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★ Home Sweet Home Content Guide
☆ Palworld 0.7.0 Patch Notes
★ New Pal: Hartalis
☆ Weapons: Core Eject Shotgun | Marksman Revolver
★ Armor: V1 Armor | V2 Armor
☆ New Features: PvP | Paint Mode

Palworld - Base Building Guide

Build and set up a base by crafting a Palbox and placing it at your preferred location in Palworld. Read on to know everything about building a base, how to move bases, and best locations to build one.

List of Contents

Base Building Updates

The updates below are made during the Home Sweet Home update.

Now Displays An Arrow

When placing a building, an arrow indicating the building's orientation will now be displayed.

Now Displays a Cattiva Icon for the Work Location

When placing a building, buildings with a set work location will now display a Cattiva icon indicating the work location.

List of Base Structures

Adjusted Palbox

The Palbox has been adjusted to be aligned with foundations and roofs.

How to Get Palbox

Controls Changed

Building controls have been made more intuitive, and continuous building has been changed to the default setting.

All Controls and How to Change

How to Build a Base in Palworld

Reach Level 2 and Craft a Palbox

Palworld - Build the New Base

Building a base requires reaching at least Level 2 and placing a Palbox at a preferred location. Palboxes are homes to both the Player and their Pals, allowing them to build a base and defend themselves from the dangers of the wilds.

How to Level Up Fast

Always Upgrade the Palbox

Palworld - Expands the Number of Working Pals in Base

Always remember to upgrade Palboxes to expand the number of Pals in your base. For more information on Palbox upgrades, check out our guide below!

How to Upgrade Palbox

How to Move Bases in Palworld

Disassemble the Palbox

Palworld - Crafting

Moving a base to another preferred location requires disassembling a Palbox, which lets all of the resources used return to the player's inventory after getting disassembled.

Learn all about moving bases by clicking the link to our guide below!

How to Move Bases

Best Base Locations Palworld

Abundant in Materials

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To spot the best location for building a base, it should be abundant in crafting resources and materials to help players expand structures efficiently.

Best Base Locations

Dedicated Ore Mining Bases

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There are multiple locations in the world that have multiple Ore Mining Nodes. These location create the perfect spot for bases dedicated to Mining as much Ore as possible.

Best Ore Farming Base Guide

Best Pals for Bases

Best Pal Tier List

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To know which Pals are best to have in your party and your base, we made a tier list along with the reasons why we think these Pals are best to have in the party in general.

If you're looking for a quick reference, take a look at our Best Pals Tier List below!

Best Pals Tier List

Let Us Know Your Thoughts!

Are there Pals that caught your attention and you believe that it's underrated? Let us know which Pals you think would be best to have in general in the comments section below!

Comments Section

Palworld Related Guides

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Tips and Tricks

Home Sweet Home Update Tips

Home Sweet Home Tips
Paint Mode Guide PvP Functionality Guide

Tides of Terraria Update Tips

Tides of Terraria Tips
Tides of Terraria New Islands and Location How to Get Terraria Items
How to Recruit Zoe and Location How to Find Terraria Dungeon
How to Fish How to Get Implants
Trust Mechanic Explained How to Find Treasure Maps
Enemy Faction Bases and Location -

Feybreak Update Tips

Feybreak Island Tips
Feybreak Update Patch Notes Terraria Crossover Launched
Bounty Tokens Guide Attack Chopper Guide
How to Start Pal Expeditions Feybreak Oil Rig Guide
How to Find Feybreak Messenger of Love Locations
Level 30 Oil Rig Guide -

Feybreak Update All New Content Guide

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 How to Use Global Palbox

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

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1 Anonymous Anonymous 9 months

In my opinion, Verdash is really annoying when I using him at base or combat!

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