As previously promised, Palworld 1.0 has officially launched on Steam, bringing with it an absolutely gigantic list of updates, features and fixes. The update officially takes the game out of Early Access and adds 72 new buddies to the game, bringing the total to 287 – more than 50 more than the last Pokémon Legends ZA game. Palworld 1.0 also adds a new area, a floating island called the World Tree, and expands the original world with new attractions, Ancient Ruins with mini-games, new islands with new volcano, desert and ruin biomes, and new NPC settlements in four regions, each with their own NPCs and quests. There are several other gameplay changes, new mechanics, and systems overhauls that seem to be mostly focused on increasing the enjoyment of late game and high-level gameplay, base building, combat, and life simulators.
It’s also worth noting that anyone using mods on Palworld has been instructed to remove the mods before the 1.0 update to avoid game-breaking bugs. However, Pocket Pair explains that this advice is just a precaution due to the huge gameplay changes that came with the Palworld 1.0 update. Pocketpair expressed its support for modding and appreciation for the work done by its modding community, but notes that mods that have been installed in Palworld “since around 2024” may result in crashes at launch or during gameplay, corrupted save data, or the inability to complete quests. The studio advises reinstalling mods only after the mod creator specifically confirms that the mods will work on Palworld 1.0. The full release notes, available on Steam, span several pages, but are followed by some other highlights from the update.
- 13 new weapons
- New, more flexible Wing Pack glider that allows you to fly without a buddy.
- New armor
- 44 new accessories
- New resources and crafting blueprints.
- A long list of new furniture, decorations and building components.
- New wild buddy fighting features that make wild battles more interesting.
- Mutation mechanics that allow you to randomly change traits and manifest them when breeding buddies.
- More varied and challenging tower boss fights.
- Lots of new active and active skills for new and existing friends.
- Active Skill Balance Changes
- Reworked player movement to make combat more dynamic and fluid (changes to dodging, rolling, reloading, and attack resolution while dodging).
- Buddies’ job suitability changes as they level up and are rebalanced to encourage players to invest in developing their buddies’ job skills.
- Over 100 new buddy moves and 47 new animations to make interactions with friends more realistic.