Palworld 0.5.0 Update: Crossplay, Blueprint Upgrades, Photo Mode Added

Palworld's latest update, version 0.5.0, introduces a slew of exciting features, including crossplay across all platforms, allowing players to enjoy the game with friends no matter where they play. This update also enhances the player experience with the introduction of the Global Palbox, where you can store and transfer your Pal data between different worlds. Additionally, the new Dimensional Pal Storage offers a massive 10 times the capacity of a standard Palbox, serving as both a guild-accessible and personal storage solution with private settings.

Further enriching the gameplay, Palworld now features a cosmetic armor system, allowing players to change their character's appearance without affecting their armor stats, accessible through the Antique Dresser. A new Photo Mode lets you capture stunning in-game moments by hiding the UI and freely moving the camera. The addition of the Drafting Table enables players to combine lower-rarity blueprints to create higher-rarity ones, while dedicated servers for Mac users ensure a smoother experience on that platform.

Developer Pocketpair is also working on dedicated servers for the PlayStation 5 version, with a release planned for the future. Since its early access launch in January 2024, Palworld has attracted an astonishing 32 million players. Looking ahead to 2025, the studio has outlined an ambitious content roadmap that includes an "ending scenario" and more new content for this immensely popular creature-catching survival game.

Launched on Steam for $30 and immediately available on Game Pass for Xbox and PC, Palworld broke sales and concurrent player records. The game's overwhelming success prompted Pocketpair to form Palworld Entertainment in partnership with Sony, aiming to expand the IP and bring the game to the PS5.

However, looming legal challenges from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, who are seeking an injunction and damages due to alleged patent infringements, cast a shadow over Palworld's future. Pocketpair has responded by identifying the specific patents in question and adjusting the Pal summoning mechanics in the game. The studio remains steadfast, ready 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 a 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 a "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