Ore, ingots and why mining is not a gold strategy
Mining ore is not a gold strategy in Palworld — ore and ingots sell for very little, so an ore base is only worth building to feed crafting lines whose finished products you then sell.
Updated 2026-07-30
Key takeaways
- ✓The margin problem
- ✓Best ore base spots
- ✓Miner crew
- ✓Convert before selling
The margin problem
Raw ore sells at a fraction of the arrows or spheres you could craft from the same run.
Best ore base spots
The desert ridge and the northern coal fields both hold dense multi-node clusters inside one Palbox radius.
Miner crew
Three Digtoise plus one Transporting Pal saturates a six-node cluster.
Convert before selling
Ore to ingot to crafted item multiplies value several times over.
When ore does pay
Refined Ingots feed Legendary Sphere and end-game weapon crafting, which is where the real value sits.