On Tuesday, February 27th, a new patch for Palworld was released. This brings many improvements. However, a feature was accidentally removed that some will miss.
What kind of patch is this? Almost three weeks have passed since the last major Palworld patch. Now a new update has been released in which developer Pocketpair addresses some issues.
In total, over 30 changes and adjustments have been made. The highlight is especially a quality-of-life improvement that makes crafting items easier.
Here you can learn how to level up quickly in Palworld:
Small change, big relief
Crafting items can take some time. Although you can have your Pals do the work for you. However, if you urgently need to finish one or more items, you might want to lend a hand yourself.
Previously, this was possible by standing in front of the respective workbench and holding down the appropriate button. It’s quite annoying when the crafting process takes longer. The new update provides relief here.
- You now only need to press the appropriate button once to start the crafting process.
If you prefer to put more button presses into your crafting, you can turn this feature off in the settings.
Sorry, this bug has been fixed now
In addition to targeted improvements, the update also had an unplanned consequence. Due to a bug, it was previously possible to catch a tower boss. A glitch that many players were happy to exploit.
As many bugs were fixed in the latest patch, this ‘feature’ was likely removed in the process.
- “We apologize for accidentally fixing a bug,” the developers humorously wrote on X.
The fans are also amused in the comments about this ‘error’.
- “Don’t fix bugs. Catch them and put them to work.” (MinEffPodcast)
- “Wow, apologizing for fixing a bug? That’s something new! Let’s keep those ‘happy little accidents’ next time, okay?”(AyleeBloom)
- “Am I reading this right? You didn’t mind us catching the tower bosses?” (gluxiv)
More improvements – more annoyance?
However, the patch comes with another change that aims to curb the illegal activities of players.
When entering one of the three nature reserves in Palworld, you receive the status “Crime is being committed”. Shortly thereafter, you will find yourself in the crosshairs of the law enforcement.
However, this irritant could previously be avoided by simply remaining seated on a flying Pal. As long as you didn’t touch the ground (some flying Pals never do), no crime was committed.
- With the new update, entering a nature reserve always constitutes a crime, even if you are riding a Pal.
What else does the patch bring? In addition, many other improvements and adjustments come with the patch:
- Important gameplay adjustments:
- Backup save data can now be displayed in the world selection.
- Unnecessary data is no longer carried over to the save files
- The accuracy of interactions has been improved.
- Settings:
- The controls can now be fully customized
- Brightness can be adjusted in the settings.
- Guild members can be removed even when they are offline.
- Pals:
- Pals designated to attack aggressively will now randomly attack enemies even if they are not in combat.
- Pals of any rank can now be used for juicing.
- Bug fixed where Pals did not learn their active ability when reaching level 50 immediately while being caught.
- Reduced the likelihood of Mossanda’s active ability sending dungeon bosses into walls.
- Base:
- Pals are less likely to get stuck at the edge of the base.
- Diverse bugs have been fixed where Pals got stuck.
- The work priority of the Pals has been adjusted. For example: Anubis focuses on manual labor.
- Building restrictions for stairs and triangular roofs have been relaxed.
- Sound bug fixed where the sound of some active abilities was played in a loop.
- Ambient temperature adjusted. For example: four campfires in a small area are as warm as a volcano.
- A work style “Relax” can now be set.
- More bug fixes
- More balance adjustments
It has also been announced that a bug in the Xbox version that prevents automatic saving from working properly will be fixed in the next update.
If you want to test all the new changes live in the game, you’ll definitely need some playtime. However, you probably still won’t manage to beat a certain fan. This fan has had Palworld running since its release:
