Your first day on Palpagos.

What is Palworld?

Palworld is an open-world survival game. You land on the Palpagos Islands with nothing, catch creatures called Pals, build bases where they work for you, and explore a world that runs from grassy starter islands all the way up to the World Tree. You can play alone or online with friends.

Your first day in 8 steps

1. 1

   Gather wood, stone and Paldium

   Hit trees and rocks for Wood and Stone, and pick up the small blue crystals called Paldium Fragments. The in-game Survival Guide lists your first goals, so follow it for the first hour.

2. 2

   Unlock your first Technology

   Every level gives you Technology Points. Spend the first ones on the basics: a workbench, Pal Spheres, a Palbox and simple tools. Fancy items can wait.

3. 3

   Catch your first Pals

   Lower a Pal’s health first, then throw a Pal Sphere. Throwing at a Pal’s back gives a capture bonus. In 1.0, your first five catches of each kind of Pal give big bonus experience, so catch five of everything you meet, then move on to new kinds.

4. 4

   Place your Palbox

   Put a Palbox on flat, open ground near trees, rocks and water. That spot becomes your base, and Pals you send there work on their own. A world holds 15 working Pals per base by default.

5. 5

   Keep your Pals fed and rested

   Build a Feed Box and keep food in it, then grow berries so food keeps coming. Give every Pal a bed. Hungry or overworked Pals lose Sanity (SAN), slow down and can get sick.

6. 6

   Spend your first status points wisely

   Each level also gives you a status point. Stamina (for climbing, gliding and running) and Weight (to carry more) are the popular early picks. Attack can wait: your Pals do most of the fighting early on. Keep a Cattiva in your party for extra carrying, too.

7. 7

   Get a ride

   Riding a Pal needs its saddle from the Technology list. Nitewing’s saddle at level 15 is most players’ first flying mount. Rankings → Mounts shows the fastest ones.

8. 8

   Explore, then take on bosses

   Unlock every fast travel point you pass. Beating Alpha Pals and other bosses earns Ancient Technology Points for better gear. Save the World Tree for later: its Pals are around level 75 to 80, near the level cap of 80.

Good first Pals

All of these turn up early and are easy to catch. Their jobs below come straight from the game data.

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  LamballOne of the first Pals you meet. Turns into a shield when you call it, and drops Wool at a Ranch.Handiwork 1Transporting 1Farming 1
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  CattivaWhile it’s in your party you can carry more, which matters a lot in the first hours.Handiwork 1Gathering 1Mining 1
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  ChikipiLays Eggs at a Ranch, an easy early food.Gathering 1Farming 1
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  FoxparksYour first Kindling worker for campfires and furnaces. Turns into a flamethrower when you call it.Kindling 1
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  PengulletWatering and Cooling, plus Handiwork and Transporting. Useful at almost every early base.Watering 1Handiwork 1Cooling 1
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  TanzeeFive jobs, including Planting and Lumbering. A great all-rounder for a first base.Planting 1Handiwork 1Gathering 1
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  RibbunyAura Pal: every other Pal at the base gets +1 Handiwork.Handiwork 1Gathering 1Transporting 1
• 
  CloveeAura Pal: every other Pal at the base gets +1 Gathering.Planting 1Gathering 1
• 
  HerbilIn your party, it heals you when you get knocked out.Planting 1Gathering 1Transporting 1

Plan a full starter crew

Good to know

• Night is different. It gets dark, and some Pals are night Pals: they’re out at night and keep working at your base after dark. Look for the Night worker badge on a Pal’s page.
• Knocked out? Depending on your world settings, you may drop items where you fell, so go back and pick them up. You can turn this off when you make a world.
• Don’t fight up too far. Every Pal shows its level. If it’s far above yours, come back later.
• Worlds can be tuned. World settings change things like Pals per base (15 by default, up to 50 on private servers), egg hatch time and how much you gather.

Words to know

Pal

A creature you can catch. Pals fight with you, work at your base and some can be ridden.

Palbox

The box that starts a base. Pals you assign there live and work at that base.

Pal Sphere

The ball you throw to catch a Pal. Better spheres catch stronger Pals.

Paldium Fragment

Blue crystal used to make Pal Spheres and many other items.

Work suitability

The jobs a Pal can do at your base, like Kindling or Mining, each with a level. Higher is faster.

Partner skill

A Pal’s special trick, like turning into a shield or letting you ride it.

Passive skill

Up to four bonus traits a Pal is born with, like more Attack or faster work.

Alpha Pal

A bigger, stronger boss version of a Pal, found in set places.

SAN (Sanity)

How happy a Pal is. Food, beds and rest keep it up.

Aura Pal

A Pal whose partner skill gives every other Pal at the base +1 in one job.

What to do next

Later you unlock a Breeding Farm, where two Pals make an egg. That’s how you get the strongest Pals and the best passive skills. These tools help when you get there: