Palworld v0.3.1 Sakurajima Update: New Island, Pals, and Endgame Content

The first major Palworld patch is live. Update v0.3.1, known as the Sakurajima Update, expands the world map, raises the level ceiling, and drops a pile of late-game content for trainers who already wrapped up the original tower run.

What the Sakurajima Update Adds

The headline feature of v0.3.1 (available on Steam and Xbox) is Sakurajima Island, a new region attached to the original map. The island doubles as a fresh exploration zone and the territory of a new hostile faction called The Moonflowers. Your job is to evict them.

Sakurajima is also home to a new roster of Pals, several of which only spawn here. The content is squarely aimed at the late game, so if you started Palworld last weekend, finish the original map first. The new island assumes you can already hold your own.

Endgame trainers get the Oil Rig, a new Stronghold sitting in the ocean. It is a cooperative target built around squads of players coordinating on a Palworld server, with rewards including the new Crude Oil resource. Every existing Tower also gains a hard mode toggle for trainers chasing a tougher fight.

To support all this, the level cap moved from 50 to 55, unlocking another tier of technologies and a higher Pal capture bonus ceiling. New crafting paths open around Plasteel, refined from crude oil and feeding into top-tier gear.

The official trailer covers the highlights:

The full patch list follows. It is long. Maybe grab coffee.

Full Palworld Sakurajima Update Patch Notes (June 27, 2024)

New Content

Sakurajima Island A new map region protected by The Moonflowers faction. Clear the Tower, free the island, catalogue the Pals you find along the way.

Arena (Desiccated Desert) PvP arena for multiplayer servers. Settle scores in a proper fight instead of ambushing each other in the wild.

Stronghold: Oil Rig Offshore fortress held by the Rayne Syndicate. Coordinate with friends to break the defense, then walk away with crude oil and other high-tier loot.

Level Cap Raised to 55

• New tech tree entries unlock at the higher cap
• Pal capture bonus ceiling increased from 10 to 12

New Resource: Crude Oil Extract from new world spawn points using the Crude Oil Extractor building. Refine into Plasteel for top-tier spheres and equipment.

New Raid: Blazamut Ryu Advertised as the strongest Dragon Pal currently in the game.

Meteorite Event Random meteor showers drop supplies. Occasionally, something else lands.

Tower Hard Mode Each Tower boss gets an upgraded encounter for trainers who want their abilities tested.

Medal Merchant A new NPC who trades rare gear for a new currency called Dog Coin.

New Items

• Mysterious Accessory Box: +1 accessory slot, permanent
• Concentrated All-Purpose Pal Extract: ranks up a Pal by 1
• Ring of Freight: increases carrying capacity
• Vital, Stamina, Might, Speed, and Burden Remedies: permanently raise the related base stat. The level-up cap is no longer the hard ceiling on stats.

New Weapons

• Laser Rifle
• Flamethrower
• Gatling Gun
• Grenade Launcher
• Guided Missile Launcher
• Multi-Guided Missile Launcher
• Meteor Launcher

New NPC Cosmetic Hats

• Zoe, Axel, Lily, Victor, Marcus, and Saya Hats

New Pal Cosmetic Hats

• Lyleen Floral Cap
• Sibelyx Hat
• Leezpunk Hood
• Killamari Cap
• Cawgnito Hat
• Ribbuny Headband
• Lamball Helm
• Dumud Helm
• Swee Cap
• Dazzi Hat
• Cattiva Hat

New Buildings

• Cold Food Box: keeps Pal food cool
• Sulfur Mine and Coal Mine: passive resource generation at base
• Pal Disassembly Conveyor: automates the retirement of Pals you no longer want
• Wall-Mounted Sign: leave notes without taking up floor space
• Refrigerated Crusher: upgraded crusher with broader recipes

Lockpicking Locked treasure chests can now be opened through a new mini-game. Requires a Lockpicking Tool.

Pal Skins

• A new Pal Dressing Facility unlocks visual skins for your Pals
• The Sunglasses Cattiva skin is free for everyone; more skins arrive in future patches

Player

• Pal Box capacity doubled from 480 to 960 Pals
• Lifmunk Effigy stat cap raised from 10 to 12
• New setting blocks auto-pickup when an item would over-encumber the player

Base Building

• Building system reworked. Placement is smoother and more forgiving.
• Pillars added. Demolishing a support wall and watching the second floor collapse is no longer a tradition.
• Axis alignment helper added
• Defensive walls can now be connected to each other
• Connections can start from roofs, walls, stairs, and pillars, not just from the foundation
• New material: Glass. Watch your Pals work without leaving the building.
• Max base level raised to 25; base slots now go up to 4 at that level
• Configurable max guild bases and max base Pals through game options, with the usual performance caveats
• Chests support private locks. Your stockpile is safer from sticky-fingered guildmates.
• Pals can be permanently assigned to a specific facility from the Monitoring Stand
• Cakes are prioritized for chest delivery
• Pal work priority order rebalanced
• Defensive facilities are now used by work Pals automatically, even when unassigned
• Pathing mitigations for base Pals getting stuck

UI

• Pal Box menu now supports locking
• Crosshair color is adjustable, and a bug that hid it behind the player is fixed
• Crafting now supports 100x batches
• More custom map marker types, with the limit raised to 300
• Statue of Power interface cleaned up
• Improved Pal Box sorting

World

• Junkyards appear across the map, sometimes hiding good loot
• New random event: Monster Nests with eggs worth stealing

Pals

New Unique Skills

• Jumping Stinger (Menasting)
• Rocket Slam (Chillet)
• Protection of Fertility (Lyleen)
• Raging Flame Wave (Faleris)
• Thunderbolt Heavy Tank (Grizzbolt)
• Polyceraunos (Orserk)
• Divine Disaster II (Shadowbeak)

New General Skills

• Neutral: Air Blade, Holy Burst, Star Mine
• Fire: Flame Wall, Volcanic Rain, Flame Funnel
• Water: Splash, Wall Splash
• Grass: Circle Vine
• Electric: Thunder Rain, TriSpark, Thunderstorm
• Ice: Icicle Line
• Ground: Rockburst, Sand Twister
• Dragon: Beam Slicer, Comet

New Passive Skills

• Philanthropist: faster egg production
• Impatient: reduced active skill cooldowns
• Infinite Stamina: extra stamina, mountable Pals only
• Noble: better merchant prices
• Nocturnal: the Pal keeps working through the night

Multiplayer

• New setting to auto-reject all guild invites

Balance

• Same-named accessories can no longer be double-equipped, a side effect of the new extra slot
• Defensive accessories rebalanced for the new slot count
• Several Pal breeding combinations changed to accommodate the new species
• Pal selling prices adjusted. Alpha Pals now sell for roughly twice the base species price.

Bug Fixes

• Mitigations for a PC freeze on game close
• Grappling gun is less likely to get stuck
• Plus, in the developer's own words, "many, many, many other minor bug fixes"

Other

• The game now warns the player if the GPU driver is out of date

Soundtrack

• 6 new tracks added. If you already own the soundtrack, update it. The update may arrive about a day late.

For the official announcement, the patch notes were also posted here.