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Palword's main island is surrounded and contains vast bodies of water, but certain Pals have Pal Skills that lets you ride them in order to run around and make sea travelling a breeze! Check out this page to see which Pals can move the fastest on water and other effects they have while mounted on.
| The Best Pals Overall | ||
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| Combat Pals Tier List |
Base Pals Tier List |
All Mounts Tier List |
| Ground Mounts Tier List |
Flying Mounts Tier List |
Water Mounts Tier List |
| Best Glider Pals Tier List | ||
List of Contents
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Neptilius
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Azurobe
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Jormuntide
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Surfent
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This is the list of Pals than can be ridden as Water mounts! Neptilius is currently the best pal you can use to traverse the waters of Palworld!
The following are the criteria to be met when ranking Pals for Water.
| Tier | Criteria |
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| Provides exceptional aquatic mobility, while also proving to be extremely useful in other aspects such as combat and overall usability. | |
| These Pals are some of the fastest Pals you can get in game in their respective category and are the cream of the crop compared to other mounts. | |
| Pals in A Tier are often the best to use in the later part of the game but are usually outclassed by Pals in the SS and S Tier. | |
| B Tier Pals are great for early game, but are severely overclassed compared to the ones in higher tiers. |
| List of Swimming Pals that Remove Stamina Consumption | |
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All three swimming Pals, Surfent, Azurobe, and Jormuntide can let you swim and sprint without the need for using up stamina! This makes them great for longer trips.
| List of Terrestrial Pals that Infuse Elements to Weapons | |
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Azurobe stands out from the other swimming Pals by its ability to give the player a Water Infusion when attacking with their weapon!
Palworld Type Chart Strengths and Weaknesses
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Pal Gear Workbench
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In order to ride a specific Pal, you need to craft their specific Pal Gear at a Pal Gear Workbench. Both of these can be unlocked in the Technology Tab of the Menu.
Note that each Pal Gear has its own recipe so make sure you get the materials needed beforehand to craft the Pal Gear you need for your Mount.
Best Technology to Unlock First

Use our Palworld IV Calculator to calculate the IVs of your Pals Attack, Defense and HP Stats in Palworld!
Our IV Checker will allow you to check the individual value of each of your Pal's Stats with both Passive Skills applied or just the base values to see which of your Pals are the strongest of their species!
| Passive Skill | Effect |
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30% increase to movement speed |
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Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% |
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20% increase to movement speed |
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10% increase to movement speed |
Best Passive Skills and How to Get

| Best Pals Tier Lists | ||
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| Best Pals for Combat | Best Base Pals | Best Pals for Mounting |
| List of All Mount Pals Tier Lists | |
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Flying Mounts Tier List |
Ground Mounts Tier List |
Swimming Mounts Tier List |
Glider Pals Tier List |
| All Pal Work Suitabilities | ||
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Swift, Legend, Runner, Nimble ----> DO NOT AFFECT SWIM SPEED! For swim speed you need: King of the Waves, Ace Swimmer, Sleek Stroke, and any other passives that affect swim speed specifically.
Fastest Swimming Mount Pals Tier List (July 2025)



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Surfent is faster than Azurobe in water. Test the pals before listing shit.