Palworld Home Sweet Home Update Adds Better Melee, ‘Experimental’ PvP, Raid Battlefields, and Improved Building

Palworld has just pushed out a significant new patch, bringing a collab with Ultrakill and a ton of improvements as developer Pocketpair continues work to prepare for the launch of Palworld 1.0, the game’s eagerly-anticipated full release.

John “Bucky” Buckley, communications director and publishing manager, teased that this update, dubbed Home Sweet Home, “puts a lot of groundwork in as we work towards our MASSIVE 1.0 release in 2026, but we have lots of little surprises in this update so check it out!”

As part of the Ultrakill collaboration, you’ll find several “iconic weapons and armor,” as well as a V1’s infamous coin toss, while the Home Sweet Home update — as the name suggests — makes it a little more intuitive to put down roots and make your own cozy base.

Pocketpair said it had been “blown away by all the incredible builds that you guys have been sending us,” and knows we’ve “been eagerly waiting for more freedom in how you design your base.” That’s why this update brings a number of new building parts, including the ability to change the color of building pieces and the “much-requested triangular pieces.” The building menu UI has also been redesigned and reformatted into a list.

But that’s not all. Melee combat has been improved to make it “more viable and fun,” and now, when summoning a raid boss at the Summoning Altar, players can choose to either fight at their base as before, or take on the raid boss in a special Raid Area.

“These Raid Areas allow you to fight with all your might, without risking any damage to your base,” the team explained. “You can build temporary structures and take items into these special Raid Areas.” Which is just as well, as a new raid boss will also pop up after the update.

“2025 has been an incredible year for Palworld, and we’re excited to end the year with v0.7, Home Sweet Home!” Pocketpair exclaimed. “The purpose of this update is to begin improving existing features, and while this update may not be as content-rich as previous ones, we hope players understand that it’s necessary for us to begin laying the groundwork now as we work on the development of Palworld 1.0.”

Last but definitely not least, PvP! Though the studio admits PvP has been a topic of discussion in the Palworld community for a “long time,” and it’s “hard to fully integrate PvP into the game,” it is trying to make the dream a reality, albeit with some careful parameters.

“We are releasing all the necessary tools for players to set up their own PvP rules on their own terms,” Pocketpair said. “Show off your skills and compete with other Pal Tamers! Please note that PvP is experimental, and as such, there may be some balancing issues.”

Palworld v0.7 patch notes:

ULTRAKILL Collab!

• Added V1 and V2 armor sets! Terrorize the Palpagos Islands as your favorite blood-fueled robot!
• Added a pair of iconic weapons from ULTRAKILL!
• Unique Mechanic – Coin Toss
  • Throw coins while using the Marksman Revolver to perform a Ricoshot! Bullets will ricochet off the thrown coin and deal devastating damage to nearby targets!

Base Building Improvements

• Added 48 new building parts, including triangular pieces!
• Added the ability to change the color of some buildings and foundations!
• Changed the building UI to a list-based system.

Raid Boss Improvements

• Added a new raid boss!
• Added a new battlefield for raid bosses. Players can now choose to challenge raid bosses in their base or in a new separate battlefield.

Melee Combat Improvements

• Improved the melee gameplay for swords, katanas and beam swords. Pressing left click (right trigger) will perform a new consecutive combo attack.
• Special attacks have been added to the katana and beam sword. Holding either left or right click (left or right trigger) will activate these abilities.

New Features

• Added PvP functionality (Experimental!).
• [PC – Steam Only] Added Steam Workshop, allowing players to download and use mods.

Mechanic Adjustments

• When placing a building, an arrow indicating the building’s orientation will now be displayed.
• When placing a building, buildings with a set work location will now display a Cattiva icon indicating the work location.
• Adjusted the Palbox so it can be aligned with foundations and roofs.
• [Keyboard & Mouse Controls] Building controls have been made more intuitive, and continuous building has been changed to the default setting.

Balance Adjustments

• Added new implants to the surgery table:
  • Implant: Mine Foreman
  • Implant: Logging Foreman
  • Implant: Fine Furs
  • Implant: Sleek Stroke
  • Implant: Work Slave
• You can now get a Little Kinship Peach from a Pal when freeing them from an enemy camp.
• The last hit done to an enemy while using mercy will now display “”MERCY HIT”” to indicate that no damage was done.
• Changed specifications so that all Pals will no longer lose SAN when taking damage.
• Reduced the impact of bad status effects:
  • Hungry… Attack, Defense, Work Speed ​​-20% → -10%
  • Starving… Attack, Defense, Work Speed ​​-50% → -20%
  • Cold… Work Speed ​​-10% → -5%
  • Sprain… Movement Speed ​​-10% → -5%
  • Overfull… Increased hunger loss rate by 100% → +50%
  • Ulcer… Work Speed ​​-20%, Movement Speed ​​-10% → Work Speed ​​-10%, Movement Speed ​​-5%
  • Fracture… Work Speed ​​-10%, Movement Speed ​​-20% → Work Speed ​​-5%, Movement Speed ​​-10%
  • Weakened… Work Speed ​​-20%, Movement Speed ​​-30% → Work Speed ​​-10%, Movement Speed ​​-20%
  • Depressed… -30% Work Speed, -20% Movement Speed ​​→ -20% Work Speed, -10% Movement Speed
• Changed the attribute of the Broncherry’s unique skill “”Body Smash”” from neutral to the grass.
• Changed the attribute of Rushoar’s unique skill “Heavy Charge” from neutral to earth.
• Added “Item Decay Speed ​​Multiplier” to the Options Settings.
• ・[Dedicated Servers] Police NPCs targeting players who have committed crimes will now only deal damage to the target player and their guild.
• ・The appearance of the work aptitude icon has been changed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Flopie would not collect dropped items in the field while her partner skill “Helper Bunny” was active.
• Improved Pal pathfinding AI ​​to make it easier to reach the target location within the base.
• Fixed an issue where summoned Pals would attack visitors when set to “attack aggressively.”
• Fixed an issue where attacking visitors in your base would not result in the correct attacking state.
• Many other minor bug fixes.

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