Pokémon with guns crafting and survival game Palworld has its first major update since its record-breaking launch in January, adding a new island, new friends and more.
Steam version 0.3.1 and Xbox version 0.3.1 are now out. The patch brings with it the Sakurajima update; Sakurajima is the new island where players can take control of a tower defended by a new faction called The Moonflowers. The island is home to many new friends.
There’s also exclusive multiplayer content in the form of a Dry Desert area. An oil rig controlled by the Rayne Syndicate is now in the ocean (here you work together with friends to defeat powerful enemies and claim resources like crude oil). You can extract crude oil by unlocking and placing a new building, the Cruising Oil Extractor, in certain locations around the world. The new material, Plasteel, can be made from crude oil. This is used to craft new high level equipment and spheres.
Meanwhile, the level cap has been raised to 55, with new tech available and a new cap on the capture bonus of Pal (10 to 12). The new raid, Blazamut Ryu, features the strongest Dragon Pal in the game.
There is a meteorite event tease: “Sometimes meteorites or supplies will fall from space!” Palworld developer Pocketpair said in the patch notes below. “It is even possible that there is an unknown friend from outer space…!?”
There’s a lot more to the Sakurajima update, including new items, new weapons, a new merchant, Tower Boss hard mode, new cosmetics including for Pals, new buildings, a new unlock feature, and many improvements and tweaks. The building system has been redesigned and improved, so basic building should now be “much more intuitive and smooth,” Pocketpair said.
Note: The Xbox version of Palworld now has dedicated servers, one of the big differences between the game on Microsoft’s console and Steam. However, there is currently no cross-play, meaning that Xbox and PC players cannot play together. Hopefully this is a feature added down the line.
Palworld launched in early access form in January 2024 on PC via Steam and on Xbox as a Day One Game Pass title. It saw massive popularity overnight, becoming one of the biggest game launches of all time. But it is also one of the most controversial. Developer Pocketpair said its staff have received death threats amid allegations of Pokémon “looting”.which is denied.
Soon after the launch of Palworld, Nintendo moved quickly to remove an eye-catching Pokémon modthen The Pokemon Company issued a statementsaying, “We intend to investigate and take appropriate action to address any actions that infringe Pokémon-related intellectual property rights.” at the time, IGN asked the lawyers if Nintendo could successfully sue. Pocketpair recently insisted that it has yet to hear from either Nintendo or The Pokemon Company. He also teased Palworld on the PlayStation.
Palworld Update 0.3.1 Patch Notes:
▼New content
・New Island – Sakurajima
⤷ A new island has appeared! Sakurajima!
⤷ Take control of the tower protected by a new faction, the Moonflowers, and free this beautiful island from their control!
⤷ Sakurajima is home to many new friends! Explore and discover new species!
・Arena
⤷ The Parched Desert Arena has appeared! Battle against other players to assert your dominance!
(Exclusive Multiplayer Content)
· Fortress – oil platform
⤷ An oil platform controlled by the Rayne Syndicate has appeared in the ocean! Work together with your friends to defeat powerful enemies and claim valuable resources like crude oil!
・Player level cap raised to 55!
⤷ Players can now level up to level 55!
⤷ New technologies available
⤷ Pal capture bonus cap increased from 10 to 12
・New resource – crude oil
⤷ You can extract crude oil by unlocking and placing a new building, the Crude Oil Extractor, in certain locations around the world
⤷ New high-level equipment and spheres can be crafted using the new material Plasteel, which can be made from crude oil
・New Raid – Blazamut Ryu has arrived! The strongest Dragon Pal in the game!
・Meteor event
⤷ Meteorites or supplies will sometimes fall from space! He might even have an unknown friend from outer space…!?
・Hard tower boss mode
⤷ Every tower boss now has a hard mode that lets you face them in their ultimate form!
・New Merchant – Medal Merchant
⤷ Merchant who will trade new item Dog Coin for rare items!
·New items
⤷ Mysterious Accessory Box – Permanently increases the number of accessory slots by 1
⤷ Concentrated Multipurpose Pal Extract – Increases Pal’s rank by 1 when used
⤷ Ring of Freight – Increases your carry weight when equipped
⤷ Vital Remedy, Stamina Remedy, Might Remedy, Speed Remedy, Burden Remedy – These new remedies permanently strengthen the player’s base stats. Until now, players could only increase their stats by leveling up, but now you can reach MAX stats!
・New weapons
⤷ laser rifle
⤷ Flamethrower
⤷ Gatling gun
⤷ Grenade Launcher
⤷ Guided missile launcher
⤷ Multi-guided missile launcher
⤷ Meteor Launcher
・New NPC Cosmetic Hats! Dress up as your favorite bosses!
⤷ Zoe’s hat
⤷ Axel Hat
⤷ Lily hat
⤷ Victor’s hat
⤷ Marcus’ hat
⤷ Saya hat
・New Pal cosmetic hats! Dress up as your favorite friends!
⤷ Lyleen Flower Hat
⤷ Sibelyx hat
⤷ Leezpunk Hoodie
⤷ Killamari Cap
⤷ Cawgnito Hat
⤷ Headband
⤷ Lambol helmet
⤷ Dumud Helm
⤷ Swee Cap
⤷ Dazzi Hat
⤷ Cattiva hat
・New buildings
⤷ Cold Food Box – Feed your friends while keeping your food nice and cool
⤷ Sulfur Mine and Coal Mine – Collect valuable resources in your base
⤷ Pal Disassembly Conveyor – Get rid of unwanted Pals automatically! So your heart will hurt less…
⤷ Wall Mounted Whiteboard – Take notes without taking up too much space
⤷ Refrigerated Crusher – An improved crusher that can break down different items into different items
・New Feature – Hacking
⤷ You can now try to open locked treasure chests with the new hacking mini-game. Requires unlock tool!
・New Feature – Pal Skins! (Cosmetics for friends)
⤷ You can now change Pal’s skin in the new Pal Dressup Center!
⤷ Sunglasses Cattiva skin is now available for everyone! More skins will be added in future updates
▼ Player
・Pal Box capacity increased from 480 Pals to 960 Pals
・Increased the maximum amount of power that can be upgraded by Lifmunk Effigies from 10 to 12
・Added a setting that prevents auto-pickup of items if it would burden the player
▼Linked to a base
・The building system has been redesigned and improved! The core build is now much more intuitive and smooth!
・Pillars have been added. The days of accidentally knocking down a load-bearing wall and the whole 2nd flood have collapsed!
・Added axis alignment function
・Defensive walls can now be connected
・It is now possible to connect from the roof, walls, stairs and pillars to the base (previously connections could only start from the base)
・A new building material “Glass” has been added. Keep an eye on your cute friends from inside with glass walls!
・The maximum base level has been increased to 25 and the number of bases allowed has been increased from 3 to 4 at level 25
・You can now change the maximum number of guild bases from the game options
※Note: Too many bases may lead to performance issues
・You can now change the maximum amount of base friends from the game options
※Note: Too many friends in one base may cause performance issues
・A private lock function for chests has been implemented. Your friends will no longer be able to steal your metal!
・It is now possible to permanently assign a Pal to a specific rig from the Observation Stand
・Cakes will now be transported to chests as a priority
・Adjusted the work priority order for Pals again
・Changes in the specifications of defense equipment. Workmates will use them automatically, even if they are not assigned to a specific facility
・Measures and mitigations for blocking base buddies when a route cannot be traversed
▼UI
・Added lock function to Pal Box menu
・Player crosshair color can now be adjusted and fixed an issue where the crosshair would stay behind the player
・You can now craft items in units of 100x
・Added more types of custom markers on the map and increased the placement limit to 300
・Power UI statue improved
・Improved Pal Box sorting feature, making it easier to find the Pal you want
▼Holy
・Junkyards have been added all over the world! You might find some valuable items there…
・Added a new random event. Find and steal eggs from the “Monster Nests” hidden around the islands!
▼Friends
・New friend skills!
・Unique skills
⤷ Leaping Sting (Menasting)
⤷ Missile Strike (Chilet)
⤷ Fertility Protection (Lyleen)
⤷ Raging Wave of Flame (Phaleris)
⤷ Thunderbolt (Grizzbolt) Heavy Tank
⤷ Polyceraunos (Orserk)
⤷ Divine Disaster II (Shadowbeak)
・Neutral skills
⤷ Air Blade
⤷ Holy Burst
⤷ Star Mine
· Fire skills
⤷ Wall of Flame
⤷ Volcanic rain
⤷ Flame Funnel
・Aquatic skills
⤷ Splashing
⤷ Splash on a wall
· Grass skills
⤷ Circular Vine
・Electrical skills
⤷ Thunderstorm
⤷ TriSpark
⤷ Thunderstorm
・Ice skills
⤷ Icicle Line
・Ground skills
⤷ Rockburst
⤷ Sand Twister
· Dragon Skills
⤷ Beam Slicer
⤷ Comet
・New passive skills
⤷ Philanthropist – significantly reduces the time required to produce eggs
⤷ Eager – Reduced cooldown of active skills
⤷ Infinite Stamina – Increased stamina (Only on mountable Pals)
⤷ Noble – Friends with this passive will give you an advantage when trading with merchants
⤷ Nocturnal – Friends with this passive become nocturnal and will work throughout the night
▼Multiplayer
・Added a new setting that always rejects guild invitations
▼Balance adjustment
・Due to the increase in accessory slots, accessories with the same name have been changed so that they cannot be equipped more than once
・Defensive accessories are balanced due to the increase in accessory slots.
・Due to the addition of many new Pals, some Pal breeding combinations have been changed
・Adjusted the selling price of all Pals. The selling price of Alpha Pals is now about twice as much as the original kind
▼Bug fixes
・Added mitigations for an issue that caused computers to freeze when closing the game
・Changed the behavior of the grappling gun to reduce the chance of it getting stuck
・Many many many other minor bug fixes
▼Other
・A warning will now be displayed if the GPU driver is too outdated
▼ Soundtrack
・6 new songs have been added to the soundtrack. If you have already purchased the game, please update the soundtrack.
*Please note that the soundtrack update may be delayed by a day or so.
Wesley is the UK news editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can contact Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or privately at wyp100@proton.me.
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