What is actually worth buying from merchants
The best merchant purchases in Palworld are ammunition, cake ingredients, Medical Supplies and cheap Handiwork Pals — buying ore or wood is a trap because a properly staffed base out-produces any merchant stock for free.
Updated 2026-07-30
Key takeaways
- ✓Ammunition
- ✓Cake ingredients
- ✓Medical supplies
- ✓Cheap worker Pals
Ammunition
Buying arrows and rifle rounds beats crafting them once gold income passes 20,000 an hour.
Cake ingredients
Flour, milk and eggs from merchants keep a breeding pen running when your farm lags behind.
Medical supplies
Stock 20 High-grade Medical Supplies before any raid or Legendary attempt.
Cheap worker Pals
A 3,000-gold Pal with Work Slave or Serious passives pays for itself in an hour of base output.
Skip these
Ore, wood, stone and Paldium are all faster to farm than to buy at every stage of the game.