Palworld Roadmap and Future Updates

Palword has announced their future plans for the game and what we could see in future version releases! Read on to see what updates they wish to implement into the game like fixing the issues currently found in the game, future improvements to the game, the February 2024 update, and other planned updates.

4 New Pals, New Weapons and Island Revealed at Xbox ID Partner Showcase

New Pals, Weapons and Island
Relaxaurus Botan	Frog Pal	Pheasant Pal	Fox Pal
Flamethrower	Laser Gun	Japanese Shinto Cherry Blossom Shrine

4 new Pals, 2 new weapons and a new island were all revealed at the April 29 Xbox ID Partner Showcase!

These will be added in the upcoming Summer Update and will include what appears to be a Relaxaurus Botan, Pheasant Pal, Fox Pal and a Frog Pal, as well as a Flamethrower, Laser Gun and Japanese inspired island!
New Pals Upcoming in Palworld

Palworld Closed Testing Program

Closed Testing Program Announced

Palworld's Developers recently announced that a Closed Testing Program will begin, with the intention of gathering Player feedback for future content.

See the article below for the Closed Test guidelines and details!
Palworld Closed Testing Program

Bellanoir and Base Management Update

The recently announced Raid Boss Bellanoir, and the Base Management Update are likely to be included in the Closed Testing Program.

The Raid Boss feature is part of the game's roadmap, but the Base Management Update is something completely brand new. More features may be revealed to the public during the course of the Closed Testing Program!

Bellanoir Raid Boss Pal Type and Details

Palworld Future Updates Road Map Revealed!

PVP, Raid Bosses, Crossplay, New Pals, and More!

Pocket Pair released their Future Updates Road Map via their Official Discord and X Accounts!

Many updates have been slated including 2 different types of PvP (one for players, and a Pal Exclusive Arena), New Pals, Post Game Raid Bosses, multiple bug fixes, as well as new Islands and Technology!

Future Updates Road Map

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Palworld Future Updates Road Map

Palworld PvP Combat Experience

Pal Arena PvP

The Palworld Arena, an arena-type PvP mode, has been announced for 2024! This will likely be implemented during the big summer 2024 update. In this mode, players and three of their Pals can work together to fight another player and their team.

This mode could possibly even give time limited rewards and player ranking systems to improve player retention!

Arena Guide: How to Start PVP

Overworld Player PvP

Based on the roadmap, another PvP mode is expected to come in a future version of the game! This mode could work similar to how games like Fortnite and other survival shooter games where you're expected to build structures and catch Pals to protect yourself and be the last player standing!
Palworld Multiplayer Guide

Multiplayer Raid Bosses

Pocketpair has also announced Raids where the Boss Pal would have an inflated HP Pool and will be expected to connect to other players in order to take it down.

This has been implemented in version 0.2.0.6, which introduces Bellanoir and Bellanoir Libero as the game's first Raid Bosses. To battle a Raid Boss, you must build the Summoning Altar structure at your base, and summon the Raid Boss you want to fight using their respective Slab.

All Post Game Raid Bosses

Steam-Xbox Crossplay

Crossplay is only available for players with the same distribution service even if they are on different consoles. This means that a PC player can visit an Xbox's player's world as long as both are on Game Pass.

However, at the moment, those playing on Steam cannot play with those on Game Pass. A future update could mean that players on Steam can finally play Palworld with friends on Xbox!

Does Palworld Have Crossplay?

Server Transfers and Migrations

Palworld currently does not allow the direct transfer of single-player characters to multiplayer servers. You can only do so when playing as a Host, where you will be able to switch between single-player and multiplayer.

This allows you to keep your progress from single-player, while being able to invite others to play in your world. However, with modes like raids and PvP, it could be possible that players can progress on an easier world in order to efficiently build for future meta.

Transferring Characters

Improvements to the Building System

An improvement to the building system has been implemented in version 0.2.0.6 where placement rules have become more relaxed. Starting from this update, you can now connect stairs facing upwards, roof pieces can be connected to foundations, and triangular walls can be connected to stairs.

Other base improvements such as being able to assign tasks at the Monitoring Stand have also been implemented.

While these are significant improvements, there may yet be more building system improvements on the way.

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Palworld Future Additional Content

New Islands

Currently, the only island we are able to explore is the current Palpagos Island. Future content will provide us with more Pals, items, and even landscapes for Players to fully immerse themselves into!

Palworld Interactive Map

New Pals

After the addition of Bellanoir, we have a total of 112 unique species of Pals available in-game. Future content may include even more Pals coming like the previously announced Boltmane and Dragostrophe!

New Pals Upcoming in Palworld

New Technology

We currently have 50 Levels worth of Technology that we can unlock in-game and more is set to release.

A lot of new Ancient Technology was added in the version 0.2.0.6 update as well as new items, but even more is expected to be added in future updates.

List of New Technology

More Tower Bosses

Currently, there are five (5) tower bosses to defeat. But Pocketpair has announced via Palworld's official Twitter account that more tower bosses are planned in future updates.

All Palworld Tower Bosses

Palworld Bug Fixes and Improvements

World Date Rollbacks

Due to an unknown bug, Players have noticed that their respective worlds aren't properly logging how many in-game days have passed since they started the game. A fix is expected in a future update.
List of Palworld Bugs and Error Codes and How to Fix

Long Loading Screen Time

However, some players have been reporting of the Loading Screen getting stuck and getting them into very long or even unresponsive loading screens.

This is similar to a bug found when Palworld released where the game launches on a black screen and becomes unresponsive, which the developers have acknowledged and have fixed.
Palworld Black Screen on Launch Bug Fix

Pal AI and Pathing Issues

The Pal Pathfinding Bug disorients a Pal's pathfinding protocol, which interrupts it from performing any autonomous Base Tasks or even going to a feed box to eat.

The Pal Pathfinding Bug can also cause Pals to “clip” into certain environmental objects, which traps them in certain corners or stops them from moving completely.
Pal Pathfinding Bug Fix

Other Improvements

Other improvements to the game are also planned for future Versions of the game, to improve including key configuration improvements and Base Pal AI and Pathfinding!

Something a lot of players are expecting are improvements to certain issues in the game like Pals dropping tasks they're in the middle of or even overworld level scaling.
Best Base Pals

Palworld Full Release Date

By 2025 At The Very Least

As of writing, Palworld can only be played via early access. With all the bugs and other improvements they need to work on, it's possible that it might take them 1 full year to release the full game.

Having said this, we can expect the full game to release by 2025.

Palworld Full Release Date

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