Crafting is essential in Palworld in order to get better gear, structures, items, and even food! See how to craft, what to craft, and the best pals for crafting in our guide.

Crafting Guide for Palworld

1. How to Craft
2. How to Craft Better Items
3. How to Get New Recipes for Crafting

How to Craft

Interact with Production Structures

You need to build a Workbench and other similar structures in order to Craft in Palworld. Approach the structure and then press the default F key (PC) or the X button (Controller) in order to access that workspace's Crafting Menu.

The crafting menu will show you items that can be crafted along with their material requirements. Gather materials for crafting them. Once they are ready to be crafted, select them and their quantity, then proceed with the crafting.

Crafting may be done manually by holding down the default F key (PC) or X button (PC) by yourself, or automatically by other Pals with the Handiwork Work Suitability. A timer will appear indicating the crafting progress, which can be paused at any time by releasing the button.

Best Structures for Your Base

List of Technology
Advanced Sphere Assembly Line	Gold Coin Assembly Line	High Quality Workbench
Large Toolbox	Mounted Crossbow	Mounted Machine Gun
Mounted Missile Launcher	Pal Gear Workbench	Primitive Workbench
Production Assembly Line	Production Assembly Line II	Sphere Assembly Line
Sphere Assembly Line II	Sphere Workbench	Weapon Assembly Line
Weapon Assembly Line II	Weapon Workbench

How to Craft Better Items

Upgrade Facilities and Get High-Quality Materials

Certain items like higher tier Pal Spheres and guns require their specialized structures (the Sphere Workbench and Weapon Workbench, respectively) in order to be crafted.

You need to build the structure first before you are able to craft the item even if you have the recipe.

All Workbenches and Production Technology

How to Get New Recipes for Crafting

• Unlocked via Technology Points
• Obtained in Dungeons
• Bought from Merchants

Unlocked via Technology Points

The main method of obtaining recipes is by unlocking them with Technology Points or Ancient Technology Points in the Technology Menu.

You can bring up the menu by pressing the T Key (PC) or open up the Menu and navigate to the Technology Tab.

Best Ancient Technology and How to Unlock

Obtained in Dungeons

After completing a dungeon, the chests near the Leave Crystal have a chance to drop Schematics. These recipes can range from higher rarity Armor to tools you have not yet unlocked in the game.

Make sure to pay attention on dungeon timers at the entrance, since these usually indicate that only some dungeons are accessible at different times.

All Dungeon Locations

Bought from Merchants

Some merchants (such as the Wandering Merchant at the Small Settlement) have Schematics that they can sell to the Player for Gold Coins.

You can add them to your base by weakening and capturing them with a Pal Sphere. This ensures that you always have access to their shop.

Schematics Locations

Best Pals for Crafting

Best Crafting Pals

No.	Pal	Element	Work Suitability
4	Lifmunk		Planting Lv. 1 Handiwork Lv. 1 Lumbering Lv. 1 Medicine Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1
63	Lunaris		Handiwork Lv. 3 Transporting Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1
69	Lovander		Handiwork Lv. 2 Medicine Lv. 2 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 1
100	Anubis		Handiwork Lv. 4 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 3

The Pals above are some examples for progression in Handiwork Suitability, with Anubis having the highest (Level 4.)

The best Pals for crafting would be those that posses the Handiwork Work Suitability. These Pals will assist you in building structures and items on workbenches.

For early game, look into acquiring Lamball, Cattiva, and Lifmunk to help you out in building your base!

Best Base Pals

Best Crafting Pals for Early Game

No.	Pal	Element	Work Suitability
2	Cattiva		Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 1
4	Lifmunk		Planting Lv. 1 Handiwork Lv. 1 Lumbering Lv. 1 Medicine Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1
8	Tanzee		Planting Lv. 1 Handiwork Lv. 1 Lumbering Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1
10	Pengullet		Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Watering Lv. 1 Cooling Lv. 1

Above are some recommended starting Pals for building your base and maintaining production.

When you start off your base, try to get Pals with Handiwork as their Work Suitability to get the ball rolling in building more Pal Spheres and raise that Base and Technology levels. These Pals will transition well once you get the Stone Pit and Logging Site structures.

For location, make sure to position your base near valuable nodes for resource gathering, like Ore chunks. These can save you item in crafting higher grade materials needed to make more advanced gear.

Best Base Locations and How to Move

Best Items to Craft

Technology Items
Early Game	Mid Game
Late Game	End Game

Break your way into Palworld by levelling up and progressing through the Technology Tree.

In each stage of the game, it is crucial that you invest into getting better gear and tools to succeed in harder challenges, such as stronger Alpha Pals and Tower Bosses.

Best Technology to Unlock First

Early Game Technology Items

Workbench Technology
Stone Pickaxe	Stone Axe	Hand-held Torch	Wooden Club
Common Shield	Cloth Outfit	Pal Sphere	Normal Parachute
Old Bow	Arrow	-	-
Equippable Ancient Technology
Grappling Gun
Early Game Materials
Paldium Fragment	Wood	Stone	Fiber
Wool	Leather	Cloth	-

Mid Game Technology Items

Workbench Technology
Metal Pickaxe	Metal Axe	Crossbow	Stun Baton
Mega Shield	Pelt Armor	Mega Sphere	Mega Glider
Makeshift Handgun	Coarse Ammo	Metal Helm	-
Mid Game Materials
Ore	Ingot	High Quality Pal Oil	Cement
Ice Organ	Flame Organ	Charcoal	Sulfur
Gunpowder	Nail	-	-
Equippable Ancient Technology
Hip Lantern		Mega Grappling Gun

Late Game Technology Items

Workbench Technology
Handgun	Stone Axe	Refined Metal Pickaxe	Refined Metal Axe
Giga Shield	Metal Armor	Giga Sphere	Frag Grenade
Single-shot Rifle	Double-barreled Shotgun	-	-
Mid Game Materials
Electric Organ	Refined Ingot	High Quality Cloth	Circuit Board
Carbon Fiber	Polymer	Pal Metal Ingot	Sulfur
Gunpowder	-	-	-
Equippable Ancient Technology
Scatter Sphere Launcher	Lily's Spear	Giga Grappling Gun	-

End Game Technology Items

Workbench Technology
Rocket Launcher	Assault Rifle	Pump-action Shotgun	Sword
Hyper Shield	Pal Metal Armor	Pal Metal Helm	Legendary Sphere
Single-shot Rifle	Double-barreled Shotgun	-	-
Equippable Ancient Technology
Hyper Grappling Gun		Homing Sphere Launcher

Endgame items are crafted also from materials gathered in the late game.

Palworld Related Guides

Game Mechanics

Game Mechanics

List of Game Mechanics Guides
Element Type Matchup Chart	Combat Mechanics
Day and Night Cycle	Crafting Guide and Best Crafting Pals
Rarity Explained	List of Sicknesses and Injuries
Guilds Explained: Should You Join a Guild?	Dungeon Guide
STAB Explained	Attack Stat Explained
HP Stat Explained	Defense Stat Explained
Weight Explained	Work Speed Explained
Stamina Explained	Super Effectiveness and Resistances Explained