Hardwood is a new material added in the Palworld 1.0 update, and it gates a lot of late-game crafting, from high-tier Pal Spheres to Japanese-style building parts. It does not come from the ordinary trees near your starting base. You have to travel to the harsher, higher-level regions and cut down specific trees.
Quick answer: Fly to the Secluded Cemetery fast travel point on Sakurajima Island (northwest of the map) and chop the pink cherry blossom trees. Each tree drops a large stack of Hardwood, and any axe from a stone axe upward will work on them.
Where Hardwood drops in Palworld
Hardwood comes from sturdy, unusually textured trees that grow in the formerly high-level zones, roughly the level 40 to 60 areas. The most reliable source is the Sakura trees on Sakurajima Island, but a few other biomes drop it too.
| Location | What to chop |
|---|---|
| Sakurajima Island | Cherry blossom (Sakura) trees with pink foliage and red or white trunks |
| Feybreak | Larger, rough-looking high-tier trees |
| Twilight Dunes | Twisting, spiky-leaved desert trees |
| Volcanic regions and Obsidian Mountain ridges | Gnarly, uniquely textured trees |
The Sakura trees on Sakurajima give the cleanest yield and can be harvested with anything from a stone axe up. The tougher trees in the desert and volcanic zones have far higher durability, so bring a metal axe at minimum, and a refined metal axe if you want them to fall quickly.
Fastest way to farm Hardwood on Sakurajima
Note: You do not need any special tool for the Sakura trees specifically. A stone axe technically works, but a metal or refined metal axe clears them faster and survives the sturdier trees in other biomes.
Automate Hardwood with Logging Site II
If you would rather not keep flying out to harvest, you can produce Hardwood passively at your base. The Logging Site II structure acts as an infinite Hardwood node once it is built and staffed.
Other ways to get Hardwood
Chopping trees and the Logging Site cover most needs, but two extra sources can top up your supply.
Some wild Pals now drop Hardwood when defeated. The yield is small, usually 1 to 5 per Pal, so treat this as a bonus rather than a main method. The Pals that can drop it are Mossanda, Mossanda Lux, Wumpo Botan, and Palumba.
You can also buy Hardwood from the Wandering Merchants that roam the islands. Check the Village Shop merchant or the Fisherman’s Point merchant, where it sells for 100 Gold Coins.
What Hardwood is used for
Hardwood feeds a wide range of level 40 and higher recipes, which is why it becomes essential in the late game. It is the backbone of Japanese-style buildings, so any base with a traditional aesthetic will burn through it. It also crafts High-Quality Wooden Boards, a component behind many recipes from Level 45 onward.
| Category | Examples that use Hardwood |
|---|---|
| Pal Spheres | Legendary Sphere, Ultimate Sphere, Exotic Sphere, Sol Sphere |
| Weapons | Double-Barreled Shotgun, Single-Shot Rifle, Metal Bat, Grass Grenade |
| Base structures | Logging Site II, Japanese-Style walls, roofs, doors, and furniture |
| Utility gear | Giga Glider, Giant and Huge Feed Bags, Refined Metal Chest, Large Pal Bed |
Several older recipes were also reworked to require Hardwood in 1.0. The Double-Barreled Shotgun, which previously used refined ingots and polymers, now needs Hardwood as well, and the same applies to metal bats, rifles, and grenades. Once you know the Secluded Cemetery route and have a Logging Site II running, keeping a steady stockpile is straightforward.
