When it comes to the best early game pals, Cattiva excels thanks to its usefulness in crafting and base building in Palword. Other solid picks for starter pals include Foxparks, Daedream, and Vixy. Read on to find out what the best pals to get early are for battle, crafting, and base building.

Best Early Game Pals

In the first few hours of Palworld, your choices for companion Pals may be somewhat restricted. While it is useful to catch Pals primarily for the XP they provide, there are specific early game Pals that stand out as useful additions to your party and your base.

Best Early Game Pals	Reason
Cattiva	Best Starter Pal ・Work Suitabilities help with material farming and base building. ・Passive Ability Cat Helper increases carry capacity by +50. ・Easily accessible in the opening area.
Daedream	Best Early Game Pal for Mob Battles ・Ranged attacks reduce risk of taking damage. ・Dark typing is effective against many Neutral-type Pals in the early game. ・Look for a glowing purple head at night to find and catch Daedream.
Foxparks	Best Early Game Pal for Boss Battles ・Partner Skill Huggy Fire allows Foxsparks to be used as a flamethrower. ・Fire typing is strong as the only type strong against two elements. ・Keeps you warm at night when out of Palsphere. ・While available all day, easier to spot at night because of its glow.
Vixy	Best Early Game Pal to Farm Pal Spheres ・Partner Skill Dig Here! lets Vixy occassionally dig up Pal Spheres. ・Assigning it the Grazing task in the Ranch lets Vixy passively find Pal Spheres.

Best Starter Pal

Cattiva is the Best Starter Pal for Crafting and Base Building

The very first Pal Sphere you craft should be spent on Cattiva, which is found in the area during the start of the game. While it may not excel in combat, its true value lies in its expertise in crafting and base building, which you are about to begin at this point in the game, making it the overall best first Pal to catch.

Cattiva has access to the following Work Suitabilities, all of which are highly useful for material farming and crafting right off the bat.

• Handiwork: Allows it to build structures and craft items at Workbenches. The most important Work Suitability overall.
• Mining: Allows it to mine Stone and Paldium Fragments (not Ore; Mining Lv. 2 is required for that)
• Gathering: Allows it to gather crops from Berry Plantations
• Transporting: Allows it to carry gathered materials and place them in Wooden Chests

All Work Suitabilities Explained

Cattiva Also Gives a +50 in Weight

Cattiva's Passive Ability, Cat Helper, increases your weight stat, thus increasing your carry capacity by +50 for each Cattiva in your party (this stacks!), making it a great starter Pal for early on out in the field, as well as the base!

How To Catch Cattiva

Cattiva Location at Daytime
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Cattiva lives in pairs in the opening area, just the place where your adventure begins, making it instantly available to catch.

Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks to Get Started

Best Early Game Pals for Your Party

Daedream is the Best Early Game Pal for Mob Battles

The best starter pal for battles against random mobs in Palworld is definitely Daedream. Daedream uses ranged attacks reducing the risk of taking damage.

With its Dark typing, Daedream is unstoppable as it will deal increased amount of damage with the majority of the Neutral type low-level starting pals you will encounter making EXP farming more easier and faster.

Palworld Element Type Matchup Chart

How To Catch Daedream

Daedream Location at Nighttime
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You can only catch Daedream at night as it only appears during this specific period so be aware when the day cycle changes. You can spot a Daedream with their glowing purple heads.

Day and Night Cycle

Foxparks is the Best Early Game Pal for Boss Battles

Foxparks is one of the more uncommon Pals you can encounter at the start of the game in the starting area. Its Partner Skill, Huggy Fire, makes you use Foxparks as a flamethrower, which deals massive amounts of damage within a short range. Use this skill to shred the HP out of enemy bosses. As a Fire-type, Foxparks is strong against 2 elements, unlike other elemental types.

Unlock Foxparks' Partner Skill by crafting the Foxparks' Harness, which can be unlocked after capturing a Foxparks and unlocking it in the Technology Tree.

The last best thing about Foxparks is that it heats you up during the night when it's out of its Palsphere, making cold nights without proper clothes or warmth worry-free!

How to Catch Foxparks

Foxparks Location at Daytime
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Foxparks is an somewhat less common Pal you can encounter in the starting area. It may be easier to hunt Foxparks at night as they shine brightly in the dark, but they are available at any time.

How to Catch Pals

Best Early Game Pals for Your Base

Farm Pal Spheres with Vixy!

Vixy has the Dig Here! Partner Skill, which can sometimes result in Pal Spheres being dug up. Assign Vixy the Grazing task in the Ranch for them to loot Pal Spheres for you!
List of All Pal Spheres and How to Farm

How to Catch Vixy

Vixy Location at Daytime
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Vixy is relatively rarer than the other Starter Pals listed, but it's great to pick up early game, at least when you're able to build the Ranch. Don't wait too long to pick one up or you'll be missing out!

Palworld Related Guides

Tips and Tricks

Sakurajima Update Tips

Sakurajima Island Tips
PvP Arena Guide	How to Find Meteorite Event
Oil Rig Stronghold Guide	Best Crude Oil Base Locations
How to Farm Dog Coins	Supply Drop Guide and All Items
Sakurajima Location and How to Get There	How to Unlock More Accessory Slots
Sakurajima Early Access Play Review	Junkyard Locations and All Items
Lockpicking Guide	-

All Sakurajima Update Features

General Palworld Tips

General Palworld Tips
Best Starter Pal	How to Level Up Fast
Best Base Locations and How to Move Bases	Best Stats to Upgrade
Best Ancient Technology	Statue of Power Guide
How to Get a Gun Fast and Early in Palworld	Day/Night Cycle
How to Get Ancient Technology Points Fast	Pal Distillation Pod: How to Rank Up Pal
Base Building Guide	Raid Guide
How to Remove Wanted Status	List of Palworld Achievements
Best Palworld Team	How to Destroy and Move Structures
When Do Items and Resources Respawn?	Transferring Characters
Base Level Rewards and Requirements	How to Attack Enemies on Water
Best Structures for Your Base	How to Trade Pals
Best Type Combinations	What to Do in Palworld
Can Pals Evolve in Palworld	How to Mount and Ride Pals
How to Get More Base Storage	When Do Bosses Respawn?
Benefits to Killing Syndicate Thugs	All Black Marketeer Pals
How to Move Bases	How to Create and Join a Guild
Story Walkthrough Guide	Post Game Guide
Pal Buy and Sell Values Explained	Post Game Raid Boss
Choices, Missables, and One-Time Events	How to Fly
How to Handle Pals Not Working and Assign Pals to Jobs	How to Get a Level 5 Work Suitability Pal
List of the Best Palworld Mods	Rare Drops List and Best Rare Drops to Farm
How to Change Player and Pal Names	Stats and IVs Explained
How to Change Your Character's Appearance	How to Keep Items on Death
How Many Pals Are in Palworld	How to Refresh Vendor Stock
Feed Box Optimal Positioning	Pals That Don't Sleep
Level Cap	All Pal Skins and How to Change
Palworld Halloween Skins	-

Pal Catching Tips

Pal Catching Tips
How to Catch Pals	How to Catch and Sell Humans
How to Get Lucky Pals	Pal Sphere Farming Guide
How to Reroll Dungeon Bosses	-

Survival and Exploration Tips

Survival and Exploration Tips
How to Cook Pals	How to Farm Paldium Fragments
How to Heal Pals and Player HP	How to Keep Pals Happy and Sane
How to Increase Carrying Capacity	How to Increase Stamina
How to Upgrade Palbox	How to Repair Tools
How to Fix Pal Injuries	How to Revive Pals
How to Cancel Arrows	How to Eat Food
How to Put Out and Avoid Fires	How to Increase Movement Speed
How to Cure Depressed Pals	How to Cure Weakened Pals
How to Cure Pals of Overfull	How to Get Keys
Night Guide: How to Survive the Night	How to Manage Food Expiration

Best Base Locations
Coal Base	Paldium Fragment Base
Ore Base	Sulfur Base
Skill Fruit Base	-

Settings and Multiplayer Tips

Settings and Multiplayer Tips
How to Play Palworld on Mobile Devices	Best World Settings for Palworld
How to Change World Settings	Multiplayer Guide
Does Palworld Have Crossplay?	Is There PvP in Palworld?
How to Save the Game	How to Set Up Dedicated Server
Which Difficulty Settings to Choose	How to Backup Save Data
All Controls and How to Change	How to Drop Items and Pals
All Console Commands and Cheats	Palworld PC System Requirements
How to Migrate Server Data	How to Change Death Penalty Settings
Is There Splitscreen Local Co-Op in Palworld	-

Glitches and Exploits

All Glitches and Exploits
Infinite Pal Sphere Exploit	Guild Save File Deletion Bug
Pal Pathfinding Bug Fix	How to Catch Tower Bosses
Refresh Food Expiration Glitch	Infinite Sweepa Boost Glitch
Carry Weight Glitch	Pal Sphere Gliding Glitch
Egg Duplication Glitch	Instant Pal Revive and Heal Glitch
Infinite Syndicate Thug Glitch	Black Marketeer Gold Glitch
Item Duplication Glitch	2 Combat Pals at A Time Glitch
Unraidable Base Glitch	Clipping Glitch
How to Fix World Save Bug	Infinite Loot Glitch
Infinite XP Glitch	Freeze and Rocket Launcher Glitch
Pal Skill Cooldown Reset Trick	Fierce Fang Glitch