Palworld 1.0.4: two brand-new quests and some welcome housekeeping

Palworld is rolling out its 1.0.4 patch, and while the two new side quests are getting people talking, it's really the list of fixes that matters most to players who've clocked hundreds of hours on the title. Two months after the official release, Pocket Pair keeps grinding away instead of easing off.

On the content side, "Beyond Dimensions" kicks off with an NPC at Fisherman's Point, on Mount Obsidian. Once completed, it unlocks "From the Far Side of the Moon". Nothing massive, but it gives you a reason to head back and explore that corner of the map.

The real heart of the patch is balancing. Summoned Pals and those at the base finally favor the skills that deal the most damage - no more Pal spamming some pathetic attack while the boss wrecks you. Combat also gains more consistency thanks to the adjustment of the artificial knockback before the Power Bomb, which used to break the flow of fights. Fishing, often criticized for its poorly calibrated difficulty at Sunreach and the World Tree, has been toned down.

On the quality-of-life side, cancelling a construction or a factory job now finally returns materials to your inventory instead of making them vanish into thin air - a bug that had been frustrating the community for weeks. The default FPS cap has been raised to 120 on PC, and performance improves on Xbox One and in PS5 co-op, two platforms where the game was frankly struggling.

On the forums, the response is fairly positive: players are praising Pocket Pair's responsiveness, even if some regret the absence of major new content like a biome or a legendary Pal. The patch remains above all a piece of behind-the-scenes work, not an expansion.