Palworld 1.0 won't require you to "wipe your data," but Pocketpair says "you should" anyway: "Starting a new character will give you the best experience"

Palworld 1.0 cinematic trailer screenshot shows a woman with red hair standing next to a panda-like Pal.

Palworld 1.0 is finally rolling out next month, and while developer Pocketpair confirms that early-access players won't need to wipe their save data, it's recommended that they start fresh anyway.

During the Summer Game Fest 2026 stream, it was announced that Palworld 1.0 releases on July 10 after more than two years in early access. Palworld hit enormous player numbers when it first released – it has the third highest concurrent player peak of all time on Steam at over 2.1 million (thanks, SteamDB). Needless to say, there are a lot of people with existing save files, but it's entirely up to the players how they want to handle things going into the game's full launch.