Palworld devs warn about “impossible to recover from” bug

Palworld developer Pocketpair has dropped a new Steam demo for its upcoming Metroidvania, Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse.

A Palworld player has taken on the immense task of recreating Attack on Titan's Shiganshina District in the game. The adventure game that blends monster-catching, combat, exploration, and building has just entered early access, but it's already attracted scores of players and is building a passionate community. These fans have begun sharing tips with one another as well as bragging about their various Palworld accomplishments.

Palworld's developers are still being harassed, with the developers receiving «unhinged threats» from people online. While it's been an incredible sales success, Palworld has certainly not been without controversy. Some Pokemon fans in particular have taken issue with the game, allegedly targeting its developers with death threats because they think that it has plagiarized Game Freak's Pokemon designs.

In response to player concerns, a Palworld developer has assured fans that the future PvP mode will avoid falling into the same pitfalls as other survival multiplayer titles such as Rust. These concerns were sparked by the release of Palworld’s roadmap that detailed future features such as new islands, Pals, bosses, and more, as well as the controversial potential addition of a PvP mode.

has almost instantly become a sensation upon launch, but some players may unfortunately encounter an error that reads, "" The monster collecting survival game from Pocketpair was released into early access, meaning it's still technically a work in progress, despite being in a playable state. Errors such as this are not particularly rare with new multiplayer releases, but it can be frustrating that the error code itself doesn't offer much of an explanation, nor any troubleshooting advice.

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Nefarious Palworld players are causing mayhem on the game’s public servers. On Thursday, Palworld developer Pocketpair posted an apology to the game’s Steam page, pledging to “focus even more on security” in an attempt to rid Palworld of its cheating problem. Though Pocketpair has confirmed cheating on its official server, it noted that it’s hard to prevent all cheating “immediately,” though it will issue a patch “as soon as it is ready.”

From the beginning of the game, Technology Points in are used for basic survival needs in its monster-hunter survival arc. They are a source of progression alongside your level, which helps with certain buildings and catching materials. Depending on the time and place of the game, these Technology Points can be very useful. Regardless, obtaining them quickly is very important to get stronger.

Making progress in can be engaging, but it's not possible to advance characters or Pals forever, as a level cap will eventually be reached after enough play. Since takes obvious inspiration from both and survival crafting games like and, the inclusion of a finite leveling system isn't especially surprising. There's a big difference between a level cap of 25 and 250, however, so it can be useful to know which end of the spectrum ultimately falls closer to, in order to have a good understanding of progression.

A new update has been rolled out for the Steam version of Pocketpair’s survival and crafting game Palworld, which, as well as a couple of bug fixes, contains “countermeasures against various cheats and exploits.”

The “Pokemon with guns” open-world survival game Palworld has been on one a hell of a run since launching last week, smashing records and generating plenty of controversy, but once all the fevered excitement dies down just a little, what comes next? Palworld is still in early access, so there are plenty more updates to come, and today developer PocketPair provided a bit of a roadmap.

Palworld is getting PvP, raid bosses, and new islands in future updates, developer Pocketpair has said.