Best haulers: who carries stuff fastest

The best picks

1. Fastest while carrying

   

   Eye of CthulhuTerrariaWorks at nightLarge

   Carrying

   600

   Run

   900

   Per pickup

   20 Lv 4

   At ★4: Transporting 8, 200 items a trip

   The top carrying speed in the game (600). Loaded, it moves faster than over half of all Pals run empty-handed.

   Catch it inside the Sealed Realm of Terraria at (-420, -787), the Terraria crossover dungeon. It isn't in the Paldeck, but it is in our Pal list.

2. Fastest carrier in the Paldeck

   

   Faleris AquaLarge

   Carrying

   500

   Run

   1,000

   Per pickup

   40 Lv 5

   At ★4: Transporting 7, 120 items a trip

   Carrying speed 500 and Transporting 5, so it grabs 40 items from a pile each trip.

3. Fastest to the pickup

   

   MimogTiny

   Carrying

   450

   Run

   2,000

   Per pickup

   5 Lv 2

   At ★4: Transporting 5, 40 items a trip

   Run speed 2,000, the highest of any hauler. But it carries at 450 and takes only 5 items a trip (Transporting 2).

4. Biggest loads

   

   KnocklemLarge

   Carrying

   400

   Run

   550

   Per pickup

   120 Lv 7

   At ★4: Transporting 9, 320 items a trip

   Transporting 7, the highest base level: 120 items from a pile in one trip. Knocklem Ignis has the same numbers. Its first condensing star goes to another job, so it reaches 9 at four stars.

   Same numbers: Knocklem Ignis.

5. Best night hauler

   

   EidrolonWorks at nightLarge

   Carrying

   400

   Run

   1,400

   Per pickup

   70 Lv 6

   At ★4: Transporting 10, 500 items a trip

   Works at night without Insomnia. Transporting 6 (70 items) and a fast run of 1,400. Its only job is Transporting, so every condensing star raises it: Transporting 10 (500 items) at four stars.

6. Medium night hauler

   

   RoujayWorks at nightMedium

   Carrying

   450

   Run

   950

   Per pickup

   40 Lv 5

   At ★4: Transporting 7, 120 items a trip

   Works at night and is only medium, so it fits busy bases. Carrying 450, Transporting 5 (40 items).

Speeds are each species' base values from the game files, before passives or Alpha size. “At ★4” is the Transporting level after four condensing stars (see condensing).

Run speed vs carrying speed

Every trip has two halves. First the Pal runs to the item empty-handed at its Run speed. Then it carries the item to a chest at its Carrying speed, which is a separate number in the game. They can be very different, so a fast runner is not always a fast hauler.

On a long route the carrying half matters most, because that is the part the Pal walks loaded. On a short route with a chest right next to the pile, a fast runner can catch up.

All 148 haulers

Every Pal with Transporting, plus the 8 Terraria creatures that can haul. Tap a column to sort. Default order: carrying speed, then Transporting level, then run speed.

Pal	Carrying	Run	Transporting	Per pickup	At ★4	Size	Night
Eye of Cthulhu	600	900	Lv 4	20	Lv 8 · 200	Large	Yes
Faleris Aqua	500	1,000	Lv 5	40	Lv 7 · 120	Large
Faleris	500	1,000	Lv 3	10	Lv 5 · 40	Large
Silvance	500	500	Lv 2	5	Lv 3 · 10	Large
Anubis	480	800	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Medium
Vanwyrm	475	700	Lv 3	10	Lv 6 · 70	Large	Yes
Vanwyrm Cryst	475	700	Lv 3	10	Lv 6 · 70	Large	Yes
Quivern	470	800	Lv 5	40	Lv 7 · 120	Large
Quivern Botan	470	800	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Large
Cryolinx	460	720	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Large
Cryolinx Terra	460	720	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Large
Lovander	460	750	Lv 2	5	Lv 3 · 10	Large	Yes
Roujay	450	950	Lv 5	40	Lv 7 · 120	Medium	Yes
Helzephyr Lux	450	700	Lv 5	40	Lv 8 · 200	Large	Yes
Helzephyr	450	700	Lv 4	20	Lv 8 · 200	Large	Yes
Mimog	450	2,000	Lv 2	5	Lv 5 · 40	Tiny
Knocklem	400	550	Lv 7	120	Lv 9 · 320	Large
Knocklem Ignis	400	550	Lv 7	120	Lv 9 · 320	Large
Eidrolon	400	1,400	Lv 6	70	Lv 10 · 500	Large	Yes
Eidrolon Ignis	400	1,400	Lv 6	70	Lv 8 · 200	Large
Bellanoir	400	600	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Medium	Yes
Bellanoir Libero	400	600	Lv 4	20	Lv 6 · 70	Medium	Yes
Nyafia	400	600	Lv 3	10	Lv 5 · 40	Medium	Yes
Robinquill	400	600	Lv 2	5	Lv 3 · 10	Medium
Robinquill Terra	400	600	Lv 2	5	Lv 3 · 10	Medium
Xenovader	400	550	Lv 2	5	Lv 4 · 20	Small	Yes
Ragnahawk	375	800	Lv 5	40	Lv 8 · 200	Large
Beakon	375	750	Lv 5	40	Lv 7 · 120	Large
Beakon Cryst	375	750	Lv 5	40	Lv 7 · 120	Large
Sekhmet	375	600	Lv 2	5	Lv 4 · 20	Medium

Condensing makes them better

Condensing at a Pal Essence Condenser raises work levels. Stars 1 to 3 each add +1 to one job: the Pal's highest job first, then the next highest, starting over if it has fewer jobs. Equal jobs go in the game's job-list order, where Transporting comes near the end. Star 4 adds +1 to every job, up to 10. It takes 4, 8, 12 and 24 more of the same Pal for each star (48 in all), or Starfruit from the Medal trader.

So a Pal whose best job is Transporting gains the most. Eidrolon only does Transporting, so all four stars raise it from 6 to 10. Knocklem's first star goes to Mining, so it stops at 9.

Pal	Transporting	At ★4	Items a trip at ★4	Carrying
Eidrolon	Lv 6	Lv 10	500	400
Knocklem	Lv 7	Lv 9	320	400
Knocklem Ignis	Lv 7	Lv 9	320	400
Eye of Cthulhu	Lv 4	Lv 8	200	600
Helzephyr	Lv 4	Lv 8	200	450
Helzephyr Lux	Lv 5	Lv 8	200	450
Eidrolon Ignis	Lv 6	Lv 8	200	400
Ragnahawk	Lv 5	Lv 8	200	375
Dualith	Lv 6	Lv 8	200	350
Dualith Noct	Lv 6	Lv 8	200	350

The game applies this rule in code, so it isn't in a data table. It matches the Condenser preview and players' four-star results. The preview always shows the exact change before you confirm.

Items per pickup

When a hauler picks up from a pile, it takes up to this many items in one trip. The number comes from the Pal's Transporting level (the game's own setting).

1. Lv 12
2. Lv 25
3. Lv 310
4. Lv 420
5. Lv 540
6. Lv 670
7. Lv 7120
8. Lv 8200
9. Lv 9320
10. Lv 10500

Raise a Pal's Transporting level by 1, forever, with an Applied Transporting Handbook IBuy: Medal trader

Tips from players

• Player report (July 31, 2026): a player timed Eye of Cthulhu against Mimog on a seven-item route across their base. Eye of Cthulhu won, even after moving one extra item. In a follow-up, an Alpha Eidrolon beat both. That result is for their layout, so test your own. Thread on Reddit
• Player report (July 15, 2026): even a fully condensed Mimog took one ore per trip, because the ore lay as single drops. Items per pickup only helps when items stack in a pile. Time your hauler with the kind of output your base really makes. Thread on Reddit
• Keep the route short. Put a chest right next to the thing that makes items, and keep the path clear. To compare two haulers, use the same pile and chest and count what each delivers in the same time.
• Give it one job. Players report bases run better with a dedicated hauler. Turn off its other jobs at the Monitoring Stand, and watch where items go if things pile up. More in base tips.

Hauler passives

Movement Speed passives make a hauler walk faster: Swift, Runner and Nimble, or Dimensional Leap from the World Tree. See their exact numbers and how to get each one on the worker passives page.