They say that the first step to solving any problem is to identify it. The thing is that I identified mine a few days ago and the only thing that has changed is that I am a more conscious person. I have been hopelessly hooked on Palworld for a week, to the point of accumulating 18.5 hours in two days (Saturday and last Sunday) and [INSERTAR HORAS] Until today.
I have had strong problems over the last few years. Starfield and the almost 200 hours to bring you the analysis is an example, although I don’t count it because it was partly work. Another softer case was Remnant 2 and its DLC, which captivated me for dozens of hours… although not in the way it did. Palworld. The Division 2 in 2019 and Elden Ring in 2022 were the last to hit me so hard.
I tend to be extremely absent-minded and sometimes I can’t focus my attention on something, but when I do I become obsessed. I research, I read, I watch videos and guides, I ask people who know more… until one day another obsession simply appears and I start over. I’m sure many of you can identify. Now it’s up to Palworld and, although I am enjoying myself as a young child, I pray that Skull and Bones and Pacific Drive will get me out of this hole.
My adventures in Palworld: discovering a new world
My first foray into Palworld She was shy and with a certain respect. I didn’t know exactly what she was expecting and needless to say, I was overwhelmed when her open world opened before my eyes. To quote Nolan’s Joker: “Do I really look like I have a plan? Do you know what I am? I’m a dog that runs after cars. I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one!”
I used the first few minutes of the adventure to take in the views and wander around, while trying to get my mind not to set big goals like “finish the game” or “kill the final boss.” I didn’t know why I was in that world full of puchamones, nor did I care. I love not knowing what the hell I have to do.
Age of Discovery
I decided to set small goals for myself: I was clear that my first companion Pal had to be a wolf. There was no way there wasn’t one! Sure enough, a nice level 5 Direhowl ended up inside my Sphere and being my brave defender. I delayed the tutorial as long as I could, because I wanted to find a place I liked before setting the base. Then moving is very lazy!
I walked around the map for an hour. I saw incredible things: from beautiful horizons to pitched battles between Pals and against humans, the latter armed with clubs, guns and even assault rifles. He wanted to help the creatures, but he didn’t have a single stick to prod them. I limited myself to seeing who would lose and continuing on my way in search of a good place to settle.
The idea was to find a small elevation in the form of a hallway. And I did it! In front of a bridge with two large statues. There were two possible entrances and one of them was so narrow that it could easily be covered with two or three walls. The terrain ensured that the flanks were covered. I claimed the land and there is my home today. Although a base on the same bridge wouldn’t be bad…
Age of Exploration
I established the base and covered the basic needs (food, stone and wood) by enslaving my first Pals. I was not too strict when choosing them, since it was enough for me that they did not have negative attributes related to the work. Now it was time to explore.
My travels took me in different directions. First I decided to go south. As Treebeard said in The Lord of the Rings: “I always liked the south. It’s like going downhill.” I didn’t fight big battles or defeat bosses, but seeing different biomes meant I was able to acquire different Pals. Additionally, I gained a lot of experience from unlocking fast travel and liberating a couple of poaching camps. Whoever says liberate, says pass the broom after the Pals massacred them.
If there was a mountain, I would climb quickly to see everything around me and watch the sunsets. That, in turn, allowed me to set the next goal. And so, from mountain to mountain, I began to go north… too far. I found enemies of a much higher level. Although it didn’t take much power to kill me a couple of times: the damn multicolored parrots caught me by surprise. They are suicidal people who attack you and immolate themselves.
I decided to turn around and go home. I upgraded my weapons, tools and puchamone equipment. I was starting to feel strong, so I decided to complete the last step of the tutorial: facing the boss of Rayne’s Tower of Syndicate. I’ll save you the detours: I lasted four minutes before dying. I was not prepared at the skill level. Neither does my faithful companion Rooby.
Era of the journey to the Yggdrasil tree
My warrior spirit suffered a wound, but the adventurer was stronger than ever. I continued exploring the map in all directions, facing all types of enemies, discovering new biomes and climbing the highest peaks that my stamina allowed me.
The best moment, without a doubt, was seeing how a huge piece of mammoth destroyed five furtive humans with a single blow. It was a seen and not seen. There I got my first crude bullets, something that is still far from my technological advance. I unlocked the musket last Thursday or Friday. That’s when I noticed a huge tree on the horizon. It was exceptionally large and had a bright blue sap on its trunk. I focused all my attention on what I called the Yggdrasil.
After an invasion that burned my house to the ground, I added more defenses and improved automation so that everything could function without me for an extended period of time. I was (and am) proud of the result: a small Viking village… although it wasn’t going to last too long like that.
I headed north, right in the direction of the Yggdrasil tree. He often took detours to explore areas, capture puchamones, or unlock fast travel. I avoided the most powerful enemies and captured any bug that caught my attention. I understand that the best way to level up in Palworld It’s destroying it and capturing everything, but it doesn’t work out for me to be a genocide.
The tree is so big that I rarely felt like I was getting close. The following images show the moment when I discovered that I was closer than I expected, but that I was not going to get there on that trip. There was still a long way to go. I almost drowned trying to move a little further. Palworld He was obviously telling me that now was not the time. I accepted it, but made a promise that I would try again soon.
Stone Age
The positive part of having traveled so much is that I have a lot of map discovery, fast travel points and world bosses, so I can resume the journey whenever I want. Also, more recently I discovered that the northeast path is more passable and may be the key to getting there easier… even if it’s not fast. In any case, I accepted my failure and returned home. It didn’t take me long to learn stone structures and this time I was the one who tore down the house to remake it.
A well-defended stone communal house, immune to the fire brought by many enemies in the form of grenades and flamethrowers. I was tempted to remove the wooden walls, but I decided to leave them because of the effect it has on the AI: the door forms a single bottleneck access and the invaders detect that it is the shortest path to the core, so they always arrive from the same point. I can hold them with some ease now, but it’s going to be a massacre when I unlock the fixed machine guns.
The Stone Age featured another important achievement for my character. I returned to Rayne’s Syndicate Tower to take revenge. This time, Zoe & Grizzbolt, dungeon bosses, bit the dust. After this, I set my sights on several world bosses lower than or equal to my level. I managed to capture most of them, although my partner screwed up some captures. Nothing that can’t be fixed in the future.
At the end of the week, another new chapter began that continues today and will continue throughout the next: the age of darkness. It’s good and shady enough to dedicate a post to next Saturday. Believe me it will be worth it. Until then, I’ll keep exploring, traveling to other towers, and defeating powerful enemies. I hope to bring news from Yggdrasil, although I make no promises.
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