Palworld Black Marketeer Guide & FAQ
The Palworld Black Marketeer: locations, rare Pal stock, prices, whether buying Alphas is worth it and how selling Pals compares to the legal merchant.
Updated for the current Palworld patch

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Palworld Black Marketeer — overview
The Black Marketeer is Palworld's illegal Pal trader. Found in hidden spots such as the Duneshelter area and near Syndicate-controlled zones, they sell rarer and higher-level Pals than the ordinary Pal Merchant — sometimes including Alpha-tier and Lucky Pals — and they pay noticeably better when you sell Pals to them.
- ✓What they are
- ✓Where to find them
- ✓Stock
Palworld Black Marketeer — full walkthrough
Step-by-step walkthrough for Palworld Black Marketeer in Palworld 1.0.
- ✓1. Bank Gold first
- ✓2. Travel to Duneshelter
- ✓3. Check the rotation
Palworld Black Marketeer — tips and best practices
Efficiency tips, common mistakes and the fastest route to results with Black Marketeer — including the numbers most Palworld players get wrong.
- ✓Breed, don't buy, for passives
- ✓Buy for work, not combat
- ✓Lucky Pals are a coin flip
Palworld Black Marketeer — related tools
How Black Marketeer connects to the rest of Palworld — capture, breeding, base work and the Pal Stars tools that speed it up.
- ✓Legal merchants
- ✓Syndicate
- ✓Breeding
Palworld Black Marketeer — FAQ
Answers to the questions Palworld players ask most about Black Marketeer, from unlock requirements to costs and edge cases.
- ✓Where is the Black Marketeer in Palworld?
- ✓What does the Black Marketeer sell?
- ✓Is the Black Marketeer worth it?
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