Breakpoint catch-up

Catch-up: you left before Crossplay

You missed crossplay and the Global Palbox — the two changes that rewrote the ground rules for moving accounts, saves and Pals around. Tides, Home Sweet Home and 1.0 still sit between you and the current build.

do three things first

  1. Confirm archiving and Global Palbox policies.
  2. Check whether the job suitability and resource chain are unfamiliar.
  3. Add important Pals to the illustrated guide for tracking.

Catch-up checklist

systemWhat you need to remember againNext step
CrossplaySince v0.5.0 you can play together across platforms. Work out how your platform and your friends' line up, and how you'll connect.open
Global PalboxDepositing and withdrawing Pals across worlds became standard in this version — it's the bridge that lets you restart without throwing away what you raised.open
Server togglesWhether the server admin allows import/export decides outright whether you can bring your Pals across.open
The versions after thatTides, Home Sweet Home and 1.0 are still ahead of you — use the version timeline to decide what order to take them in.open

Official breakpoint source

version/nodeDateofficial titleplayer influence sentence

Source: Steam News API official announcements / Pocketpair official news; last check: 2026-07-04. Only the main version nodes that will be used in player tasks are listed, and bugfixes are not entered into the foreground timeline.

Save/reopen condition enumeration

situationSuggestionswhat not to do
You want the full 1.0 storyStart a fresh save, and use the Global Palbox to carry over the Pals you can't bear to leave behind.Don't read "old saves still work" as a promise that continuing one will walk you through the reworked main story and tower bosses at their intended pace.
I just want to keep the results of cultivationJust continue your old save: the official changelog confirms v0.7.3 and earlier saves carry over, and 1.0 wipes nothing.Don't skip a full folder backup before you update.
Want both (compromise)Fresh save plus Global Palbox transfers for the Pals you pick — move special individuals in small test batches before scaling up.Don't bulk-transfer unverified special individuals in one go.
Play with friends or private serversAsk the server admin whether import/export is allowed, and follow the upgrade checklist to back up and stop the server first.Don't assume that Global Palbox is enabled on all servers.
Old-save character stuck outside the mapAfter 1.0 reworked the map, an old save can spawn you outside the new boundary — use Emergency Escape in the options menu to get free.Don't mistake it for a corrupted save and delete the file.

Action route after completion

Decide to save/reopen

Judge the complete experience, retained results, private server switch and special individuals separately.

Save important Pal

Put the Pals you want to keep, want to re-capture or want to check into the local tracking table.

Common misjudgments among returning players

MisjudgmentCorrection method
Going the old video routeFirst look at the system differences after the version breakpoint, and then decide whether to follow the instructions.
Use old files to equate to a complete experienceUsability, complete experience and new processes are judged separately.
Only combat content is supplementedThe base, production chain, breeding status and tracking table also affect the return experience.