Pal Stars

Palworld Guides & Tier Lists

Curated guides for every stage of Palworld — from your first Lamball to end-game Legendary teams.

Two Palworld Pals standing together beneath cherry blossoms
Palworld guides for companions, exploration, combat and progression. Image: Pocketpair / Steam.
Beginner

Palworld Starter Guide

First hour: catching, base building, and the best early Pals in Palworld.

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Roadmap

Full Progression Roadmap

Early → mid → late → end game order of operations, boss by boss.

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Mounts

Best Flying & Ground Mounts

Every rideable Pal ranked by speed, stamina and combat utility.

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Breeding

Breeding Combinations

How Palworld inheritance works and every top-tier parent pair.

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Bosses

Boss Guide & Weaknesses

Every boss's HP, elemental weakness, drops and recommended team.

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Tier List

Meta Tier List v1.0

PvE and PvP tiers for every legendary and near-legendary Pal — updated with Eidrolon as SS-tier.

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Legendary

The Eidrolon Guide

Everything known about Eidrolon: fusion origins, stats, spawn theories and how to counter it.

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Card Game

Palworld TCG Guide

How to play the Palworld Official Card Game — turn structure, deck building, rarity ladder, meta archetypes and Eidrolon-era strategy.

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Weapons

Palworld Weapons Guide

Every weapon class, damage, ammo, best Pal pairings and endgame crafting order.

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Pal Stars

Pal Stars Guide

The definitive Pal Stars guide: how to use this Palworld wiki, breeding calculator, mount table, TCG database, and Eidrolon meta tools.

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Advanced

Palworld Passive Skills & Traits Guide

Complete passive skills and traits guide: tier list, inheritance rules, reroll strategy, and negative traits to purge.

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Economy

Palworld Farming Guide

Complete Palworld farming guide: plantation layouts, ranch Pal tier list, infinite Cake loop, gold, Dog Coin and item farming routes for every stage of the game.

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Progression

Palworld Tech Tree Guide

Optimal Technology & Ancient Technology unlock order from level 1 to 60.

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1.0 Release

Palworld 1.0 Release Guide — What's New, Patch Notes & Roadmap

Everything shipping with Palworld 1.0: new Pals, endgame systems, map expansions, patch notes and platform release info.

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1.0 Endgame

Palworld 1.0 Endgame Guide — Raids, Star Ranking & Legendary Farm

Everything after level 60 in Palworld 1.0: Xenolord and Eidrolon raid strategies, star ranking loops and Legendary schematic farms.

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TCG Sets

Palworld TCG Sleeve & Card Set Vol.1

Every card, sleeve, parallel and price detail in Palworld OFFICIAL CARD GAME Sleeve & Card Set Vol.1 (SS01).

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Endgame

Palworld Raid Boss Guide & FAQ

How to beat Bellanoir and the Ultra raid variants in Palworld: summoning altar slabs, team counters, rewards and hard-mode tips.

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Endgame

Palworld Endgame Team Build Guide & FAQ

Best endgame Pals and party builds for Palworld's level cap: awakening, mutation, tower boss and raid-ready squads with element coverage.

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Endgame

Palworld Ancient Technology Guide & FAQ

Best Ancient Technology unlock order in Palworld: farming technology points, the ancient workbench, and what to prioritise for endgame.

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Endgame

Palworld Endgame Base Automation Guide & FAQ

Best endgame base layout for Palworld automation: Pal AI behaviour fixes, production line layout, and the fastest routes to the level cap.

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Gear

Palworld Thermal Shirt Guide & FAQ

Where to get the heat resistant and cold resistant shirts in Palworld, which technology tier unlocks each one, and what to wear instead before you can craft them.

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TCG

Palworld Card Price Shifts & FAQ

Why Palworld trading card prices move: the five events that shift a card's price, how to read a shift on the Pal Stars chart, and how to tell a real move from a thin-sample blip.

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TCG

Palworld TCG Bulk Order Guide & FAQ

How to bulk order Palworld TCG singles: build a quantity-plus-card-number list, import a CSV deck list, preview every match and hand the whole cart to a single TCGplayer checkout.

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TCG

Palworld TCG Bulk Prices & FAQ

How to price a Palworld TCG bulk buy: what changes when you buy singles in quantity, which lines drive the total, and how to sanity-check a bulk quote against asking and completed-sale data.

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Pal Guide

Celesdir Guide — Palworld Celestial Legendary

Full Celesdir guide for Palworld 1.0 — where to catch Celesdir, best breeding combo, saddle stats and endgame team fit.

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Pal Guide

Sky Islands Guide — Palworld Region Guide

Sky Islands region guide for Palworld 1.0 — every dungeon, boss, exclusive Pal spawn and Ancient Tech Point on the floating archipelago.

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Pal Guide

World Tree Guide — Palworld Region + Progression

Palworld World Tree guide — full walkthrough of the Feybreak World Tree, boss fights, hidden roots, and rare Pal spawns.

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Pal Guide

Medicine Guide — Palworld Crafting + Automation Guide

Palworld medicine guide — every recipe, ingredient, best crafting Pals, and the fastest automated Mega Medical Supplies loop for 1.0.

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Pal Guide

Sanity Recovery Guide — Palworld Best SAN Recovery Guide

Palworld sanity recovery guide — best Pals, Hot Springs setup, food, and the fastest way to restore SAN in Palworld 1.0.

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TCG Guide

Dawn of Palpagos Booster Box Rarities Guide — Palworld TCG

Complete rarity guide for the Dawn of Palpagos booster boxes in the Palworld Official Card Game — every rarity tier, pull rate, chase card and box EV.

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TCG Guide

Palworld Trial Deck Guide — TD01 & TD02 Starter Decks

Complete Palworld Official Card Game Trial Deck guide — every card in TD01 and TD02, deck strategy, upgrade path and how to combo with Dawn of Palpagos boosters.

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Pal Guide

Hartalis Guide — Palworld Neutral Support

Complete Hartalis guide — Feybreak support Pal, breeding, base uses and passive setup.

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Pal Guide

Dandilord Guide — Palworld Grass Boss

Full Dandilord guide — Sakurajima Grass field boss, catch strategy, breeding and best passives.

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Pal Guide

Knocklem Guide — Palworld Ground Bruiser

Full Knocklem guide — Feybreak Ground bruiser, breeding, saddle stats and best raid loadout.

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Base Building

Best Base Locations for Ore & Coal Farming — Palworld

The best Palworld base coordinates for ore and coal farming, with Pal loadouts, defense tips and yield-per-hour numbers.

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Breeding

Palworld Breeding Guide — Breed Power, Cakes & Ranch Optimization

The definitive Palworld breeding guide: how breed power works, cake production loops, ranch optimization, passive skill inheritance and legendary breeding routes.

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Palworld NPC and Pal critic answers

Palworld's world NPCs range from merchants and Pal traders to the arrogant Pal critic who rates your Pals, and each one is covered in a guide with location, dialogue outcome and what it is actually worth doing.

Who is the arrogant Pal critic in Palworld?

The arrogant Pal critic is a world NPC who inspects a Pal you present and delivers a graded verdict on it. The rating reflects the Pal's stats and star rank rather than anything hidden, so a condensed, high-passive Pal draws the top response while a freshly caught one is dismissed. Nothing is lost by showing a Pal, so it is a free read on how a Pal compares.

Where do I find Palworld NPC merchants and traders?

Wandering merchants sit in the small settlements and at tower approaches, while Pal traders and the black-marketeer types appear in fixed camps. The merchant guide lists each location with fast travel points and stock, and the interactive map marks them alongside spawns.

Which Palworld guides cover NPCs and world encounters?

The merchant guide covers buying and selling, the boss guide covers Alpha and tower encounters, and the farming guide covers the gold loops NPC selling feeds. Each guide contains five articles plus its own FAQ.

Palworld guides FAQ

How many Palworld guides are on Pal Stars?

There are 510 guides, and every guide contains exactly five in-depth articles plus its own FAQ, covering progression, breeding, mounts, bosses, base building, farming, the technology tree and the Palworld Official Card Game.

Which Palworld guide should I read first?

Start with the Palworld Starter Guide for your first hour, then move to the breeding guide once you unlock the Breeding Farm and the tier list when you begin building an endgame team.

Are these guides updated for Palworld 1.0?

Yes. Guides are reviewed against current Palworld 1.0 content including Sakurajima and Feybreak, and each guide page shows its last updated date. Card guides follow the printed English card codes from the Palworld Official Card Game.

Where do I find the Palworld tier list?

The interactive tier list ranks every Pal SS to C for PvE, PvP, base work and mount speed with element and rarity filters, and the Meta Tier List guide explains the reasoning behind each placement.