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Follow these useful tips and tricks to get the best out of Palworld, from exploration to gathering Pals and much more! Find out insightful information about Palworld's mechanics and how to make the most of everything in it in this guide!
List of Contents
Workbench | |||
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Primitive Workbench
Requirements: • Wood (x2) |
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Tool | Crafting Priority | Role | ||
Stone Pickaxe | Crafting Priority: ★★★★★ • Will make it easier to collect stones from nearby nodes. |
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Stone Axe | Crafting Priority: ★★★★☆ • Makes gathering wood more efficient. • Can also be used as a weapon. |
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Hand-held Torch | Crafting Priority: ★★★☆☆ • Keeps you warm during night time. • A useful light source for dark areas. |
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Wooden Club | Crafting Priority: ★☆☆☆☆ • Useful in combat against Pals. • Easy to craft with limited materials. |
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Early Game Materials | |||
Paldium Fragment | Wood | Stone | Fiber |
• Paldium Fragments will be essential to crafting your Pal Spheres and your Palbox.
• Stone and Wood are often requirements for most basic tools. • Fiber, which can also drop from cutting trees, is essential for crafting a Shoddy Bed and Straw Pal Bed for passing the night and keeping your pals from being stressed. |
When starting out in Palworld, it is important you know right away what tools to aim for so that you are not stuck farming with your fists for the first five minutes. Get two (2) pieces of Wood and make a Workbench straight away!
Of the several tools available for crafting at the beginning of the game, the Stone Pickaxe, along with the Stone Axe are recommended top picks since they give you access to valuable starting resources immediately.
The starting area to the east of the Expedition Survivor has a nice amount of Stone chunks and trees you can gather resources from. For obtaining Paldium Fragments, little nodes can be found by side of the stream just north past the Plateau of Beginning's fast travel point.
Pal Sphere | Level Unlocked | Factory Tier | Crafting Cost |
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Pal Sphere | 2 | 1 |
Paldium Fragment x1 Wood x5 Stone x5 |
Alternatively, you may find a free Pal Sphere on the ground at the area east of the Expedition Survivor, by the trees.
After you've done the absolute basics of making a Primitive Workbench, and gathering Wood, Stone, and Paldium Fragments, you'll be entrusted to craft a Pal Sphere. You should use it on a Cattiva, which will be a big help in your first Base thanks to wide variety of Work Suitabilities like Mining and Handiwork.
Here's some tips for catching Pals without wasting your Pal Spheres:
Once you have obtained a Pal, you will want to figure out how to level up fast along with it to maximize your efficiency in catching more Pals!
Tool | Role | ||
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Hand-held Torch | You can make this immediately before making a base. Craft this on a Primitive Workbench. • Keeps you warm during night time. • A useful light source for dark areas. |
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Cloth Outfit | Obtainable at Level 4 for 2 Technology Points. Requires Cloth which is crafted from Wool. • Protects against the cold of the night. • Reduces damage taken. |
Once you make it to Level 4, you may want to get the Cloth Outfit. You will need Wool from Lamballs for making Cloth.
Don't get caught out in the cold! On your first day in Palworld, time will progress normally, and you'll fall prey to the following if you aren't prepared.
How to Make a Palbox |
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① Unlock the Palbox crafting recipe from the Technology menu. |
② Once the Palbox has been unlocked from the Technology menu, open up the build screen (B button on PC) and inspect its requirements. |
③ Build the Palbox by having Paldium Fragment (x1), Wood (x8), and Stone (x3). |
④ Set your base preferably on a wide, flat area for easy navigation and Pal pathfinding and once they start transporting resources. |
The first important decision you make in Palworld is where to create your first Base.
You'll want to consider the following when placing your Base:
Best Base Locations and How to Move Bases
Considering that Ores are used to refine all Ingot tiers from the mid to late game, consider creating your first base near a cluster of Ore Mining Nodes.
While it's a good idea to have a generic base at the start, there are benefits on making your first best an Ore Mining base.
It is important that you invest into completing your base's current missions to increase your base level through Palbox. Doing so will:
More Pals assigned to your base means more tasks can be automated for farming resources and crafting necessities!
From the get-go, you'll want to collect some reliable pals who will serve you well either on the base or on the battlefield.
Besides Cattiva, we recommend the following for starters, but the truth is that you'll be recruiting many more Pals for a variety of purposes, and this is just a small sample to get you going.
Best Early Game Pals for Your Party and Base
As you level up, you'll gain Technology Points which you can use to unlock additional upgrades for your Base.
Beyond the absolute basics, like the Wooden Structure Set, Campfire, and a Shoddy Bed, here's some things you should pick up for sure in your first 15 levels. Note that this is not a complete list!
Best Technology to Unlock First
Once you've got a good Party going, you'll want to increase their level to take on tougher threats like Zoe and Grizzbolt, the first Tower Boss.
Here's some tips to increase the level of your player, Party Pals, and Base Pals:
As you expand your base with new Technology, you'll need to catch Pals who have Work Suitability levels that match well with them, to help you continue growing and reach higher levels of Technology and efficiency.
Think of Work Suitabilities as jobs your Pals can take at the base. For example, those with Transporting Work Suitability will automate carrying resources back and forth to your existing Storage Chests.
Try to catch a Pal with Mining Level 2 early on, such as Tombat, as this is required to mine Ore which will be needed to craft Ingots for use in most mid-level structures.
All Work Suitabilities Explained: Best Pal for Every Work Suitability
Facility (Tech Level | Points) |
Crafting Requirements |
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Berry Plantation (Lvl. 5 | 2 pts.) |
• Berry Seeds (x3) • Wood (x20) • Stone (x20) |
Stone Pit (Lvl. 7 | 2 pts.) |
• Stone (x50) • Wood (x20) • Paldium Fragment (x20) |
Logging Site (Lvl. 7 | 2 pts.) |
• Wood (x50) • Stone (x20) • Paldium Fragment (x10) |
Total Requirements | |
Lvl. 7 | 6 pts. |
• Berry Seeds (x3) • Wood (x100) • Stone (x100) • Paldium Fragment (x30) |
Berry Seeds can be obtained from gathering nearby bushes where you can also obtain Red Berries.
At Level 7 with 6 Technology Points needed, you should have at least been able to unlock three (3) resource facilities that you can automatically farm resources. These are important for passively earning Red Berries for food, Stone and Wood for crafting necessities.
Facility | Recommended Pal | Work Suitability |
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Berry Plantation | Pengullet | Watering and Transportation |
Tanzee | Planting and Gathering | |
Logging Site | Tanzee (Alt: Eikthyrdeer) |
Lumbering and Transportation |
Stone Pit | Cattiva | Mining and Transportation |
You can have Eikthyrdeer (Lvl. 2 Lumbering) for the Logging Site once you have more Pals for automation.
Once you have built all the necessary facilities for automating resource gathering, the next step would be to capture Pals needed for those facilities. You will want to have Pals with the appropriate Work Suitabilities matching an existing facility above so that they can start working.
For example, the Berry Plantation is a multi-stage process that requires more than one Work Suitability (Planting, Watering, Gathering, etc.). It is efficient to have at least two (2) Pals that can take care of those processes at base (Pengullet and Tanzee being suggested.)
One of the most useful ways to get the strongest Pals in the game is through Breeding a male and a female Pal at the Breeding Farm (Mixed Farm on Game Pass), and placing a Cake. The resulting child will inherit some of its parents' aspects, resulting in a much stronger Pal to help you on your journey!
Some Breeding pairs will also result in Fusion Pals, subspecies of an existing Pal with higher stats and a different type.
Ingredient | How to Get |
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Flour ×5 | Use Wheat Seeds to build a Wheat Plantation, and a Mill to turn Wheat into Flour. |
Red Berries ×8 | Produce with the Berry Plantation, or put Caprity in the Ranch. |
Milk ×7 | Catch a Mozzarina and put it in your Ranch. |
Egg ×8 | Catch a Chikipi and put it in your Ranch. |
Honey ×2 | Catch a Beegarde and put it in your Ranch. |
The Cooking Pot structure is required to bake the Cake. Bring the required Ingredients and use a Pal with Kindling to craft it.
Ancient Technology are more unique and specialized Technology items that you can unlock using Ancient Technology Points, which you can find by defeating Alpha Field Bosses and Tower Bosses. Some of the best Ancient Technology you can get include Feed Bags and the Pal Distillation Pod.
Best Ancient Technology and How to Unlock
The Statue of Power is the first Ancient Technology that is available to the player, but did you know that you can also find one for free at the Desolate Church Fast Travel point? Bring Pal Souls here to upgrade your Pals' stats, and exchange Lifmunk Effigies improve your Catching Power!
Guns are a powerful ranged weapon that is normally unlocked a bit later in the game. However, there are multiple ways to get a Gun early on, even if you just started a new world!
How to Get a Gun Fast and Early in Palworld
After defeating Zoe and Grizzbolt, you'll be thrust forward into the world to explore however you please.
To make planning your progression easier, use our Interactive Map to scope out points of interest, and other useful locations!
Lucky Pals are a special variation of Pals that are much larger and have unique passive skill called Rare that increases its Work Speed and Attack by 15%.
Catching these Pals are the same as every other Pal, it's just that you need to pay attention to when you're looking for out in the wild.
Lucky Hunting Guide: How to Hunt Lucky Pals
Making and joining a dedicated server for Palworld is currently only available for Steam players, and the process can be confusing.
Learn how to set up a dedicated server with the Palworld Dedicated Server tool on Steam, find the IP address of your server, and join other players' server in our complete guide.
How to Set Up a Dedicated Server
Your World Settings are one of the largest contributors when it comes to maximizing your overall experience and allow you to customize the difficulty to your preferences.
Before you get too far into the game, decide on how you want to approach the game by finding the best World Settings for you.
Best World Settings for Palworld
Palworld offers an expansive open-world that is free to explore and make your own! This includes inviting friends over to your own world, or creating and joining a server.
Learn more about Palworld's multiplayer system and options in our extensive Multiplayer Guide!
Crossplay is available for players with the same distribution service even if they are on different consoles. This means that a PC player can visit an Xbox's player's world as long as both are on Game Pass.
Note that even if both players are on PC, Steam PC players will not be able to do multiplayer with Game PC Players.
Platform 1 | Platform 2 | Compatible? |
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Game Pass (PC) | Game Pass (Xbox) | Compatible |
Steam | Steam | Compatible |
Game Pass (Xbox) | Game Pass (Xbox) | Compatible |
Game Pass (PC) | Game Pass (PC) | Compatible |
Steam | Game Pass (PC) | Not Compatible |
Steam | Game Pass (Xbox) | Not Compatible |
The Sakurajima Summer Update will add a new Arena that allows players to participate in PvP matches while in a multiplayer server.
You can play Palworld on Mobile Devices through the Steam Link Mobile App or Xbox Game Pass Mobile App! Each comes with its own limitations and PC Game Pass Players are still unable to play via mobile, but for those on Xbox Game Pass or Steam PC, this is quite a handy feature!
Check out all of the steps to connect in the guide within the link below!
How to Play Palworld on Mobile Devices
All Sakurajima Update Features
Pal Catching Tips | |
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How to Catch Pals | How to Catch and Sell Humans |
How to Get Lucky Pals | Pal Sphere Farming Guide |
How to Reroll Dungeon Bosses | - |
Best Base Locations | |
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Coal Base | Paldium Fragment Base |
Ore Base | Sulfur Base |
Skill Fruit Base | - |
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