Welcome to Palworld, a world filled with adventure, Pals to capture, and challenges to overcome. If you’re aiming to become the very best Pal Tamer, this guide has you covered with 15 essential tips to help you rise through the ranks. From early game strategies to resource management, these insights will save you time and frustration as you navigate through the vast landscapes of Palworld.

1. Getting Your First Gun

Guns in Palworld are often described as the game’s most exciting feature, but you won’t unlock them until level 20 when you gain access to the weapons workbench. However, there are ways to arm yourself earlier:

• Catch a Leaf Monk: At level 11, you can unlock its submachine gun skill, allowing it to fire while mounted on your head.
• Equip Tanz: At level 12, Tanz can wield an assault rifle, though its accuracy is questionable.
• Catch a Foxpark: At level 6, you can unlock a harness to use this Pal as a flamethrower.

These options will tide you over until you unlock personal firearms.

2. Custom World Settings – Optimize Your Playthrough

Take advantage of the extensive customization options under Custom Difficulty to tweak your experience:

• Adjust hunger rates to reduce micromanagement.
• Modify experience rates to level up faster.
• Tweak capture difficulty for smoother Pal acquisition.

These settings can be adjusted mid-game from the world select screen.

3. Spawn Manipulation for a Better Start

If you’re not a fan of the default Windswept Hills spawn point, you can change it by intentionally dying. This unlocks alternative spawn locations that might offer more resources or safer environments.

4. Choosing the Right Starter Pals

Without a traditional starter system, you’re free to capture any Pal. Here are some recommendations:

• Lamballs: Ideal for base work due to high productivity.
• Civas: Useful for mining, though they stress easily.
• Chickapea: Handy for farming eggs and meat.

Capture a variety of Pals to expand your options for base management.

5. Preventing Food Spoilage

Food can spoil if not consumed in time, but the timer resets whenever you sort your inventory—a useful exploit until patched. At level 13, you can craft a cooler to extend food shelf life.

6. Efficient Crafting and Storage Management

Workbenches in Palworld automatically access stored materials, eliminating the need to carry everything:

• Incubators are an exception: You must manually place eggs.
• Storage crates: Optimize them to minimize travel time between stations.

7. Feeding Your Pals Effectively

The Feed Box visually appears full, but it may actually be empty. Check it regularly to avoid hungry Pals refusing to work.

8. Making Money: Selling and Farming Pals

Sell surplus Pals to merchants for cash, but the ones available for purchase seem underwhelming. Instead, focus on farming Pals for resources:

• Ranch Method: Lets Pals passively drop resources.
• Butchering Method: Unlocks at level 12 with the meat cleaver.

9. Leveraging Pal Skills for Efficient Gathering

Assign Pals with gathering skills directly to resources for optimized farming. For example, Rushor’s Reckless Charge skill is perfect for mining.

10. Understanding Elemental Matchups

Combat is significantly easier if you leverage elemental strengths and weaknesses. These align closely to the Pokémon system:

• Electric beats Water, Water beats Fire, Fire beats Grass, and so on.

11. Healing and Reviving Pals

There are no traditional potions. Dead Pals revive in 10 real-time minutes if placed in the Pal Box. Injured Pals heal passively.

12. Upgrading at the Statue of Power

Use Leaf Monk Collectibles and Pal Soles to enhance capture rates and boost stats like HP and Attack. Prioritize capture enhancements early on for smoother expansion.

13. Exploring Dungeons Efficiently

Caves are instanced dungeons with locked entries. Mark them on your map to revisit later. Bosses inside drop ancient tech needed for advanced crafting.

14. Disassembly Mode for Easy Relocation

Instead of demolishing structures manually, activate Disassembly Mode to quickly reclaim resources.

15. Mastering the Breeding System

Breeding Pals is essential for mid and late-game progression:

• Cakes: Produce them early to streamline breeding.
• Incubators: Control hatching times with campfires.

Plan your breeding strategy to obtain powerful Pals with ideal passive skills.

Conclusion

Becoming a top-tier Pal Tamer in Palworld requires efficient resource management, a solid understanding of Pal skills, and strategic planning. By following these tips, you’ll be well-equipped to handle anything the game throws at you.

If you found these tips helpful, drop a comment or share your own tips. Until next time, keep taming!