Palworld’s First Raid Boss Bellanoir Joins the Game in Latest Update

04.04.2024 - 10:47 / gamerant.com / Dominik Bo

Palworld update 0.2.0.6 is now available for download. This patch introduces the game's very first raid boss, Bellanoir, in addition to expanding Palworld with dozens of other features and improvements, including some much-needed anti-cheat measures.

Originally released as an early access title on January 19, the hit survival crafting game took a bit more than a month to reach 25 million sales on Steam and Xbox consoles. Encouraged by Palworld's incredible success, Pocketpair did not take long to commit to adding new Pals to the game.

The Japanese studio is now starting to make good on that promise with the introduction of Palworld's first raid boss. Called Bellanoir, this elegant humanoid creature has been added to the game as part of its 0.2.0.6 update, which rolled out around midnight ET on April 4. In order to spawn Bellanoir, players first need to build a Summoning Altar, whose recipe becomes available after reaching level 33. Once one is constructed, it can be used to summon Bellanoir with a slab. This item will also need to be crafted, using four Bellanoir's Slab Fragments, which can be found in treasure chests located throughout Mineshafts, Wildlife Sanctuary islands, or Dungeons below level 45.

This slab-dependent summoning mechanic is not meant to be unique to Bellanoir. Pocketpair is instead planning to reuse it for all future Palworld raid bosses, having confirmed as much back in March. The newly added boss will also have a more powerful, alternate version called Bellanoir Libero, which will require Bellanoir Libero's Slab Fragments to summon. Palworld raid bosses cannot be captured, but are simply meant to serve as a combat challenge for the player. Overcoming them will reward Pal Eggs.

The new Palworld update also introduces 11 new items, abilities, and buildings. Those include the Training Manual and Ancient Technical Manual, used for boosting Pal experience points and ancient technology points, respectively. Recovery Meds that gradually recover HP are also part of the package, as is a new passive ability called Mercy Hit, which prevents a Pal from reducing the opponent's health below 1. This makes it extremely useful for catching Pals by providing players with a mechanism that ensures they won't accidentally kill any of their elusive targets.

Other highlights from the 0.2.0.6 update include some notable anti-cheat preventions. E.g., Pocketpair has finally addressed a vulnerability that allowed malicious parties using a cracked version of the game to steal other people's accounts by connecting to the game's official servers using Steam IDs spoofed from the client side. As per usual, the April 4 patch is currently only available to Steam users, while those playing Palworld on Xbox