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A screenshot of a player hovering over a bustling base in Palworld.
A production base is a happy base. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Best Pals for each job in Palworld, listed

These Pals stand out as strong candidates.

Not all Pals are created equal, and because of a few quirky design elements, there’s more that makes a Pal good at their job than having a high score in its category.

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Even when you know exactly which qualifications you’re after in a Pal, you still have the pesky problem of finding a Pal with the stats you’re looking for. This guide briefly explains how you should assign Pals to your base, and gives you a clear list of the best worker Pals for each job category in Palworld.

How to tell if a Pal is a good worker in Palworld

A screenshot of a player facing Anubis in a Palworld base.
This guy knows his stuff. Screenshot by Dot Esports

I remember catching my first Penking and thinking, “this must be one of the best base Pals in the game—this guy does everything!” Fast forward a few hours, and I had five Penkings running around my base being distracted by everything, completing a grand total of absolutely nothing. This is because Pals with too many job suitabilities get distracted by multiple tasks, and end up unable to stay on any task long enough to complete it.

With that said, a Pal that can complete multiple jobs isn’t inherently a bad thing; it all depends on what jobs a Pal can do and what job you want it to do. Some tasks, like Lumbering and Mining, are always going to pull eligible Pals to them because they’re always available en masse. Jobs like Electricity Generating and Medicine Production are far less likely to attract Pals’ attention, as they’re rarely passively available.

If a Pal has Lumbering, Medicine Production, Farming, and Kindling, it isn’t definitively a bad worker Pal, but it probably would be best-suited for Lumbering. If you need lots of Kindling done, you’d be better off finding a Pal that doesn’t have Lumbering or Mining.

While this is important to remember, multiple work skills aren’t always a bad thing; it all depends on your base and what you need from a given Pal. With this in mind, here are the best Pals for each job in Palworld.

Best Pals for Kindling

Jormuntide Ignis' Paldeck page in Palworld.
Fireball. Screenshot by Dot Esports

One of the hardest things about finding good Kindling Pals is how many of them also have Lumbering or Mining, which means you’ll often return to your base to find your designated cook has spent the last hour at the Lumbering Farm instead of making cakes. Here are our picks for Pals that combine high Kindling levels with minimal distractions:

PalKindling levelOther jobs
Jormuntide IgnisFourN/A
SootseerThreeMining, Farming, Gathering, Handiwork
RagnahawkThreeTransporting
FalerisThreeTransporting
ReptyroThreeMining

Best Pals for Watering

Jormuntide's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Fishy. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Watering is an easy enough job to keep under lockdown, as tons of different Pals are fantastic at it and also don’t have any other job suitability to bog them down. The only thing you need to watch out for here is how larger Pals love getting stuck on anything and everything; try to place your crops and Crusher with that phenomenon in mind.

PalWatering levelOther jobs
JormuntideFourN/A
Azurobe ThreeN/A
Broncherry AquaThreeN/A
Suzaku AquaThreeN/A

Best Pals for Planting

Lyleen's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Very floral. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Planting is an easy job to keep consistently manned because Lyleen and Broncherry both don’t have any “permanent” jobs like Lumbering or Mining, meaning even if they do get distracted, it’s for a finite amount of time to make Medicine or do Handiwork.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Planting takes a short amount of time and leaves room for lots of other tasks while crops are growing, so in this case, it’s usually better to assign a Pal that does other things as well.

PalPlanting levelOther jobs
LyleenFourHandiwork, Gathering, Medicine Production
BroncherryThreeN/A
PetalliaThreeHandiwork, Gathering, Medicine Production, Transporting
ShroomerTwoHandiwork, Gathering, Lumbering
VaeletTwoHandiwork, Gathering, Medicine Production, Transporting

Best Pals for Generating Electricity

Orserk's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Legendary. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Generating Electricity is one of the few jobs I’ve found Pals actually stay assigned to. Throw a Pal on a furnace, and they’ll do anything else when you turn your back. Throw a Pal on a Generator, and they’ll probably stay put. This means you don’t have to be as careful about Electric Pals with other job suitabilities, as they don’t get distracted.

PalGenerating Electricity levelOther jobs
OrserkFourHandiwork, Transporting
Helzephyr LuxThreeTransporting
Relaxaurus LuxThreeTransporting
GrizzboltThreeHandiwork, Lumbering, Transporting
BeakonTwoGathering, Transporting

Best Pals for Handiwork

Anubis' Paldeck page in Palworld.
That’s the homie. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Handiwork is unique because it isn’t ever passively in demand. The only time a Handiwork job needs doing is when you’ve specifically ordered it. So, Anubis is your guy. Anubis won’t ever leave his precious Mining station for even a second unless you pick him up and throw him at a bench or assembly line—but that extra step is well worth the speed at which Anubis crafts. If you don’t have an Anubis yet, the same logic applies to the other Pals.

PalHandiwork levelOther jobs
AnubisFourMining, Transporting
SelyneThreeMedicine Production, Transporting
LyleenThreePlanting, Gathering, Medicine Production
LunarisThreeGathering, Transporting
WixenThreeKindling, Transporting

Best Pals for Gathering

Frostallion Noct's Paldeck page in Palworld.
A dark god. Screenshot by Dot Esports.

Gathering is similar to Planting in that it only requires small bursts of work with long periods of downtime in between tasks. Unless your base has tons of crops, you probably don’t need to keep a Frostallion Noct sitting around. Instead, I use Verdash, who completes any Gathering job quickly when it comes up and doesn’t sit around Idle the rest of the time.

PalGathering levelOther jobs
Frostallion NoctFourN/A
JetragonThreeN/A
KnocklemThreeTransporting, Mining
VerdashThreePlanting, Handiwork, Lumbering, Gathering
GrintaleTwoN/A

Best Pals for Lumbering

Prixter in Palworld
I wanna hug him. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Lumbering is a weird one. On the one hand, it’s one of the single most important jobs in Palworld. On the other hand, the fact that a Lumbering Farm never runs out of work that can be done right here and right now means Pals love leaving their important jobs to spend an eternity gathering Wood, even though you already have 10,000.

Tons of Pals are equipped with Lumbering, and in my experience, the job gets done whether you like it or not. These Pals are the most efficient choices.

PalLumbering levelOther jobs
PrixterThreeGathering, Medicine Production
WumpoThreeTransporting, Handiwork, Cooling
Wumpo BotanThreePlanting, Handiwork, Transporting
WarsectThreePlanting, Handiwork, Transporting
BushiThreeKindling, Handiwork, Gathering, Transporting

Best Pals for Mining

Astegon's Paldeck page in Palworld.
You’ll need to take down a big one. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Mining is without a doubt the most important skill in Palworld. Setting up a proper ore farm requires finesse, planning, and Pals with great Mining scores. Thankfully, it’s easy enough to design a second base that doesn’t have anything to distract your peak Miners from their work. Similar to Lumbering, watch how tempting a Stone Pit is to Pals. If you have a Pal that has Mining in addition to another job you really want them to do, try to keep them as far away from a Stone Pit as possible.

PalMining levelOther jobs
AstegonFourHandiwork
BlazemutFourKindling
XenogardThreeN/A
AnubisThreeHandiwork, Transporting
Reptyro CrystThreeCooling

Best Pals for Medicine Production

Felbat's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Mind the fangs. Screenshot by Dot Esports.

Medicine Production is exactly like Handiwork in that there’s never a passive demand for it. Medicine is only made when you order it specifically, so work around that fact. Don’t leave a Felbat in your base unless you actively need Medicine to be made, and don’t be afraid to have Medicine Production Pals that also contribute elsewhere. When you need Medicine, hard-assign them to a Workbench.

PalMedicine Production levelOther jobs
BellanoirFourHandiwork, Transporting
FelbatThreeN/A
Lyleen NoctThreeHandiwork, Gathering
SelyneThreeHandiwork, Transporting
VaeletThreePlanting, Handiwork, Gathering

Best Pals for Cooling

Frostallion's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Not a great seat warmer. Screenshot by Dot Esports

I don’t want to say Cooling is broken in Palworld, but here’s the thing: sorting an inventory refreshes the expiration timer on all food in that inventory, so Cooling is absolutely unnecessary 99 percent of the time. Combine that with the fact that, unlike Power Generators, Pals seem to love sneaking away from the Cooler even after they’ve been hard assigned, and you can’t rely on them to keep your food safe anyway. The only time you should worry about Cooling Pals is when you need to keep an egg cold to reduce its incubation time.

PalCooling levelOther jobs
FrostallionFourN/A
Reptyro CrystThreeMining
Kingpaca CrystThreeGathering
CryolinxThreeHandiwork, Lumbering
FoxcicleTwoN/A

Best Pals for Transporting

Wumpo Botan's Paldeck page in Palworld.
Stay grassy. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Unless you’re setting up an ore farm, Transporting can be something of a lower-priority task. In an ore farm, strong gatherers are necessary to allow more ore to spawn. In a regular base, Transporting is more about keeping your farm from becoming an absolute mess. Still, if you can afford a slot for a designated transporter, it keeps everything running at peak efficiency. The thing to be careful about with this job suitability is how easily it can cause Pals to get stuck in a perpetual state of running to pick something up, only to be distracted by something else along the way.

PalTransporting levelOther jobs
KnocklemFourMining, Gathering
WumpoFourHandiwork, Lumbering, Cooling
Wumpo BotanFourPlanting, Handiwork, Lumbering
DragostropheThreeN/A
FalerisThreeKindling

Best Pals for Farming

Mozzarina Paldeck entry
Old reliable. Screenshot by Dot Esports

It’s difficult to say what the best Farming Pals are, as the only caveat for Farming is what resource you’re after. Instead, I’ve listed Pals here based on which resources I think are the most important: the ones needed to make Cake, and then Gold (because who doesn’t love passive income). Don’t be afraid to swap Pals in and out of your Farm if you’re low on Wool, High Quality Cloth, Flame Organs, etc. In fact, it is probably best to always be swapping Pals in and out depending on how your reserves are looking.

PalFarming levelResource
BeegardeOneHoney
MozzarinaOneMilk
ChikipiOneEgg
Mau CrystOneGold

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