How to Cure Depressed Pals

In Palworld, depressed pals can be cured by administering High Grade Medical Supplies. Learn how pals get depressed and how to prevent pals from getting depressed.

How to Cure Depressed Pals

Administer High Grade Medical Supplies

Food	Effect
High Grade Medical Supplies	High Grade Medical Supplies that are effective at treating Weakened and Depressed. They do not heal Health.

To cure pals afflicted with depression, you will need to craft or purchase and then administer High Grade Medical Supplies.

List of All Consumables

Craft in Medicine Workbenches

Required Materials	Required Workbenches
・ Ingot x5 ・ Horn x5 ・ Bone x2	・Medieval Medicine Workbench ・Electric Medicine Workbench

One way to acquire High Grade Medical Supplies is to craft them in medicine workbenches using the materials listed above. Two medicine workbenches are available in the game at different technology levels.

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Purchase From Red Wandering Merchant

You can also purchase High Grade Medical Supplies from Red Wandering Merchants in the overworld for 3,000 gold coins.

Wandering Merchant Locations

How Do Pals Get Depressed?

Low Pal Mental Stability

Pals have a stat called SAN or Pal Mental Stability, which refers to a Pal's sanity. Any time a pal is unable to eat, unable to get leisure time, or is overworked, their SAN decreases. If their SAN hits a low enough point, pals will become depressed, slowing their productivity.

This will be indicated by a purple tag with the word Depressed.

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Pal's Path to Essential Structures May Be Blocked

If your pals keep getting depressed even if you have all of the necessary stations to prevent it, it's possible that their pathing may be blocked, preventing them from reaching essential structures such as their bed or feedbox.

Make sure to space out your workstations so your pals don't get stuck when bumping into each other or into other structures.

Pocketpair, the game's developer, has also announced via their roadmap that they plan on improving the AI of the pals in the game.

Base Building Guide

How to Prevent Pal Depression

Tend to the Needs of Your Pals

1. Build Beds for Your Pals
2. Make a Feed Box and Keep it Full
3. Build a Hot Spring
4. Fix Injuries and Ailments
5. Make Sure Pals Are Well-fed

Your pals have needs that should be taken care of to make sure they are always in tip-top shape and to keep their SAN high.

How to Keep Pals Happy

Technologies to Prevent Depression

Level Unlocked	Technology	Material Requirements
3	Straw Pal Bed	Fiber x5 Wood x10
4	Feed Box	Wood x20
9	Hot Spring	Pal Fluids x10 Wood x30 Stone x15 Paldium Fragment x10
24	Fluffy Pal Bed	Fiber x10 Wood x30 Cloth x10 Nail x5
31	High Quality Hot Spring	Wood x100 Stone x100 Paldium Fragment x30 Cement x20
36	Large Pal Bed	Fiber x30 Wood x60 Nail x20 High Quality Cloth x10

Best Technology to Unlock First

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