Palworld Early Access: Essential Tips and Tricks for Beginners

Starting a new game can be overwhelming, especially one as expansive as Palworld. With so many features to explore it’s easy to get lost. Follow these essential tips to get the most out of your first hours in Palworld.

1. Capture Every Pal You See

Catching pals early on provides great XP to level up quickly. It also lets you choose pals with useful skills for your base. Later you can sell, breed, or merge pals, so catch many to unlock more gameplay options. Lucky “shiny” pals give bonus XP and loot, so seek them out.

2. Don’t Rush into Building Your Main Base

The initial workbench placement during the tutorial doesn’t have to be your permanent base location. Take time to explore first and find a suitable flat space before committing. Having more room to build will be useful long-term.

3. Prioritize Constructing Farms and Resource Stations

Build at least 2-3 farms so your pals never go hungry, providing food security. Lumber and stone resource stations give pals passive tasks that generate key crafting materials. More pals working at stations means faster resource generation.

4. Check Pal Skills Before Assignments

Some pals have negative traits like laziness that make them less suitable for important base tasks. Review skills first, then strategically assign hard workers to key stations and lazy pals to less crucial tasks.

5. Don’t Fear Night Exploration or Boss Fights

Venturing out at night reveals cool rare monsters and double damage opportunities on sleeping pals. Losing boss fights won't cost you items permanently, and the battles provide valuable combat practice. Mini-bosses also give substantial XP and loot.

6. Buy Resources from Traders

Trading is an easy way to get rare crafting materials that are hard to farm from pals. Sell unwanted items and boss loot to earn money quickly. Prioritize spending coins on resources over pals since they are easy to re-catch.

7. Carefully Select Technology Unlocks

You won’t have enough points to learn all technology upgrades. Avoid choices that seem underwhelming or have situational uses so you can focus on essential combat and base-related upgrades first.

8. Get a Glider Early

You would want to get a glider early in the game so that you don't have to run around in the vast world of Palworld. Another way is to get a Pal that can help you in going around more easily.

9. Limit Power Soul Investments

Pal souls are rare and expensive to reset. Be choosy about which pals receive boosts rather than spreading souls thin across all owned pals. Funnel them into one or two key pals for efficiency.

10. Build a Crusher ASAP

A crusher produces vital pal fragments and fiber for crafting by processing wood and stone. Place it near resource stations to take advantage of their outputs. 

Following these handy tips and tricks during your first few hours with Palworld will set you up for a much smoother early-game experience. Focusing on exploration, resource harvesting, and base upgrades sets a solid foundation for mid and end-game success down the line. What are you waiting for? Jump in and catch those pals!