‘Pokémon with weapons’ crafting and survival recreation Palworld has its first main replace since its record-breaking launch in January, including a brand new island, new Pals, and way more.
Steam model 0.3.1 and Xbox model 0.3.1 are each out now. The patch brings with it the Sakurajima replace; Sakurajima is the brand new island the place gamers can take management of a tower protected by a brand new faction known as The Moonflowers. The island is dwelling to many new Pals.
There’s multiplayer-exclusive content material, too, within the type of an space within the Desiccated Desert. An oil rig managed by the Rayne Syndicate is now within the ocean (right here you’re employed along with buddies to defeat highly effective enemies and declare assets reminiscent of crude oil). You can extract crude oil by unlocking and inserting a brand new constructing, the cruise oil extractor, in sure spots all over the world. The new materials, Plasteel, may be constituted of crude oil. This is used to craft new high-tier gear and spheres.
Meanwhile, the extent cap is raised to 55, with new applied sciences out there and a brand new higher restrict for Pal’s seize bonus (10 to 12). The new raid, Blazamut Ryu, options the strongest Dragon Pal within the recreation.
There’s a tease for a meteorite occasion: “Meteorites or provides will fall from area typically!” Palworld developer Pocketpair stated within the patch notes, under. “There might even be an unknown Pal from outer area too…!?”
There’s hundreds extra to the Sakurajima replace, together with new objects, new weapons, a brand new service provider, Tower Boss arduous mode, new cosmetics together with for Pals, new buildings, a brand new lockpicking function, and lots of enhancements and tweaks. The constructing system is reworked and improved so fundamental development ought to now be “way more intuitive and clean,” Pocketpair stated.
Of notice: the Xbox model of Palworld now has devoted servers, one of many huge factors of distinction between the sport on Microsoft’s console and Steam. However, there may be at the moment no crossplay, which implies Xbox and PC gamers can’t play collectively. Hopefully this can be a function added additional down the road.
Palworld launched in early entry kind in January 2024 on PC by way of Steam and on Xbox as a day-one Game Pass title. It noticed huge recognition in a single day, turning into one of many largest recreation launches of all time. But it’s additionally one of the crucial controversial. Developer Pocketpair has stated its workers has obtained loss of life threats amid the Pokémon “rip-off” claims, which it has denied.
Soon after Palworld’s launch Nintendo moved rapidly to take away an attention grabbing Pokémon mod, then The Pokemon Company issued an announcement, saying: “We intend to research and take applicable measures to deal with any acts that infringe on mental property rights associated to Pokémon.” At the time, IGN requested attorneys whether or not Nintendo may efficiently sue. Pocketpair not too long ago insisted it has but to listen to something from both Nintendo or The Pokemon Company. It has additionally teased Palworld on PlayStation.
Palworld replace 0.3.1 patch notes:
▼New Content
・New Island – Sakurajima
⤷ A brand new island has appeared! Sakurajima!
⤷ Take management of the tower protected by a brand new faction “The Moonflowers”, and free this stunning island from their management!
⤷ Sakurajima is dwelling to many new Pals! Explore and discover new species!
・Arena
⤷ An enviornment has appeared within the Desiccated Desert! Battle towards different gamers to say your dominance!
(Multiplayer unique content material)
・Stronghold – Oil Rig
⤷ An oil rig managed by the Rayne Syndicate has appeared within the ocean! Work along with your pals to defeat highly effective enemies and declare beneficial assets reminiscent of crude oil!
・Player degree cap raised to 55!
⤷ Players can now journey to degree 55!
⤷ New applied sciences out there
⤷ Upper restrict for Pal’s seize bonus has been elevated from 10 to 12
・New Resource – Crude Oil
⤷ You can extract crude oil by unlocking and inserting a brand new constructing, the crude oil extractor, in sure spots all over the world
⤷ New high-tier gear and spheres may be crafted utilizing the brand new materials Plasteel which may be constituted of crude oil
・New Raid – Blazamut Ryu has arrived! The strongest Dragon Pal within the recreation!
・Meteorite Event
⤷ Meteorites or provides will fall from area typically! There might even be an unknown Pal from outer area too…!?
・Tower Boss Hard Mode
⤷ Each tower boss now has a tough mode, permitting you to face them of their final kind!
・New Merchant – Medal Merchant
⤷ A service provider who will alternate a brand new merchandise Dog Coin for uncommon objects!
・New Items
⤷ Mysterious Accessory Box – Permanently will increase the variety of accent slots by 1
⤷ Concentrated All-Purpose Pal Extract – Increases the rank of a Pal by 1 when used
⤷ Ring of Freight – Increases your carrying weight when geared up
⤷ Vital Remedy, Stamina Remedy, Might Remedy, Speed Remedy, Burden Remedy – These new cures completely strengthen the participant’s base stats. Until now, gamers may solely enhance their stats when levelling up, however now you possibly can attain MAX stats!
・New Weapons
⤷ Laser Rifle
⤷ Flamethrower
⤷ Gatling Gun
⤷ Grenade launcher
⤷ Guided Missile Launcher
⤷ Multi Guided Missile Launcher
⤷ Meteor Launcher
・New NPC beauty hats! Dress up like your favorite bosses!
⤷ Zoe Hat
⤷ Axel Hat
⤷ Lily Hat
⤷ Victor Hat
⤷ Marcus Hat
⤷ Saya Hat
・New Pal beauty hats! Dress up like your favorite Pals!
⤷ Lyleen Floral Cap
⤷ Sibelyx Hat
⤷ Leezpunk Hood
⤷ Killamari Cap
⤷ Cawgnito Hat
⤷ Ribbuny Headband
⤷ Lamball Helm
⤷ Dumud Helm
⤷ Swee Cap
⤷ Dazzi Hat
⤷ Cattiva Hat
・New Buildings
⤷ Cold Food Box – Feed your Pals whereas preserving your meals good and funky
⤷ Sulfur Mine and Coal Mine – Gather beneficial assets at your base
⤷ Pal Disassembly Conveyor – Get rid of undesirable Pals mechanically! Your coronary heart will harm much less this manner…
⤷ Wall-Mounted Sign – Make notes with out taking on an excessive amount of area
⤷ Refrigerated Crusher – An upgraded Crusher that may break down varied objects into completely different objects
・New Feature – Lockpicking
⤷ You can now try to open locked treasure chests with the brand new lockpicking mini-game. Requires a Lockpicking Tool!
・New Feature – Pal Skins! (Cosmetics for Pals)
⤷ You can now change Pal’s pores and skin on the new Pal Dressing Facility!
⤷ The “Sunglasses Cattiva” pores and skin is now out there for everybody! More skins will probably be added in future updates
▼Player
・Pal Box capability elevated from 480 Pals to 960 Pals
・Increased the utmost quantity of energy that may be enhanced by Lifmunk Effigies from 10 to 12
・Added a setting that forestalls objects from being mechanically picked up if it’ll overencumber the participant
▼Base Related
・The constructing system has been reworked and improved! Basic development is now way more intuitive and clean!
・Pillars have been added. The days of by accident demolishing a supporting wall and the whole 2nd flood collapsing are over!
・Axis alignment perform added
・Defensive partitions can now be related
・It is now doable to attach from the roof, partitions, stairs, and pillars to the muse (beforehand, connections may solely be began from the muse)
・New constructing materials “Glass” has been added. Keep a watch in your cute Pals from inside with glass partitions!
・The most base degree has been elevated to 25, and the variety of bases allowed has been elevated from 3 to 4 at degree 25
・You can now change the utmost quantity of guild bases from the sport choices
※Note: Too many bases might result in efficiency points
・You can now change the utmost quantity of base Pals from the sport choices
※Note: Too many Pals at one base might result in efficiency points
・Implemented a personal lock perform for chests. Your buddies will not be capable to steal your steel anymore!
・It is now doable to completely assign a Pal to a selected facility from the Monitoring Stand
・Cakes will now be transported to chests as a precedence
・Readjusted the work precedence order for Pals
・Changes to protection facility specs. Work buddies will use them mechanically even when they don’t seem to be assigned to a selected facility
・Measures and mitigation for base buddies getting caught when a route can’t be taken
▼UI
・Added a lock perform within the Pal Box menu
・Player crosshair color can now be adjusted and glued a problem the place the crosshair would get caught behind the participant
・You can now craft objects in items of 100x
・Added extra kinds of customized map markers, and elevated the position restrict to 300
・Statue of Power UI has been improved
・Improved sorting perform of Pal Box, making it simpler to search out the Pal you need
▼World
・Junkyards have been added all over the world! You may discover some beneficial objects there…
・A brand new random occasion has been added. Find and steal eggs from “Monster Nests” hidden across the islands!
▼Pals
・New Pal Skills!
・Unique Skills
⤷ Jumping Stinger (Menasting)
⤷ Rocket Slam (Chillet)
⤷ Protection of Fertility (Lyleen)
⤷ Raging Flame Wave (Faleris)
⤷ Thunderbolt Heavy Tank (Grizzbolt)
⤷ Polyceraunos (Orserk)
⤷ Divine Disaster II (Shadowbeak)
・Neutral Skills
⤷ Air Blade
⤷ Holy Burst
⤷ Star Mine
・Fire Skills
⤷ Flame Wall
⤷ Volcanic Rain
⤷ Flame Funnel
・Water Skills
⤷ Splash
⤷ Wall Splash
・Grass Skills
⤷ Circle Vine
・Electric Skills
⤷ Thunder Rain
⤷ TriSpark
⤷ Thunderstorm
・Ice Skills
⤷ Icicle Line
・Ground Skills
⤷ Rockburst
⤷ Sand Twister
・Dragon Skills
⤷ Beam Slicer
⤷ Comet
・New Passive Skills
⤷ Philanthropist – Greatly reduces the time required to supply eggs
⤷ Impatient – Reduced cooldown on lively expertise
⤷ Infinite Stamina – Increased stamina (Only on mountable Pals)
⤷ Noble – Pals with this passive will provide you with a bonus when buying and selling with retailers
⤷ Nocturnal – Pals with this passive turn out to be nocturnal and can work all through the night time
▼Multiplayer
・Added a brand new setting that at all times rejects guild invitations
▼Balance Adjustment
・Due to the rise in accent slots, equipment with the identical identify have been modified in order that they can’t be geared up greater than as soon as
・Defensive equipment have been balanced because of the enhance in accent slots.
・Due to the addition of many new Pals, some Pal breeding mixtures have been modified
・Adjusted the promoting worth of all Pals. The promoting worth of Alpha Pals is now about twice that of the unique species
▼Bug Fixes
・Mitigations have been added for a problem that precipitated PCs to freeze when closing the sport
・Changed the grappling gun behaviour to make it much less prone to get caught
・Many many many different minor bug fixes
▼Other
・A warning will now be displayed if the GPU driver is simply too out-of-date
▼Soundtrack
・6 new songs have been added to soundtrack. If you may have already bought the sport, please replace the soundtrack.
*Please notice that the soundtrack replace could also be delayed by a couple of day.
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