List of the Best Palworld Mods

These are the best mods in Palworld for improving your QOL, performance, and gameplay experience. Learn about the best mods available and how to install them.

Notice!

Game8 cannot fully confirm that any mod is safe, and cannot accept any liability for damage to a device or files from a mod. Although we try to only refer to mods which have been verified by us and by respected mod websites, there is always risk when downloading software from the internet. Always remember that you use mods at your own risk. Cheat and non-vanilla mods (such as those related to infinite x items or using content from other games) have been excluded for focus on compatibility, immersion, and a fair playthrough experience.

Best Palworld Mods for Graphics

• Enhanced Palworld Visuals Mod
• RTX Raytracing and DirectX 12 Mod
• Palworld FOV Changes Mod

Enhanced Palworld Visuals Mod

Enhanced Palworld Visuals (Epic Plus)
Mod is used. Noticeable increase in draw distance and brighter colors. Fog is only noticeable at the farthest areas.
No Mod (Default)
Default View (No Mod). Darker, fog is volumnous in low areas at farther distances.

Find this mod uploaded by FrancisLouis over on Nexus Mods and download the files at your own risk. To increase graphic fidelity, it disables some graphic features as well as improving others. You can use the regular Enhanced Palworld Visuals in the Files section or use any of the following presets also found there for download:

• Enhanced Palword Visuals (Epic Plus)
• Enhanced Palword Visuals (Epic)
• Enhanced Palword Visuals (Fog Enabled)
• Enhanced Palword Visuals (No Fog Only)
• Enhanced Palword Visuals (Sharpen Disabled)

Take note that the Epic versions of the mod require a demanding PC since they increase several graphical features such as draw distance. Also Epic Plus makes use of Unreal Engine's SSGI (Screen Space Global Illumination) and SSR (Screen Space Reflections).

How to Install the Mod

Simply unpack the downloaded file (.rar) and drop the .pak file in your Pal\Content\Paks~mods. You will have to create the ~mod folder first.

Afterwards, launch the game and check any differnces in graphic quality!

RTX RayTracing and DirectX 12 Mod

RTX and DirectX 12 Mod On
The effects of the mod is most noticeable when observing the details of the Egg Incubator. Details on shiny objects (such as guns or metallic objects) are darker or reflect less light, showing with a more realistic tone.
RTX and DirectX 12 Mod Off

This mod uploaded by R3MIND_OFFICIAL on Nexus Mods enables Palworld's Unreal Engine to make use of RayTracing (RTX) and DirectX 12. A noticeable difference between the orignal and modded version is a change in how lighting works.

Shiny obejects have more pronounced reflections and shadows are significantly darker. Dark shadows can can be compensated with another mod mentioned in the mod's description page.

Take note that the mod requires demanding PC specifications since it makes use of RayTracing. It was mentioned for the mod to have stable frames on an GeForce RTX 4090. Our team has tested this with an GeForce RTX 3080 albeit with noticeable frame drops.

How to Install the Mod

After downloading the file, backup your engine.ini file found in \AppData\Local\Pal\Saved\Config\Windows. Unpack your downloaded mod (.rar) and then copy the engine.ini found in the unpacked mod folder and replace the one in fouand Palworld's Windows folder within the Appdata directory.

Palworld FOV Changes 70-150 Mod

FOV Change 150
Higher FOV gives a wide-angle or fish-eye effect. Distant objects will appear smaller and objects near the edge of your screen will look stretched.
FOV Change 70
Lower FOV gives a telephoto effect or a more over-the-shoulder view of your character. Distant objects will appear larger in relation to closer subjects (such as your character).

A mod by Meki on Nexus Mods allows players to modify their FOV (field of view) settings through the UserOptions.sav file. A variety of FOV level files are available on the mod's Files page, ranging from 70-150.

Increasing your FOV like 150 will allow you to see a wider area and at higher levels give a fish-eye effect. A decreased FOV such as 70 will give a more cinematic or over-the-shoulder view to your character. These changes in FOV levels can help a lot in making in-game screenshots, cinematography, or immersive gameplay.

Take note that changing the FOV (noticeably at higher levels) can cause visual artifacts (such as sinking terrain) that are noticeable when moving.

How to Install the Mod

Once the file has been downloaded, unpack the file (.rar) and then replace the UserOptions.sav found in \AppData\Local\Pal\Saved\SaveGames. Make sure to backup your UserOptions.sav first so that you can revert or change your FOV later.

Best Mods for Performance

Stutter Fix Mod

The Stutter Fix Mod by TheHybred on Nexus Mods is available to help players with lower spec PCs to run the game, particularly those with low VRAM or slow HDD. This mod is designed to reduce stutters, improve frametimes, and provide more consistent FPS.

To get it this mod to work, it makes use of the game's engine.ini found in the Appdata folders, just like the previous mentioned mod RTX RayTracing and DirectX 12 Mod. Trying to put these two mods together may cause may cause conflict due to using the same file, so only use one of them at a time.

How to Install the Mod

After downloading the file, backup your engine.ini file found in \AppData\Local\Pal\Saved\Config\Windows. Unpack your downloaded mod (.rar) and then copy the engine.ini found in the unpacked mod folder and replace the one in fouand Palworld's Windows folder within the Appdata directory.

Best Palworld Mods for Gamplay and QOL

• Basic MiniMap Mod
• Visible Pal Capture Counter Mod

Basic MiniMap Mod

A great HUD-based QOL mod from DekitaRPG allows players to identify their position on the world map through a minimap without having to check the world map menu. This mod's features, such as the minimap screen position, are customizable.

How to Install the Mod

Mod Prerequisites
This mod requires files from UE4SS_Xinput_v2.5.2.zip. The link to this file can be found in the mod's description page on Nexus Mods.
Installation Steps
① First download and extract UE4SS_Xinput_v2.5.2.zip to the directory \Palworld\Pal\Binaries\Wins64. 2. Download the Basic MiniMap mod files, extract, and move the contents (ModConfig and Paks folders) to \Palword\Pal\Content. ② Make sure that BPModLoaderMod text line UE4SS /Mods/mods.txt is set to one (BPModLoaderMod = 1). Keeping this at 0 zero will prevent any mods being launched in the UE4SS Mods folder.

Visible Pal Capture Counter Mod

This QOL mod from jsthope at Nexus Mods allows you to see how many monsters of the same kind you have already captured. This capture counter appears above the monster's name. No more needing to keep reopening the Paldeck to see if you have caught 10 or more!

Capturing Pals is essential to getting some bonus XP, so this mod can make it more convenient to check how many are left to capture.

How to Catch Pals

How to Install the Mod

Mod Prerequisites
This mod requires files from UE4SS_Xinput_v2.5.2.zip. The link to this file can be found in the mod's description page on Nexus Mods.
Installation Steps
① First download and extract UE4SS_Xinput_v2.5.2.zip to the directory \Palworld\Pal\Binaries\Wins64. ② Download the Visible Pal Capture Counter mod file, extract, and move its contents (VisiblePalCaptureCounter) to \Palworld\Pal\Binaries\Win64\Mods. ③ Add the text line VisiblePalCaptureCounter : 1 to /Mods/mods.txt. ④ Set the value of bUseUObjectArrayCache = false in the UE4SS-settings.ini to true. ⓘ You can customize the mod to keep the counter enabled past 10/10 captured by chnging the value of config.always_show_count = false to true in config.lua (found in Mods\VisiblePalCaptureCounter\Scripts).

Best Palworld Mods for Character Model Swapping

• Play as Zoe Mod
• Play as Lily Mod
• Play as Victor Mod

Play as Zoe

This mod by FrancisLouis at Nexus Mods allows your character to use the model of Zoe, the Pal Trainer of the Zoe and Grizzbolt tower boss fight. You can choose to swap only the body with Zoe's model or also replace her hair.

Take note that Zoe's hair replaces the pigtails hair (14th slot) in the character customization menu and her body replaces the Type 1 (female body) so it will not show for any existing character that uses different customization options.

How to Beat Zoe and Grizzbolt

How to Install

Download the mod file and then extract its contents, then create a ~mods folder in \Palworld\Pal\Content\Paks. Move all extracted content to the ~mods folder to get the model swap to work.

Play as Lily

Another model replacement mod by FrancisLouis at Nexus Mods allows your character to use the model of Lily, the Pal Trainer of the Lily and Lyleen tower boss fight. Like the Play as Zoe mod, you can choose to swap only the body with Lily's model or also replace her hair.

Take note that Lily's hair replaces the pompadour hair (2nd slot) in the character customization menu and her body replaces the Type 1 (female body) so it will not show for any existing character that uses different customization options.

How to Beat Lily and Lyleen

Play as Victor

You can play as Victor through FrancisLouis's Play as Victor mod at Nexus Mods. This uses the model of Victor, the Pal Trainer of the Victor and Shadowbeak tower boss fight.

Victor's hair replaces the 2nd hair slot{/red] in the character customization menu and his body [red]replaces the Type 2 (male body) so it will not show for any existing character that uses different customization options.

Do take note that Victor's model is taller than average! So do expect some oddities with equipment.

How to Beat Victor and Shadowbeak

How to Uninstall Palworld Mods

• Remove ~mods Folder
• Remove UE4SS Xinput
• Restore UserOptions.sav or Engine.ini
• Manually Remove Paks and ModConfig

Remove ~mods Folder

Some mods utilize the ~mods folder in \Palworld\Pal\Content\Paks\ and come in the format .pak. This is common for model swaps or any tweaks of in-game objects. This will always require the ~mods folder to run, so it is easy to spot.

To remove mods using this folder, simply delete the .pak files or move it out of the folder.

Remove UE4SS Xinput

UE4SS Files (v2.5.2)
• Mods folder (all UE4SS-related mods are stored here) • Changelog.md • Readme.md • UE4SS-settings.ini (sometimes used by some scripts) • xinput1_3.dll

More complex mods that use scripts, such as the Basic MiniMap mod, make use of UE4SS, an injector that make use of the game's Unreal Engine. Installing this usually comes with the 5 files mentioned above.

If you wish to uninstall all of UE4SS, simply delete the files above that are usually installed in \Palworld\Pal\Binaries\Wins64. To install only certain mods, you can delete them selectively in the UE4SS's mods folder. UE4SS-settings.ini can be restored by making a backup of it before installing any mods.

Restore UserOptions.sav or Engine.ini

File Locations
UserOptions.sav • \AppData\Local\Pal\Saved\SaveGames Engine.ini • \AppData\Local\Pal\Saved\Config Make sure that you have backed up the original files beforehand. Uninstalling mods using these files means restoring their original. Having neither of the originals means you may have to redownload or verify your game's files.

The Engine.ini is used by mods that seek to modify the graphical aspects of the game such as lighting, reflections, and volumetric fog. To uninstall this mod, replace it with a backup of the original Engine.ini file.

UserOptions.sav on other hand is used by some mods that modify existing game settings, such as the FOV Changes mod, to work outside of their normal values. Just like the Engine.ini, you will need to replace it also with the backup of the original UserOptions.sav.

Manually Remove Paks and ModConfig

Some mods do not use the ~mods folder and straight up have the files placed in \Pal\Content\ instead (like Paks and ModConfig in the Basic MiniMap).

To uninstall mods these, simply remove the ModConfig and the associated .pak file in the Paks folder but make sure to never delete Pal-Windows.pak since this is what Palworld uses for the majority of its assets (it is also easy to spot since it is over 18.16GB).

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