Go section by section through the official notes to see what 1.0 changed and what v1.0.1 fixed.
Breakpoint catch-up
Catch-up: you left before Home Sweet Home
You're among the closest to 1.0: only v0.7's base and QoL changes plus 1.0 itself are missing. Focus on reorganising your base and on 1.0's new region, awakening and mutation — no need to relearn the whole game.
do three things first
- Confirm archiving and Global Palbox policies.
- Check whether the job suitability and resource chain are unfamiliar.
- Add important Pals to the illustrated guide for tracking.
Catch-up checklist
| system | What you need to remember again | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Base & living space | v0.7 centred on the base experience — coming back, first check whether work suitability and resource chains still feel familiar. | open |
| New 1.0 map areas | The Sunreach region and the World Tree endgame both arrived only with 1.0. | open |
| Awakening & mutation | The awakening and mutation layers added in 1.0 feed straight into what you breed for and how you plan progression. | open |
| New Pals | 1.0 added 72 Pals — list your gaps in the Paldeck tracker first, then decide which ones to go catch. | open |
Official breakpoint source
| version/node | Date | official title | player influence sentence |
|---|
Save/reopen condition enumeration
| situation | Suggestions | what not to do |
|---|---|---|
| You want the full 1.0 story | Start 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 cultivation | Just 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 servers | Ask 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 map | After 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
Judge the complete experience, retained results, private server switch and special individuals separately.
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
| Misjudgment | Correction method |
|---|---|
| Going the old video route | First 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 experience | Usability, complete experience and new processes are judged separately. |
| Only combat content is supplemented | The base, production chain, breeding status and tracking table also affect the return experience. |