Palworld's 'Lifmunk Effigies' Does the Opposite of What It Says, Fans Clamor to Have It Fixed : Games : Gamenguide

(Photo : Pocketpair / Screenshot taken from Steam.)

Palworld players have found a nasty problem that was causing them to have reduced capture rates. This is due to a bug that involved the use of a certain medicine that is supposed to bring good things, but is actually doing the opposite.

What Bug?

So, what is this bug that caused Palworld players to clamor for a fix? Well, it involves the use of the Memory Reset Drug and how it affects Lifmunk Effigies.

For those who do not know, the Memory Reset Drug is a usable medicine in Palworld that effectively resets the player's stats, so they can respec to try out new builds if they want to.

On the other hand, Lifmunk Effigies are collectible items that increase the player's chance of capturing new Pals.

With that said, there was an issue that made Lifmunk Effigies provide the opposite effect. Instead of increasing the chances of getting Pals, they actually lower the capture rate of these creatures. This is evidenced by a video posted by Chalenor.

Some players took to Reddit to voice their concerns. Redditor ChildrenofYggdrasil said that everything was fine until they started catching Pals recently.

Another Redditor said that they collected eight effigies but still struggled to catch Pals that were 12 levels lower than them.

Company Responds

It looks like developer Pocketpair caught wind of the situation and has deployed a hotfix to address the issue. According to the patch notes for Update v0.1.4.0, the issue where the capture power provided by Lifmunk Effigies is reset when the player uses the Memory Reset Drug has now been resolved.

The update implemented other bug fixes as well, such as:

MAJOR FIXES

Fixed an issue where the game would crash under certain conditions
Fixed an issue where if another player's pal/base pal had HP 30% or less, it could be captured by using a sphere.
Fixed an issue where enemy pals would get stuck in walls due to charge attacks.
Implemented the first fix for an issue where the game would always crash and save data would be corrupted when the guild's total number of pals captured reached around 7,000.
- The game no longer crashes even if the total number of captured objects exceeds 7,000.

PLAYER ISSUES

Fixed an issue where players on dedicated servers and co-op (online) were receiving damage twice.
Players will no longer pass through walls when dismounting.
Fixed an issue where armor could be equipped in the wrong slot.

BASE ISSUES

Specifications have been changed so that Pals who are manually assigned to a breeding farm will not become hungry and their manual assignments will not be removed.
Reduced the speed and range of fire spreading on wooden buildings.
Fixed an issue where manual work assignments could not be set at all under certain circumstances.
Fixed an issue where extremely high-level Relaxaurus would attack the base during raids.
Added several measures to prevent base Pals from getting stuck.

Have you played Palworld after downloading the recent patch? If so, have you still encountered the bug with Lifmunk Effigies? Let us know in the comments!