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Palworldbuilds upon the familiar elements of creature-collecting games such asPokemon,Dragon Quest Monsters,Shin Megami Tensei, and others, adding its own flair and a series of unique mechanics to the experience. While the game is prominently compared to Pokemon, there is a specific gameplay feature inPalworldthat we’ll likely never see in aPokemongame. InPalworld, players can collect Pal Souls, — that’s right, their souls — for use in enhancing other Pals.
There are three types of Pal Souls inPalworld:Small Pal Souls,Medium Pal Souls, andLarge Pal Souls. Unsurprisingly, the larger the Soul, the more challenging it is to obtain. Here are the best methods for farming each type of Pal Soul inPalworld, offering specific strategies and techniques you can use to ensure a steady supply of this resource.
How and Where to Farm Pal Souls in Palworld
Pal Souls are necessary forenhancing Pals at a Statue of Powerto improve their stats. There are a handful of methods for obtaining Pal Souls inPalworld.Players can find Pal Souls by defeating, capturing, or butchering Pals, by finding them on the ground (in the case of Small Pal Souls) or looting chests, and by defeating dungeon bosses. However, the efficiency of each of these methods depends on the type of Pal Soul you are farming. Below, we’ve provided the best way to farm each type of Pal Soul inPalworld.
When farming Pal Souls, especially Medium Pal Souls and Large Pal Souls, you should have a fast ground or flying mount. Be sure to check out our guide to finding and catchingthe fastest flying mounts inPalworld.
Best Ways to Farm Small Pal Souls in Palworld
Unsurprisingly,Small Pal Soulsare the easiest type of Pal Soul to obtain. You will always need to use Small Pal Souls for empowering your Pals, so they will always be useful. Small Pal Soulscan be found on the ground in Level 1 – Level 30 regions, so it isn’t very difficult to obtain a suitable quantity through regular gameplay. Players can just run around and collect the Small Pal Souls, and open any chests they come across. You’ll also end up with a good supply of Small Pal Souls fromcatching and defeating low level Pals.
It is possible to farm Small Pal Souls through defeating or butchering Pals. If you prefer to take this route, you will want to focus onNox.This nocturnal Pal has a40% chance to drop Small Pal Souls,the highest of any Pal. You can hunt Nox only during the night, which may make farming more inconvenient. It’s also worth factoring in the time it takesto breed and hatch the Pal, then butcher each Nox versus simply running around low level zones.
Best Ways to Farm Medium Pal Souls in Palworld
Once you’re halfway through the process of enhancing a Pal, you will need to start usingMedium Pal Soulsto enhance it further. Unlike Small Pal Souls, you will not find Medium Pal Souls on the ground in Palpagos. Therefore, you will have to rely on other methods of obtaining these Pal Souls.
You will want to focus onfinding and looting Golden Chestsas your primary means of farming Medium Pal Souls inPalworld. Golden Chests can be found inLevel 30 – Level 50 regionsof Palpagos. When exploring these areas, you will also come across Purple Chests, but these chests will never contain Pal Souls. For efficient farming of Medium Pal Souls, it’s crucial to stop and collectonly Golden Chests.
The best area to farm Medium Pal Souls from Golden Chests isthe large desert biomein the top right corner of the map. This massive regionfeatures Level 40 – Level 50 Palsand is the best place to find Golden Chests. To farm Medium Pal Souls, head to the Deep Sand Dunes Fast Travel point, hop on your flying mount Pal, scour the area. It’s relatively easy to spot chests sitting on the sand.
Remember, only Golden Chests will contain Medium Pal Souls. Purple Chests cannot contain Pal Souls.
It’s worth noting that it when it comes to defeating or butchering Pals for Medium Souls, this can only be done with one specific Pal:Helzephyr.Helzephyr, another nocturnal Pal, is the only Pal that can drop Medium Pal Souls inPalworld. However, Helzephyr hasonly a 3% chance of dropping Medium Pal Souls. With odds this low, it’s not worth the trouble of defeating or butchering this Pal for Medium Pal Souls, especially considering the necessary time investment of hunting them in the wild, or breeding and butchering.
Best Ways to Farm Large Pal Souls in Palworld
FarmingLarge Pal Soulsis where butchering Pals becomes the most reliable method. If you want to farm Large Pal Souls using this method, you will want toexclusively breed Anubisto butcher and receive Large Pal Souls.
This is becauseAnubis has a 100% drop rate of Large Pal Souls. He will also drop 3-5 Bones when butchered, which are a necessary material for crafting items,specifically Cement.Frostallion Noctis another reliable source of Large Pal Souls. This Pal is obtainable only through breeding Frostallion with Helzephyr.
As with base building and other activities inPalworld, it’s important to stay mindful of where you are located when butchering Pals. You don’t want to choose a location where the Souls may drop out of reach. Even worse, they could glitch or clip into scenery and become impossible to collect.
If butchering defenseless Pals isn’t your style, you can instead farm Large Pal Souls by collecting chests in themassive snow and ice biomein the top left corner of the map. This region featuresa handful of Fast Travel points, and the area surrounding thePristine Snow FieldGreat Eagle Statue is the perfect place to start your treasure hunt. Golden Chests that can contain Large Pal Souls are scattered throughout thislevel 40+snowy region. We recommend using one of Palworld’s fast flying mount Pals to search for these chests.
