A high catch rate is important to get the coveted Pals from Palworld. However, a player has now reported that an item meant to help with catching does exactly the opposite.
How can you increase the catch rate? If you want to catch one of the 113 small and large monsters in Palworld, you must ensure you have a high catch rate with you.
The probability can be increased in various ways. First, with a stronger Pal sphere. Or you can approach the Pal from behind and surprise it. This gives you a bonus to the catch rate.
A third option comes in the form of a specific item. However, this decreases your chance of catching the Pal – at least that’s what one player claims based on a YouTube video.
Some players have outrageous luck when it comes to catching Pals.
An important item does not work as it should
Which item is it? We are talking about the Lifmunk statues. You can find these figurines all over the game world. They are recognizable by their green appearance, which resembles the Pal Lifmunk. Hence the name. The item can be collected to increase your catch rate.
A player who publishes videos on YouTube under the name Chanelor claims, however, that the item does not work properly. On the contrary: instead of increasing the catch rate, it decreases it.
Chanelor does not want to leave his statement unchallenged. In a video, he compares two different game states with each other. In one, he uses a character whose catch rate should be between 61% and 85% thanks to collected Lifmunk statues. The second character goes without the item and hunts monsters with a rate of 33% to 44%.
What does this mean for the players? In Chanelor’s case, the rate of Pals actually caught at the end of the video with the item was 37%. Without the item, he caught 53%. So significantly more. Does this mean that the item is really broken and does not work properly?
In the comments under the video, other players point out that the YouTuber’s test was not extensive enough to make a concrete statement. Additionally, other factors such as Pals of different types at different levels could also have an impact.
Have other players had similar experiences? Yes. In a thread on Reddit, the video is discussed. Many players report similar experiences. They claim that the catch rate decreased after using the item on the same Pal. This has understandably raised eyebrows.
Comments also indicate that some players were unclear whether this was a bug or not. Users are now hoping that the problem will be fixed by the developers as quickly as possible. With some other bugs, players are unsure whether it might actually be a feature.
