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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

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.

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