Palworld’s Sakurajima Update will be the game’s first major content update, bringing a new island, Pals, and crafting recipes for fans to enjoy.
When Palworld was released into early access in January 2024, not a lot of people were expecting it to become one of the most-played games of all time. Even developer Pocketpair couldn’t foresee its massive success.
Despite Pocketpair’s insistence that the game is only “about 60% complete”, Palworld has drawn in a dedicated community of fans. Devs have been steadily improving the game to reward players’ patience with more recent updates including the game’s first-ever raid boss and some new items.
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Palworld Sakurajima Update Release Date
As revealed in the Summer Game Fest 2024 showcase trailer, the Palworld Sakurajima update will be released on June 27, 2024, for PC and Xbox via Steam and Xbox Game Pass. The update will be free to all who have the base game.
New Pals in the Palworld Sakurajima Update
In the update trailer, fans got another look at a slew of new Pals that will be introduced. Their names and abilities are being kept secret for now but the four new Pals shown off in the trailer are:
- A quirky-looking frog sporting a blackbelt in an undisclosed martial art
- An ostrich Pal who is sure to reignite the plagiarism debate
- An adorably dim-witted dinosaur with a mushroom growing out of its head
- A mystical dog-like Pal with a mushroom growing out of its head
These are just a few of the new Pals coming in the update according to Pocketpair and we can’t wait to enslave them all.
New Weapons in the Palworld Sakurajima Update
Palworld is lovingly referred to as ‘Pokemon with guns’ and while those new Pals constitute the Pokemon, the Summer Update also brings new guns. Well, one new gun and something else we think falls into the gun category.
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The first new weapon revealed is a futuristic-looking assault rifle that shoots laser rounds. We can only assume it’ll be tough to craft but worth the effort to take on stronger Pals.
The other new weapon coming to the Palworld Sakurajima update is a flamethrower that looks like it’ll chew through grass-type Pals. Sorry Foxparks, you’ve been replaced.
New location in the Palworld Sakurajima Update
As shown in the Summer Game Fest 2024 trailer, players can travel to a new island included in the update. This island is heavily inspired by Japanese culture and includes new Pals, crafting recipes, challenges, and a fresh Raid battle.
At this time, it isn’t known how big the island will be, but the trailer depicted multiple areas with different structures and layouts, indicating a large amount of explorable space.
Palworld PVP Pal Arena
While not featured in this latest trailer, Palworld devs have confirmed that the long-awaited PVP Pal Arena will arrive with the Summer Update. What we’ve seen so far of the Pal Arena looks to confirm three-on-three Pal battles with Pal Tamers fighting alongside them.
It’s currently unclear whether or not the Pal Arena will be housed in the new island shown off in the Summer Update trailer. Pocketpair will likely show off more of the PVP mode as we get closer to the launch of the update.