Palworld 1.0 Best Base Pals : Who to Assign to Mining, Crafting & Farming
Not every Pal belongs in your combat party. The best base Pals have high Work Suitability. Here is who to hire for every job.
- •Incineram handles Mining (Lv2) AND Kindling (Lv3). One Pal covers two jobs. Catch one from the Syndicate at Windswept Island.
- •Foxparks handles Kindling. Put one at every base. You never cook manually again.
- •Anubis is the best crafter. Handiwork Lv4. Builds everything at double speed.
You need different Pals for your base than your party. Combat Pals fight. Base Pals work. Mix them up and nobody does their job right. Here are the best Pals for every job.
Kindling (cooking and smelting)
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Foxparks | 1 | Starting area | | Incineram | 3 | Windswept Island (Syndicate capture) | | Jormuntide Ignis | 4 | Breed Jormuntide + Blazehowl |
Put a Kindling Pal in every base. Without one, you do everything by hand.
Mining
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Rushoar | 1 | Starting area | | Incineram | 2 | Windswept Island | | Anubis | 3 | Breed | | Blazamut | 4 | Wildlife Sanctuary |
Watering (crops)
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Pengullet | 1 | Beaches | | Fuack | 1 | Rivers | | Jormuntide | 4 | Lakes (rare spawn) |
Planting and Gathering
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Lifmunk | 1 | Starting area | | Lyleen | 4 | Wildlife Sanctuary |
Handiwork (crafting)
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Anubis | 4 | Breed (best crafter in the game) | | Lunaris | 3 | Dungeons |
Anubis builds everything at double speed. Breed one as soon as you can.
Transporting
| Pal | Level | Where | |-----|:---:|-------| | Cattiva | 1 | Starting area | | Wumpo | 3 | Northern snow area |
Minimize your workforce
The fewer Pals you need, the easier the base is to manage. Incineram covers Mining AND Kindling. Breed one and you have two jobs covered with one Pal slot. Anubis has Mining and Handiwork. Every Pal that covers two jobs saves you a slot.
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