Overview
- Palworld launched its 1.0 full release on Friday, July 10, 2026, with staggered regional times that put the update live late on July 9 in parts of the United States and early on July 10 in Europe and Japan.
- The update is vast: pocketpair published unusually large patch notes running tens of thousands of characters and added new regions including the World Tree and Sky Islands, dozens of new Pals, reworked bosses and sanctuaries, and major progression changes, and it recommends starting a fresh save for the best experience.
- Pocketpair warned that simply disabling mods is not enough and gave step‑by‑step remediation: back up saves, unsubscribe from Workshop mods, manually delete Pal\Binaries\Win64 and Pal\Content\Paks (or remove leftover mod files), verify game files, test a clean launch, then reinstall mods only after creators update them.
- The studio kept Palworld’s price at $29.99 for the 1.0 launch as a goodwill gesture and disclosed the game has reached roughly 40 million players across platforms.
- Nintendo’s legal action against Pocketpair over alleged mechanic infringement remains active and has already driven some early design changes, a continuing factor that could influence future updates or settlements.