When you first start playing Palworld, beyond a short tutorial that gets you set up with your first base, the game doesn’t reveal a lot of things to the player and expects you to figure it out on your own. Here's what you should know to make your Palworld adventures run more smoothly!
Check Your Pals' Work SuitabilityDepending on their natural skillset, Pals can perform different jobs in your home base, including mining, chopping wood, and even making medicines. However, they can't perform tasks that they don't have the relevant skill to perform. Their work suitability shows what kind of jobs they’re suitable for - at the beginning of the game, you'll definitely want Pals with Planting, Watering, Mining, Kindling, Lumbering, Transporting, and Farming skills.
advertisementFarming skills mean that a Pal can be assigned to the Ranch, and will drop unique items depending on its species. This is a highly effective way to gather resources such as milk, honey, and wool.
Prepare for Base RaidsBase Raids occur periodically, based on gameplay time. During a raid, a mob of enemies (either human or Pal) will appear and damage your base and Pals until you defeat them or the raid duration expires.
Raids can include explosive or Fire-type Pals, which will burn down any wooden structures you have. Be sure to start building in stone as soon as you can!Alarm Bells are one of the most important things in your base. With the power of this bell, you can direct your Pals to either focus on working or defending your base.
You Can Summon An Additional Pal to Work in Your BaseIf you want to get things done quicker in your base (and in the open world!) you can summon another pal to help you. Simply throw the Pal Sphere that contains the Pal inside somewhere that it can do work and it’ll start working. We have also discovered that this is the best way to have a Pal stay on a job for a long time.
A good place to start is to use a bipedal humanoid-looking Pal, since most of those are good at Handiwork. That way, whenever you try to do crafting on your own, they'll be able to help you speed along that process.
advertisementCatch 10 Pals of The Same Kind For Easy Leveling in Early GameAs you further progress in the game, you’ll notice that it’s not really the Pal levels that are holding you back, but it’s really your level. Pal levels are gated and cannot pass your character level which means that if you’re level 10, the max levels your Pals can get is only level 10.
If your Pals are higher level than you, they get synced back down to your level. As such, you’re going to want to raise your level up quickly and the fastest to do that is by catching 10 of the same Pals. Better yet, once you have 10 of a particularly good Pal, keep going! Later in the game, the Pal Essence Condenser allows you to essentially fuse Pals of the same species into a single base Pal. So if you have one with great Traits and others with bad Traits, use them in the Pal Essence Condenser.
Ores Are Very ImportantOres appear similar to Stones as a big lump of solid matter growing on the ground. The difference between the two is that Ores have a slight yellow hue to them.
While Ores doesn’t seem useful in the early game, when you approach the mid-game, you'll need a large amount of Ore. As such, it’s beneficial to either start your first base near a few Ore deposits or be ready to build a new base at Base Level 10 where you can Automate your Ore Collection.
Explore at Night!Night exploration is one of the best things to do if you're looking to treasure hunt and unlock waypoints as they glow in the dark and are easier to spot. However, depending on where you're exploring, make sure to have the proper coat or armor to adjust to the temperature!
How to Fix Stuck Pals in Your BaseadvertisementDuring your time in Palworld, you might notice that there might be Pals that show up as hungry even though you have your Feed Box at a very accessible place. This might happen due to them being stuck somewhere in your base such as the roof of your house or in weird spots.
When you notice this, head to your Pal Box put the stuck Pal back to the reserves, and then put them back on the field. Once they're summoned, they should be free from being stuck and head to the Feed Box.
Invest in Two Good Mounts and Always Look for UpgradesAs you progress, you can craft saddles for various Pals that function as mounts. Anything that looks a bit like a horse is probably a ground mount, and most big birds can be ridden. Flying mounts let you easily scale even the tallest mountain, and ground mounts offer unparalleled speed. Most of them also offer some kind of synergistic benefit. Helzephyr, for instance, adds Dark damage to the player's attacks while mounted.
Always keep one ground and one flying mount in your active party — and always be on the hunt for upgrades. Give preference to any of these that get a passive trait like Swift to increase their speed. You can also use the Pal Essence Condenser to enhance their stats.
Always Be Breeding and IncubatingAs you explore the Palpagos Islands, be sure to grab any eggs you discover in the wild. When you reach Player Level 7, spend 1 Ancient Technology Point to unlock the recipe for the Egg Incubator. Construct it in a location with some space around it so you can build or destroy campfires as needed to adjust the heat. (Some eggs prefer colder or warmer temperatures.)
Depending on the size of the egg and the temperature, it will take some time before it hatches. We recommend keeping some kind of storage container near the incubator you can use to store eggs. Frequently check back so you always have an egg incubating. More often than not, you're likely to get a Pal you haven't caught before via egg.
Parallel to all this, construct a Breeding Farm as soon as you reach Level 19. The system is a bit complicated, but you can get top-tier Pals very early in the game if you master the breeding system.
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