Raid Guide

Raids are random events in Palworld that has human enemies or aggressive Pals invading and attacking your base. Read on to learn more about what raids are, how to defeat invading enemies, the rewards you can get for successfully repelling raids, and useful glitches to protect your base from raids!

What are Raids?

Pals and Humans Raid Bases

In Palworld, Raids are inevitable once you have built a base. They tend to happen more frequently while you are present at a base compared to when you are out exploring.

Each raid's strength depends on your base level (the higher the base level, the stronger the enemies). You will have to defend your base from groups of enemies with red exclamation points above them (either wild Pals, humans, or both).

Raids start via an on-screen raid warning. Raiders will spawn from a distance and begin approaching your base. Use this time to prepare your Pals for combat. Raids will end when all raiders have been defeated or enough time has passed to cause them to withdraw.

What Triggers Raids?

Possible Raid Triggers
• Can trigger when a player is present at a base. ⓘ Player presence observed to be the most common cause, but it is also possible to happen while exploring far from the base. • Base locations ⓘ The beginner area, Plateau of New Beginnings, is known to be often targeted by raids. • May trigger when a player enters a dungeon (observed in multiplayer.) ⓘ In some cases, raids may only occur extremely rarely. Disabling then enabling raids in the World Settings may fix this.
Possible Raid Behavior
• Raids target only one base at a time. ⓘ May regularly target the same base over time even with multiple bases (factors yet to be known). • May not occur depending whether the base is normally reachable (for example, located in a hard-to-reach places.) • Stronger raiders can appear depending on your base level (Pal Box level).

Above are factors are subject to change as the game is updated.

Raids are random and it has been observed that raids tend to occur when a character is present at a base, but it can also happen while you are out exploring, in addition to other factors.

The success of raids appearing could also be connected to whether a proper path can be found to a base or if the raiders have a proper place to spawn in. Some places are harder to reach, preventing any raiders from spawning.

Known Base Locations Immune to Raids

Near Sealed Realm of the Guardian
Coordinates: 180, -39 Recommended for: Mid game Size: Medium (Sloped) Climate: Normal Resources: Ore, Coal, Wood Enemy lv.: 20-25
West of Icy Weasel Hill
Coordinates: -79, 192 Recommended for: Late game Size: Medium (Flat) Climate: Normal Resources: None (requires artifical sources) Enemy lv.: 30+

Above locations are subject to update when more are found.

Some locations are known to be safe if not immune to raid activity. Two of the above are located on tall areas best accessed via flying mounts.

Raids will not likely trigger at these locations. But if they do, they will be unable to reach them due to steep terrain. Do note the availability of the resources for these locations as one of them have no natural sources (thus requiring you build artifical sources (like a Stone Pit).

Best Base Locations

Enable or Disable Raids in World Settings

In the World Settings menu, you can choose to toggle Raids on or off. Remember that deactivating raids will prevent you from getting loot from raiders.

Feel free to deactivate raids if they become a massive inconvenience. Turn them on once you want to take on the challenge.

How to Change World Settings

How to Win Raids

• Craft an Alarm Bell
• Swap Base Pals with Combat Pals
• Equip Strong Weapons and Armor
• Build Traps and Defenses
• Build with Stone Instead of Wood
• Return to Main Menu

Craft an Alarm Bell

The Alarm Bells, when interacted with, sound and notify your Pals that a raid is coming. They are used to shift Pal behaviour from focusing on work to targetting base raiders.

Craft an Alarm Bell by unlocking it first in the Technology menu with 1 Technology Point.

How to Get Ancient Technology Points Fast

Swap Base Pals With Combat Pals

During a raid, the enemies can target both you, your Pals, and your base structures. One technique in dealing with them is to swap out your weaker worker Pals with the stronger Pals you have either in your party or your Pal Box.

It is best to remember that low level base Pals risk a quick defeat. Make sure to plan ahead of time which Pals will be the best in base defense.

Best Pals for Combat Tier List

Equip Strong Weapons and Armor

Defending your base is not all about letting your Pals do the work. You have weapons and armor for some powerful home defense.

Consider searching for Schematics to craft better versions of these equipment, especially guns since they can pack a punch!

How to Get All Legendary Weapons and Armor Schematics

Build Traps and Defenses

Level	Technology	Points	Description
4	Alarm Bell	1	Bell that sets the alert status for Pals on base. Change Pal behavior to either attack invading enemies or focus entirely on work whenever you like.
4	Hanging Trap	1	Catches Pals that pass through. Only effective on small Pals and humans.
9	Sandbag	2	Pals assigned to it will watch for approaching enemies.
10	Bear Trap (Small)	1	Immobilizes those who step on it. Only effective on small Pals or humans.
22	Bear Trap (Large)	2	Immobilizes those who step on it. Only effective on large Pals.
26	Mounted Crossbow	2	Assign Pal with Handiwork suitability and it will protect a base using the crossbow.
30	Mine	2	Automatically detonates when stepped on.
33	Electric Mine	2	Electrocutes those who step on it. Electrocuted Pals are easier to capture.
38	Ice Mine	2	Freezes those who step on it. Frozen Pals are easier to capture.
40	Mounted Machine Gun	3	Assign Pal to use the machine gun to protect a base.
50	Mounted Missile Launcher	3	Assign a Pal with Handiwork suitability and it will protect a base using the missile launcher.

Constructing defensive traps, such as the Sandbag, Hanging Trap, and Bear Trap, will helpful against enemy raids.

You can find the option to build these traps on the Technology menu, each trap corresponding to its specific cost in Technology Points.

List of Base Structures

Build with Stone Instead of Wood

Base Structure
Stone Structure Set

Fire Pals may be part of the raiding party, making it possible for any wooden structures to be caught on fire with their fire attacks. Your Water Pals may be able to extinguish the fire, but consider burning structures a lost cause when fire has spread too far.

The best way to prevent spreading fire in your base is to ensure you have built fire-proof structures that are not wood (such as Stone).

Best Structures for Your Base

Return to Main Menu

In single player, if you wish to skip a base raid while raids are enabled in the World Settings, you can choose to exit to the main menu. This will unload your world and cause the raiders to despawn (but you will get no rewards.)

The raid status will be gone once you log back in. Choose this option if you simply wish to avoid raids at an unconvenient time.

Raid Rewards

• Copper, Silver, and Gold Keys
• Pal Souls
• Stronger Pals
• Loot and XP

Copper, Silver, and Gold Keys

Chest Keys
Copper Key	Silver Key	Gold Key

Keys may drop from enemies defeated during a raid. You can use it to open Chests with a reddish glow and gain valuable items and Schematics.

Chances of getting rarer keys from raiders are higher the stronger they are, which means having a higher base level.

The rarity of its items and chests requiring a higher-tier key increases as you venture into higher level areas such as the Desert or Snow areas.

How to Get Keys

Pal Souls

Pal Souls
Small Pal Soul	Medium Pal Soul	Large Pal Soul

It is possible for both Pal and human raiders to drop Pal Souls upon defeat or capture. These are used for enhancing Pals at a Statue of Power and can help in improving Pals alongside breeding.

Make sure you have decided which Pal you want to enhance stats for, since stat resets cost a lot of Gold Coins depending on the number of points invested.

How to Farm Pal Souls

Stronger Pals

You can attempt to catch an enemy Pal (or humans if you wish) by sufficiently weakening it during a raid. Some Pals prove to be useful at work (Lovander), but others can also serve to be formidable in combat (Incineram).

Capturing these Pals can be good idea given their benefits and higher level.

How to Catch Pals

Loot and XP

The rewards for defeating or capturing a raider is similar to any other loot drop in the overworld. The same goes with EXP.

Some of these reward drops are substantial, such as Gold Coins, Pal Spheres or Pal Souls. Focus on defeating every enemy during a raid to grab some extra loot or gain more EXP for levelling up.

How to Level Up Fast

Can Raids Destroy Your Base?

Your Base Will Not Be Destroyed Completely

Enemies will try their best to damage your base, structures, and base Pals during a raid. That does not mean that their ultimate goal is to destroy everything.

They will not completely destroy your base, and enemies will withdraw after a certain period if you fail to defeat them or enough time has passed.

It is best to remember, however, that this doesn't ensure the well-being of your base Pals after the raid, as they may face the risk of being defeated during the battle.

Raid Glitches

Unraidable Base Glitch

You can make your base unraidable via a glitch by surrounding your base with partially built Viewing Cages, these structures will serve as an invisible barrier rendering raiders unable to enter your base.

Unraidable Base Glitch

Make Raiders Not Do Anything

When being raided by higher level enemies. An excellent last resort would be to withdraw all your Base Pals via the Palbox and leave your base.

You do not have to worry about your buildings and structures as this glitch will render the enemies to not do anything once there are no Pals to fight with and you to fight them. Eventually, they will retreat.

Best Base Pals

Palworld Related Guides

Tips and Tricks

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	-

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