicated servers now support various log outputs

Implemented REST API
*Please check the tech guide for details: tech.palworldgame.com

Cheat Prevention

Fixed a vulnerability that allowed Steam account spoofing

Fixed 7 other critical vulnerabilities

Soundtrack

One new song has been added to the soundtrack. If you have already purchased the soundtrack, please update and enjoy the new song!
*Please note that the soundtrack may take a few days to update

On April 3, an update was released and announced on the official X account. The update includes an array of additions such as new buildings, weapons, and challenging tower boss, enhancing the overall gaming experience. Also a huge update is scheduled this summer 2024, promising new contents and excitement. Players can anticipate exploring a fresh island with unique scenery and encountering new Pals.

All Paldeck Pals

Upcoming Bellanoir First Raid Boss

It has been officially announced that the addition of the first Bellanoir boss raid will be available in the next update. The release date and time have not yet been determined, but it seems that Bellanoir is a powerful boss that cannot be defeated unless you strengthen your Pals, including your base, and engage in an all-out battle. So make sure to start preparing and strengthen your Pals before the update arrives.

Best Pals Tier List

Bellanoir Official Video Announcement On X

pic.twitter.com/PrB9QRo1S6
Palworld/Palworld official(@Palworld_JP) March 15, 2024

The official update teaser video shows that if you offer something like a crystal or a Pal Soul on the pedestal, Bellanoir will appear along with lots of meteorites. You can probably fight the raid boss whenever you want.

March 8, Xbox Ver 1.5.2 Update Has Been Released

Major Fixes

Fixed a multiplayer-related bug which caused the game to crash

Others

Fixed an issue where save data larger than 16MB would not save correctly

On March 8, an update was released and announced on the official X account. It was announced that they have fixed the game crashing from multiplayer bugs and an issue where data would not save on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass versions.

February 29, Ver 1.5.1 Update Has Been Released

Major Fixes

Fixed various game crashes

Balance Adjustment

Fixed a bug where breeding Pals always had fixed passives

Fixed an issue where the increase in condensation progress was incorrect when using Pal of rank 2 or higher as a condensation material (it will increase by the number of Pals used in previous condensation)

Dungeon Issues

Fixed an issue where the innermost door would not open after defeating the boss of a random dungeon

Pals

Fixed an issue where the name of a Pal would not change even after renaming them

Server Issues

Fixed an issue where it was not possible to search for spaces or Japanese/Chinese characters in the server list

Fixed so that if the server is no longer registered on the server list, it will be re-registered without needing to restart the server

Fixed an issue where the settings to enable RCON were not loaded from the configuration file

On February 29, an update was released and announced on the official X account. They stated that they are still working to fix the issue where auto-save fails on the Xbox and Xbox Game Pass versions.

February 27, Ver 1.5.0 Update Has Been Released

Major Fixes

Implemented backup of save data on the world selection screen

Resolved issue of unnecessary data accumulating in save data

Key Configuration

Added fully supported keyboard key configuration

Guild

Modified specification to allow guild members to be removed when not logged in

Player Issues

Changed long-press operation during player tasks to allow continuous work by pressing the work button once (This is switchable in the options settings)

Fixed issue where riding in prohibited hunting areas would not result in a crime

Improved interaction accuracy with adjacent objects

Pals

Changed specifications so that when a Pal is instructed to attack aggressively, the Pal will attack enemies indiscriminately even if they are not in combat

Corrected an issue to allow Pals of rank 1 or higher to be selected as concentrated material (higher-ranked Pals yield more points when concentrated)

Fixed bug where if a large amount of experience points were gained and the level increased to 50 at once, Pals would not learn any active skills

Mitigated an issue where using Mossanda's partner skill Grenadier Panda on a dungeon boss would cause the boss to get stuck in walls

Base Issues

Implemented backup of save data on the world selection screen

Added measures to prevent the issue where base Pals would wander around and get stuck at the border of the base area

Fixed an issue where Pals at the base would get stuck repeatedly starting transportation tasks and the light bulbs icon would appear over and over again.

Added measures to prevent the issue of base Pals getting stuck in the farm on a roof

Fixed an issue where work Pals would get stuck in the summon space of Palbox when restarting the server on a dedicated server.

Adjusted the default work priority of base Pals (Anubis will prioritize manual labour)

Significantly relaxed building restrictions for stairs and triangular roofs

Fixed an issue where sound would play in an infinite loop when Pals at the base used certain active skills.

Specifications changed so that all changes in environmental temperature are added up (if you put 4 campfires next to each other, the surrounding area will have the temperature of a volcano)

Implemented relax working style on the monitoring stand

Balance Adjustment

Significantly strengthened mining power for Digtoise partner skills

Fixed the abnormally high selling price of nails

Significantly increased the number of police officers who appear when a crime is committed

Added electric shock effect to Free Pal Alliance's crossbow

Adjusted the flight distance of Sphere Launcher and Scatter Sphere Launcher.

Increased the SAN value recovery amount of high-quality hot springs

Network Related

Renovated the server lobby

Search by server name will now work

Added the ability to view online players on a dedicated server

Others

Fixed the issue where Day 5 Memo was not placed

You can now adjust the in-game brightness in the settings

Fixed many minor bugs

Corrected various incorrect text

Improved measures against cheating

On February 27, an update was released and announced on the official X account. They stated that they are working to fix an issue where auto-save fails on the Xbox and Xbox Game Pass versions.

February 7, Ver1.4.1 Update Has Been Released

Major Fixes

Fixed an issue where the game would always crash and save data would be corrupted when the total number of Pals captured by the guild reached approximately 7000.

In the previous patch, save data that had already been in this state (for servers, the server's world data) remained in a broken state that made it impossible to load, but after applying this patch it will be resolved and will load properly.

Fixed an issue where some weapons equipped by other players would disappear when a player used a grenade in multiplayer.

Fixed an issue where, although the displayed capture probability increased when the capture power was strengthened with Lifmunk Effigies, the capture probability did not actually increase at all due to an internal processing bug.

Base related

Fixed an issue where if a Pal that was manually assigned to a breeding farm went to sleep, it would not wake up forever.

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

Others

Implemented countermeasures against some cheats and exploits.

On February 7, an update was released and announced on the official X account. They stated that they will continue placing top priority on fixing major problems and issues.

February 1, Ver1.4.0 Update Has Been Released

Major Fixes

Fixed an issue where the game would crash under certain conditions

Fixed an issue where if another player's pal/base pal had HP 30% or less, it could be captured by using a sphere.

Fixed an issue where enemy pals would get stuck in walls due to charge attacks.

Implemented the first fix for an issue where the game would always crash and save data would be corrupted when the guild's total number of pals captured reached around 7000.

Key Configuration

Added support for mouse side keys and numeric keypad in keyboard key configuration.

Player Issues

Fixed an issue where players on dedicated servers and co-op (online) were receiving damage twice.

Specifications have been changed so that you can move at extremely low speed even when you have exceeded the weight limit.

Players will no longer pass through walls when dismounting.

Fixed an issue where capture power strengthened by Lifmunk Effigies was reset when using memory reset drugs.

Fixed an issue where armor could be equipped in the wrong slot.

Adjusted camera positions of several Pals to make it easier to see when mounted.

Base Issues

Specifications have been changed so that Pals who are manually assigned to a breeding farm will not become hungry and their manual assignments will not be removed.

The key to lift Pals has been changed from F → V (Pad: X → Y) in order to prevent accidents.

Reduced the speed and range of fire spreading on wooden buildings.

Fixed an issue where manual work assignments could not be set at all under certain circumstances..

Fixed an issue where extremely high-level Relaxaurus would attack the base during raids.

Added several measures to prevent base Pals from getting stuck.

Fixed an issue where Pals would get stuck while transporting items and would drop them on the spot.

Fixed an issue where Pals at the base would continue to cut down trees that were already cut.

Fixed an issue where Pals at the base were on the verge of death due to unexplained falling damage.

Fixed an issue where Pals at the base would float under some conditions.

Fixed an issue where if a farm was built on the second floor or above, work pals would be unable to move on the floors below.

Other Fixes

Corrected incorrect text

Measures have been added to prevent cheating and stealing other players' Pals.

Many other minor fixes such as the addition of a UI key guide.

On February 1, an update was released and announced on the official X account. They stated that they will continue placing top priority on fixing major problems and issues.

January 25, Ver1.3.0 Update Has Been Released

Main Fixed & Changes Information

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

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

Corrected various incorrect text

Countermeasures against various cheats and exploits

On January 25th, Ver1.3.0 update has been released. Mainly it fixed the bugs and incorrect text that was currently occuring.

How To Update And Solution When Not Working

Update From Steam

1.	Click the "Library" button from the top of the screen
2.	Click the "Palworld" on the left side of the screen
3.	Click the Update Button

Don't Forget To Turn On Automatic Update Button

After choosing the Palworld from the Library, click in the order: "Gear mark on the right" → "Properties" → "Update", and from the "Automatic Updates" turn on "Always keep this game updated".

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