Palworld Reveals Two Powerful New Pals Ahead Of Next Update

A new update is on the way and with it new Pal variants have been revealed. took the world by storm, releasing in early 2024 and quickly topping the charts for the most players and copies sold. The game launched with a few known issues, but the developers quickly worked to address them and update the game with new and exciting features to keep players interested. There have been a few updates over the last few months, but this is the first time more than one new Pal has been introduced in an update, or in general, since the game released.

In a recent post from developers on the official Palworld X account (formerly Twitter), they shared that a few exciting things will be announced during their Summer Game Fest participation. Not only will there be a new update, but two new Pals were introduced.

The image shows variations of the existing Pals Wixen and Katress, which may lean toward having even more variations being introduced with this new update. It appears that devs are introducing a Noct version of Wixen and an Ignis version of Katress. These Pals are arguably more powerful that their base versions, making them valuable allies.

Palworld reveals its highly-anticipated Arena mode which allows players to go head-to-head and battle their Pals to prove who has the strongest team.

Noct Pals are Dark variants of their original versions, and some Pals already have these variations. Noct variants typically have blue and purple elements, which are seen in this image, and have stronger attacks and more volatile attitudes toward the player. The Ignis variants are the Fire variants, focusing more on orange and red tones for their design, and having powerful fire attacks that they can perform. Both of these variants are significantly stronger, making them the best choice to bring into a boss battle in .

This announcement could mean that developers are working on creating different variants of all the Pals, and might even be working toward adding new variants into the mix.