The Sakurajima update was promised as being Palworld’s biggest update yet and boy, they weren’t wrong. With everything from new Pals to an Oil Rig Stronghold, there’s certainly no shortage of new things to experience when the update goes live on June 27.
There are a lot of things to look forward to with the update. Rather than drag it out, let’s look at everything coming to Palworld with the Sakurajima update.
Sakurajima Island
Home to a whole new faction, the Moonflowers, Sakurajima island seems to have appeared out of nowhere. Players will now be able to explore the Mushroom Wetlands, deserts and Cherry Blossom forests of the island and encounter a lot of brand new Pals. There’s also a brand new Tower here, where players can battle Saya and Selyne.
PvP Arena
This multiplayer exclusive content is accessible via a small island off the coast of the Desiccated Desert. You can pick a team of up to three Pals to battle it out against friends. The PvP Arena can be found off the eastern coast of the existing map.
Oil Rig Stronghold
Not something I’d recommend you try to take on solo, the Oil Rig Stronghold is full of very high-level Pals and humans alike. With multiple different gun placements which need to be taken out at the same time, the Oil Rig can be quite overwhelming. On the plus side, there is a lot of valuable loot to be found on the Rig, if you survive long enough.
Other updates coming to Palworld
- Meteorite and Supply Crate events
- Items will fall from the sky, bringing precious resources and, sometimes, rare Pals
- Monster Nests have been added
- These random events can occur anywhere and feature a large nest surrounded by a large group of one Pal species. Defeating these Pals will allow you to pick up resources, and three eggs which will hatch into the same type of Pal that surrounded the nest.
- New Raid – Blazamut Ryu
- Blazamut Ryu Slabs can be found in high level dungeons, alongside Bellanoire Libero Slabs
- Junk Piles have been added
- Rummaging through these will provide players with items. Junk Piles in higher level areas will reward more valuable items
- Player level cap raised to 55
- Many new Pals have been added, most of which appear on Sakurajima Island
- Multiple new Technology items to unlock with Technology or Ancient Technology Points
- Maximum base level has increased from level 20 to level 25
- Increasing your base level to 25 will unlock a fourth base
- Pal Capture Bonus, increased using Lifmunk Effigies, has increased from 10 to 12
- Many new Lifmunk Effigies to be found around Palpagos
- Crude Oil has been added as a resource
- This is mined from Crude Oil spots, or as a drop from certain Pals
- Dog Coins have been added, a new currency which can be exchanged with Medal Merchants for rare items
- Seven new high-level weapons have been added
- Six NPC cosmetic hats have been added, allowing you to dress up like Tower Bosses
- 11 Pal cosmetic hats have been added, purchased from a Medal Merchant
- New base buildings have been added:
- Cold Food Box
- Sulfur Mine
- Coal Mine
- Pal Disassembly Conveyor
- Wall-Mounted Sign
- Refrigerated Crusher
- Players can now craft and use Lockpicks in order to unlock chests
- Pal Skins can now be equipped to Pals using the Pal Dressing Facility
- Palbox capacity has increased from 480 to 960
- Pals within the Palbox can now be “locked”, preventing accidental selling or condensing
- A setting has been added which will prevent automatic pick up of items if it will over encumber the player
- Pillars have been added, allowing for more building variety
- Glass building blocks have been added
- On multiplayer servers, chests can be locked by individual players to prevent thefts by other players
- You can now permanently assign Pals to individual work stations through the Pal Monitoring Stand
- Many more custom map markers have been added, and the maximum that can be placed on the map at any one time has been increased to 300
- Sorting feature has been added to Palbox
- Allows you to sort Pals by work suitability
- Multiple new Pal skills have been added, for both new and existing Pals
- New Skill Fruits have been added to reflect this
- Five new passive skills have been added
You can find the full patch notes from Pocketpair on Steam here.
