Forget The Guns, Palworld Has One Item That's Especially Brutal

The Ranch technology in gives the player an automated way to farm essential items. The best Pals for this will provide useful drops ranging from crafting material to currency. They are used throughout and are needed for breeding Pals. Using just a few materials and having enough space on your base will go a long way toward the Grazing Work Suitability Pals.

In a world of monsters, assault rifles, and monsters with assault rifles, the simple sword may seem trivial. Palworld’s Sword, however, is more than just a weapon — it’s a surprisingly helpful multitool that can save you tons of inventory space.

There are plenty of stats to keep track of in but one that can be especially crucial to getting the best performance in combat is shockingly easy to miss out on. Although it's easy to progress through battles and build up a base without optimizing everything, there's no reason to waste something that can help every Pal in combat. If the game never mentions it to begin with, however, it comes as no surprise that it can be especially easy to make such a fundamental mistake.

A glitch has been found in Palworld that stops a player’s Pal from attacking enemies during battle. Owing to gamers catching and battling monsters, Palworld has drawn comparisons with Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise since it debuted in early access on January 19.

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Not even ten days after its release, a dedicated Palworld player has taken it upon themselves to create a Palpedia that could rival the Pokedex. 

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll admit that we’re having a hard time remembering the last time a video game caused a serious “issue” within both the gaming community and the general public. Yes, in 2023, there were PLENTY of games that caused issues with gamers for things like “quality” and such, but those weren’t issues to those who didn’t play the game. However, with 2024 and the arrival of Palworld, things are getting a bit more…interesting. You no doubt heard about the “copyright infringement” issue that many have been citing. But now, many people have been calling out to PETA for what the game does with its “Pals,” and they indeed responded to those “cries for help.”

Here's your daily Palworld sales update: the open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics has now surpassed eight million units sold on Steam alone in less than a week from the early access launch. It also broke the two million concurrent players milestone on Valve's platform, a feat that was only ever managed by PUBG: Battlegrounds back when the Battle Royale game was at its height. There's still over a million difference between the two, but it would not be wise to discount Palworld at this point.

The Pokémon Company knows about Palworld and is very much aware that the game is drawing a lot of comparisons with its intellectual property, based on a statement it has published. While the company didn't explicitly name Palworld, it said it's going to investigate a game «released in January 2024» and will «take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to Pokémon.» It also clearly stated that it has «not granted any permission for the use of Pokémon intellectual property or assets in that game.»

How the hell did Palworld happen? In a recent blog post, Takuro Mizobe, the CEO and co-founder of the studio behind the latest mega-hit, provides some clarity. The answer isn’t what any gaming veteran would call “proper game development.” But maybe that’s the secret.

Palworld, the uber-viral sandbox survival crafting game with Pokemon-like monsters, just had the biggest launch in Steam's history, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. Yet, as it attracts more and more players to its weird mish-mash of genres, it does little to inform them of a super handy trick that lets you collect a whole bunch of arguably its most crucial resource.

The dream continues for independent Japanese developer Pocketpair as Palworld has now sold over seven million units in just five days since its early access launch. The open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics had sold one million in eight hours, two in twenty-four, three in forty, five million in three days, and six in four days. What's even more impressive is that, according to Geoff Keighley, these sales are for the Steam version alone. They do not account for sales on the Microsoft Store via PC/Xbox, nor do they account for Game Pass player numbers.