Best Mining Pals Tier List (May 2024)

This is a list of all of the Pals with a Mining Work Suitability in Palworld. Read on to learn which Pals are the best at Mining and what structures Mining is used for.

Work Suitabilities Guides
Work Suitabilities Explained	All Pals by Work Suitability	Best Pals for Every Job
List of Pals for Each Work Suitability
Kindling	Watering	Planting
Generating Electricity	Handiwork	Gathering
Lumbering	Mining	Medicine Production
Cooling	Transporting	Farming

Best Mining Work Suitability Pals

Mining Work Suitability Tier List

Mining Tier List for Pals
Lv.	Pal
4
3
2
1

The table above shows every Pal with a Mining Work Suitability, along with its level. The Higher the level of the Work Suitability, the faster they are at completing tasks of that Work Suitability.

Also, some Mining Nodes require a minimum Mining work suitability, like how Ore Mining Nodes require atleast Mining Lv. 2 for a Pal to automatically mine it.

Work Suitabilties Can be Upgraded

By using the Pal Essence Condenser, it's possible to upgrade all of a Pal's Work Suitabilities by one level. This is important because it's the only way to get a Pal with a Lv. 5 Work Suitability! As long as the Pal already has a Lv. 4 Work Suitability, it'll be upgraded to Lv. 5 once it's been ranked up to 4-Stars.

How to Get a Level 5 Work Suitability Pal

Best Late Game Mining Work Suitability Pals

Single Focus Mining Pal

List of Pals
Digtoise	Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 5/10
Astegon	Handiwork Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 4
	Food: 7/10

Astegon is the best Pal for focused Mining tasks since it has the highest level for Mining. Just make sure that you fix it to an assigned task so that it doesn't randomly do Handiwork tasks.

Digtoise has been buffed after the latest update was implemented, and is now one of the most effective single focus mining pal in the game. Digtoise is now both a great altenative, or partner to Anubis which is still the best multi-tasking Pal in the game.

Multiple Work Suitability Mining Pal

List of Pals
Blazamut	Kindling Lv. 3 Mining Lv. 4
	Food: 9/10
Anubis	Handiwork Lv. 4 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 6/10

Anubis is the best multitasking Mining Pal because it also has Transporting Lv. 2, allowing it to transport whatever resources it mines. It also has Handiwork Lv. 4, letting it quickly finish any crafting or building tasks that need to be done.

Blazamut on the other hand is best suited for Mining Bases that needs a Kindling Pal to refine Ingots. When paired with Anubis, this can create a very efficient base for Ingot production.

All Work Suitabilities Explained: Best Pal for Every Work Suitability

Best Early Game Mining Work Suitability Pal

List of Pals
Cattiva	Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 2/10

Cattiva is the best early game Mining Pal since it has the combination of Mining and Transporting, meaning that it can transport whatever resources it mines.

It also has Handiwork and Gathering, which are always great additions to any early game base.

Best Starter Pal and Early Game Pals

List of All Pals with Mining Work Suitability

Mining Lv. 4

List of Pals
Blazamut	Kindling Lv. 3 Mining Lv. 4
	Food: 9/10
Astegon	Handiwork Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 4
	Food: 7/10

Mining Lv. 3

List of Pals
Digtoise	Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 5/10
Reptyro	Kindling Lv. 3 Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 5/10
Reptyro Cryst	Mining Lv. 3 Cooling Lv. 3
	Food: 5/10
Menasting	Lumbering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 7/10
Anubis	Handiwork Lv. 4 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 3
	Food: 6/10

Mining Lv. 2

List of Pals
Penking	Handiwork Lv. 2 Transporting Lv. 2 Watering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2 Cooling Lv. 2
	Food: 8/10
Dumud	Transporting Lv. 1 Watering Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 2 Farming Lv. 1 - High Quality Pal Oil
	Food: 4/10
Tombat	Transporting Lv. 2 Gathering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2
	Food: 5/10
Mammorest	Planting Lv. 2 Lumbering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2
	Food: 8/10
Mammorest Cryst	Lumbering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2 Cooling Lv. 2
	Food: 8/10
Quivern	Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 3 Gathering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2
	Food: 4/10
Paladius	Lumbering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2
	Food: 9/10
Necromus	Lumbering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 2
	Food: 9/10

Mining Lv. 1

List of Pals
Cattiva	Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Gathering Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 2/10
Depresso	Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 2/10
Rushoar	Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 3/10
Fuddler	Handiwork Lv. 1 Transporting Lv. 1 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 2/10
Incineram	Kindling Lv. 1 Handiwork Lv. 2 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 4/10
Incineram Noct	Handiwork Lv. 2 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 4/10
Maraith	Gathering Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 3/10
Lovander	Handiwork Lv. 2 Medicine Lv. 2 Transporting Lv. 2 Mining Lv. 1
	Food: 5/10

Uses for Mining Work Suitability

Mining Stone at a Stone Pit

List of Technology
Stone Pit

Mining is mainly used to mine for Stone at the Stone Pit so that you can get a lot of it without needing to manually get Stone and wait for it to respawn.

As for Paldium Fragments, you can simply feed Stone to a Crusher, and it will give you one Fragment for every piece of Stone. Just remember to have a Pal with Watering that can power the Crusher, otherwise, the machine won't work.

Also Mines Naturally Spawning Nodes

World Location	Map Location

Mining will also make a Pal mine any naturally spawning nodes inside the base. This is extremely useful if you want to set up dedicated bases that will automatically mine resources like Ore.

Do note however that Pals with Mining Lv. 1 won't automatically mine higher tier resources, so make sure to use Pals with atleast Mining Lv. 2 if you're planning on making a dedicated Mining base.

Best Ore Farming Base Guide

Pickaxe and Helmet Gives a Boost to Mining Speed

List of Technology
Pickaxe and Helmet

The Pickaxe and Helmet is not a structure that requires Mining, but instead is a structure that passively boosts the work speed of any task that requires Mining.

This will heavily reduce the time it takes to sow seeds, freeing up the Mining Pals to do other tasks instead.

Future Updates

AI Improvements Confirmed

Mining Pals will also benefit from the confirmed AI Improvements, allowing them to gather ores, stones, and other resources more efficiently, and gain an appropriate amount of EXP to level up.

Roadmap and Future Updates

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