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Palworld is an open-world creature collection survival game developed by Pocket Pair, Inc. The game has players washing up on the Palapagos Isles (or whichever alternative name the player typed in when making the world) with nothing but a mysterious "Paldeck" to guide them. By catching various Pals that inhabit the islands and using them to battle and build shelter, players will fight against a sinister poaching organization while investigating the myriad mysteries of the islands.
Palworld was released in Early Access on the 19th of January 2024, and it officially reached its full 1.0 version on the 10th of July 2026. With many different biomes to explore and a ton of dungeons to dive into, the Palapagos Isles have lots to offer for anyone who enjoys exploring and monster-catching in a vast open world.
Updated July 15, 2026 by Marc Santos: Much has changed since the release of Palworld 1.0. There are more Pals to encounter, places to explore, stuff to build, and all that good stuff. As such, we've updated this directoy to include all the Palworld 1.0 guides we've cooked up so far. Old guides have been refreshed with new content, and new ones should help you with all your Palworld-related issues.
General Tips & Tricks
When Getting Started in Palworld there's lots to learn, so here are some useful tips and tricks for surviving and exploring the Palapagos Isles. Naturally, there's also advice on mistakes to avoid and information on how to set up multiplayer here too. Players will also find information on exploring the world here, such as ways to deal with hot and cold temperatures and explanations of many basic mechanics.
Things to Know
- How to Play With Friends
- Things To Do First In Palworld
- Beginner Mistakes To Avoid
- How to Remove Wanted Status
- How to Survive the Cold
- How to Survive the Heat
- How to Save Game Progess
- Best Starting Locations in Multiplayer
- How to Find and Eat Food
- All Difficulty Settings
- How to Get Silver and Copper Keys
- Passive Skills Explained
- How to Use Schematics
- How to Move Items
- How to Find Merchants
- How to Increase & Maintain Stamina
- How to Find Dungeons
- Best Stats to Upgrade First
- What Each Stat Really Affects
- How To Re-Roll Dungeon Bosses
- Should You Join a Guild?
- Everything You Need To Know About The Black Marketeer
- How To Make Money Fast
- How To Slide
- How to Catch Humans
- How to Catch Bosses
- How to Use Gold Coins
- How To Increase Capture Rate
- Use This Trick To Stunlock Any Enemy
- Use This Trick To Stunlock Any Enemy
- Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Co-Op
- Best Ways To Make Money Passively
- How to Glitch Past Dungeon Bosses
- When Do Bosses, Items, and Resources Respawn?
- Sleeping Not Working Fix Guide
- How to Delete a World
- What is the "Criminal Activity Underway" Warning?
- Palworld's Fan-Made Companion App
- How To Glide
- How To Emote
- How to Recover Lost Save Data
- How to Install Mods
- How to Skip Time
- Most Downloaded Mods
- Tips For Solo Players
- Best Mods To Download
- Can You Change Your Character’s Appearance
- Best Start Guide
- All New Passive Skills in Palworld 1.0
FAQs
- Burning Questions Answered
- Can You Change Your Character’s Appearance
- How to Fast Travel
- How to Level Up Fast
- How to Join a Guild
- How to Carry More Stuff
- What's the Max Level?
- How to Remove Dead Bodies
- How to Create a New World
- How to Set Up A Dedicated Server
- How to Respec
- Can You Change Your Character Name?
- How to Disable Motion Blur
- Console Commands List
- Is There A Height Limit?
- How To Transfer A Dedicated Server Between Computers
- How To Transfer A Dedicated Server Between Computers
- Should You Start a New World for Palworld 1.0?
- How to Unlock World Tree
- All Hack Terminal Solutions In Palworld
Bosses & Important Locations
- All Village and Town Locations
- All Mineshaft Locations
- All Mineshaft Locations
- Best Areas To Explore In The First Few Hours
- Where to Find the Rayne Syndicate Tower (Zoe and Grizzbolt Guide)
- Where to Find the Free Pal Alliance Tower (Lily and Lyleen Guide)
- All Tower Bosses in Order and Their Locations
- How To Beat Victor and Shadowbeak
- Where To Find Bamboo Groves
- How to Beat Marcus & Faleris
- All Black Marketeer Locations
- Best Locations For a Second Base
- How To Join First Raid Boss (Bellanoir Guide & Rewards)
- Most Beautiful Locations
Pals & Where to Find Them
Pals are an essential part of Palworld's gameplay, so this section contains guides on how to catch, summon, and care for Pals. Of course, it also includes some information on how to put them to work. At the time of writing, the Paldeck contains entries for 111 different Pals, so as their locations are discovered we'll be adding guides on their locations to this section.
- Complete Paldeck List: All Pals
- Complete Passive Skills List
Pal Tips & Tricks
- How to Get Lucky Pals
- How to Catch Pals
- Palworld Type Chart Shows Which Types Are Effective Against Others
- Palworld Type Chart: Every Pal’s Strengths and Weaknesses
- Best Pals To Catch Early
- How to Summon Pals
- How to Raise Pals
- How to Heal & Revive Pals
- How to Ride Pals
- Where To Find Flying Mounts
- How to Breed Pals
- All Fusion Pals List and Best Breeding Combos
- How to Find and Use Large Damp Egg
- How to Get Lifmunk Effigy
- How to Create All Pal Spheres
- How to Give Nicknames to Pals (& How to Rename Them)
- How To Get A Pal To Do The Task You Want
- How to Get & Use Pal Distillation Pod (Pal Essence Condenser)
- How to Get and Use Statue of Power
- How To Easily Get Free Pals From Poachers
- The Rarest Pals and Where to Find Them
- How To Teach Pals New Skills
- How to Trade Pals
- How to Catch Alpha Pals
- How to Catch Alpha Pals
- How To Condense Pals
- Best Combat Partner Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- How To Pet Your Pals
- All Pal Gear & How to Get Them
- Pals That Are Terrible For Combat
- Pals You Should Sell
- How To Cure Overfull
- Best Mount Partner Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Hardest Alpha Pals, Ranked
- Best Farming Partner Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Pals That Are Not Worth The Effort Of Catching
- Best Fire Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- The Best Early-Game Pal Companions
- Best Water Active Skills (& The Water Pals That Have Them)
- Best Dark Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- All Night Exclusive Pals
- Best Utility Partner Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Best Ice Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Best Ground Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Best Grass Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Best Neutral Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- How To Deal With Upset Pals and Stop Slacking
- Best Electric Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- How to Free Trapped Pals at Syndicate Thug Bases
- Best Pals To Sacrifice For Condensation
- Best Healer Pals, Ranked
- Best Pal Designs
- Weirdest Pal Designs
- Best Dragon Active Skills (& The Pals That Have Them)
- Best Defense Passive Skills, Ranked
- All Unreleased Pals in Palworld (So Far)
- The Smallest Pals
- Best Attack Passive Skills, Ranked
- Versatile Pals Suitable For Many Types Of Work
- Best Passive Skills For Work, Ranked
- Best Passive Skills To Pass To Children Through Breeding
- Biggest Pals
- Useful Pals That Only Have One Work Suitability
- Cutest Pals
- Best Pals To Use Legendary Spheres On
- Best Type Combinations, Ranked
- All Wildlife Sanctuary Pals and Where to Find Them
- Pals That Are Pokemon Lookalikes
- Most Lethal Pals, Ranked
- Worst Passive Skills
- Worst Pals, Ranked
- The Difference Between Bellanoir and Bellanoir Libero Explained
- Best Pals For Combat
- Best Flying Mounts
Caring for Pals & Putting them to Work
- How to Feed Pals
- How to Give Pals Medicine
- How to Hatch Eggs
- How to Make Fluffy Pal Beds
- How to Get a Kindling Pal and Use Smelter
- Best Pals For Your Base
- How To Increase Pal's Sanity
- How to Use a Breeding Calculator
- How to Cure the Depressed Status
- How to Assign Pals to Work in Palworld
- How to Get Skill Fruits
Pal Locations and How to Catch Them
- Cinnamoth
- Dinossom
- Fenglope
- Foxparks
- Fuddler
- Gorrirat
- Helzephyr
- Jormuntide
- Lifmunk
- Mau
- Melpaca
- Mossanda (& Mossanda Lux)
- Nitewing
- Pengullet
- Penking
- Relaxaurus
- Rushoar
- Vanwyrm
- Daedream
- Rooby
- Lunaris
- Quivern
- Killamari
- Hoocrates
- Azurobe
- Digtoise
- Kelpsea
- Astegon
- Mozzarina
- Broncherry
- Robinquill
- Vixy
- Jetragon
- Depresso
- Reptyro
- Foxcicle
- Verdash
- Ragnahawk
- Elizabee and Beegarde
- Arsox
- Loupmoon
- Arsox
- How To Breed Surfent Terra
- Lyleen
- Blazamut
- Univolt
- Woolipop
- Orserk
- Grizzbolt
- Chillet
- Celaray
- Warsect
- Galeclaw
- Petallia
- Vaelet
- Bushi
- Wixen
- Wumpo Botan
- Gobfin
- Sibelyx
- Rayhound
- Menasting
- Beakon
- Pyrin
- Shadowbeak
- Frostallion
- Paladius
- Necromus
- Kingpaca
- Kitsun
- Faleris
- Grintale
- Flambelle
- Maraith
- Lovander
- Suzaku
- Croajiro
- Mimog
- Xenogard
- Lullu
- Shroomer
- Shroomer Noct
- Prixter
- Dazemu
- Xenovader
- Kikit
- Yakumo
- Katress Ignis
- Dogen
- Chillet Ignis
- Bushi Noct
- Wixen Noct
- Gorirat Terra
- Quivern Botan
- Selyne
- Sootseer
- Wispaw
- Shaolong
- Moldron
- Renjishi
- Solenne
- Panthalus
- Aegidron
- Eidrolon
Breeding and Pal Eggs
- All Eggs List
- How to Get Huge Dragon Egg
- How to Breed Anubis
- How to Breed Katress
- How to Breed Elphidran Aqua
- How to Breed Frostallion Noct
- How to Breed Felbat
- How to Breed Suzaku Aqua
Best Pals by Element (& Where to Find Them)
- Best Water Pals, Ranked
- Best Fire Pals
- Best Fire Pals
- Best Dark Pals, Ranked
- Best Pal Of Each Type, Ranked
- Best Neutral Pals, Ranked
- Best Grass Pals, Ranked
- Best Locations For Catching Electric Pals
- Best Locations For Catching Fire Pals
- Best Locations For Catching Water Pals
- Best Locations For Catching Grass Pals
- Best Ground Pals, Ranked
Best Pals By Work Suitability
- Best Pals For Medicine Production
- Best Pals For Cooling
- Best Pals For Mining
- Best Pals For Lumbering
- Best Pals For Transporting Items
- Best Pals For Transporting Items
- Best Handiwork Pals For Crafting
- Best Pals For Gathering Plants
- Best Pals For Generating Electricity
- Best Kindling Pals For Heating Buildings
Crafting & Base Building
Palworld has a heavy focus on survival elements, so it's important to have somewhere to rest, grow food, and craft items for the next expedition. These guides explain how to craft useful items and establish bases in the wilderness of the Palapagos Isles. Many of the items that can be crafted are useful in exploration too, or are simply necessary to survive, so these guides are likely to remain useful throughout a playthrough as players unlock more crafting recipes and construction materials on their journey.
Base and Crafting
- How to Power Up Your Base
- How to Make a Base (& How to Move It)
- How to Craft a Bed
- How to Cook
- How to Craft a Glider
- How to Repair Items
- How To Place Stairs
- How to Get a Crusher
- How to Make an Ore Farm
- How to Make and Use Stone Pit
- How to Unlock a Second Base
- How to Build Circuit Board
- How to Get Ancient Technology Points
- How to Get Ancient Civilization Parts (Paldium Crystals)
- Best Pal Gear Workbench Upgrades
- All Ranch Drops and How to Get Them
- How to Get and Use Meat Cleaver
- How to Get the Hip Lantern
- How to Get the Tocotoco Cap
- How to Craft and Use a Ranch
- How to Craft and Use a Ranch
- How to Get a Cooler Box and What to Do With It
- All Base Upgrades (Requirements and Rewards)
- How to Use Monitoring Stand
- How To Unlock & Use the Viewing Cage
- Best Base Locations
- Best Structures To Build On Your Base
- Base Tips For Productivity
- How to Build Ore Mining Site
- How to Sort and Filter Storage
- How to get Electric Egg Incubator
- How To Cancel Breaks & Disallow Certain Work For Your Pals
- How to Get the Summoning Altar (& How to Use It)
- How to Create All Pal Spheres
- Remedy Recipes & What They Do
- Best Crude Oil Base Locations
Materials and Resources
- How to Get Wood
- How to Get Wool
- How to Get Aquatic Pal Fluids
- How to Get Paldium Fragment
- How to Get Flame Organ
- How to Get Ore and Ingots
- How to Get Honey
- How to Get High Quality Pal Oil
- Where to Find Sulfur
- How to Make Cake
- How to Get Bones
- How to Get Electric Organs
- How to Farm Coal
- How to Get Charcoal
- How to Get Leather
- How to Get Beautiful Flowers
- How To Get Milk
- How to Get Gunpowder
- How to Get Cement
- How to Get Flour
- How to Get Mushrooms
- How To Get Horns
- How to Get Wheat and Wheat Seeds
- How to Get Pure Quartz
- How to Get Tomato Seeds
- How To Make Nails
- How to Get Sapphire
- How to Get Ruby
- How to Get Cloth
- How to Get Precious Pelt
- How to Get High Quality Cloth
- How to Get Ice Organ
- How to Get Fiber
- How to Get Venom Glands
- Best Locations To Mine Ore
- How to Get Diamond
- How to Get Precious Claw
- How to Get Precious Claw
- How to Get Polymer
- How to Get Stone Fast
- Items You Should Sell Asap
- How to Get Cotton Candy
- How To Get and Use Gumoss Leaf
- How to Get Refined Ingot
- How to Get Pal Metal Ingot
- How to Get Carbon Fiber
- How to Get Mind Control Meds and Use Them
- Where to Find Gold Chests
- Best Skill Fruits
- Best Foods
- All Food List and Recipes
- Best Uses For Leather
- Best Items You Should Buy
- Best Uses For Sulfur
- Best Ways to Farm Pal Souls (Small, Medium, Large)
- Items You Should Not Sell To Merchants
- How to Get Ancient Civilization Cores
- How to Get Ancient Technical Manual
- Where To Find Meteorite Fragment
- How To Get & Use Mimog Effigy
- How to Get Wooden Boards
- How to Get Hardwood
- How to Make Cryogenic Coolant
- How to Get Ancient Civilization Core
- How To Get Ancient Bone, Ancient Bark, & Ancient Lava In Palworld
- How to Get Caramel Cotton Candy
- How to Get Corrosive Solvent
- How to Get Coralum in Palworld (2026)
- How to Get Paloxite
- How to Get Chromite
- How to Get Crude Oil
Schematics and Equipment
- How to get Legendary Feathered Hair Band Schematic
- All Hats and How to Get Them
- How to Get and Use Daedream's Necklace
- All Legendary Schematics and Their Locations
- How to Get All Bows and Arrows
- All Outfits (& How To Craft Them)
- How To Get Lily's Spear
- All Rings
- All Pendants
- All Headgear
- How to Get Ring of Mercy
- How to Get & Use Ability Glasses
- How to Get Power Fruit, Life Fruit & Stout Fruit
- How to Get & Use Homeworld Thundercloud
- How to Get Multiclimate Undershirt
- How to Get Wing Pack
Guns and Other Weapons
This section of our Palworld guide hub will show players how to find some of the best weapons in the game. They can also use these guides for help on anything weapon-related in Palworld, like how to repair weapons and where to find ammo.
Weapon Tips
- How to Repair Broken Weapons
- Best Weapons, Ranked
How to Get Specific Weapons
- All Weapons (and How To Craft Them)
- How to Get Rocket Launcher
- How to Get Single Shot Rifle
- How to Get Grappling Gun
- How to Get Fish Sword