Palworld players’ suspicions have been confirmed after devs revealed a lingering bug from a recent patch had nerfed all Pal damage by 50%. Mercifully, the way they chose to reveal it was by announcing it was fixed.
In the time followingPalworld’s April 3 update, players spent the opening days praising the new items and changes added to the survival game. Coupled withthe announcement of the long-awaited PVP update, nobody noticed anything was amiss at first.
After the hype died down a little, Pal Tamers started taking to the game’s Subreddit toreport some issues with the power of their Pals. It wasn’t long before Palworld players began speculating about a possible bug that had impacted the damage of certain Pals.
As it turns out, this particular bug was actually affecting every single Pal in the game. To address the issue, Pocketpair releasedPatch v0.2.2.0which has rectified it completely.
Palworld’s v0.2.2.0 update patch notes: Damage bug fixed
The patch notes themselves explain that the devs have “corrected an issue that caused all Pal attacks to deal only half the intended damage”. Prior to the fix, the bug was making some ofPalworld’s overworld bossesa bit of a hassle to beat.
Of course, out of adversity comes innovation and players came up with some remarkable ways to circumvent the accidental nerf. Our personal favorite isa thoroughly bred Chikipi that deletes enemies with its absurd damage.
Alongside the damage fix in this latest Palworld update, the devs made some other small improvements. The Nightmare Ray and “Nightmare Bloom attacks have had their hit detection improved and PC players can now exit the editing screen from the newly added Antique Dresser by hitting the escape key.
The patch notes also mentioned corrections to “other minor bugs”. Those were apparently deemed of lesser importance and weren’t spelled out in their entirety.
Ethan Dean is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s Australia team. He is a journalism graduate and specializes in Baldur’s Gate, Diablo, Elden Ring, Pokemon, Warhammer, Dungeons & Dragons, third-person games, and regularly plays newly release games. You can contact Ethan at: ethan.dean@dexerto.com
