Beginner's Guide
New to Palworld? Start here. This is every in-game help tip gathered in one place — what to tackle first, how catching and Pals work, base building and work suitability, combat, survival and more. Search to jump straight to what you need.
Game Objective
Uncover the secrets of this mysterious land while taking on the unknown forces who stand in your way. Defeat the bosses that lay claim to each region's tower as you try to uncover the truth behind the origin of Pals. Build formidable bases, try to capture the strongest Pal possible, or breed it yourself! Embark on a unique adventure with your Pals in this new world!
What should I do first?
First, pick up fallen branches and pebbles to gather wood and stone. You can also collect wood and stone by punching big trees and rocks with your bare hands. Build a workbench and craft an axe and a pickaxe to gather resources more efficiently. Once you've gathered enough materials, choose a location for your base, and build a Palbox. Once you place a Palbox, that area becomes your base. As your level increases, make weapons and a Pal Sphere, then start capturing wild Pals by weakening them first. Pals can be combat allies if taken with you, or provide labor if placed in your base. Nighttime can be dangerous. Prepare for your first night by making a campfire, a torch, and a bed.
Pals
Pals are enigmatic creatures that inhabit this region. By capturing one with a sphere, you can make it your companions. Your Pals can be released from the sphere by pressing . You can only carry up to 5 Pals at a time. If you capture more, they will be automatically sent to the Palbox. (You can retrieve them by building a Palbox if you don't have one.)
HUD
At the bottom left, your Pals, your Health and your Hunger are displayed. The current temperature is also shown. Extreme temperatures can hurt you. At the bottom right, you will see the equipped sphere and weapon, along with the remaining ammo.
Getting Items
Press to pick up dropped items. You can also obtain materials by destroying trees or rocks with an axe or pickaxe. Pals also drop items when defeated.
Building
By pressing , you can open the construction menu and start building. Select your desired construction location from the menu and start building by holding . If there are Pals in your Party or at your Base, they will help with the construction.
Crafting
You can craft items by building workbenches and other related facilities and interacting with them. Unlock new recipes by using Technology Points. By building different crafting facilities, you'll be able to craft new items.
Technology
By using Technology Points from the Technology tab in the menu, you can unlock new buildings and item recipes. You can earn Technology Points by leveling up, as well as other means, such as the Great Eagle Statues.
Ancient Technology
When you defeat powerful enemies, you may obtain Ancient Technology Points. You can spend them to unlock objects that use Ancient Technology. Ancient Technology represents advanced knowledge from a lost civilization, often with impressive and unique effects.
Level Up
You and your Pals will level up when you earn enough EXP. You can obtain EXP by defeating or capturing Pals. Additionally, you can earn experience points based on the amount of work during building and crafting. If a Pal's level is higher than yours, you won't be able to handle it well, and its performance will drop to the same level as the player. This performance drop is also known as Level Sync.
Player Status Enhancement
You can distribute Status Points from the Inventory tab in the menu to increase your character's status. Level up your character to get Status Points.
Base
Building a Palbox will make the surrounding area your base. Interacting with the Palbox allows you to summon Pals to your base, and they will perform tasks according to their Work Suitability. By building structures within the base, you can have Pals work for you. Be careful as Pals in the base are exposed to threats from enemies.
Palbox
The area around the Palbox becomes the territory of your guild's base, and any structure built inside it belong to your guild. Clearing Base Missions obtained by interacting with the Palbox will grow the guild's base and increase the number of Pals you can summon in the base. If you keep Pals in the Palbox, they will rest and recover. They will continue to recover even if they're incapacitated. The Palbox has a fast travel function, which can be used to warp to the Great Eagle Statues you've unlocked during your adventures. (Fast travel cannot be used if it's disabled in the world settings.)
Capturing Pals
Press to throw a Pal Sphere at a Pal to try and capture it. Reduce a Pal's Health, afflict it with status effects, or lure it into a trap to increase your chances of capturing it. You can also increase your chances of capturing a Pal by sneaking up on it and throwing a Sphere at it from behind. Craft stronger Spheres to capture powerful Pals.
Pals in Party
You can only have up to 5 Pals at a time. If you capture more, they are automatically sent to the Palbox. This team of up to 5 Pals is called your Party. You can open the Party tab from the menu. Here, you can check the Health, Hunger, etc., of your Pals. You can also check their acquired skills, and switch active skills if they've learned any.
Hunger
The player's and the Pals' Hunger decrease as they perform actions. When Hunger is low, it may cause negative effects like reducing your stats. By using food items from the inventory, you can replenish the player's and Pals' Hunger.
Sanity
When Pals do work at a base, their Sanity (SAN) drops. As their SAN drops, they will slack off, or maybe even get sick. If a Pal's Hunger level is low, their SAN will drop more easily. Feed Pals quality food or let them rest in a hot spring to recover their SAN.
Partner Skills
These are unique abilities that each Pal species possesses. Some Pals have Partner Skills that allow them to shoot guns or to have the player ride them. Some Pals require Pal Gear, which can be made at the Pal Gear Workbench, to unlock their Partner Skills. These skills can be checked from the Party tab. Some Pals provide a benefit just by being in your Party.
Palpedia
You can open the Palpedia from the menu. Information about Pals you've caught or seen will be recorded, allowing you to research where certain Pals inhabit.
Palpedia Bonus
You will earn Bonus EXP when you capture a new species. Bonus EXP is also given for the first 5 times you capture a Pal of the same species.
Guild
By approaching other players, you can request to join their guild. The Guild Tab in the menu displays information about your guild and its members. Players within the same guild share a base and their working Pals.
Map
Press to display the map. Information about the terrain and other features of the world are displayed on the map.
Great Eagle Statue
Activating a Great Eagle Statue allows you to fast travel to any other previously visited Great Eagle Statues, as well as your Palbox. In addition, will gain Technology Points each time you activate a Great Eagle Statue. The statues are scattered all over the world, so use them to your advantage. *Fast travel cannot be used if it's disabled in the world settings.
Radial Menu
Press to call up the radial menu. With it, you can give strategic commands to Pals on your team or feed them.
About Nighttime
When night falls, the surroundings become dark, temperature drops, and dangerous Pals will appear. Build beds at a safe location and sleep till morning, or stay warm around a campfire.
Tower Bosses
Each region has a tower, and within that tower resides the leader of the organization that rules the area. These leaders usually regard Pal Tamers from outside the island as enemies, and will challenge you immediately if you enter the tower. Tower boss battles have a time limit. If you can't defeat the enemy within the given time, you lose. You can attempt tower boss battles as many times as you like, provided no one else is currently doing so.
Crime
If you attack friendly NPCs on the island, you will be reported and become a criminal. Be warned—if someone sees you commit a crime, the Palpagos Islands Defense Force (PIDF) will put you on their wanted list. If you end up on their wanted list, steer clear of officers and hide somewhere out of sight until your wanted status expires.
Equipment Durability
Equipment will lose durability with use, and break when its durability reaches 0. You can restore damaged equipment with materials at the repair table.
Item Rot
Certain items like food will rot with time and eventually vanish when they spoil. Storing items in a cooler or refrigerator can prevent rotting.
Elements
Each Pal possesses an elemental affinity, and each element has strengths and weaknesses againt other elements. Elemental attacks deal more damage to elements they are strong against and less damage to elements they are weak against.
Status Effects
Pals and players may suffer status effects from nearby environments or skills. There are many types of status effects, with varying differences. Also, Pals are easier to capture when they are affected by a status effect. - Burn - The body catches fire and takes continuous damage. Damage taken from Grass attacks is reduced. Fire and Water Pals cannot be Burned. - Soaked - The body becomes soaked, reducing movement speed. Damage taken from Electric attacks is increased. Damage taken from Fire attacks is reduced. - Ivy-Covered - Vines wrap around the body, reducing movement speed. Certain actions, such as jumping and dodging, are restricted. Damage taken from Fire attacks is increased. - Electrify - Electricity paralyzes the body, rendering the target unable to act. Damage taken from Water attacks is increased. - Freeze - The body is frozen solid, rendering the target unable to act. - Muddy - The body becomes covered in mud, reducing movement speed. Damage taken from Grass attacks is increased. Damage taken from Electric attacks is reduced. - Blind - Vision darkens, causing the target to lose sight of enemies. - Poison - The body is afflicted with poison and takes continuous damage.
Pal Eggs
While exploring the world, you may come across Pal Eggs. These can be hatched with an Egg Incubator. Appropriate temperatures help speed up incubation.
Pal Breeding Farm
Assign a male and a female Pal to a Breeding Farm and place a cake with them. Later, you may find a Pal Egg. Some special combinations of Pals can give birth to special Pal Eggs.
Pal Rank & Essence Condensers
Pals have a rank value, with higher ranks indicating higher abilities. Higher ranks can also enhance Partner Skills. You can increase a Pal's rank using Pal Essence. Pal Essence can be obtained by placing multiple Pals of the same species in the Pal Essence Condenser.
Pal Effigies
You can offer Pal Effigies to a Statue of Power to enhance your various abilities.
Pal Souls
Pal Souls can sometimes be found in treasure chests. You can offer Pal Souls to Statue of Power to enhance a Pal's stats.
Pal Subspecies
Some Pals have been known to adapt to their environment deviating from their species to become a subspecies. Subspecies have a different type from the original, with slightly higher stats. Certain breeding combinations may also result in a subspecies. Subspecies have their own Palpedia entry, allowing you to earn Bonus EXP by capturing 5 of them.
Lucky Pals
Lucky Pals are rare Pals that can be found around the world. They are larger in size and have a radiant appearance. They often have high stats and feature special passive and active skills.
Death
When a player dies, they drop their held items and Party Pals on the spot. You can retrieve them by returning to the location of your death after respawning. A pillar of light will appear there. You can also access it and retrieve your items from above. ※This penalty can be changed or removed on the world settings.
The Arena
This facility is located on a remote island in the desert. Team up with your Pals to challenge other Pal Tamers in your world, or face off against powerful NPCs. NPCs of Master rank and beyond are particularly strong. Choose one main Pal and two sub Pals from your five-member team to enter battle. Defeat all of your opponent's Pals or knock out the opposing Tamer to win. Items used and Pals that faint during battle are restored afterward. (Consumable items and weapons using Pal Spheres or stat-boosting effects cannot be used inside the Arena.) Winning earns you RP (Rank Points), and accumulating enough will raise your rank. Losing causes you to lose RP. You can also spectate other players' battles.
Global Palbox
This facility lets players save the genetic data of the Pals stored in the Palbox and reconstruct them from that data. However, more than one Pal with the same genetic data cannot exist in the same world. Saved genetic data can also be transferred to other worlds. ※ World settings may disallow the reconstruction of Pals or the saving of genetic data.
If Stuck in Terrain
If a player becomes stuck in terrain, it's possible to choose Emergency Escape from the Options tab in the menu to purposely die and return to the base. There are also items that allow returning to the base without dying, as well as Pals with the ability to warp to the base, so keep an eye out for them.
Fishing
Equip a fishing rod and select bait from your inventory. At a body of water where you can see fish shadows, ready your rod with and press to cast and start fishing. You can also fish while riding a Pal. When a Pal approaches the bait and the float sinks, press at the right moment to hook it. Once hooked, a minigame will begin. Keep the bar aligned with the fish icon. Hold to move the bar to the right, release to move it left. The fish will resist and move back and forth, so match the bar's movement to it carefully. While the bar overlaps with the fish icon, the capture gauge will fill. When the gauge reaches max, you'll successfully catch the Pal and earn items. Upgrading your fishing rod and bait will give you an edge in the minigame. If fishing feels tricky, craft stronger rods or bait and try again. Certain Pals can also help you fish more effectively, so keep an eye out for them.
Predator Pals
Predator Pals are fearsome Pals that can be found in the field. These Pals are characterized by their large size, extreme aggression, and the red dark aura that surrounds their bodies. Due to this dark aura, they cannot be captured with a Sphere. Make sure to prepare adequately before challenging them.