Patch Notes 0.208 – Fall's Faire: Hearty Homecoming

Crisp leaves, warm kitchens, and the smell of something delicious is drifting through Kilima Village... Fall's Faire: Hearty Homecoming has arrived! Gather your closest friends for a new group quest with Sifuu, Hassian, Taylin, and Ulfe, then pull up a chair at the Bulletin Board and help Jina whip up A Feast for Thought. Press play on a brand-new retro Lunar Path: Path of the Classics, welcome the Corgi to your Ranch, and cozy-up your home with fresh Simple Sundries Decor, Gardening Inspired Tints, and Plushes. And the Premium Store is dialing up the nostalgia with a Vaporwave Glider, the Amber Heights Landscape, and much more. So get comfy with a warm cup of coffee (or tea!) and good company, because it's good to be home!

Here's a snapshot of the new Gameplay content coming to Patch 0.208:

• Reunite with Sifuu, Hassian, Taylin, and Ulfe in the Beasts Unburdened Group Quest! 🌲
• Help Jina cook up A Feast for Thought on the Bulletin Board! 🥧
• Level-up with pixel art from the retro Lunar Path: Path of the Classics! 🕹️
• Shred, grind, and paint the town in a secret skate spot hidden in the Tower! 🛹
• Welcome the waggly new Corgi to your Ranch! 🐕
• Stock up for the holidays with new Simple Sundries Decor! 🧺
• Give your decor a glow-up with two new autumn-themed Gardening Tints! 🍂
• Make a splash with fresh Crab Wars and Manta Plushes! 🦀
• Press start on new Premium Store arrivals, including the Vaporwave Glider, Amber Heights Landscape, a new Corgi Pet, and more! 📼
• …and more!

New Features & Updates

New Group Quest: Beasts Unburdened

You've grown close to Sifuu, Hassian, Taylin, and Ulfe one by one. Now it's time to bring everyone together.

Once you've completed Friendship Level 5 with all four Villagers, a new group quest, Beasts Unburdened, will lead to a reunion that's been a long time coming. Expect a few surprises along the way, including a poem from Hassian (yes, really). Finish the quest to receive a unique reward to remember the occasion.

Read below for the new quest reward and its acquisition method/location(s):

Item	Loot / Craft / Purchase Location
Ulfe’s Painting	Reward for completing Beasts Unburdened. Requires Friendship Level 5 with Sifuu, Hassian, Taylin, and Ulfe.

Bulletin Board: A Feast for Thought

Something smells delicious in Kilima Village…

Head to the Bulletin Board to pick up A Feast for Thought and help Jina gather everything she needs for a proper Harvest Festival! Along the way you'll have a few choices to make, and yes, your decisions matter. Contribute the requested items through the Bulletin Board's sub-bundles to earn rewards, including four brand-new Food Profile Icons.

Read below for the new Bulletin Board rewards and their acquisition methods/location(s):

Item	Loot / Craft / Purchase Location
Bowl of Ramen Profile Icon	Acquired from the Bulletin Board.
Piece of Cake Profile Icon	Acquired from the Bulletin Board.
Sweetie Pie Profile Icon	Acquired from the Bulletin Board.
Teatime Profile Icon	Acquired from the Bulletin Board.

Lunar Path: Path of the Classics

Blow the dust off your cartridges! The newest Lunar Path, the Path of the Classics, is a love letter to pixel art and virtual pets, with rewards pulled directly from 80’s and 90’s nostalgia.

Highlights include:

• The Retro Game Cabinet, a full-size arcade cabinet for your Home Plot
• The Runguy™ Cassette Player, for a soundtrack to your life
• Pixelated Framed Artwork, an 8-bit Chapaa portrait
• The Heavy Metal Icon, a chrome Chapaa Profile Icon
• The Totally Tubular Player Title, it’s rad 🤙
• The Sunset Vaporscape Landscape, some synthwave for your Home Plot
• …and much more!

The Path features 22 levels of free and Premium rewards. The Premium Upgrade for the Path of the Classics is 1,625 Palia Coins, but as always the free path is free so don't forget to activate it!

Head in-game for a full list of free and Premium rewards.

A Secret Skate Spot in the Tower

Rumor has it there's something rad tucked away behind the Tower.

Step up to a board rack in the Skatepark, strap in, and prepare to kickflip into hyperdrive: you'll go whole hog as a Trufflet on wheels, ready to grind rails, launch off ramps, and chain together gnarly combos. Your skater will be a totally random Trufflet pulled straight from your Ranch (even retired Trufflets are back to shred!).

Ready to paint the town? Any skater in the park can trigger an intense Red vs. Blue turf war by popping open a can of paint. Grab a matching Red or Blue board next to the cans and tear up the park! Every sick trick tags your team's color for ultimate bragging rights. But watch your back… the rival crew can hijack your turf by pulling off even wilder, higher-scoring tricks. After three minutes, whichever crew covered the most turf takes home the crown.

Wanna customize your ride? Slap a radical sticker on your board to flaunt your vibe, or tag key spots all over the park to mark your domain.

“The skate park was a gnarly experiment that stretched over two different hack-a-thons we did for the studio. We had a ton of fun playing around with it and stretching some capabilities of Palia and thought it would be a very fun (and very unserious) thing to share with Palians. That said, it is still an experiment at its core and that will show as you play; there are rough edges, and there are bugs. Because this was a side project, we felt it best to dedicate our attention to other core additions to Palia while letting you all have some fun with the feature. We currently don’t have any plans to expand this (or fix it) beyond what it is unless players are really loving it. So go shred it up and have some fun with your fellow Palians!” - S6 Forseti

Welcome the Corgi to the Ranch

It has short legs, but a big heart: the Corgi has padded onto the Ranch! You can scoop-up your precious ball of fluff as a Rare Drop from Hunting Chapaa, Muujin, and Jaakcat tails.

Corgis come in six coat colors and can inherit one of two patterns.

New Simple Sundries Decor

Every good harvest needs a well-stocked kitchen, and every well-stocked kitchen needs a little Simple Sundries kitchen clutter.

Read below for the new Simple Sundries Decor additions and their acquisition methods/location(s):

Item	Loot / Craft / Purchase Location
Simple Sundries Case	Acquired via Furniture Guild Store
Simple Sundries Box	Acquired via Inspiration
Simple Sundries Paper Bag	Acquired via Inspiration
Simple Sundries Pouch	Acquired via Inspiration
Simple Sundries Planter	Acquired via Inspiration

New Gardening Tints

Two new Tints bring a little harvest-season warmth to your Home Plot.

Read below for the new Tints and their acquisition methods/location(s):

Item	Loot / Craft / Purchase Location
Pumpkin Patch Tint	Recipe acquired by tilling garden soil.
Earthen Tint	Recipe acquired by tilling garden soil.

New Plushes

Two new Plushes wash ashore, and they are shell-ebrating being huggable at last.

Read below for the new Plushes and their acquisition methods/location(s):

Item	Loot / Craft / Purchase Location
Crab Warrior Plush	Rare Drop from Crab War Chest
Major Manta Plush	Rare Drop from Fishing

Improvements & Adjustments

Jaakcats Back to Normal

With Spiritfest winding down, the Ghastly Jaakcats have returned to their usual, slightly-less-spooky selves, but they’ll continue dropping Tattered Cloth until Spiritfest ends on November 1.

Premium Store Updates

New outfit collections have been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Outfit Name	Outfit Names	Pieces	Price (Per Outfit/Collection)
Virtual Streetwear	Creature Catcher	Top, Bottom, Hat	2550 Palia Coins

A fresh fit that comes with a cute lil’ friend! A pixel pal lives on the screen of this outfit, and a hologram projector will project your new friend for all to see. The hologram can be toggled on or off, so your look can be as low-key or as high-tech as you like.

Collection Name	Outfit Names	Pieces	Price (Per Outfit/Collection)
Bahari Fencing Jacket	Épée Sabre Foil	Top, Bottom	1275 Palia Coins Each / 2550 Palia Coins

En garde! This sporty ensemble keeps you protected yet light on your feet in three styles. The fancy footwork is up to you.

A new Pet has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Pet Name	Pets	Price (Per Pet)
Corgi	Sandy Wolf Sable Painted	1275 Palia Coins Each

A Palian's best friend! Tiny legs, maximum loyalty, and a tail that never stops waggin’.

Handler’s License	Price
Corgi Handler's License	2550 Palia Coins
Corgi Starter Bundle	2975 Palia Coins

A new Corgi Starter Bundle has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Starter Bundle	Includes	Price
Corgi Starter Bundle	The Starter Bundle includes the Corgi Handler’s License and much more. Head in-game for the full list of included items.	2975 Palia Coins

A new Glider has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Glider Name	Price
Vaporwave Glider	850 Palia Coins

Simultaneously cool and blindingly vibrant. Neon skies, sunset gradients, and a synth soundtrack playing somewhere in your head as you ride the vibe across Bahari Bay.

A new Tool Skin has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Tool Skin Name	Pieces	Price
Pixel Power Tools	Axe Pickaxe Hoe Bow Watering Can Fishing Rod	1275 Palia Coins

The Pixel Power Tool Skins turn every action into a welcome dose of nostalgia.

A new Emote has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Emote Name	Price
Pull Up a Chair	1275 Palia Coins

Give those legs a rest! Pop open a folding chair whenever you want… just like Mason Jamoa.

A new Landscape has been added to the Premium Store, available immediately.

Landscape Name	Price
Amber Heights	975 Palia Coins

The beauty of a Kilima Valley autumn can now be yours year-round. The Amber Heights Landscape wraps your Home Plot in golden leaves and crisp autumn air, no matter the season.

We put in a lot of work this cycle to clean things up across Palia. Tons of bugs were fixed, and we have listened to player feedback to make improvements in lots of areas to help everything run smoother and feel better to play.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where players could activate placement mode while in first-person or selfie camera mode.
• Resolved an issue where the Favorite/Unfavorite keybind also collapsed expanded sections in the animal Inspect menu.
• Fixed an issue where the “House of Nightshade” location was not mentioned in the Stables Board in the Royal Highlands.
• Fixed an issue where forageable plants and foliage would cycle sharply through their glow effect.
• Prevented creatures from navigating too deeply into water, ensuring dropped loot bags remain safely within reach.
• Fixed an issue where the Insta-Grow cookie could be used on an animal already affected by a Never-Grow cookie.
• Corrected the number of produced items a Palcat can hold.
• Resolved an issue where cloned Jaakcats in higher-tier Jaakcat encounters could still appear in their Ghastly Spiritfest form.
• Fixed an issue where cleared wood debris could remain visible during the opening tutorial.
• Fixed an issue where the settings menu cursor could disappear when pressing the left or right directional button.
• Fixed an issue where DualSense and PS4 controllers were not being recognized on PC. [Fixed in a previous hotfix]
• Improved visual sharpness on Nintendo Switch. NPCs should no longer appear visually blurrier than intended across platforms.
• Fixed an issue where growable items were not able to be requested.
• Fixed an issue where increasing the amount of an item donated on the Contribute Board required clicking twice with a mouse.
• Fixed an issue where the Rider's Reroll Treat had no effect on Riffroc or Valhast.
• Fixed an issue where Taylin's Friendship Level 5 questline could be acquired prematurely.
• Resolved an issue where Taylin did not appear at some of her quest locations.
• Talking to Sifuu before meeting Taylin no longer triggers dialogue about her.
• Fixed an issue during the "Like a Bird" quest where the Glider would not auto-equip if the player had a full inventory.
• Fixed an issue where some Artifacts in Royal Highlands were allowed to be destroyed, creating a progression blocker.
• Fixed an issue where Cloudminnow could incorrectly be used in cooking recipes during the "It Takes a Village" quest, creating a potential progression blocker.
• “It Takes a Village” quest - Fixed an issue where one of the Cloudminnow Ponds wouldn't yield any fish when using Ordinary Worm bait.
• Fixed an issue where being in camera mode while a cinematic played could visually disrupt the cinematic sequence.
• On Switch, the Party invitation prompt in the Social menu is no longer cut off.
• Fixed an issue on Nintendo Switch where the directional arrow icons in the sliding tile puzzle UI were spaced too closely together.
• Fixed an issue where the Daily Quest, "Frozen in Time", only accepted Birch Amber instead of any valid Amber type.
• Fixed an issue where the completed "It Must Flow" quest could reappear as an active quest.
• Fixed an issue where Crab Wars battles incorrectly rewarded Crab Shells as loot.
• Fixed an issue on consoles where some bushes could load-in displayed solid black before the textures finished loading.

Housing & Decor

• Corrected the rarity shown on several Spiritfest Decor items.
• Fixed an issue where the Charcoal Damask and Dark Damask wallpapers were missing from the Home Tour Store.
• Adjusted inconsistent snapping points on some Patio pieces.
• Fixed an issue where several decor items added in Patch 0.207 displayed the wrong rarity.

Accounts, Character Creation, Collections, and Wardrobe

• Fixed an issue where changing Eyeliner in the Wardrobe could also change the equipped hairstyle.
• On consoles, fixed an issue where the cursor could get stuck in the Wardrobe's hair tab.
• Fixed an issue where the Continue button in character creation could be covered by the list of cosmetic choices at 16:10 aspect ratios in Windowed Mode.
• Corrected the Outfit customization menu showing the same button prompt for different actions.
• Resolved an issue where Nameplate sample text turned black when selected in the Collections menu.
• On PlayStation 5, fixed an issue that prevented players from saving outfits.
• Fixed an issue where the color of the Medium Afro hairstyle did not change when a new hair color was selected.

Premium Cosmetics

• Fixed an issue where accessories on the Azure outfit didn't change color along with the rest of the outfit.
• Adjusted an overly dark shadow on the leg of the Devilish Imp outfit.
• Fixed a flickering light on the Pumpkin Bomb Tool Skin.
• Restored the bowstring animation on several Bow Tool Skins.
• On Nintendo Switch, Lunar Path names, descriptions, and rewards are now localized.
• Fixed an issue where a tree near the Altar in the Haunted Hollow landscape appeared to float above the ground.

New to 0.208

• Player movement may be temporarily disabled when exiting skateboard mode near certain racks in the Tower skate spot.
• Falling out of bounds in the Amber Heights Landscape may return you to the plot without a teleport transition.
• Corgi and Candescent Corgi vouchers may currently display the wrong icon.
• Visiting NPCs may currently snap to a position underneath the housing plot. You can still speak to the NPC by standing near them.
• The inspect prompt may remain visible while naming an animal in the barn.
• The Crab Warrior plush may currently place at the wrong orientation.
• The Pixel Mustache may not currently inherit the player's hair or beard color.
• On Nintendo Switch, the right eye may not currently display correctly for a specific face shape on the masculine body type.
• In the Premium Store, some item previews may currently appear overlapping Potion previews.
• The Palcat may not currently play its sound effect when selected in the Animal Roster menu.
• Players may occasionally get stuck in the Skatepark when getting off the skateboard. Using Unstuck can resolve this in many cases.

Skatepark Known Issues

Disclaimer: The Skatepark is an experimental new feature launching with several known issues. These issues may not be resolved quickly, or at all, as we plan to prioritize fixing Palia bugs that affect the main gameplay experience.

• Some painted assets may currently show flickering (z-fighting) along their edges.
• The grind animation may look distorted when sliding over the middle ramp edge.
• The grind animation may not play correctly from other players' perspective.
• Outfit visual effects may remain visible while skating as a Trufflet.
• Sliding across the pennant string may cause your Trufflet to play an unnatural animation.
• An invisible surface may be present at the pennant string's endpoints.
• The paint minigame timer may conflict with the climb-the-tower challenge.
• A ramp floor surface may display an inconsistent paintable appearance.
• The score may not reset after performing a grind.
• The rail on flat ground may not change color immediately upon grinding.
• Players may remain stuck on rails when grinding at a slower speed.
• The paint minigame HUD may disappear when the Tower UI is triggered.

Other Issues

• VFX of previously worn outfits may be displayed when re-enabling the "Play Local Idle Animations" option.
• The Completed seal overlaps the Path name in some Lunar Paths with long titles.
• Player character is visible in the background when previewing Dye Palette rewards in the Lunar Path.
• The remaining path rewards indicator in the HUD does not match the actual number of unclaimed rewards.
• Baby animals taken into the world as Pets may be displayed as adult-sized after dismounting.
• Certain ranch animals' cosmetic traits may not display correctly after changing servers.
• Graphical artifacts may be seen during the transformation animation of some outfits.
• K-pop outfit VFX disappear after toggling the housing menu on and off inside the plot.
• Equipping the Sharkbait Hat will incorrectly remove the player's equipped hairstyle.
• Players may see issues with wallpapers on the Courtyard when a window alternation is chosen.
• In rare cases, ghosted players may become temporarily invisible on Switch.
• The aim sensitivity slider may not currently change aiming behavior.
• On consoles, players may be able to exit placement mode using buttons that were not intended to do so.
• The Donate button may disappear after switching between tabs in the Animal Inventory.
• The Jaak-o-Lantern Wall Light may appear less detailed when viewed up close.
• Some Spooky-themed titles may display an incorrect rarity.
• The Pumpkin Rockhopper icon may appear twice in the profile icon selection menu.
• After changing outfits in the Wardrobe, the effects and pose from the previous outfit's transformation may remain in place.
• Some idle effects may remain visible while playing the "OB3Y by AZODi & HARP" Bow emote.
• On PC, player name colors for party and community members may not persist after changing servers.
• River water in Kilima Valley may render with a chunky, low-detail surface.
• On PC, the controller's Back button may not currently function in the Escape or Settings menus.