Palworld February 26 update patch notes: Balanace changes, Pal buffs, more

Palworld’s February 26 update is now live, with the hefty patch notes detailing changes to balancing across the board while also tweaking the impact of individual Pals. Here’s the full rundown.

Looking to strike while the iron is hot and keep the enormous Palworld player base satiated, devs have been working to deliver new updates thick and fast. While new content itself is still a ways off, these updates have been looking to smoothen out the early access experience where possible.

From fixing save issues to wiping out devastating bugs, there have been plenty of recent updates helping do just that, and now another has arrived. Palworld’s February 26 update brings dozens of changes to not only fix key problems, but buff various elements of the game’s sandbox as well.

So before you jump back in, be sure to brush up with the latest Palworld patch notes below.

Palworld February 26 update patch notes

The full Palworld February 26 update patch notes are as follows, courtesy of the devs:

Major Fixes

• Implemented backup of save data on the world selection screen
• Resolved issue of unnecessary data accumulating in save data

Key Configuration

• Added fully supported keyboard key configuration

Guild

• Modified specification to allow guild members to be removed when not logged in

Player Issues

• Changed long-press operation during player tasks to allow continuous work by pressing the work button once (This is switchable in the options settings)
• Fixed issue where riding in prohibited hunting areas would not result in a crime
• Improved interaction accuracy with adjacent objects

Pals

• Changed specifications so that when a Pal is instructed to “attack aggressively,” the Pal will attack enemies indiscriminately even if they are not in combat
• Corrected an issue to allow Pals of rank 1 or higher to be selected as concentrated material (higher-ranked Pals yield more points when concentrated)
• Fixed bug where if a large amount of experience points were gained and the level increased to 50 at once, Pals would not learn any active skills
• Mitigated an issue where using Mossanda’s partner skill “Grenadier Panda” on a dungeon boss would cause the boss to get stuck in walls

Base Issues

• Fixed an issue where base Pals would get stuck on top of a logging site, etc.
• Added measures to prevent the issue where base Pals would wander around and get stuck at the border of the base area
• Fixed an issue where Pals at the base would get stuck repeatedly starting transportation tasks and the light bulbs icon would appear over and over again.
• Added measures to prevent the issue of base Pals getting stuck in the farm on a roof
• Fixed an issue where work Pals would get stuck in the summon space of Palbox when restarting the server on a dedicated server.
• Adjusted the default work priority of base Pals (Anubis will prioritize manual labour)
• Significantly relaxed building restrictions for stairs and triangular roofs
• Fixed an issue where sound would play in an infinite loop when Pals at the base used certain active skills.
• Specifications changed so that all changes in environmental temperature are added up (if you put 4 campfires next to each other, the surrounding area will have the temperature of a volcano)
• Implemented “relax” working style on the monitoring stand

Balance Adjustment

• Significantly strengthened mining power for Digtoise partner skills
• Fixed the abnormally high selling price of nails
• Significantly increased the number of police officers who appear when a crime is committed
• Added electric shock effect to Free Pal Alliance’s crossbow
• Adjusted the flight distance of Sphere Launcher and Scatter Sphere Launcher.
• Increased the SAN value recovery amount of high-quality hot springs

Network Related

• Renovated the server lobby
• [Search by server name] will now work
• Added the ability to view online players on a dedicated server
• On community servers, this will only be displayed if the setting is enabled

Others

• Fixed the issue where Day 5 Memo was not placed
• You can now adjust the in-game brightness in the settings
• Fixed many minor bugs
• Corrected various incorrect text
• Improved measures against cheating