Palworld v1.0.2 patch notes: what's fixed

The short version

• Dedicated servers: the Panthalus battle no longer crashes the client or disconnects everyone at once.
• Achievements: “Predator Hunter” and the Pal Effigy achievement unlock properly again, and outdated Xbox icons have been replaced.
• Controls: “Attack that enemy!” and “Inventory” can now be rebound, and the middle mouse button is no longer treated as a conflict.
• Performance: the processing load during gameplay in Sunreach has been reduced.
• Small stuff: the screen no longer stays faded out in two missions, mining damage no longer shows as 0, and the fullscreen Japanese-input crash is gone.

What it means in practice

Panthalus no longer takes co-op down with it

Panthalus is a legendary water Pal, No. 203 in the Paldeck, with 200 defence and a temper to match — and on dedicated servers this fight was the loudest source of complaints. It could end in a client crash, or drop the entire session off the server at once. In v1.0.2 both bugs are fixed, by separate changes: the crash and the disconnect were two different problems. If you run your own server, update it as well — both lines in the patch notes are explicitly tied to dedicated servers. Weaknesses and stats of other tough opponents live in the Bosses section.

Achievements that refused to unlock

Two of the fixes deal with conditions the game counted incorrectly. The “Predator Hunter” achievement could stay locked even after its requirements were met, and the same happened with the achievement for collecting Pal Effigies. Separately, on Xbox the icons of two Lifmunk Effigy achievements were still using outdated art. Worth remembering that in 1.0 Pal Effigies became a full upgrade system — each one grants its own bonus, and their locations are plotted on the interactive map.

Controls: two new binds, three fixed conflicts

“Attack that enemy!” and “Inventory” finally support key rebinding. Pocketpair also cleared up false conflicts: when carrying settings over from builds older than v0.7, the game flagged even unrelated changes as control conflicts, and an action assigned to the middle mouse button simply refused to apply. The Inventory Shortcut option, which had gone missing from the Controls screen, is back as well.

Sunreach is easier on your hardware

The Sunreach sky islands are one of the most demanding zones added in 1.0, and v1.0.2 reduces the processing load while playing there. Pocketpair give no numbers, so you will have to judge the gain on your own rig — but this is the first performance fix since 1.0 launched: v1.0.1 had none at all.

And the small stuff that actually got in the way

The screen could stay faded out if you interrupted dialogue during a fade — it happened in the main mission “The First Islander” and the sub-mission “Captured Adventurer” (both are in the Missions section). Mining damage numbers sometimes showed up as 0. Certain face types rendered the eye area incorrectly in cutscenes. The Tower Boss “Victor & Shadowbeak” could vanish mid-fight after a teleportation attack. And the game crashed when you tried to type Japanese text in fullscreen mode.

Palworld v1.0.2 — full patch notes

Below is the official update text from Pocketpair, reproduced word for word.

[Patch Notice] Palworld version v1.0.2 has been released! This update includes improvements to gameplay stability and fixes for various issues.

▼Crashes and Disconnections

• Fixed an issue where all players could be disconnected during the Panthalus battle on dedicated servers.
• Fixed an issue where players could crash during the Panthalus battle on dedicated servers.
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash when attempting Japanese text input in fullscreen mode.

▼Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where, if a player was already in The World Tree area when the host transitioned to The World Tree area, the terrain could fail to display correctly from the host’s perspective.
• Fixed an issue where the Tower Boss “Victor & Shadowbeak” could disappear after using a teleportation attack during battle.
• Fixed an issue in the final boss battle where, if the host defeated the final boss while a guest was waiting to respawn, the guest’s light could fail to display correctly after respawning.

▼Missions

• Fixed an issue in the main mission “The First Islander” where the screen could remain faded out if dialogue was interrupted during a fade-out sequence.
• Fixed an issue in the sub-mission “Captured Adventurer” where the screen could remain faded out if dialogue was interrupted during a fade-out sequence.

▼Achievements

• Fixed an issue where the “Predator Hunter” achievement could fail to unlock even after meeting its requirements.
• Fixed an issue where the corresponding achievement could fail to unlock even after obtaining the required Pal Effigies.
• Fixed an issue on Xbox where the icons for two Lifmunk Effigy-related achievements were using outdated versions.

▼Graphics and Display

• Fixed an issue where the eye area of the player model could display incorrectly during cutscenes or certain player actions when using specific face types.

▼Controls

• Added key rebinding for "Attack that enemy!" and "Inventory".
• Fixed an issue where, when carrying over settings from versions earlier than v0.7, changes unrelated to Controls could still be treated as control setting conflicts.
• Fixed an issue where assigning a player action to the middle mouse button could incorrectly be treated as a conflict, preventing the setting from being applied.
• Fixed an issue where the Inventory Shortcut option was not displayed in Controls.

▼UI

• Fixed an issue where the damage number displayed when destroying ore while mining could sometimes appear as 0.

▼Performance Improvements

• Reduced the processing load during gameplay in Sunreach and improved performance.

Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.