Palworld Tips

Palworld is a deep and ever-expanding survival experience that blends automation, base management, creature collecting, and real-time combat into one massive world. Whether you are taking your first steps in the Plateau of Beginnings or refining a fully automated late-game factory, understanding the game’s hidden mechanics can save you dozens of hours. Below are 25 essential tips that will help you level faster, build smarter bases, dominate combat, and unlock Palworld’s true endgame potential.

Early Game & Leveling

• The “Power of 10” Rule: Catching the first 10 of any Pal species grants a massive EXP bonus. After the tenth capture, experience gains drop sharply.
• Focus on Weight First: Early stat points should prioritize Weight. Being over-encumbered is the biggest early-game progression blocker.
• Get the Common Shield ASAP: This early Tech Tree item functions as a regenerating health bar and is critical for surviving boss attacks and fall damage.
• Nocturnal Hunting: Powerful early Pals like Daedream and Hoocrates only appear at night. Nighttime also makes glowing Lifmunk Effigies easier to spot.
• The Lifmunk Recoil: Craft the Lifmunk Submachine Gun gear to gain devastating early-game fire support that can melt bosses.

Base Building & Efficiency

• Build on Flat Ground: Uneven terrain breaks AI pathing and can cause Pals to get stuck or starve.
• Two-Wide Stairs: Large Pals cannot navigate single-tile stairs. Always build staircases at least two tiles wide.
• Chest Next to Node Strategy: Place storage chests beside Logging Camps and Stone Pits to reduce transport time and increase efficiency.
• Vixy Is a Gold Mine: Assign Vixy to a Ranch to generate free Pal Spheres, arrows, and gold automatically.
• Fire Is Dangerous: Wooden bases are vulnerable to fire raids. Upgrade to Stone structures as soon as you unlock them at Level 18.
• Use the Monitoring Stand: This lets you restrict Pals to specific tasks, preventing inefficient task switching.
• Statue of Power Secret: Pal Souls can be used at the Statue of Power to permanently boost Pal stats, not just catch rate.

Combat & Exploration

• Recall to Dodge: Recalling your Pal during a telegraphed boss attack completely negates the incoming damage.
• Type Advantage Matters: Elemental advantages deal roughly double damage. Always rotate your team based on enemy type.
• Capture, Don’t Kill: Capturing provides the same loot as killing, plus EXP and the Pal itself.
• Mounts Are Mandatory: Saddles for Nitewing or Eikthyrdeer dramatically speed up exploration from Level 12 onward.
• Skill Fruits Are Permanent: Skill Fruits can be reassigned freely, allowing Pals to cover elemental weaknesses.
• Grappling Gun for Weight: Even when massively over-encumbered, the Grappling Gun can pull you to safety.

Advanced Strategies

• The Condenser Is Key: Merge duplicate Pals using the Pal Essence Condenser to boost stats and upgrade Partner Skills.
• Breeding Is the Real Endgame: Unlock the Breeding Farm at Level 19 to obtain powerful late-game Pals far earlier than normal.
• Cakes Are the Currency of Life: Breeding requires Cake made from Wheat, Milk, Eggs, and Honey. Beegarde is the best Honey source.
• Black Marketeers: These hidden NPCs sell rare Pals and buy illegal ones for extremely high prices.
• Farm Alpha Pals: Alpha Pals are the only source of Ancient Technology Points and Ancient Civilization Parts.
• Cook Your Food: Cooked food restores more nutrition and SAN, preventing Pal injuries and mental breakdowns.
• The Floating Base Hack: Temporary Palboxes can be used as fast-travel points, dismantled afterward, and fully refunded.