{"id":26305,"date":"2024-01-29T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=26305"},"modified":"2024-01-29T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T04:08:15","slug":"20240129-26305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240129-26305\/","title":{"rendered":"Palworld cheaters are playing the game Grand Theft Auto-style\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Palworld<\/strong> players have been reporting increasing incidents of cheating on the game\u2019s official servers. One Japanese player\u2019s video of an encounter with a cheater has gone viral, as users describe it as the \u201cPalworld version of Team Rocket\u201d and \u201cGTA in Palworld.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[Regarding countermeasures against cheating on official servers] <br>Currently, some players have been confirmed to be cheating on the official server. <br>We will apply a patch as soon as it is ready, but it is currently difficult to completely prevent all cheating immediately. <br><br>We\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Palworld (@Palworld_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Palworld_EN\/status\/1750477496787853657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PocketPair\u2019s monster-taming survival game Palworld was released in Early Access on January 19, becoming a worldwide best-seller in a matter of days. The game\u2019s record-breaking traffic was unfortunately accompanied by growing reports of the use of cheats and malicious exploits on Palworld\u2019s official servers. Players have been faced with having their bases destroyed and having rare Pals stolen by cheaters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PocketPair was quick to address the issue, releasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1623730\/view\/3979560973703026747?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Update Patch v0.1.3.0<\/a> on January 25, which included \u201ccountermeasures against various cheats and exploits.\u201d At the same time, the developers warned that this would not be a complete solution, stating, \u201cit is currently difficult to completely prevent all cheating immediately.\u201d They promised to keep working on strengthening Palworld\u2019s security.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, players are still at risk of encountering hostile cheaters. On January 28, a Japanese Palworld player shared an in-game video of their encounter with a cheater which has garnered significant attention in the community. The cheater had apparently slipped into their multiplayer server and essentially performed a one-man raid.\u00a0The video shows a bunch of dead Pals on the ground, and a follow-up screenshot reveals rows of destroyed eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30d1\u30eb\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u3000\u30de\u30eb\u30c1\u30b5\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u3000\u30c1\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u304c\u5165\u308a\u8fbc\u3093\u3067\u5168\u62e0\u70b9\u7834\u58ca\u3000\u30d1\u30eb\u30e2\u30f3\u5f37\u596a\u3000\u5168\u753b\u9762\u30c0\u30e1\u30fc\u30b8\u3000\u30ae\u30eb\u30c9\u5f37\u5236\u89e3\u4f53\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3000\u767d\u3044\u30d1\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u3067\u30d1\u30eb\u30e2\u30f3\u304c\u596a\u308f\u308c\u3066\u304f\u306e\u7d76\u671b\u611f\u304c\u3059\u3054\u3044 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/99M6E5kxSz\">pic.twitter.com\/99M6E5kxSz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3053\u3041\u306a\u304a\u305f (@ukaga_ka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukaga_ka\/status\/1751501104893018270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>A cheater snuck into our multiplayer server in Palworld and decimated all our bases. Pals stolen. Damage on all sides. Forced the guild to disband. The despair of having your \u201cPalmon\u201d stolen one by one with white \u201cPalballs\u201d is something else.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cheater can be seen riding a Jetragon, a Legendary Celestial Pal, and firing attacks in all directions. Their appearance and behavior have prompted comparisons to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hatokichi_8\/status\/1751621460412801326?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Hunter J<\/a>, and many are calling what the player went through a \u201cTeam Rocket Event.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3084\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3053\u3068\u30ed\u30b1\u30c3\u30c8\u56e3\u3068\u30df\u30e5\u30a6\u30c4\u30fc\u3058\u3083\u3093\uff64\uff64\uff64 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M1rSk1lRFr\">https:\/\/t.co\/M1rSk1lRFr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u767d\u9ed2\u3000\u30d7\u30ed\u30c8 (@reshizeku_win) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reshizeku_win\/status\/1751547200419893457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>They\u2019re literally doing what Team Rocket and Mewtwo did&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon comparisons aside, the video has also caused some concern about the extent of the cheating going on in Palworld. Palworld has gained popularity and traffic that far exceeds its comparatively humble scale of development, which might have caused the developers some difficulty in staying on top of things. Users are hoping for swift action from PockerPair to counter the cheating, especially considering the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/20240123-25950\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planned PvP mode<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palworld is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1623730\/Palworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-us\/games\/store\/palworld-game-preview\/9nkv34xdw014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheating in Palworld is becoming a growing concern in the community, but players have been jokingly calling cheater attacks &#8220;Team Rocket Events.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":26311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-26305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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