Exploring Palworld is an adventure of discovery, danger, and creativity. With these community-tested tips — sourced from veteran players — you’ll master traversal, resource farming, and base management like a pro.
1. Travel Smarter, Not Harder
- Grapple + Glide Combo: In dungeons, use the grapple gun on the ceiling, then crouch mid-air to gain momentum and glide across entire rooms. This skips obstacles and speeds up exploration.
- Efficient Flight: When flying near mountains, move forward instead of upward — this costs less stamina.
- Mount Upgrades: Eikthyrdeer is great early on, but Fenglope is a direct upgrade with a double jump.
2. Temperature & Gear Management
Always carry cold-resistant and heat-resistant armor. Later in the game, you can equip shirts or underwear accessories that provide dual resistance — freeing up armor slots for other bonuses.
3. Manipulate Pal Spawns
You can reset Pal spawns by briefly leaving the area until they despawn, then returning. This trick is perfect for farming legendaries at sanctuaries.
💡 Tip: You can triple the Pal spawn rate in settings, but beware — this also increases overworld boss spawns.
4. Capture Merchants for Convenience
You can capture merchants and deploy them at your base when you need materials. Deploy them as workers, then interact to trade. Perfect for quick access to low-level resources.
5. Base Building & Production
- Avoid Multi-Support Pals: Pals with too many work types often wander and slow production. Stick to specialists.
- Best Workers:
- Watering: Azurobe, Broncherry Aqua
- Kindling: Jormunt Ignis, Foxsparks, Suzaku
- Mining: Anubis, Digtoise (better with partner item)
- Flat Bases Are Gold: Flat terrain prevents AI pathing issues. Walls don’t stop Pals from wandering, so prioritize open, even land.
- Size Matters: Large Pals often clip into objects and get stuck — smaller ones are more reliable until AI pathing improves.
6. Ideal Base Setup
- Production Base: Flat, central, and resource-efficient.
- Farm Base: For plantations and ranches — upgrade feed boxes with pizza or carbonara for efficiency.
- Mining Base: At coordinates 190, -37, where you’ll find 4 coal spots and 6 iron ore spots — perfect for lategame smelting.
7. Safe AFK Production
If you want to AFK while your base works, stand on a nearby high structure where the base is visible but distant. This keeps production active without triggering raids.
8. Combat & Boss Strategies
- Passive Attack Pals: Daedream and Dazzi can attack automatically every 5 seconds when reserved in your team.
- Respec for Boss Fights: Focus on attack and health stats for tower bosses — gathering builds struggle here.
- Weapon Choices: Assault rifles excel for sustained DPS, while shotguns dominate once you learn boss patterns.
- Never Attack While Mounted: You’ll make yourself and your Pal easier targets.
9. Catch Rate Reality Check
Catch rates are partially server-based — even low-percentage catches can succeed quickly. Just reduce HP and spam Pal Spheres until it works.
10. Item Transport Trick
When moving large amounts of items between bases, use the grappling gun to launch yourself toward the Palbox, then deposit items into a nearby chest for quick transfers.
🏁 Final Thoughts
Exploration in Palworld is more than wandering — it’s about optimizing every movement, every base, and every Pal.
By combining efficient traversal, smart spawn manipulation, and base specialization, you’ll turn your Palworld journey into a seamless, high-speed adventure.