Strategy Guides

Post-2026 patch, a single base can't realistically supply all your resource needs. The dual-base setup is optimal: Base #1 (Main Camp) handles crafting and living space in a defensible location — the waterfall area behind the starting plateau works great. Base #2 (Mining Outpost) goes to the southernmost point of the map, "Forgotten Shore," where tree density and ore density are 1.7× higher than anywhere else on the map.

Every Pal Box is a fast travel node. Put one at each base and you can teleport between them instantly to collect finished materials.

To breed, place one male and one female Pal in a Breeding Farm (unlocked at Tech Level 19), then drop a Cake in the attached chest. After a cooldown, an Egg appears — incubate it to hatch your offspring. Simple setup, massive depth.

Offspring randomly inherit passives from both parents. The probability distribution is: 40% chance to inherit 1 passive, 30% for 2, 20% for 3, and only 10% to hit a perfect 4-passive set. So expect to breed multiple rounds to get your ideal result.

Added in the 2026 update: the Gene Stabilizer forces a breeding result to inherit 100% of the father's passives. This means you breed one perfect 4-passive father, then pair it with any mother, and every single offspring comes out with those four passives. No more RNG walls.

To get it: complete the full side-quest chain for the Black Market dealer in the northwest corner of the map, inside the "Rusted Canyon" area. The chain is long but completely worth it — finish it before you start serious breeding.

Don't sell duplicate Pals — use the Pal Condenser. Four identical Pals combine into one with a higher star rating. A 4-star Pal operates roughly 30% faster than a fresh catch on all work tasks and combat stats. Since catching multiples while farming is free, condensing is basically free power.

Here's a fully automated weapon production loop you can set up by mid-to-late game. Once it's running, just log in and collect from the output chest:

Place a Feed Box stocked with Roasted Berries or Pizza next to every Pal Box so workers refuel automatically. Add a Spa for Sanity recovery and your base genuinely runs without you.

Always pre-feed your Pals before entering — a hungry Pal fights at reduced efficiency. Bring at least 10 High-Grade Medical Kits. If you have access to elemental buff potions (like Fire Boost Tonic), use them on your counter-type Pals — the damage difference is noticeable. And remember: you dying is fine, losing your Pal to a knockout is not. Keep your Pal healthy; burn through your own healing items freely.

For seasoned players doing a second playthrough or speedrun challenge, the optimal order exploits gear snowballing:

1. Tower 1 (Lv 15): Rush Leather Armor + Refined Metal Spear. Catch 3 Digtoise. Time: ~4 minutes.
2. Tower 2 (Lv 22): Skip Metal Armor, use Leather + Fire Boost Tonic on Blazamut. Rush Lyleen's vine phase. Time: ~5 minutes.
3. Tower 3 (Lv 32): Assault Rifle mandatory. Frostallion alpha (catch, don't kill) trivializes the fight. Time: ~6 minutes.
4. Tower 4 (Lv 40): Thermal Hybrid Plate + Rocket Launcher. Ice Kingpaca counters the aerial phase. Time: ~7 minutes.
5. Tower 5 (Lv 47): Legendary-tier everything. Jetragon + Orserk dual-counter. Dark Nova dodge is the only gate. Time: ~8 minutes.

Defeating each Tower Boss awards Ancient Technology Points for unlocking high-tier facilities like the Egg Incubator, electrical grid, and automated production structures. Additionally, after you beat a boss, that faction's field units turn friendly — you can now buy from their traders in the open world. Don't ignore this: some factions sell materials and Pal Spheres that are hard to source otherwise.

Required for cement, high-quality hot springs, and several armor sets — and merchants don't sell it. Your early source is Pengullet clusters along the coast below the starting spawn, where they appear in groups at level 10 or so. Mid-game, Surfent populations along the shoreline are higher density. The single most efficient farm spot is around coordinates (150, −209), where 20–30 Sharkids cluster in one area — a full loop drops 20+ Pal Fluid per run.

The core material for saddles and armor. Head to the "Twin Knights Bridge" fast travel point — the surrounding area spawns dense packs of Direhowl, almost every one of which drops leather. Earlier in the game, Foxspark and Surfent drop it at lower rates, but the Direhowl zone is 5× more efficient once you unlock the travel point.

Both are exclusive to the Volcano region and both require a Mining Lv2+ Pal to harvest (Digtoise or better). The most coal-dense node cluster is directly beside the Self-Defense Force Tower in the north desert — seven or eight node clusters in a tight area. Sulfur nodes are concentrated around the volcano crater itself. Come prepared with max heat-resist gear; you'll be there for a while.

Needed for Polymer, which feeds into almost every advanced crafting recipe. The fastest source is Dumud (a big slow fish Pal) in the desert — high drop rate, moves slowly, easy to farm in bulk. Woolipop also drops it but spawns in smaller numbers. The late-game solution is the Oil Well structure in the Snow region — it produces Raw Oil automatically, which you process into High-Quality Pal Oil at the Oil Refinery. Unlock it once you hit the relevant tech tier and never farm Dumud again.

The gating material for Ancient Tech items like the Egg Incubator and advanced glider. These only drop from World Bosses (the giant map icons) and dungeon treasure chests. Every World Boss respawns daily. Early on, farm Mammorest repeatedly — it's high level but slow-moving and burns for massive damage. Dungeons also award them from chests, but each dungeon requires a key to enter.

Required for Circuit Boards, high-tier shields, and glass components. Exclusively from Crystal Vein nodes in the Snow Tundra — they look like translucent blue formations and need a Mining Lv2+ Pal. Densest cluster is near the summit around Tower 5. Full cold-resist loadout mandatory; the summit is the coldest point on the map.

Required for Circuit Boards (which feed into the Assembly Line and high-tier electronics). Exclusively from white crystal nodes in the Snow Tundra biome, same general area as Pure Crystal but rarer — roughly 1 Quartz node per 5 Crystal nodes. The most accessible cluster is at the frozen lake south of Tower 5, where 4–5 Quartz nodes sit on the lakebed. Bring a Mining Lv3 Pal (Digtoise minimum); Lv2 cannot harvest Quartz. Cold-resist gear is mandatory — the lakebed is the single coldest microclimate on the map at -3 Cold resistance requirement.

Early-game you craft spheres manually, which burns through ore fast. The smarter long-term play: catch a Foxspark and put it in your Ranch. It produces Pal Spheres passively, including a small percentage of higher-quality balls. A 4-star Foxspark has roughly a 10% chance to produce Large Pal Spheres per production cycle. Getting one set up early saves hundreds of ore units over the course of a playthrough.

Bone is needed for Cement (with Pal Fluid) and high-tier medicine. Horn is used for saddles and several weapon upgrades. Best dual-farm: Rushoar packs in the Bamboo Groves — each drops 1–2 Bones and roughly 50% drop rate on Horn. A full loop through the grove yields 30+ Bones and 15+ Horns in under 10 minutes. For pure Bone farming, the Cawgnito packs around the Desolate Church fast-travel point drop 2–3 Bones each and respawn quickly. Vixy in your Ranch also passively generates Bones at a low rate — useful as a passive drip, not a primary source.