Palworld finally hit 1.0 after two years — free, and it didn't wipe your save

1.0 landed free, kept everyone's saves, and added 72 Pals. I'm more interested in what surviving two years of 'this game is dead' discourse actually…

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Diego Santos · Gaming Editor

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1.0 is free for existing owners and preserves saves — no wipe.

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72 new Pals (roster now 287), two new regions, and a complete main story with an actual ending.

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New Mutations and Awakening systems, level cap raised to 80.

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Day one on Game Pass. The changelog runs to 27 pages.

Not wiping saves was the right call, and it cost them something

Plenty of survival games treat 1.0 as a clean-slate excuse, and there are real engineering reasons to want that — new systems are far easier to ship when you don't have to migrate two years of…

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