Everything about Palworld 1.0

Yes, you’ve read the title correctly! — Palworld 1.0 is officially here. New version of the game brings an insane amount of new content and reworks: new locations, new mechanics, 72 new Pals, reworked main story flow, Awakening, Mutations, large-scale overhauls and much-much more!

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Another aspect that makes the new 1.0 update so exciting, is that it’s a new step forwards for the game in general, as the game is no longer in early access. That’s right, Palworld officially exits early access!

We con only imagine the excitement you, Pal Tamers, feel right now. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the new update and go over all the exciting new changes together!

Map expansion: Sunreach and The World Tree

New update brough a significant expansion to the world of the game. Palpagos Island received a few new, large locations, including the ones, that have been peaking players interest since the launch of the game.

• The World Tree, colossal tree that was looming over the island for all this time, is finally accessible. The heart of the Palworld is now open and ready to be discovered by the players. An endgame zone that will reveal all truths about the world, are you read to step in?
• Sunreach, enormous new location floating right above the Palpagos Island. It’s a completely, new location with its own ancient civilization, exclusive new Pals, tower bosses and unique materials that can be gathered with a special equipment. All of this, is available for the players to discover and uncover themselves!

World enhancement and restructuring

New update not only expanded the existing world, but also entirely revamped the original map to make the gameplay feel fresh and rewarding both for new players and the early access veterans.

Sanctuaries and Islands received a lot of new content. Additionally, the whole exploration process got a huge overhaul, so let’s take a closer look:

• Sanctuary wildlife overhaul: sanctuaries have been redesigned into a conservation areas with defense drones, searchlights, unique scenery, rare materials and new bosses.
• New islands: 7 new islands have been added across 3 distinct biomes — volcano, desert and ruins. Each of those islands serves an unique purpose and hosts exclusive Pals.
• Ancient Ruins: Ancient Ruins can now be found here and there on the map, providing interesting minigames for the player. Upon completion, the player can earn valuable resources.
• Watchtowers: Watchtowers have been added to the game to act as a fast travel points and reveal the surrounding map.
• New settlements and enemy bases: Bamboo Groves, Snowy Mountains, Sakurajima and the newly added Sunreach, received new settlements with new NPCs and sub-missions. Additionally, enemy bases can now be found at the sea. Land-based enemy bases positions and numbers have been adjusted.
• Habitats: Pal spawns and levels have been significantly reworked and rebalanced to feel more natural.
• Map changes: Some of the locations and areas in game have been renamed: “Forgotten Island” is now “Island of Chilling Winds”, “Windswept Hills” is now “Plateau of Beginnings”. Additionally, tower change color has been cleared on the map, and Great Eagle Statue has been removed from the tower bosses to clean up map visibility.

With so many new additions to the world of the game, players would expect a changes to dungeons and loot, and we are glad to say the expectation were met!

• Dungeon rework: Layouts, lights and rewards have been overhauled. Dungeon entrances are now more visible. In Feybreak, 15 more entrances have been added. Layouts of the dungeons were greatly simplified to avoid confusion.
• Sealed realms: Visual appearance of sealed realms now changes based on the strength of the boss inside. 2 entirely new visual variations were added.
• Loot and bounties: Treasure chests and item drops have been rebalanced. Junk / salvage targets are easier to spot. Bounty targets have been resized to match regular NPCs.
• Predator Pals: Predator Pals no longer spawn in fixed locations, they are now spawned dynamically across the map at a low rate.

Pals: new additions and deep genetics

With the last update, the roaster of Pals in the game has reached a staggering 287. Update 1.0 specifically, adds 47 entirely new Pals and 25 new variants. However now, catching new Pals is only a part of the game with brand new Awakening and Mutations mechanics.

By gathering Radiant Gems hidden within The World Tree, players can unlock Pal’s true power — their Awakening. This allows players to push Pal’s stats beyond their previous limits.

Breeding mechanics got a significant overhaul in the latest update. Now, when breeding, there is a rare chance to produce a Mutated Pal. The mutated offspring possess a higher base stats and a unique passive skill that cannot be found anywhere else.

The breeding system has additionally been enhanced with 4 new tiers of Cake to manipulate the RNG:

• Mushroom Cake: Slightly increases the chance of higher stats in newborn Pals
• Vegetable Cake: Forces the production of 2 Pal Eggs at once
• Deluxe Vegetable Cake: Boosts the likelihood of mutations and stat growth
• Special Cake: Increases the odds of the offspring to inherit multiple passive skills form the parents.

A massive chunk of the latest update is dedicated to Pals stats, skills and behavior adjustments, so let’s take a closer look:

• Skill inheritance: Active skills inherited during breeding are now randomly pulled specifically from the 3 active slots equipped on the parent Pals.
• Passive skill buffs: "Legend", "Rare", "Burly Body", and "Diamond Body" have all been buffed. The elemental damage bonuses of the Emperor / King tier passives have been increased. "Nocturnal" was renamed to "Insomnia".
• Pal’s quality of life: Pals in the Party and Base Pals no longer lose SAN (sanity) upon taking damage. Negative effects from hunger, fractures, and ailments have been reduced. As for the specific Pals, Jetragon's maximum stamina was increased, and Lovander is now officially a Dark type.
• Resetting souls: The cost of resetting Pal’s Soul enhancement has been significantly reduced.
• New behavior: Some of the Pals received new combat behavior. For instance, Dog-type Pals will now bite, Horse-type can perform repeated charge attacks, and fast Pals will tactically step back to reposition after striking an attack.
• Bonus: In the latest update, Pals got new idle animations! If you stand still, Pals in your party will now turn to face you. As the official Steam Update Changelog states “They miss you!”.

Partner Skill rework

Pocketpair, the developers behind the Palworld, has reworked Partner Skills of over 200 Pals. The main rework, for a better balance and to encourage creative and diverse team building, Partner Skills effects no longer stack if you have multiple of the exact same Pals in your party. So the old meta builds like “5x Gobfin” will no longer be as effective as before.

Here are a few examples of new Partner Skills in the latest update 1.0:

• Xenolord: While in the party, damage done by Partner Skills of weapon-wielding Pals increases by 20%.
• Kitsun: Riding it now grants you and your party 15% Ice damage reduction and immunity to Frozen.
• Orserk: Hitting an enemy with a bullet increases Orserk's Attack and Defense by 1% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 30 times.

There are many more new ones, for more detailed information check out official Steam Update Changelog from Pocketpair.

Gameplay, combat and movement overhauls

Another big part of the update 1.0 is player related gameplay overhauls such as combat, movement etc. Let’s take a look at them in more detail:

• Level cap: Player’s level cap has been raised from 65 to 80, bringing lots of new technologies from the newly added Ancient Civilization to unlock.
• Dashing and dodging: Standard dodge roll performed while attacking or aiming was replaced by Dash. Now, players can maintain their aim, attack while dashing and close the distance to the enemy way quicker!
• Uninterrupted reloads: Weapon reload will no longer be canceled by dodging or dashing, allowing the player to stay highly mobile during boss fights.
• Wing pack: A new item has been added to the game that allows players to glide and engage in aerial combat without a flying mount. This allows to save the precious Pal team slots for other members, while not sacrificing the ability to fly.
• Traversal quality of life: An Auto-run button has been added to the game. Also players can now select fast travel points other than their base. Additionally, players can choose starting location immediately after respawning.

Story and progression

Story got a major rework and overhaul in the latest update 1.0. Story’s flow has been reorganized for a more natural progression: exploring Palpagos, challenging Tower Bosses, reaching Sunreach and ultimately, arriving to The World Tree.

To freshen up the lore, Pocketpair added new continuous story-driven side quests, new NPCs and lore pieces in form of scattered Journals.

Massive reward adjustments has been made. Due to that rework, main and sub-mission progress has been reset (though some tutorial / tower quests will auto-complete based on your prior boss defeats).

Base building and economy

Lastly, some of the new additions to the base building and economy aspect of the game:

• Dynamic base raids: The level of enemies raiding the base will now automatically scale to the level of the Work Pals you have assigned to that specific base.
• Water building: New building tools, structure sets, and decorations have been added. Specifically including the highly requested foundations and furniture designed for building bases on or over water.
• Economy tweaks: Pal Merchants and Black Marketeers have had their inventory lineups adjusted to match the specific region they are found in. Furthermore, the overall pricing of Pals has been recalculated based on their actual stats.

Conclusion

That was the entirety of the newest, absolutely incredible and enormous Palworld update 1.0. We sincerely hope the article was interesting and informative, thank you for reading and enjoy the newest Palworld update! Good Luck!

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