Developer Starry Studio and NetEase have announced a partnership to with Palworld developer Pocketpair feature a crossover event in multiplayer shooter Once Human. As part of the partnership, Pals from Palworld will be showing up in Once Human, and the collaboration will also involve exclusive maps and new game mechanics. The Once Human x Palworld crossover event is slated to kick off on October 30.
Some of the Pals confirmed to be part of the crossover event are Cattiva, Chillet and Chillet Ignis. Along with this, there are also going to be some mystery Pals that are part of an event-exclusive island that will be introduced to Once Human when the update hits at the end of October. This announcement was made at Tokyo Game Show 2025 with a trailer, which you can check out below.
The trailer playfully teases what we can expect from the Once Human x Palworld collaboration. It starts off with a Pal being hard at work on mining a rock before being transported to the strange and horrifying world of Once Human.
The event-exclusive island coming to Once Human is described as being “full of surprises”, and will combine gameplay mechanics from both Once Human as well as Palworld. Players will get to explore Palworld-styled environments while also check out a unique ecosystem that involves Pals, Deviations and Meta-Humans somehow co-existing. One of the examples of this co-existence described in the announcement involves Wanderer and Chefosaurus Rex interacting with Pals in strange and unique ways.
Along with this, the collaboration event will also feature a new transformation system. Players can use special items to transform into Pals and explore the world with an entirely new perspective and set of abilities. The crossover will also feature several exclusive cosmetic items that can only be earned through the event.
Starry Studio has also announced that it has released the Lunar Revelry Visional Wheel update. As part of this, Meta-Humans can be affected by the Moonlight’s Gaze because of the Blood Moon anomaly. The Gaze hitting a certain threshold means that the Lord of Moonlight will manifest as a Meta-Human and start summoning Lunarspawn to protect itself as it tries to steal the player’s identity and escape. As a result, players will enter a Lunarspawn Transformation phase, and will lose their shadow, appearance, name, and all other identity markers.
Once Human is also getting ready for its Trial of Misfortune event, which is set to start on September 29. The event focuses on co-op gameplay, and players will have to team up and work together to beat the Lord of Moonlight and get their hands on the treasure it has been hoarding. The continent during the event is divided into Conquest Zones where co-op will be encouraged.
Earning Moonlight Essence through this event will allow players to spend on accessing Moonlight Trials, which can result in the altering of the Lord of Moonlight’s various abilities. There are six different types of Moonlight Trials, and using more Moonlight Essences will make the effects of these trials even stronger.
Once Human is a free-to-play game available on PC, Android and iOS. The title is also slated for release on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 in 2026.
