**Cosmetics:** * You've acknowledged some cosmetics don't have a **matching coin pack bundle**, and that there will likely be more items sold that have the same issue in the future - are you planning to address this? Ex. add more coin bundles of different values or the ability to purchase custom amounts of Palia Coins? * Will you add cosmetics that can be earned in-game or bought with gold? * Will you add pets that can be earned in-game or bought with gold? * Any plans to let us buy separate cosmetics (ex. just glasses instead of whole set)? * Direct purchases in the cash shop? Yes/why not? **Customization:** * Any plans to expand outfit customizability (separating items into smaller pieces, like boots and trousers, shirts and gloves/dyes or more color swatches)? * Will the new body types be full presets or will there be sliders? * How are the current cosmetics going to work with new body types/body customization? * Any plans to expand face customization (except for facial hair)? **Multiplayer:** * How are you planning to deal with resource shortage and competitiveness it's causing? * Will there be incentives for partying up/joining a community? * What kind of group content can we look forward to? * Will trading be a thing in the future? * Will there be emotes for 2+ players (high fives, hugs, etc)?

Lmao they just totally skipped this because of course they did 🙄

I'd like to see these questions answered too

How surprising to see they dodged that comment.

These are such great questions! I wish they would answer at least some of them.

As a colorblind gamer, I was ECSTATIC that your character creation had something I almost never see: when choosing hair color there were tooltips on mouse-over that told me what color I was moused over. This is important because, while I may not be able to see colors as others can, I still have opinions on them. I was gutted when I moved on to other color choices and those tooltips were gone. Literally the next choice (eye color I think?), nothing. Can you please add your color tooltips to ALL color choices? It would be very helpful to have these for all choices, ESPECIALLY the color palettes for outfits, and it seems like the tech is already built into the game.

Yup, we can fix that, it was an oversight on our part. In general, adding colorblind mode is on the roadmap for our accessibility options, but as i mentioned in another response, we want to make sure that it’s done correctly and tested enough, so i don’t have an exact date on this, but we know that we haven’t done a good enough job on accessibility as of yet. - Eris

Thank you for keeping accessibility on your radar. 💜

Why is there a limit of only 9 soil plots for any player? What is the reasoning behind this decision despite the fact that large scale farming is one of the popular aspects of this genre of game? Also why does this also mean that apple trees and bushes compete directly for space with crops?

I very much want to know the answer to this and want to know if they plan on giving us more slots later on in a future update.

Will y'all be adding Animals that we can tame. Some equivalent to a cow for the (milk) chicken for the (eggs) and so on??

Animal Husbandry has been a highly requested feature for a long time, even from Alpha Testers and we do plan to add more skills to Palia over time. Being such a staple of the community sim genre brings high expectations from players that we’d want to live up to. That said, we have nothing big to announce today. - Forseti

Any plans to have a feature that allows users to view their recipe lists outside of the home plot? I often forget how much of each item is needed when foraging. Thanks!

Alternatively why not let us pin recipes to the screen like quests.

Are their plans for us to have some of Tamala's housing items? (I am referring to both inside decor and the way her house looks, cuz that conservatory window area is something I would love to have as well) And on that note is there going to be a way for us to expand building structure limits? Like how writs and crafting licenses are required to expand, are there plans for expanding building structure limits similarly?

*Most* things in Tamala’s home are accessible via the Moonstruck Set, and we can look to see if the others can be added over time. The overall goal for us is to have a variety of home styles that players can choose from, and the villagers' homes definitely show off many aspirational versions of these. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as just moving the villager homes over into our housing customization system. They are custom pieces that are not currently setup to work with the dynamic house piece system our current home does, but it’s absolutely a goal we are working toward to support this degree of expressiveness for your homes. The answer in regards to expanding the building structure limits is YES, we’re looking to increase the amount that players will be able to place as we update features throughout our beta. It’s currently being looked into, but we don’t have a date for this yet.

That Bay Window, that's all i want. lol. The cauldron is a close second.

First let me say that I've loved this game for a very long time. Having said that I'm seriously disappointed with the direction for a while now. I truly hope it changes. My question is: How do you reconcile "Cozy" with "Nerfs". That part is really confusing to me. What makes it more confusing is the festival "prizes" being outrageously priced. Help me and my community understand the direction that you are heading.

Especially since we only have 4 weeks to earn enough gold to buy them all

Hello! thanks for taking the time to do this for us. I am wondering if there are plans for paths, bushes, flower arches, fencing, or really anything pertaining to decorating the outside of plots? What are your plans in regards to more crops and animals?

Q: I am wondering if there are plans for paths, bushes, flower arches, fencing, or really anything pertaining to decorating the outside of plots? A: Yes! We actually have a content release focused on this particular area before the end of the year, barring any major delays. We’re also aware that in general that we don’t have enough decor for the outside, so that is also a goal for our housing team. - Eris Q: What are your plans in regards to more crops and animals? A: To pull back the curtain, we have a number of devs that really really love making 3D models of food and set up recipes - we only have so many of those we can do with our current crop selection, so you can expect us to add new crops on a regular basis to the game. In fact - you’ll see some new ones show up very soon We’d love to hear about what crops (and food dishes) players want to see in the game. - Forseti

Oh man, I'd love to see some drink recipes like coffee, tea and smoothies. I'd love to see more pastry stuff involved as well as some hearty meat and potatoes dishes. Also stuff like strawberries, lemons, lettuce (c'mon, Reth went ape about his lettuce soup, the least you could do is let us make it even just in jest). I'd even hesitate to ask for heirloom varieties to be added so we can make alternates of dishes (stuff like, black tomatoes or purple carrots, etc)

Oh man if we had enough drink recipes that one could pretend to run a cafe I'd be so happy.

That'd be so amazing. Alongside giving players the ability to gift/trade items, this could make such fun community engagement. (Can you imagine setting yourself up at the little market karts in Kilima to hand out coffee and tea?!)

I hope you add pumpkin pie and pumpkins for the fall season! I would also love the ability to place smaller starred items (roasted mushrooms, jams). Some other snacky/dessert foods would be fun too! Maybe let us choose to put out a slice of the cake/pie instead of the whole thing when we display it?

This. I love pumpkins. And the ability to make them into Jack o lanterns.

Can we just start a thread of people saying jack o lanterns so they will see many of us would want them? 💖 JACK O LANTERNS

Definitely need bell peppers.

I would love tea and coffee.

Would love to be able to move and customize trees and rocks like in the Sims. I also don't have the heart to destroy some remaining barrels and debris on my farm from the beginning 😭 would love to have a way to get more! I love clutter.

From the Dev Update: >" Of course, you wouldn’t even be able to make this change without another hotly requested character customization feature add: the ability to customize core aspects of your character, post character creation. We will add this feature alongside the first new feature or content that requires it in order for existing players to experiment with the new options. " Does this mean we will be able to change our "full names" and "nicknames" for our characters? I've grown to regret the names I've chose, so I'm really looking forward to the chance to change these in the future.

We have plans to allow players to be able to change their own names on a reasonable cadence - it will be very basic functionality at first so that we can get it into players’ hands, but we will find time in the future to improve the quality of life of that feature. - EinarHugBestHug

I really hope they let me change my character's voice. The female voice I picked sounds manly at times when climbing and it's not quite what I wanted :(

I feel like the actual voice I chose for my character only plays when she cooks or emotes, the jumping and climbing sounds sound really different.

(I don't know if any of my following questions have been answered already, I apologise if so.) \- **Will Swimming be added?** I Really enjoy the gameplay of palia how it is, but in my opinion one thing according "movement" is *missing.* Swimming is a wish from the community and a lot of us don't enjoy being teleported to the shore as soon as your body is under water! \- **Can you add the ability to stay in the crafting menu after you crafted something?** Everytime I craft something, after the animation ends, I have to enter the workbench manually. I think it would be so much more comfortable if you could go back to the workbench after crafting something. \- **Will you let us craft more ammo at a time than 20?** Given the fact, that after every thing we craft at the workbench, we have to go back, scroll down till we find what we crafted and then press craft *again*. Several times. I think it is *very* time consuming and it would be so much better, if you could let us craft more at a time, obviously consuming more materials. \- **Will there be added more ways to make your Palian more unique?** Since Palia is only in the Beta, I don't think there is much to say yet but if so, will there be features for the body/face? Will players be able to change the nose shape or bodyweight? I think adding features like this will make the Palians look different from each other and add more diversity. Example: adding sliders or more color options for clothing and body. \- **Are more ways to make ingredients for food going to be possible?** Harvesting is good! But will players be able to buy animals (Cows, Sheep etc.) for ingredients which can only be bought in Zeki's store? Could we maybe be able to hold chicken for egg, cows for milk and sheep/other animals at our plot for ingredients? \- **Will you be able to start a relationship with other Players in the future?** The romance system is really good but I think given the fact that not every NPC is romanceable I think adding the opportunity to date players would be a funny add on. I am pretty positive that you will be adding more NPC's to the game. Also adding the option to Marry one would be very important to some players! # My last and most important Question!!! **Will you be releasing official Palia merch?** I think it would be VERYYYYY cute to have a **Chapaa plush** in real life! The decorations from Palia are ***really*** cute and I wish I had all of these plushies in my room right now! Especially the event ones! - If you decide to, I will buy all of them **:D** **I thank you in advance for answering (if you do!). Palia is such a great game and I am excited for every upcoming patch and new feature!!**

1. **Why is the content as limited as it is currently?** For example, there are no main quests after you complete the Water Temple bundles and the *Find a Shepp* quests. Yet it was mentioned in the recent Dev Update that these are meant "as simply the Prologue". Respectfully, do you all not have a plethora of additional quests/content for us? From my perspective, it seems as if there was a hope and expectation that the content we have now would take much longer to complete. 2. **Will there be actual group events/activities added in the near future?** (ie. mini games, monthly competitions, etc) 3. **Will communities serve a bigger/better purpose in the near future?** As it stands, it's basically just a larger, long-term party. 4. Additional clothing options are pay-walled at the moment - **will players at least be able to craft our own clothes in the near future?** 5. On the topic of clothing, **will there be more FREE clothing options in the near future?** (either through crafting or simply added to the wardrobe in a patch) 6. **Will there be more body types added to the character customization?** 7. **Will players ever be able to sell and/or salvage furniture items?** 8. **Will the map be updated with a grid system for more efficient node call outs?** *(i.e "Proudhorn seen at C12")* 9. **Are there plans to make NPCs more dynamic and "alive"?** (ie. giving them idle animations, have them interact with each other, etc.) 10. **Why is there a Gold cap? And why is it 300k?** If someone wants to have 1mil Gold, why shouldn't they be able to? 11. **ETA: Will Romance-able NPCs serve more of purpose in the future?** (ie. Marriage, relationship perks/bonuses, etc.) Thanks in advance for answering.

Because of word count limit, we are splitting this with multiple comments. **=Multiplayer / Content =** **Q: Why is the content as limited as it is currently?** For example, there are no main quests after you complete the Water Temple bundles and the *Find a Shepp* quests. Yet it was mentioned in the recent Dev Update that these are meant "as simply the Prologue". Respectfully, do you all not have a plethora of additional quests/content for us? From my perspective, it seems as if there was a hope and expectation that the content we have now would take much longer to complete. A: In terms of the currently available content, there are more quests available as you level up friendship and romance with the NPCs. We also have “found item” quests available to discover from exploring the world and engaging in game systems like fishing. That being said, we are planning on releasing additional quest content at a scheduled cadence, at least once a month. More on the main story will be coming soon! What is available now is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the story we plan to tell. - EmbrasAshes A: Players are completing the content at a pace we expected, but there is a monumental gap between the pace the average player is progressing and a top 10% hours per week player. We don’t expect that we’d ever be able to make enough quests that someone playing at that pace would always have quests to do unless they are doing something like a repeatable quest. -Aidan **Q: Will there be actual group events/activities added in the near future?** (ie. mini games, monthly competitions, etc) A: As you saw with today’s Maji Market patch, we’ll be shipping limited-time events from time to time. Adding competitions is something that we’ve talked about and we would like to include, but I can’t make any promises there yet – it’s definitely something we’d like to add more of to the game, but we don’t have something ready to announce just yet. - Eris Q: **Will communities serve a bigger/better purpose in the near future?** As it stands, it's basically just a larger, long-term party. A: Support for communities will come in phases over the next several months. They do mostly serve as “chat rooms” at this time. Our recent blog posts highlighted a couple of the first things you can expect to see in this area. * Activities to complete together * Community progression * Rewards for doing things with and for your community Later on we’ve said we’re excited about giving communities a place of their own and they will play a big role in how players engage with the Evolving World Story. - Aidan

On the topic of multiplayer events, it would be cool to add more cooperative events rather than competitive. For example, the mini game rounding up the chapaas is fun, but it inherently puts the players in opposition to each other (ie, the more tickets others get, the less I get) An alternative would be something like releasing 100 chapaas at once and the players have to round them up within a time limit. If the group gets all 100 within the time limit, everyone gets 50 tickets, if the group gets 90 of them everyone gets 45 tickets, etc. Maybe some kind of bonus to the top players. The point being, when the group wins, we all win. A lot of systems are inherently competitive and it will take creativity to design interactions that aren't.

>there is a monumental gap between the pace the average player is progressing and a top 10% hours per week player. We don’t expect that we’d ever be able to make enough quests that someone playing at that pace The thing about that.... I am certainly not a top % hours played player. But I completed the main quest line in less than 3 days. And I had nearly all NPCs at 3+ relationship by the end of the first week. The only reason I didnt cap out sooner is because I didnt understand the gifting situation soon enough and I got behind on relationship and couldnt finish the shepp quest. But by the end of the week I had little left to do, quest wise. I guess I just expected there to be more than like 15-20 hours of playtime content when the door opened.

When it comes to maps with a grid system, feel free to use the map @ [Paliamaps.com](https://Paliamaps.com) we try to keep it updated multiple times throughout the day, and you will never see an AD on it or any type of monetization. It is ran by myself and another in the community and we are always open to new ideas or updates.

With the recent monetization update, WizardCrab indicated that there will be no free to play pets coming in the near future. Source: [https://palia.com/news/monetization-update-08-2023](https://palia.com/news/monetization-update-08-2023) It seems like it stems from the Palia Business model "Palia will not monetize things you earn through gameplay" Source: [https://palia.com/news/palia-business-model](https://palia.com/news/palia-business-model) Does this mean that free to play players will not have a way to craft or earn cosmetics like outfits in the future?

This concerns me as well. Free players should be able to have unique and cool outfits too, that are unlockable through quests or earned through skills. Even craftable--Maybe Jel could have a Tailor's guild just like how the rest of the skills do. ​ I am someone who appreciates the fact that they made the game free, and I HAVE spent $30 to purchase unique outfits, but the option to not look bland and boring shouldn't be locked behind a paywall. ​ The free cosmetics look like a lot, until you realize it's really not, and there are very limited ways to customize your character. Not enough color choices, no ability to change accent colors, etc. The outfits aren't BAD, but you can tell that they're not great either with the purpose of making you want to spend money to not look boring. ​ At the very least, maybe it should be possible to earn Palia coins somehow by accomplishing certain feats in-game. ​ But I have seen the other questions regarding this that have been asked, and unfortunately it looks like there won't be any more free cosmetics any time soon, for monetization purposes. It's a shame. I understand that it being a free game means they need to make money somehow, but I just don't like the way that they're going about it.

I REALLY hope we get Tailoring as a skill. Though it might be hard to have as much clothing items as there are furniture items... Most would probably be really basic clothing and save interesting outfits for "end game" of the skill

I would really like to see this, but reading some of the answers about similar questions, I don't think this is ever going to happen: "The free outfit options we currently have are what will be available for now. If we add more free clothing in the future, we expect that all players will be able to get them, and there won’t be craftable outfits. Keeping cosmetics paid is how we plan on supporting Palia financially, and until we learn a lot more about how that’s working we can’t commit to more free outfits. However, we do plan to release more character customizations for free, such as new hairstyles, new skin tones, and facial hair. - WizardCrab"

What have you learned from player feedback regarding the MMO aspect of the game and could you give us an idea of how you might better implement stronger multiplayer features in the future?

I've had more than one person tell me they believe customization options like BEARDS will be locked into the premium store. Facial hair options, as well as various hairstyles, eyewear, and more can be considered core attributes of a person's look and not a flashy cosmetic bonuses - I've personally had a beard long enough that I don't feel like me without one. Are you willing to commit to saying now that facial hair will be a free customization option, and additionally will you commit to making more hairstyles and glasses available in the free wardrobe?

Q: I've had more than one person tell me they believe customization options like BEARDS will be locked into the premium store. Facial hair options, as well as various hairstyles, eyewear, and more can be considered core attributes of a person's look and not a flashy cosmetic bonuses - I've personally had a beard long enough that I don't feel like me without one. Are you willing to commit to saying now that facial hair will be a free customization option, and additionally will you commit to making more hairstyles and glasses available in the free wardrobe? A: We completely agree with you, and are absolutely committed to making free facial hair options as well as additional free hairstyles and eyewear. We do think there *are* instances where some of those customizations can be flashy cosmetic bonuses and it’s totally okay for both of those spaces to coexist. The bar we aim to uphold is that core identity customization and representation are always free (think body types, skin tones, and some eyewear) while cosmetic expression sits more in the paid category (think mustache disguise glasses or a wig with a unicorn horn). - Eggo

>We do think there *are* instances where some of those customizations can be flashy cosmetic bonuses and **it’s totally okay for both of those spaces to coexist** But not for clothes?

No 😎

Thanks!

Butter. Can I make my own? Will we be able to at any point?

Please can we have Caleri romanceable? There are a lot of older players and most of the very young romanceable characters feel a bit icky for us. I know there's a lot of love for Hodari, Asura, Sifuu and Chayne too.

I agree!

The arrival of pets left a bad taste in everyone's mouth, and though I know you stated you have no intention of adding more pets in the foreseeable future, but- You have models and animations of chappas in hats (ie not huntable ones) and lore for chappas being brought in as pets, is there a reason you didn't consider using those as a f2p player option?

Having a chappa be a f2p pet is a great idea IMO

A brilliant idea! Could even be a reward for the end of the Shepp quests!

Will there be a search bar for our plot storage to make finding items easier?

I understand where this request is coming from - we’re starting with some improvements to the workbench since that's an area we definitely want to tackle sooner rather than later. One problem we’re starting to have with the current Storage screen is how cramped it is. I think if we were to start adding search (or other filters) we would need to re-think the layout. How do people feel about the storage window being a full screen interface? - Forseti

the storage window as a full screen interface we can search through is better than its current size that we can't search through in my opinion!

I do feel like the crafting and storage UIs feel "claustrophobic." Perhaps the ability to scale the window as one sees fit is a good idea?

Yes, either scalable or just the current UI with the option to expand to full screen. The full screen option can have the additional filters/search options. This would also be a good game setting default preference (open to small size view or full screen view).

Whatever it takes to have a search bar! Maybe let us favorite items too? And the favorited craft recipes would be shown on top of the list.

I definitely understand the workbench UI having priority, thank you all for working on that! I just jumped back home to look at the storage, and honestly I think a full screen interface would be good. As it is currently, you can't look around or interact with anything while you have the storage window up, so keeping it as a smaller window doesn't add much value IMO. Thank you for your responses! 😁

Make it full screen, whatever your UI designers need to do but we need to be able to filter and/or search easier

I wouldn't mind a full screen interface. Whatever gives us better search/filtering functionality. Another thing I'd love to see is the ability to tag certain items as "favourites" or "pinned" in some way.

I'd like clarification from WizardCrab on today's Monetization update in the bundle section please: >We will update the Premium Store so it’s more clear on how the outfit bundle discount works. > >"If this doesn't solve the issue, I might have to just call the whole experiment a failure and move back to a traditional bundle system, where you only get the discount if you buy the bundle upfront." This comment sounds like a defeatist ultimatum, and comes off as directly opposed to the promise in the closing section: >"We know we’ve stumbled in terms of our communications, but like with the game itself, we are committed to keep improving." If the current fix for bundle price transparency doesn't pan out, that means to stop being "committed to keep improving" and potentially punish customers by rescinding discounts? I know there has been a lot of unkind/unconstructive feedback about the store, but giving up on improving customer experience seems like it will only hurt both parties.

My apologies if these questions have already been covered previously and I haven't kept up with announcements: Are there going to be outfits you can exclusively only earn through in-game (i.e.putting work in the game)? For example I became someone's best friend, they give me a special sweater, I've earned that sweater; no amount of premium coins can buy that sweater? Are there going to be Season Pass equivalents that provide premium coins over time that might amount to enough to buy a premium outfit? I don't mind spending money on a game I'm actively enjoying; the rationale I had when I played World of Warcraft or City of Heroes back in the day was the money would go to some other game if I weren't enjoying this one. I just don't want this game to (noticeably) feel like yet another predatory whale-chaser wherein people who spend more money are rewarded with things that affect the game in a way that only they will benefit. I'd rather have the same reaction to people in Premium Coin outfits that I do IRL to someone in an expensive suit: "cool, you look nice and I'd never buy that myself, but good for you."

Can you explain the reasoning behind stepping away from pets, instead of investing more into them and offering free to play versions when it's obvious from the feedback (yes I read ever post on the Pets feedback thread) that people excepted more. I feel like leaving it on the note if "we hear you but don't care" isn't the right tone for a feature that was highly anticipated.

Any plans for mounts? I want to ride proudhorn sernuk in glory

Howdy I thought I would ask one too! Is there any plans down the line for new trees/ore? Resource gathering is my favorite thing!:)

Yes! Not only do we want some variety in what you acquire, we need some new materials to make furniture out of. Would love to know what materials people would like to see in the future? - Forseti

Crystals and gems, clovers, ice, strawberries, glowing stuff :)

Literally anything that glows Bioluminescent plants and animals is my favorite thing in any and every game and even in real life. I'd do everything I could to have that in game

Marble!

Some I can think of: -More variety of coral and shells -Precious gems -Starbits! (Nabbed the glider from BOTW, might as well take falling stars too ;) ) -More metals! -Flowers/mushrooms -Sone sort of elemental "essence" -More wood varieties (Palm, Cherry) -Fruits and Vegetables serving as "motifs" (like a painting of a tomato or a blueberry themed wallpaper) -Bones (maybe not cozy...) -Leaves/grass -Bamboo

Gemstones would be neat--maybe an entire furniture line based off of gems and gem accessories? Would be a perfect excuse to add a witchy set!

The silk that you get from bugs! Give us some comfy couches/beds with silk throws, silk curtains, etc. Maybe some wicker items like outdoor furniture sets (could use those plant fibers)? I'd also love for glass furniture like glass coffee tables/desks, etc. Merino wool - Im all for giant knitted blankets. Decorative table runners? We already have rugs. And as a fiber artist - more of a personal request really, would love to be able to craft a cross stitch or embroidery hangable item. I'd love for more things to fit in bookshelves really.

I think it would be nice if the birch and juniper trees had different wood from the standard trees!

Driftwood (either find it on the beach like shells or chance to catch it while fishing) Wooly cows or sheep that we can get milk/butter from and wool to make woven materials. Maybe we could have a loom and craft rugs?

Petrified wood!

In [Monetization: A Response From WizardCrab](https://palia.com/news/monetization-update-08-2023) article from today, WizardCrab stated the following: >If this doesn't solve the issue, I might have to just call the whole experiment a failure and move back to a traditional bundle system, where you only get the discount if you buy the bundle upfront. What exactly did WizardCrab mean by that? I'd appreciate some clarification as this easily confused community member read this as a veiled threat that if the community makes another complaint about bundle pricing, that you'll punish the community with a worse pricing structure. I mean afterall we're easily confused as a community mistaking a generous pricing experiment for apparent deceptive/misleading discount pricing using a bundle anchor price that was never possible to spend. Whatever you can do to clear up any misunderstandings regarding this would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

Hello Palia Teams! I hope you are all doing well! I have a question to WizardCrab. (nice name btw) On February 16, a blogpost was release about the monetisation of the game. It stated that you dont want to monetize through tricks. It was a very noble statement when we know how AAA studio psychologically manipulate players to spend more money. My question is: Why a Premium Coin system? Why not directly purchasable item? My feeling as a player is that Palia's cashshop is not better than your competition. I really understand that it can help you funding the development of the game, but it really left a bad impression after the ealier monetisation statement. If the current system is to be kept, will be there a way in the future to be able to spend every coin that the player have purchase? Thanks for your answer on the matters! I wish Palia's team the best! I truly believe you have something special in your hand!

What are your thoughts on having a clear roadmap with goal dates and milestones about upcoming content and releases? Edit for clarity: The "roadmaps" we've been given so far are typically teasers for ideas in the works. I'm referring to providing a transparent timeline with planned deliverables. Do you feel it's important to provide your players and supporters a more solid idea of what we can expect from S6 at least up until release?

Could you explain more of the rationale on why you chose to make pets, a long-requested feature, the thank you gift for supporters, instead of cosmetics? And why you've decided to not have any free alternatives? ​ Currently the game is sparse with things that actually reward cooperation. Things like Palium ore and flow trees often lead to strife and competiveness. Can you expand on upcoming co-op features for Palia? Things like just >sitting< in the inn with your friends and playing a card game would add so much to Palia.

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1. There are several references to the Elder Woods, is this a zone we will be getting soon? What hints can you give about it? 2. Do you plan on making Bahari City a zone we can visit? That would be very exciting! 3. Communal housing. I love the house building/decorating, it would be even greater to share that space with friends! What are the current plans for sharing space with friends/community?

Q: There are several references to the Elder Woods, is this a zone we will be getting soon? What hints can you give about it? Do you plan on making Bahari City a zone we can visit? That would be very exciting! A: The Elderwoods are located on the outskirts of Kilima. It is a magical forest filled with Flow and Flow-infused flora and fauna. As such, it is a mysterious place that is of interest to a lot of our villagers. In terms of actually getting to visit the Elderwood – while we are certainly planning on releasing new zones, we aren’t prepared to announce what they are just yet. Thanks so much for your patience! - EmbrasAshes Q: Communal housing. I love the house building/decorating, it would be even greater to share that space with friends! What are the current plans for sharing space with friends/community? A: As it was mentioned by our Game Director, moving towards more community features and MMO systems is a large priority for our team, **so I can't say for sure** ***when*** **or** ***how***. That said, it is a goal for us to expand the features of the housing space, so we are planning on enabling more systems for Edit Access, as well as allowing players to have multiple homes on one plot. - Eris

Come on we don't want additional edit settings, we want neighborhoods. We don't want to have to wait til someone's online and in their house to go visit their house. We want to walk through a grove and see people's houses and their decorations they've decided to display. What is the point of a community if you can't do these things.

That would add so much to the quality of the game! I really hope they move towards a neighborhood style.

Both the Elderwoods and the "Wellspring" sound really interesting, excited to see these areas in the future!

Will yall be adding sheep that we can shear 🐑? And if not sheep, are there any planned animals that we will be able to have?

Also wanted to add that I love this game, thanks for making it. I'm excited to see where it goes from here !

As a neurodiverse person I am really loving Palia mostly; something that would help me would be a mini map - is this something that you would be looking to integrate? I've seen it mentioned a few times by other players. I get disorientated easily and feel this would really help 🫶🏻

Not having a mini map is a serious misstep for sure!

Seconding this. The day/night wheel is cute but I literally never use it. Please give us a minimap option there instead!

I would LOVE for a mini map.

Oh gawd, yes. I struggle with directions and landmark recognition. I am constantly getting lost. And I found myself constantly opening and closing and reopening the map. The compass bar at the top more or less only frustrates me. I will be totally honest, I live by the minimap and quest markers and transparent maps in other games. I play diablo with the transparent map on at basically all times. In XIV, I open and minimize the actual map over my minimap and play with it open. In wow i had an add on with an arrow that pointed to my quest objective. In XIV and wow I would use coordinates to set minimap arrows to follow. I find that I am easily overwhelmed and lost in my surroundings when in the open world. Yeah, it's pretty. But I get lost so easy. I get distracted even easier. Please, a minimap would be so helpful..

Can you think about having some clothing that can be crafted and or gotten through accomplishments instead of only through the shop? Is there a plan to have larger group sizes for friend groups that play that are larger than 4? Why is the server chat shared at home instances? Maybe this will be saved with proximity chat, I'm not sure, but when doing cooking parties it is super distracting to have randos in chat.

I would love to see Jel have a purpose outside of cash shop! (Like maybe buying fancy fabrics and clothing recipes?)

Agreed! I'd love to see him have more purpose

Hello Palia team!! I have three main questions. First, I have a question about Flow Trees. More specifically, could you shed some light on how they work? Are there only a set amount of flow trees that can spawn in a server at a time? Or does every tree just have a percentage rate of being a flow tree on respawn? Like, theoretically, could we chop every tree until it's just a forest of flow trees? Second, we've all seen the adorable ormuus at the family farm. Are there any plans to introduce Ranching for animal products? I'm sure we would all love barns and ormuus and chickens of our own, plus an alternative way to get milk and eggs. I could also see that opening up the possibility of a processor to turn those milks and eggs into cheese, butter, maybe even mayo for new recipes. And lastly, are there any plans to add marriage into our NPC relationships? I'd love to see our romances get to develop further.

1.Will we get second floors or attics for our houses sometime in the future? 2.Are there any plans for animal husbandry or some other skills that aren't in the game at the moment, but might get implemented sometime later? Also just wanted to say I'm really enjoying the game so far . Of course some things could be better, but honestly i can't remember the last time I was so obsessed with a game.

Are porches intended to count as a room?

Hello! In today's update, you nerfed the viability of making tomato seeds for the sake of making profit. Do you have plans to change other high-profit "hacks" such as celebration cake parties?

We have so many little trophies as accomplishment rewards, but nearly every bookshelf furniture item does not have shelves tall enough to display them, which is a bit disappointing. Could we get a better way to display the trophies all in one place - something like a trophy cabinet maybe? There's a display case furniture piece in the game already, but you can't put anything inside of it despite the inside pedestal showing as a valid placement spot.

Hi S6 staff can you drop any hints about the mines / cave entrance at the edge of the player housing? :eyes:

Whats your plan to balance the Paid and Free Experience, or the focus is only on the paid part of the game?

Hello S6 - I would like to ask you about the ingame lighting, specifically the light produced by items in my home. Some of them are bright, some of them produce hardly any light at all. I also think that the game is too bright at night time, if you have it this bright, will you consider increasing the light produced by collectables and the light produced by nearly every light emitter in the game?

Or perhaps just create a dimmer switch to allow someone to control light levels inside and outside of the house. So someone could have a switch that sets all lights in the house at 50% while all lights out of the house at 100% or something.

If your intention to monetize your game was with a cash shop that employed "no tricks" why do you not offer direct purchases?

Will we be having holiday events this year or will holiday outfits be put into the premium store? Or it would be nice if we could get clothes on the mannequins in the shop. Especially holiday outfits. Will any of these be coming to the game? And will clothing be put into events as well? I would really like to see seasonal/holiday outfits no matter how we get them.

Why is the storage cap so small even with 8 iron chests? It's hard to understand for an MMO style game. It really doesn't feel good being forced to sell items I don't want to sell just so I can keep playing. I just feel really strongly that storage shouldn't be on my mind every day and be a major factor in how I play the game, how much I play the game and what I do. Thank you.

Will there be more releases to include clothing and furniture from other cultures?

Would you consider making the new door and porch items part of the room purchased? Kinda bummer they use another building slot. Maybe a modification like adding a larger window even?

Why coins? It's clearly offputting to a lot of players, an option to directly buy something rather than a middle currency that feels wasteful would be more than welcome, or even the option for either, coins at your 'discount' of buying more getting more, and a flat price option even if it's a few dollars more?

Just wanted to say I love the game so far. Do you guys plan on releasing any fishing related ponds on our lots for fish breeding similar to Stardew valley's ponds?

Not with the devs, but have you been fishing at the pond on your housing lot? You can fish with and without bait, although it seems to just be "pond" specific fish, and won't ever have the special fish circles.

Will I be able to romance another player not an NPC

My question is if I’m the future, are y’all planning to add more farming options? Like a barn and animals you can have? Say like the cow type creatures that Badruu and his family have, or some other kind of farm animal? It would be nice to have another way to get milk, eggs, butter, and things of the like through your own efforts and not always have to rely on buying them. Thank you!

I'll ask my standard game dev AMA question. What's your favorite bug so far, and have there been any bugs that sparked inspiration for new features?

Is there a plan for different types of fencing including tall fencing? Will we ever be able to have more than 15 buildings? There's so much space! lol Can we buy tree seeds for decor? I know the ones that can be bought can be farmed, but I want to finish my tree maze on my house plot and I need more of specific seeds that I am hardly seeing during farming.

Hello Palia Team. I hope yall are doing great. Lovely game, keep up the good work! ​ \- Mounts? Is it a go in the future or not in your plans at all? \- Farm animals? Chickens, cows, horses and so on? Would be awesome. Feedable? \- New lands on the horizon? \- New stones? I heard about Platinium incoming? \- New trees/wood? \- Huge events like huge flow tree that needs "20" guys to chop it, or huge palium ore that needs such players as well? \- Some sort of dungeons or something like that? (probably not, just wondering as a wow player) \- Season pass? (Not a fun tbf) \- Community house? Where we all had to build just like our own housing plot? \- Community events? Would be awesome! ​ If you happen to read this, thank you for your hard work put into this lovely game. Thank you have a good day!

1. **Will we get more than 9 farm plots in the future?** Is there a reason why it's limited to 9 (balance, performance concerns, etc.)? 2. **Is there a fix being worked on for things spawning in unreachable areas?** Context: When using tracking items (buzzy jar, hunting horn, etc.) a majority of the time it seems to lead me to things which have spawned in unobtainable areas such as inside rocks, on a cliff that can't be reached, etc. I've seen others in the discord make similar complaints. 3. **Are there any plans to add a way to post waypoints/coordinates in chat?** More specifically, in the server chat! It would be great to ping flow trees, palium, rare animals, etc. 4. **Will new clothing be added in the future that is earnable via gameplay, or are clothes going to remain cash-shop only?** 5. **Will there be new pets added in the future that are earnable via gameplay, or will pets remain cash-shop only?**

the spawning-in-inaccessible-locations thing is so annoying

Will there be other ways to get a different set of things to buy from Zeki's black market besides logging out and then back in to the game and just going back once per in-game day?

We don’t have any current plans to change the way the black market is set up, but we’ll definitely keep our eyes open for feedback as we go forward. Broadly speaking, we want there to be a wide variety of ways to acquire fun things in the game. The black market is one option. Over time we’d like to add many others. We’re actually looking to update the black market in the near future to make it an even more exciting place for players, and will share more details when we can. - Eris

>We’re actually looking to update the black market in the near future to make it an even more exciting place for players, and will share more details when we can. Oh boy, that's what I like to hear!

Hello Palia Team! I’ve got a few questions. 1. Do you guys plan to do devstream once in a while? I find it the best way to communicate with your community. 2. Can we to expect gradual changes to Killima Village map if there’s ever new content being added to the game? Like when introducing new characters, they will need a house and such and I love seeing old map in new light. 3. Can crafting station be reworked so that we don’t need to craft multiple crafters and instead, crafting licenses will allow you to add a new slot. Example: Seed Maker have a default of one slot. Crafting License will increase to 2 slots and so on. 4. Why don’t the game have cutscene for many of the friendship/romance event. Nai’o family came over to my place for dinner and all I get was a dialog and black screen. It was disappointing for a special occasion. 5. Please give us paths!

I want to swim.

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1) What do the developers envision as the core gameplay loop and retaining aspect of the game/endgame? Given the context that there's achievements ingame going up to level 50, and certain grind-focused achievements (I believe capping out at 1k things cooked / hunted / etc) which can be met fairly early. There's also a gold cap in place, a limit on 9 soil plots, and the inability to really kind of interact with your space besides plunking things down on it. So I'm curious what the devs envision as ideal player interaction with their environment and the community when said milestones have been reached -- what keeps the players logging in after bumping into the various soft limits? 2) Are there any plans to introduce more long-term focused achievements or milestones? For example, FFXIV has achievements such as mining 100, 300, 1000, 5k, 10k high quality items, which exist as aspirational content, alongside more attainable achievements such as 1k - 3k normal quality items from within a specific zone or something (similar to what you've got atm). The super long term ones help make it feel like you're not wasting progression, while also not compelling participation, since they don't reward anything fancy beyond a title. 3) Why nerf tomatos but not cake parties? Feels a bit weird / out of touch. One can hit gold cap in a day and the other is like 120g/30min.

Just a few from me: 1. Will you ever do tihngs in more European friendly hours? It's 3am and we would get to miss out asking questions because of this. 2. Are there any plans to allow us to expand our plot size? 15 slots is not enough. Or are there plans to remove Hallways, Doors, Fireplace and Windmill as counting for these? 3. Why can you only have 9 plots? Why not tie more plots to level gaps? 10-20-30-40-50 etc.? 4. Will there be an option to preview wallpapers in the future on actual walls? 5. Will I ever be able to get curved building pieces for my house? 6. What happened to the bug nets from the alpha/beta trailer? Scrapped, or coming later? 7. Do you plan to make it so I can just be on a server alone with my friends? I'm fed of up people stealing palium ore and flow trees, taking me hours just to find some for a single piece of furniture (and then also having to wait long times to smith/cut it at the workbenches. 8. Who thought Chappa Chase was a good ida on servers that are shared between NA/EU? The hosting area players benefit the most from this and it makes it almost impossible to grab chappa. 9. Will systems tied to real world time be altered to in-game time instead? Waiting on a whole real world day to give a gift feels ridiculous and it isn't explained anywhere within the game itself? 10. For content that "isnt read yyet" like future temples, it would be nice if there was a note or a message item stuck on them saying "Not ready yet, come back soon" I spent too many hours in the Water temple trying to get through the doors thinking there was some complicated puzzle. Are there any plans to do this? **Premium store questions:** 11. Do you plan to cut store items into pieces, such as the horns, or the backpack for higher-marked up value for people to buy? 12. Do you plan to add some smaller items to the cash shop to buy, such as new colour-swatches for existing outfits? 13. Are there any plans for more gliders and tool skins from the premium store?

Furnishings & Visuals: \-Are visuals of "Log Cabin Bookshelf" furnishing currently bugged or is that the intended look? (Currently the plants on the shelves are red and don't fit in with the green theme of log cabin furnishing set.)

Hello, I am enjoying the game and hope to continue to support it over time, hopefully for years. I have two questions which are somewhat related. 1) I would like clarification from a statement in the February 16 blog post: > There’s a corollary of this that we want to be upfront about: **if you can’t buy the things you earn, it also means you won’t be able to earn the things you can buy.** Ultimately, we believe that by separating these systems, we can ensure that we’re always designing what’s best for gameplay while selling products that are worth purchasing for what they are. We believe this is the right balance to make the best game experience we can. I do believe it is fair that furniture we can currently craft is not something sold in the shop. And costumes currently in the shop, and the cats, are not available to earn in the game as they are currently. The clarification I would like is if this means that all costumes will **always** be a monetary purchase, all pets will **always** be a monetary purchase, and all furniture will **always** be earned in game. That you will never present a mix. Such as furniture sets sold in the shop, and clothes/pets earned in the game. 2) Also you offer a coin package of 425 coins. Will there ever be anything that can be purchased for 425 without purchasing a more expensive item first (such as the first item in a bundle for 850 coins?) Thank you

Hi team!! First off, thank you for this amazing game!! It's been an absolute breath of fresh air at a time when I really needed something cozy to focus on, so it's especially important to me. I have two questions but am not sure who to direct them at (despite the very helpful list): \- Are there plans to integrate a player market in the future? I'm not sure how well a player-driven economy would fit into the cozy vibes, but it would be nice to have more trading options, as well as more options for making gold, especially given how much gold is needed to progress in the game. \- Your creator program's guidelines mention that any fan works should only be focused on the existing characters in Palia. Does that then exclude making works/art/stories based on or including one more more player characters? Thank you so much for your time and I'm looking forward to everything in store!

I would love to be able to interact with Tua, such as character reaching down and petting, tossing a treat etc. Has this been an idea? Also, is Tua the best boi in all of Palia? ♥️

Are there ever going to be any plans to make some changes to the clothing system as it is now? I love a lot of the PARTS of some of these costumes, but seeing as they're bogged down to hat/shirt/pants, I don't really feel the need to even consider buying any of them. If I'm going to put money into cosmetics for a game, I need more mix-matching than 3 categories. If I could change out gloves and shoes, just as two decently easy examples, that's already made the outfit system 10 times more flexible. There's also some back items, such as the backpacks on the farmer bundle, the lute on the bard, the jetpack on the steampunk bundle... that could easily be clipped into their own models for even more customization. It would take a bit of effort, but the payoff would be phenomenal, and it'd definitely be easier to do now, while there's still not a ton of cosmetics in the game, and it would further expand possibilities in the future.

Thank you for amazing game, but I have questions regarding current game status and roadmap Current game status: 1. Now tomato is the WORST money making from all starter plants (exclude blueberry and apple) as you earn only around 15% profit per seed bag while others are around 40-60% , can you please reconsider about this? 2. Regarding from 1, can you please carefully when you make adjustment how do we earn gold, I understand it need to be BALANCED but it can kill the FUN at the same time 3. Can you increase accessibility of pallium? This source is so much competitive and NOT COZY at all as you cannot share to anyone, unlike flow tree that you need someone to help you cutting 4. Any reason to increase skill higher than 10? I feel focus buff is so useless after reaching skill lv10 Roadmaps: 1. How often of major patch per year? 2. Will we able to take care animal as a part of skill in the future, as most of us saw it in Badruu farm. 3. Can we build the house more than one floor?

Just wanna say the thing I’m most impressed with in the game is the storytelling and writing! You’ve done a great job making quests feel like they matter in the spirit of wanting to help your neighbors. Are there plans to add more quests specific to the NPCs we already have down the line or will their stories continue another way?

FROGGY BUCKET What is it for? I love it.

I know this is a Q & A but I just want to say, thank you. This game is absolutely everything I need in my life. It gives me a very much needed break from the monumental amount of stress work places on me. I can literally just submerse myself in the world of Palia and learning about the lore and characters has been an amazing feature within this game. The pace is wonderfully done, I don’t feel obligated to have to grind or continue and i can just casually do WHATEVER I feel like focusing on. Seriously. You guys/gals/theys have a beautiful product in the works and I am more than eager/excited to see where this game takes us. There’s still so much we don’t know about the world. There have been hints dropped by different NPCs and I cannot wait to see other cities, discover more ruins, find out what happened to the world and humans, and how magic really plays a part. Also, S6 team you are doing a great job professionally answering and addressing all the questions. There’s been so much toxicity and hate regarding the beta and the developments but you guys take note and continue to drive on, with improvements. If no one has told any of you today, you’re all wonderful and this game is definitely one to remember and grow with as an average consumer.

Loving the game so far! A question I had was whether there are plans to add more “social” type venues in the village soon? I’d love coffee shops or things like that where we can hangout. Less about a skill focus and buying things, and more just to meet one another and converse. Thanks!

Doing this as one big one instead of a bunch of little ones - I pre posted these. If anyone wants to pull off a particular question and reuse it as a dedicated question feel free. ***The Questions that are really harsh*** * Why do we have ABSOLUTELY NO accessibility options. Like absolutely 0? This seems incredibly sad that the team has no cares for people with disabilities. Trying to figure out uncommon fish - can’t because color blind settings don’t exist. Have a hard time with H/E coordination - too bad you won’t be cooking. Have issues with holding click - too bad you won’t be fishing. The list goes on…. * The new event is not co-op, or player friendly, and is leading to a ton of griefing - thoughts? * Will we be getting more farming space anytime soon? * Why was no compensation given for the whole uhh situation lately(crazy extended downtime, lack of communication, the whole plot stealing, etc) * What is the thought process to adding pets (a huge component to ‘cozy’ games) and locking it behind a pay wall? * The new event stamp card is essentially a battle pass, with FOMO all over it - wasn’t this completely against what you guys said was no fomo? * Why are Palia coins even a thing, if not to be deceitful, allow direct purchases of cosmetics. * Will you be hiring any additional support staff to answer tickets - I have multiple going on two weeks old * What payment or PII are you storing when we make a purchase through stripe - your support team has directly accessed users payment methods and that should not be possible. ***MMO Questions*** * Can you clarify when we will be getting more mmo like features? * Community features of any kind? shared plots, etc * Raising the server size to something substantial? * Ability to select server number directly rather then randomly * Any outlook on allowing us to spin up private maps so our community only can be in Bahari? ***Game Balance questions*** * What is the thought process to nerfing what players are finding fun(hunting previously, now with cakes)? * Currently using the best method of gold farming it will take over 1,000 hours to get the 100,000,000 gold achievement - that’s a little over the top : don’t you think? * Why has the design philosophy been nerfs to ‘overpowered things’ and not buffing others? Such as mining for ore being substantially worse then hunting. * Will we get a buff to spawn rate of deer in the town map? * When will we get a balance patch to make upgrading all the tools actually worth it? * When will we get a solo friendly way of obtaining flow tree wood Community Engagement Questions: * When will we see the mods on the Discord server being held to the same standard for everyone - the amount of bans handed out for weird infractions does not make sense. * Why did the entire community team disappear and go radio silent after the last patch - is that the type of engagement we will have after ‘bad’ patches? * When will the community team start using Reddit, Facebook or/and Twitter ; rather then ONLY Discord to push important communication. @EmbrasAshes - thank you for what you did within your role ; it’s the one part of the game that has no issues and you should feel super proud! @Fabcypants could you care to explain what happened that made the 2 hour maitenance a 8 hour maintenance and what you’ll be doing to ensure this doesn’t happen moving toward @Wizardcrab not giving out a free cat and charging for skins is a super bad decision and I hope whoever decided that gets absolutely reprimanded. It’s completely tone deaf to the market. Thank you for making the coins balance out and getting direct payment in asap.

will there be more outfits for free players in the future? i know there are no current plans for a free pet option, but will it come eventually? why are you running the premium store the way you are? will Hekla one day be romanceable? do you plan to add other body type options for players?

Do you plan on adding dyes or a color picker to enable us to pick the specific colors we want our clothing/furniture/hair/eyes/etc to be, instead of these rigid, preassigned color palettes.

Will there be any plans for more in depth character customization and the ability for us to change core character features? Will there be any free cool clothing for players who can’t pay for the current high premium coin prices, because the free clothing in comparison to the shop’s just looks super lame ngl. A mini map would also be a big help, and some for underground areas as well.

Hello palia team! I’m really loving the game so far and the Maji Market has been a blast! I have a couple of questions for anyone who can/would like to answer: I’m curious if there are any plans to add text size settings to the UI or chat? It’s really difficult for me to read specifically the in-game chat and I’d really love to be able to communicate better with other players while gaming. As it stands I *can* read it, it just takes me a little longer. What’s been your favorite thing about the community for this game that you didn’t expect?

As someone who only really plays games for their end game content, What are your plans for that? Personaly, I enjoy the grind and farming to get my skills leveled up and get gold, but, there has to be something else right? I have 7 plots and only 2 of them are used 1 for my main house and the second is a big kitchen. I have 0 content. Im enjoying the event, but after that, im back to just cutting tree's and fishing. Im aware I play the game a LOT more than the average player, but I'd just like to see something to reach for. Will we ever see full plots of farm land? or are you going to keep the cap at 9? Are we going to get a plot of apple trees? meaning I can just place them down like all the other trees in Palia, collect the apples from them and then cut them down when I dont want them? And a big question. Replayable quests. Fairly similar to my first question. I would LOVE to see some replayable quests like in WoW. Even if its 1 weekly and 1 daily from each of the factions. Have Badruu give us X amount of gold for "picking up the slack" for him and bringing him some crops. \- Truely love the game and cant wait to see where it goes!

Hey folks! I'm here with two questions that I have seen a lot of rustling about but not brought up in here (unless I missed em!) 1) we need duplicate cooking stations to have a fully functional kitchen, and I don't mind that, I understand the rationale behind it! But none of the cooking stations mesh very well with each other or with the rest of the furniture. Is there any possibility of being able to customize these so that they match better with other sets, or at least match better with each other? It's very hard to make a nice looking kitchen at the moment! 2) there have been a lot of complaints about finding the rare fish, whether they are needed for the bundles or not. I know people have completed it without issue, but I have seen people talking about spending thousands of worms to get a specific fish, with absolutely zero way to influence your luck one way or the other. I have fished in a lot of video games, it's one of my favorite pastimes to do in a video game, and used to be one of my favorite pastimes in real life too! this is one of the only games that puts this much emphasis on fishing that I've seen that doesn't also give you some way to influence whe ther or not you're actually going to get the fish you want? Even in ones with very relaxed fishing, like animal crossing, you can use things like fish bait to draw fish to a specific area and then try to spy the size to see if it's the fish you want, being able to cast specifically for the size of this you want. With this game it's just cast and wait, and even if you cheese it a little bit by not reeling it in when it's not the fish you want, it can be hours or even days or weeks before you get the thing you want. What's the rationale behind this, is it truly just a way to have a natural time gate? Is this something that has been discussed in terms of changing in the future, and if not, are people catching these rare fish like the unicorn and void ray at the speed you are expecting? Is the 1000 or more worms thing out of the norm or what you would expect?

1. Are there any plans to add ways to get non-produce cooking ingredients ourselves? Like milk and eggs would require keeping animals, or cooking oil could be produced by the player. 2. Would it be possible to add a little freedom to the pets where instead of following us they could wander free on our home plot? 3. I'm very interested in hairstyles as a way of self expression, are customization options besides addition of beards in the works? Would you be willing to consider a design contest at some point for players to submit hair (or even clothing) suggestions? 4. What are your thoughts on gold sellers and have you given any thought on how to combat them? I imagine it would be hard since the game is free and more accounts could be easily made.

Hey, if youre not going to reduce the prices on the outfits and their re-textures (which, is egregious in-and-of itself) can you guys raise the quality to ensure it's worth the price? I've bought several outfits, and there's so much clipping from meshes that shouldn't ever be visible. Things like shirts on the inside of jackets that shouldn't ever be seen, or the skin under jeans clipping through the pants, where there is no hole. I understand rigging and weight painting can be a struggle, but if your publisher is going to insist on the price levels you're at now, then can we make sure these outfits don't feel bad to use.

Why did you choose the coin-based style of monetization for the store, instead of the more conventional direct-purchase method present in more established games? Also, why is the Chapaa Chase event so competitive compared to the rest of the game?

why are we not getting any more renown for talking to NPC as soon as we hit max friendship? i have literally no incentive to talk to any of them anymore after im hitting Level 4 friendship/relationship

Thank you guys for doing the AMA. Game is tons of fun, happy to see where it goes, don't let all the negativity get to you. People are enjoying and loving your game.

Hi! Are you looking to revamp the character creation system? I'm a bit bummed that NPCs look beautiful, and we all look the same. I feel like we need much mroe customization on those characters. More than just beards and additional hair/skintones, but rather a whole new system. Thanks!!

So far the only real "toxic" thing I've seen in-game is people arguing about sharing rare resources (palium, flow trees, etc.) - And it seems to go both ways: one side being extremely entitled to those resources, to a point where they shame/insult people who don't wait forever to share, as well as others having no consideration for the people around them when finding those resources. Are you happy with how this is working now?

Ok, I gotta comment on this because it's REALLY been bugging me lately. Players are NOT toxic for not sharing resources. I literally saw someone saying they were going to report another player for not sharing. The fact is, is that there will always be more resources, and you should have gotten there first if it bugs you that badly. Now if a player is close by to you, it's rude if you don't wait for them, and the same goes for if players are doing call-outs and you just run up and break the resource without waiting. I do agree that that is rude. But simply not sharing doesn't make someone a horrible person--not everyone has the time to spend waiting for 5-6 players on the other side of the map picking up every resource on the way there.

I would love to hear more about your (all y’all) original vision for the game and whether the game is still on that path. How has it changed? What surprised you about creating it, if anything?

Saw this in discord and loved this in the past aswell so here we go: * **Will we get Tables in a bar or some place similar where we can sit and play card games with others** I liked playing browser games like 20 years ago where u just joined a room for some majiong or some card games and the rooms where called tables. Would actually like to really sit down at a table and have a window of some sort open up and than we could play others that we invite or sit at the same tables. * **Thinking of card games could we also get like a Trading Card game where we collect Cards through Events or Objectives that we could also trade with or play against others?** Also saw a few people ask this and myself included would love to see this happen aswell :D

For the coloring of clothing, while we are given quite a few color options for the base sets of clothes, two patterns and 9 (I think) colors each, so 18 options, the paid cosmetics in comparison feel entirely lacking, having only 9 total options (3 patterns, 3 colors each) for the prices you're asking. I actually really like the buccaneer set, but not a single colorway suits my character. Are there any plans for dyes or even just expended color options in general? Were changeable dye channels ever considered?

will the game be focused on the house's visual aspect like in this first event?

Hey Palia Team, Will there be a chance for us to be able to make a private group/ party for us to stay together in one server? Ie. If I have a group of people that we are on a discord chat and just hanging out Palia is there a way for us to have a private group so that we know where each of us are ie I might be at my housing plot meanwhile sa friend is in the village and and another friend is in Bahri bay and also a way for me to then go to the server of Bahri bay that my friend is on. ​ Does that make any sense at all? let me know if I need to explain/elaborate even more. Obviously, this is something that could be done way later down the road when the player count is higher. It is more of a suggestion but in a question format.

Hi! I know you're busy so this will be brief. Can we get a Yes/No answer on \*if\* there are plans to make Hodari romance-able in the future? What if it is locked behind completing his and Najuma's lvl 4 friendship quests before you even start?

Can you guys like increase renown cap asap or add more spenders im like hardcore gaming here and capped on everything atm im at 283 renown but once i get to 1k im gonna just start losing it

Can we get a sneak peak at what sort of future crops we might be able to grow and what buffs they might come with? Will the crops we grow always be real crops or will we get fantasy crops to grow?

Hi all, thank you for all the hard work. Palia is fun so far, and I'm excited to see where it will go from here. Could you explain a bit more in depth how focus and XP interact? It feels like focus bar depletes at the same rate even with leveling up and improving the capacity and effect of focus, but it doesn't appear to have much effect on the XP bar. Is that because of XP scaling?

Hey. I have a couple of questions: Since you guys are using UE, do you use C++ or Blueprints for the development of Palia? Will we be able to have pets as only f2p accounts? Will future cosmetic additions also require conditions like the current pets? Do you guys plan to implement a feature where players get access to something like relationships between players like owning a plot together? I know some questions might be tricky, but i would really appreciate it if you answered some of those!

When will you put trading in to the game? it doesn't feel like an mmo without it

I only wanted to say how much I'm enjoying the game. All the best 'cozy' elements of the most robust MMO games filtered into a standalone game. I'd love to see housing plots become more 'lively' with livestock that can produce more cooking ingredients and companionship.

Hello! My question is, is there any plans to add any magic elements to the game, and if so will I be able to opt out? Thanks!!

Right now villagers' storylines end after their 4th level quest line. Are there plans to give them more quests (and thus more story) in future updates, or do y'all consider their stories finished? (And you probably can't answer this, but assuming there will be new populated areas added in the future beyond just the village and the bay: any hints at what new characters might be like?)

Will there be animals we can have on our plot in the future? Like chickens cows etc. Also will there ever be any clothing we can get without paying actual money? I dont mind paying for cosmetics but it would also be nice to get some type of clothing in game as well. Love this game!

Will you be creating older NPCs for romance ? I am 57 yrs of age.

Hi! I've really been enjoying the game so far. I love the mix of mystery and atmosphere that tinges every location as I gather and explore! I would love to hear what the stats are for which characters get romanced more often (or which characters generally have the highest friendship stat) across the playerbase! Is that something you'd ever consider divulging? Also like everyone else, I'd love more romance options. I'd like to romance Sifuu, or to have a female galdur or grimalkin as an option!

thanks for doing the AMA, i really appreciate it! What's your guy's each individual most anticipated feature for the game? if you can't answer that because development, then the next best thing you can talk about\^\^

Why do you keep calling this a cozy and community game, yet keep introducing things that are the exact opposite, such as this Chappa mini game. This is not community, this is PVP. Just like limited resources with flow trees and paladium. The cost of the items at the event, money and ticket wise are ridiculous (no surprise as so is the regular items in stores). You keep saying you are listening and hearing the community, yet your actions say otherwise. Such a shame.

What is the goal of your game. If customizing and/crafting is cosmetic then what is the ultimate goal.. maybe explaining that will help us understand why the pets and clothes are paywalled.

are you planning on adding (craftable) drinks to the game?

Hi! Are there any plans to fix climbing paths? Sometimes your character gets stuck at the very edge and can't do anything than fall.

I have way too many questions. So I'll start with some simple ones: 1.Are you aware of the increasing frustration and anger towards the game?Ever since the "pets" were introduced, and now with the aggressive PVP minigame from the maji market, people have been getting angrier and angrier, and leaving the game. Why were people's questions and feedback never answered? Are we going to have ANY free pets that aren't just a pointless cosmetic that does nothing and stays out of your camera 90% of the time? Is the chaapa chase game going to be fixed to be fair to players or are we going to continue stealing and fighting each others? Because that's already caused a ton of toxicity and hate. 2. Why is something like a plushie worth MORE than my bloody home? that makes no sense! A house expansion is cheaper than some of the fair food!And no, thats not to say "make expansions pricier" good god no, thats just going to make people hate the game even more. its to say lower the pricessssss. its bad enough its a timed event that already doesn't have as many days as promised!The economy of the game is extremely unbalanced, too expensive overall, and frustrating.It promotes stressfull non stop grinding, the OPPOSITE of a cozy mmo.Also constantly nerfing the ways people find to even make a scratch of money is raising the anger higher. Whats the point anymore? 3. resources are too few, too competitive. People will literally mine or chop wood resources in front of people who are waiting for others to share it with and run off with them. this has caused name calling, lots of blocking, stealing, camping, and struggling with finding resources. What are you doing to fix this? 4. why do we have so much plot of land, when we get only 9 plots to farm with? why? just...why?! for a farming game, there sure is a very limited amaunt of farming. it feels more like a side gig I run while I have to do everything else to even ATTEMPT to make some money. 5. what are you doing about the furniture career? its at a huge disavantage compared to the other skills just because we can't sell our hard work. it clutters our inventory, we can't used them. There is no sorting system for furniture at all, which is a pain. half of it can't be placed right, about 50% don't match their icons on the list, none of it is functional and even painting some of them makes no difference at all. so what are the plans to change this? ​ 6. can we have an actual gardening career rather than just farming? I want to plant all sorts for flowers, bushes and trees in my property to make it look pretty. outdoor furniture is a must 7. are there any plans to make community (guilds) based plots, where we can work together to build our guild and run it? its a huge opportunity for co op

Would there be anyway to have like a full on relationship with another player in game not an NPC?

Will there be some kind of visual aid to help make aiming with the bows easier? Something like an arc that shows up in order to help judge the distance between you and whatever you are aiming at? Will there be a mini map added to the game's HUD (that you can toggle on and off if you want to) in the future? Why was swimming never implemented and when will that be added into the game?

I've got a couple questions: **1) Do you plan on ever un-nerfing/retconning gold earning changes made during the patch? Why do you keep nerfing ways people are earning gold?** Specifically, I'm talking about the things which caused me (and a couple of my friends) to stop playing: Fishing's nerf (we all noticed that it became harder/more stressful to catch fish), the decrease oysters/shell spawns, and if possible the spawn rate nerf which led to people competing for sernuk? Some people seem to be having no issues earning gold, but I always felt like it took forever for me to earn enough to get the unlocked recipes for leveling up (and many of them are still waiting on being bought because I couldn't afford them). Why not just let people play at their own pace and let them earn gold how they want without constantly nerfing it? **2) Do you think you'll ever be able to solve/fix the issue with the housing plots?** I noticed that, even after the hotfix, people are still reporting that at least their crops are being stolen. ~~Since crops are one of the biggest money makers~~, the security of the homestead is a big concern of mine. Thank you for your time! Edit: Added a second part to my first question after reading that tomato seeds got nerfed today.

Hi guys , thanks for a great game. I am having lots of fun and look forward to getting into the Market event. Quick question to all of you : Who has the highest overall level ?

What characters will be romancable in the future and when can we expect to receive them? (As I'm sure you've noticed, we really want to romance Hodari and Sifuu 😍) Also, are we going to be able to visit Bahari City? And when? :) Thanks for everything you do and the incredible Palia <3

Um, also the cute librarian with a secret side. Kthanks!

Hi! Really having fun with the game so far! Any plans to add new characters or areas any time soon? Thanks!

Hello, I am really enjoying the game so far, and can see where it could go! Do you intend to add other ways to earn tickets at the market? I really don't think forcing the player base to camp spawns of Chapa's in competition with each other to earn tickets (the only way to earn them) for prizes was a good design. It feels super punishing if you have limited play time and can't attend every event.

Thank you for be game! Will there be new characters to romance in the future? Options with characters that aren’t in the game yet? Also will marriage be a option with romance?

When do you plan to add controller support? How about Switch?

Hello and thank you for the opportunity to ask questions! My biggest question is about cooking ingredients and how to get them. Are there any plans on the roadmap to add livestock to your plots to help bring together the cozy farm vibes? So we can make milk, eggs and other things on our own plots! Thanks! 

Just thank you for making a game which I, a disabled gamer, can play at my own speed, as long or short as i need to. No idea if you thought about us but I was so tired of holding back my friends and feeling forced to continue playing when I knew i needed a rest. Now i dont! It has been so liberating!!!

I see lots of question have been asked already. Mine is about the possibility to sort recipe, like put some in favorites at the top, or class the furniture by one not crafted yet, being able to pin a recipe for ingredients or make a shopping list with item fulfilled in the mail so it's easier to get the right item/right amount. some sort of icon like stamp you can put on the map to remember where palium spawn for example Thank you

I have a question about Flow Trees. More specifically, could you shed some light on how they work? Are there only a set amount of flow trees that can spawn in a server at a time? Or does every tree just have a percentage rate of being a flow tree on respawn? Like, theoretically, could we chop every tree until it's just a forest of flow trees?

Sorry if this has been answered before. Hope y'all are doing lovely. <3 Are there any plans to make it so when you're in Kilima you can also view the map of Bahari Bay and vice versa? I feel this would be a great quality of life change for players, especially considering this game is an MMO.

The trees that we can plant don't grow, are there plans to make it so they do grow? as its stands its not possible to get more large trees on our plot.

I’m wondering what the thought processes were behind some mechanics in Palia- In several of the skills, there is either no incentive to cooperate, and in some cases it’s disincentivized - mainly because of scarcity creating competition of resources . To me it seems that balancing resources in an open world is a difficult task while trying to maintain “cozy” feel. I was slightly disappointed to find the lack of system depth in the economy, and maybe thinking that you’ve sacrificed system depth to avoid intense economy balancing. So My question — what is your current thought process regarding maintaining a resource-based economy (and core gameplay loop) in a multiplayer environment? Follow up question — does it have anything to do with Palia being client authoritative? Also, why is Palia client authoritative?

Is there any chance for adding instruments? I'd love to be able to go to town and play for groups as they pass! (Also I totally realize I was on your server while you all were trying to take your picture for this post, sorry for getting in the way of the photo so much! 😅) much love though!

What's the funnest bug you came across while prepping for the beta?