Palworld is well into its second month of release and developers Pocketpair have implemented some major fixes and upgrades with that game’s v0.1.5.0 Patch. Unveiled in the early morning of Jan. 27 (at least locally for Japanese-based Pocketpair), the new Palworld patch mainly focused on bug fixes but also included some interesting buffs and changes.
Some of these were quality-of-life (QoL) improvements like fully supported key configuration and allowing you to remove guild members from the guild when they’re not logged in. Other bug fixes include stopping Pals from getting stuck at the edge of your base, on your roof, or just generally anywhere. Additionally, players who were struggling with roofs and stairs (roofs especially were a nightmare to place) will now find it’s much easier to get things to work right.
Perhaps the most significant changes, though, are related to the Pals themselves. One buff that will definitely catch the eyes of dedicated players is the buff to Digtoise. Digtoise was already arguably the best mining Pal in the game, but with a now-strengthened mining power on its partner skill, it’s practically overpowered. Pocketpair also patched an issue with Nails selling for thousands of gold, which will be a huge dent in some player’s economy.
There are some other elements that you should take note of, especially if you’re a player of questionable ethics - namely, the “Significantly increased number of police officers who appear when a crime is committed.” That means raiding villages and attacking merchants and shopkeepers is going to really pose a risk now. High Quality Hot Springs also got a buff, meaning they finally make more sense to use than the normal version.
Overall, this is one of those patches that just fixes a lot of things that were broken without ruining the overall feel of the game. There are a few exploits we’re sure players will be upset about, but at the end of the day, it’s hard to complain. The full patch notes are listed below:
▼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
・Fixed an issue where base Pals would get stuck on top of a logging site, etc.
・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
*On community servers, this will only be displayed if the setting is enabled▼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*We are currently working on an issue where auto-save fails on the Xbox and Xbox Game Pass versions. We expect that this will be resolved in an upcoming update.
