Making real progress in Palworld 1.0 is more difficult than people like to believe. Yes, you can spend countless hours farming and crafting by yourself but eventually without a doubt, you’ll end up feeling like Palworld is your second job. Trust me, I was one of you. I discovered that you can sort of make little factories across the Palworld and automate everything. And all you have to do is show up and take whatever you need. In order to do that you need efficient Pals that will make that happen. Here’s a list of best Pals for handiwork, mining, transporting, planting, kindling and so much more:
Handiwork (Crafting)
These are probably the most important types of Pals you can have in game. The sheer amount of time I’ve logged in and had to spend time crafting things that I need before doing anything fun is absolutely bonkers. Once I do all the crafting, then I go somewhere only to realize I don’t have any ammunition or pal spheres, so automatically back to base. These pals will not only help you craft things faster but also make playing Palworld even more enjoyable. Here’s the best options and where to find them:
Solenne
Anubis
Silvance
Dandilord
Selyne
Mining
One the most used materials are the ones you get from mining. Going around the map looking where you can find a few ores to mine is such a waste of time. Especially when you can set up bases across the map where your Pals can do that better and faster. Trust me it’s not beating the purpose of the game because there are mats that you can’t mine, that’s where your efforts are more appreciated. Here are top Pals best suited for that job and where to find them:
Knocklem Ignis
Astegon
Aegidron
Blazamut
Anubis
Transporting
Having everything automated is a great thing but if you don’t have someone who’s going to take materials to storage, you’ll end up losing so much more than just your valuable time. You’ll also lose a lot of potential material. Here’s the best option for transporting in Palworld and where to find them:
Mimog
Eidrolon
Knocklem
Faleris Aqua
Planting
Easiest way to keep your Pals fed and happy is to have few plantations in the base and have someone who can efficiently work there. Here are top planting Pals that are available in Palworld and where to find them:
Dandilord
Lyleen
Braloha
Ophydia
Petallia
Gathering
Pals with this suitability harvest crops from plantations but also can gather items that spawn on the ground in the base. They’re as important as any other roles. Here’s the best options for gathering and where to get them:
Venusa
Shaolong
Verdash
Lyleen
Watering
Pals with water abilities are there for more than just watering your crops. They’re also helpful with running Mills and Crushers. Also if any fire occurs in base, they’re there to rescue. Here are the best options when it comes to watering and where to find them:
Whalaska
Faleris Aqua
Ophydia
Shaolong
🔥 Kindling
There’s no shortage of kindling Pals in Palworld but the difference in quality is there. They’re primarily used for cooking and smelting. The higher the kindling level of the pal, the faster they produce food and ingots. The difference is more than noticeable. Here are the best Pals with kindling abilities and where to get them:
Dupin
Jormuntide Ignis
Flaracle
Blazamut
Reptyro
Lumbering
I’ll be completely honest with you, I almost forgot about Lumbering. The reason is that I’ve set it early in my playthrough and I never had to think or worry about getting wood since. I have enough to last me a lifetime. This just shows how important it is to properly set farming operations in your base. Here are my top picks for lumbering and where to find them:
Celesdir Noct
To get Celesdir Noct in Palworld, you need to breed Celesdir and a Kitsun Noct together inside a Breeding Farm.
Cryolinx Terra
CELESDIR
Electricity
I’ve struggled longest with electricity, mainly due to my stubbornness of just using a regular power generator paired with just any electric Pal that I had on hand. All that led to constant wait and frustration. Later when I started extracting crude oil I realised I needed a better system. I’ve started using better generators and more powerful Pals. Here’re the best Pals that produce electricity and where to capture them:
Orserk
Grizzbolt
Dynamoff
Cooling
Pals with cooling abilities were mainly used for keeping food from spoiling faster. Now with Palworld 1.0 they have become more important. Once you get Ancient Furnace, they become an important part of the manufacturing process. Here’re the best Pals with cooling abilities and where to find them:
Bastigor
Frostallion
Univolt Cryst
Medicine
Just like with Pals with cooling abilities, Pals that had medicine abilities were primarily just used for exactly that, producing medicine. Which is essential for maintaining Pal health and recovery but now they’re also needed for an endgame structure called Ancient Workbench. If you want some of those new cool gadgets you’ll need Pal with at least level 6 Medicine Production work suitabilities. Here are best options for it and how to get them:
Silvance
Dandilord
Selyne
Lyleen
Wistela
Ranch
The importance of ranch eluded me until I started getting more serious and began breeding Pals. That’s when I realized I don’t have any materials that I needed. I can not tell you how important it is to set up a farm early on. It will save you a ton of time and money hunting for ingredients and it will speed up your progress by at least 10x. Here are most important Pals to put into ranch and where to get them:
Mozzarina
Beegarde
Chikipi
Sibelyx
Breeding
The breeding of Palworld is more on the complicated side. There are tons of guides to pair Pal A with Pal B to get Pal C. Here are my top Pals that I think you should focus on breeding first:
Aegidron
Reason to breed: Guaranteed Giant Pal Souls + Thermal Cores
Dandilord
Reason to breed: Ancient Civilization Cores
Silvance
Reason to breed: Thermal Cores + Giant Pal Souls
Silvance belongs to the same “disassembly farming” strategy.
Grintale
While in a party, picking up a Pal Egg has a 50% chance of receiving one extra.
Braloha
Breeding Farm works 20% faster.
Best Overall Base Workers
We’ve gone through all of the Pals for everything that you might need in your base. Here’re are top overall best and community favorites that you’ll want to focus on first:
- Anubis
- Knocklem Ignis
- Astegon
- Lyleen
- Oserk
- Jormuntide Ignis
- Mimog
- Braloha
- Whalaska
- Dandilord
