BALL x PIT (Switch, Switch 2): all the updates (latest: Ver. ??? / Next: Regal Update)
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for BALL x PIT on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.
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BALL x PIT – Ver. ??? (Naturalist Update)
- Release date: July 2025
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
- NEW BALLS
- NEW EVOLUTIONS
- NEW BUILDINGS
- NEW CHARACTERS
- AND MORE
- Additional notes: none
- Source: Devolver Digital PR (02/12/2025)
BALL x PIT – Ver. ??? (Shadow Update)
- Release date: April 2025
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
- NEW BALLS
- NEW EVOLUTIONS
- NEW BUILDINGS
- NEW CHARACTERS
- AND MORE
- Additional notes: none
- Source: Devolver Digital PR (02/12/2025)
BALL x PIT – Ver. ??? (Regal Update)
- Release date: January 2025
- Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
- NEW BALLS
- NEW EVOLUTIONS
- NEW BUILDINGS
- NEW CHARACTERS
- AND MORE
- Additional notes: none
- Source: Devolver Digital PR (02/12/2025)
BALL x PIT – Ver. ???
- Release date: ???
- Patch notes:
All platforms:
- Update encyclopedia to use full-color icons
- Fix possible soft lock when beating level with one of your final characters that hasn’t beaten it yet
- Retry no longer causes resources gained in previous run to be lost
- Improved market rates, rates return to normal faster
- Fixed bug where Casino wasn’t reducing re-roll cost
- Harvest aim line no longer starts from the far right side of the character
- Gatherer’s hut worker can no longer infinitely gather if you unassign them while they are out
- Speeding up harvests no longer leads to less resources gathered than normal speed
- Stone soldiers can no longer sometimes get stuck if they engage a miniboss that is attacking you
- Fixed invalid message that shows when you try to matchmake the Warrior with the False Messiah
- Wretched Onion damage now scales by AOE Damage multiplier
- Fixed bug where Dragon Prince’s attack could longer persist in other levels
- Housing built with gatherer’s hut now unlocks characters properly
- Fixed bug where final blueprint in the Liminal x Desert couldn’t be unlocked until you completed the Gory x Grasslands
- Radical now automatically chooses to revive if you have the Necromancer
- Allies or charmed enemies no longer cause final boss to not enter properly
- Balls with cooldowns (dark, black hole) now have cooldown with Cohabitants
- Radiation beam aoe damage is now tracked in game over stats screen
- No longer soft lock when you try to change gatherer’s hut aim while worker is already out
- Fix bug where cursor would appear stuck on screen with the Physicist
- AOE effects now apply lightning rod when combo-ed
- Woodpecker / stonepiercer bonuses now pierce dense resource tiles
- Radical and Cogitator can no longer fuse ball with itself
- You can no longer hurt yeti queen while it’s underground
- Buildings can no longer be placed outside of base bounds
- If character doesn’t have as many harvest upgrades as it should the next level up will give you one
- Fixed bug where characters wouldn’t gain harvest upgrades if they were brought in as the second character
- Multiselect tutorial will stop showing up eventually if it is ignored long enough
- War room characters no longer disappear from character select list
- Clearing field with tactician no longer advances units while on level up screen
- Limited how far apart cohabitants can be from each other
- Opening the context menu within the base and attempting to expand the building area simultaneously no longer leads to navigation issues
- Trying to multiselect during multi-dismantle no longer causes soft lock
- War Room’s run reward is no longer lost when assigned character is changed
- In New Game+ Characters can no longer only go on War Room runs for layers they completed on regular
- Structures – The Heavenly Trophy is no longer displayed as fully built while under construction
- The amount of gold gathered from multiple Gold Mines now resembles the number shown in the summary screen
- Passive selection screen at the start of a run no longer sometimes only displays 2 of them
- The disease status from the Virus no longer passes on friendly tiles
- The kill count in the run summary is now consistent with the Encyclopedia statistics
- Cohabitants – balls that spawn other balls can now be fired before all spawned balls have returned
- Remember previous NG+ page when re-entering level select
- Multi-upgrade no longer highlights buildings when you exit rearrange mode during animations
- Zombie can no longer spawn when killed enemy is bottom of stack
- Sandwalker no longer jitters when attacking
- Sandwalker no longer moves when frozen
- Physicist x Cohabitants balls no longer speed up too fast
- Char select no longer scrolls to previous selection on initial entry
- Fungal x Forest level no longer provides more XP than Gory x Grasslands
- Various typo fixes.
Consoles Only:
- CRT Effect can now be disabled
- Rearranging from normal base state no longer causes building to start off placed incorrectly
Nintendo Switch 1 + 2 only:
- Removed white pixel from bottom left corner of screen
All platforms EXCEPT Xbox:
- Pressing up or down directional button now moves the playable character
- Additional notes: none
- Source: Kenny Sun (Reddit)
BALL x PIT – Ver. ???
- Release date: October 28th/29th 2025
- Patch notes:
Free Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade (available for free via the Nintendo eShop if you already own the Nintendo Switch version)
- enhanced resolution
- improved framerate
- Additional notes: none
- Source: official Bluesky account
How to download updates for BALL x PIT on Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for BALL x PIT, you have three options:
- let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
- try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
- select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
