Palworld Update 0.5.0 Adds Crossplay Across All Platforms, Blueprint Upgrading, Photo Mode and More

The latest update for Palworld, version 0.5.0, introduces a significant feature: crossplay across all platforms, allowing players to enjoy the game together regardless of their device. This update also brings the ability to store Pal data in the Global Palbox, enabling the transfer of Pals between different worlds. A new storage system, the Dimensional Pal Storage, has been implemented with a capacity ten times that of the standard Palbox. This can be accessed by guild members and also used as personal storage with private settings.

Further enhancing the gameplay experience, the update introduces a cosmetic armor system through the Antique Dresser, allowing players to change their character’s appearance without affecting armor stats. Additionally, a new Photo Mode, accessible from the Pal Command Wheel, lets players hide the UI and freely move the camera to capture stunning in-game screenshots. The Drafting Table feature now allows players to combine low-rarity blueprints to create higher-rarity ones, and dedicated servers for Mac have been added to improve the gaming experience for Mac users.

Developer Pocketpair has announced plans to introduce dedicated servers for the PlayStation 5 version in the future. Since its early access launch in January 2024, Palworld has attracted an impressive 32 million players. The studio has outlined an ambitious content roadmap for 2025, which includes an "ending scenario" and more new content for this popular creature-catching survival game.

Palworld launched on Steam for $30 and was simultaneously available on Xbox and PC via Game Pass, breaking sales and concurrent player number records. The game's massive success led to significant profits, which Pocketpair's CEO, Takuro Mizobe, admitted the studio struggled to handle. Capitalizing on this success, Pocketpair signed a deal with Sony to form Palworld Entertainment, aimed at expanding the IP and bringing the game to PS5.

However, Palworld faces legal challenges from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, who have filed a lawsuit alleging infringement of multiple patent rights. Pocketpair has responded by identifying the disputed patents and adjusting how players summon Pals in the game. The studio is prepared to defend its position in court.

Palworld Update 0.5.0 Patch Notes:

▼New Content
・Crossplay!
⤷ Cross-play is now available across all platforms.

・Global Palbox
⤷ Store Pal data in the Global Palbox and transfer Pals between worlds!

・Dimensional Pal Storage
⤷ A new storage system with 10 times the capacity of a regular Palbox! Guild members can access it, and it can also be used as personal storage with private settings.

・Cosmetic Armour System!
⤷ You can now equip armour cosmetically in the Antique Dresser. Change your character’s appearance without affecting armour stats!

・Photo Mode
⤷ Accessible from the Pal Command Wheel. Hide the UI and move the camera around to take stunning screenshots.

・Drafting Table
⤷ Combine low-rarity blueprints to create higher-rarity ones!

・Dedicated Servers for Mac

▼Specification Adjustments
・Buildings can now be placed even if they overlap with a Pal
・When connecting foundations or roofs, the connected pieces will now automatically align in the same direction
・Assigning an Ice Pal to the Flea Market will slow down item decay in storage and sales
・Added torches at the entrances of random dungeons for better visibility
・Players can now sit on chairs and cushions
・Some weapons that dealt ultra-high damage to trees will no longer drop items upon destruction
・Added new NPCs and improved NPC behaviour during conversations

▼Balance Adjustments
・Adjusted elemental chest rewards. Dog Coins will always drop from these chests and they also have a small chance of containing work suitability books. (Existing chests in current worlds will retain old drop tables; new ones will follow the updated table.)
・Increased EXP gained from defeating the Attack Chopper
・Increased the DPS of Flamethrowers
・Adjusted the default attack used by Electric and Dark Pals when all active skills are on cooldown, making them more in line with the other elements
・Some human NPCs now have work suitability and work animations when assigned tasks at a base
・Summoned raid bosses can no longer damage other bases
・Added Water attribute to Dumud
・NPC event rewards have been adjusted. To maintain fairness, all NPC conversation logs have been reset, allowing players to claim rewards again!

▼UI
・Favourites have been categorised into Favourite 1, 2, and 3 groups
・Holding the +/- button in the Pal Soul Enhancement UI will now continuously increase/decrease values
・Added a new sorting option for Pal Box: Sort by Work Suitability Level
・Added an "Extra Large" text size option
・Added Fullscreen Mode

▼Achievements
・Added several new achievements

▼Bug Fixes
・Fixed an issue where players could get launched into space while climbing
・Fixed a bug where getting stunned by an enemy while riding a flying Pal over water would send the player flying into the sky
・Fixed an issue where commanding a summoned Pal to attack would also target the Black Marketeer and Medal Merchant
・Fixed a bug where Bounty Tokens with identical passive effects did not stack properly
・Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get launched upward when dismounting Azurmane
・Fixed an issue on dedicated servers where Pals could get stuck on top of feed boxes
・Fixed an issue where raiding NPCs could attack players through walls if they couldn't reach them
・Fixed a bug on dedicated servers where Bounty Token effects were not applied upon login
・Fixed an issue where attacking some NPCs did not add to the player's crime level
・Various many other minor bug fixes