Palworld

Pocketpair's v1.0.3 update for Palworld arrives with a clear editorial intent: reduce friction across items, base-building, and progression without rewriting the game's fundamental economy.

What changed

Items & Equipment

Jetragon-related technologies drop from unlock level 79 to 70; Pal Gear materials for riding Jetragon are also reduced.
The Aquatic Construction Kit falls from level 66 to level 23, and its Ancient Technology Point cost drops from 4 to 1.
World Tree Holy Water receives an extended duration, a weight reduction from 1 to 0.1, a new sound effect on use, and broader availability — added to World Tree expeditions, fishing, and the Large Fishing Pond, with increased yields from Pals in the area and from Teafant Spring.
Fiber yield from trees is doubled.
Ancient Armor series crafting work amounts are adjusted.

Bases & Missions

Crude Oil Extractor, High-Pressure Crude Oil Extractor, and Large Power Generator building costs are reduced.
Both Crude Oil Extractors now produce oil faster.
The base mission requiring a Crude Oil Extractor can be satisfied by building a High-Pressure Crude Oil Extractor instead.

Server Settings

A new option (bAllowEnemyCampSpawnNearBaseCamp) lets server operators disable the suppression of enemy camp spawns near player bases.

Bug Fixes

A Sunreach main-mission progression blocker — triggered by removing a barrier before accepting the quest — is resolved.
A co-op lighting issue causing incorrect display on the client side after cutscenes is fixed.

Taken together, the patch substantially lowers the cost of reaching key late-game systems, making the path from early bases to endgame content notably shorter for players who found the previous unlock thresholds prohibitive.

Pocketpair has released Palworld version v1.0.2, billing it as a round of bug fixes and gameplay stability improvements.

What changed

Crashes and disconnections

Fixed two dedicated-server issues during the Panthalus battle: one that could disconnect all players, and one that could crash the game outright.
Fixed a crash triggered by Japanese text input in fullscreen mode.

Multiplayer

Fixed terrain failing to display correctly for the host when a guest was already present in The World Tree area during the host's transition there.
Fixed Tower Boss "Victor & Shadowbeak" vanishing after a teleportation attack.
Fixed a lighting issue in the final boss battle where a respawning guest's light could fail to render if the host defeated the boss while they were waiting to respawn.

Missions

Fixed screens remaining faded out when dialogue was interrupted mid-fade in both the main mission "The First Islander" and the sub-mission "Captured Adventurer".

Achievements

Fixed the "Predator Hunter" achievement failing to unlock after its requirements were met.
Fixed a Pal Effigy-related achievement failing to unlock after the required Effigies were obtained.
Fixed two Lifmunk Effigy achievement icons on Xbox displaying outdated artwork.

Graphics and controls

Fixed incorrect rendering of the player model's eye area during cutscenes and certain actions on specific face types.
Added key rebinding support for "Attack that enemy!" and "Inventory".

For players who have been stalled by a stubborn achievement or derailed by a server crash mid-boss fight, this update should clear the most disruptive blockers in the game's current state.

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