Palworld Sakurajima Update Today: v0.3.1 Patch Notes

Explore Palworld’s Sakurajima update patch notes: new island, Pals, arena battles, and gameplay features.

The highly anticipated Sakurajima update (v0.3.1) for Palworld has arrived, bringing a wealth of new content and improvements to the game.

This major update introduces a new island, exciting gameplay features, and numerous quality-of-life enhancements that will delight both new and veteran players alike.

Palworld Sakurajima Update Today

New Content

• New Island – Sakurajima
  • Take control of a tower protected by “The Moonflowers” faction
  • Explore and find new Pal species
• Arena (Multiplayer exclusive)
  • Located in the Desiccated Desert
  • Battle against other players
• Stronghold – Oil Rig
  • Controlled by the Rayne Syndicate
  • Defeat enemies and claim valuable resources, including crude oil
• Player level cap raised to 55
  • New technologies available
  • Pal’s capture bonus limit increased from 10 to 12
• New Resource – Crude Oil
  • Extract using the new crude oil extractor building
  • Craft Plasteel for high-tier equipment and spheres
• New Raid Boss – Blazamut Ryu
  • Described as the strongest Dragon Pal in the game
• Meteorite Event
  • Random event with falling meteorites or supplies
  • Possibility of encountering unknown space Pals
• Tower Boss Hard Mode
  • Face ultimate forms of existing tower bosses
• New Merchant – Medal Merchant
  • Exchanges Dog Coin for rare items

New Items

• Mysterious Accessory Box
  • Permanently increases accessory slots by 1
• Concentrated All-Purpose Pal Extract
  • Increases Pal rank by 1 when used
• Ring of Freight
  • Increases carrying weight when equipped
• New Remedies
  • Vital, Stamina, Might, Speed, and Burden Remedies
  • Permanently strengthen player’s base stats

New Weapons

• Laser Rifle
• Flamethrower
• Gatling Gun
• Grenade Launcher
• Guided Missile Launcher
• Multi Guided Missile Launcher
• Meteor Launcher

Cosmetic Items

• New NPC cosmetic hats
  • Dress up like favorite bosses (Zoe, Axel, Lily, Victor, Marcus, Saya)
• New Pal cosmetic hats
  • 11 new Pal-themed hats added

New Buildings

• Cold Food Box
• Sulfur Mine and Coal Mine
• Pal Disassembly Conveyor
• Wall-Mounted Sign
• Refrigerated Crusher

New Features

• Lockpicking
  • Mini-game to open locked treasure chests
  • Requires Lockpicking Tool
• Pal Skins (Cosmetics for Pals)
  • Change Pal’s skin at the new Pal Dressing Facility
  • “Sunglasses Cattiva” skin available for all players

Player Updates

• Pal Box capacity increased from 480 to 960 Pals
• Lifmunk Effigies max power enhancement increased from 10 to 12
• New setting to prevent auto-pickup of over-encumbering items

Base Related Changes

• Improved building system
  • More intuitive and smooth basic construction
  • Added pillars for better structural support
  • Axis alignment function
  • Defensive walls can now be connected
  • Improved connectivity between building elements
• New “Glass” building material
• Maximum base level increased to 25
• Number of allowed bases increased from 3 to 4 at level 25
• Customizable maximum guild bases and base Pals in game options
• Private lock function for chests
• Permanent Pal assignment to specific facilities from Monitoring Stand
• Improved Pal work priority and pathfinding

UI Improvements

• Lock function in Pal Box menu
• Adjustable player crosshair color
• Craft items in units of 100x
• More custom map markers (limit increased to 300)
• Improved Statue of Power UI
• Enhanced Pal Box sorting function

World Updates

• Added Junkyards with valuable items
• New “Monster Nests” random event for egg stealing

Pal Updates

• New Pal Skills
  • 7 new Unique Skills for specific Pals
  • 15 new Elemental Skills across various types
• New Passive Skills
  • Philanthropist, Impatient, Infinite Stamina, Noble, Nocturnal

Multiplayer and Balance Changes

• New setting to always reject guild invites
• Rebalanced accessory equipping and defensive accessories
• Adjusted Pal breeding combinations
• Updated Pal selling prices (Alpha Pals now worth about twice the original species)

Bug Fixes and Optimizations

• Mitigations for PC freezing when closing the game
• Improved grappling gun behavior
• Various minor bug fixes and optimizations
• Warning for out-of-date GPU drivers

Soundtrack

• 6 new songs added to the game soundtrack

Summary Table

Category	Key Updates
New Content	Sakurajima Island, Arena, Oil Rig Stronghold, Blazamut Ryu Raid Boss
Gameplay	Increased level cap, Crude Oil resource, Tower Boss Hard Mode
Items & Weapons	New merchant, accessories, remedies, and 7 new weapons
Base Building	Improved system, new materials, increased base limits
Pal Updates	New skills, passives, and cosmetics
Quality of Life	UI improvements, crafting enhancements, world additions

This massive update brings a wealth of new content and improvements to Palworld, ensuring players have plenty of new adventures to embark upon in the expanded world of Pals.