Palworld hands you 287 Pals to sort through, and almost every one of them can be dropped onto a base to do a job. The difference in the endgame of Palworld 1.0 is not raw Work Suitability. It is the handful of Pals whose partner skills change how everyone else works, raising job levels, slowing sanity loss, or cutting down the time between eggs.
Quick answer: For a late-game base, keep Anubis (crafting and mining), Dandilord (top-tier planting), Petallia (+1 Planting to all Pals), Shroomer Noct (lowers SAN drain for the whole base), Prunelia (increases harvest yield), Ribbuny (+1 Handiwork to all Pals), and Braloha (faster egg production). Skillbooks can lift any Pal’s Work Suitability, but these seven earn their slot through their partner effects, not just their base stats.
The 7 base Pals and what each one does
Three of these Pals carry a partner skill that buffs your entire workforce rather than a single station. That is the reason they belong in almost any established base, regardless of what else you are running.
| Pal | Main role | Base-wide effect |
|---|---|---|
| Anubis | Handiwork and mining | None (high stats plus agile transport) |
| Dandilord | Planting | None (one of the highest natural work levels) |
| Petallia | Planting | +1 Planting to all base Pals |
| Shroomer Noct | Handiwork support | Lowers SAN depletion for all base Pals by 10–15% |
| Prunelia | Farming | Increases harvest by 18–35% |
| Ribbuny | Handiwork | +1 Handiwork to all base Pals |
| Braloha | Breeding support | Increases egg production speed by 20% |
Crafting and mining: Anubis and Ribbuny
Most of the busywork in a base runs through Handiwork, so any Pal that speeds it up pays off everywhere at once. Anubis is the crafting workhorse for mid to late game. It brings Level 6 Handiwork and Level 6 Mining, plus Level 4 Transporting, and its agility means it hauls items quickly on top of building and mining.
| Work Suitability | Anubis |
|---|---|
| Handiwork | Level 6 |
| Mining | Level 6 |
| Transporting | Level 4 |
Ribbuny looks weak on paper with only Level 1 Handiwork, Level 1 Gathering, and Level 1 Transporting. Its value is the partner skill. While Ribbuny is assigned to the base, every Pal there gains +1 Handiwork level. Stack that alongside Anubis and your crafting benches, assembly lines, and production facilities all finish faster.
Food production: Dandilord, Petallia, and Prunelia
Food never stops mattering. It sustains you and your Pals, and it feeds into breeding and cooking. These three cover the full planting-to-harvest chain, and two of them buff the whole base while they work.
Dandilord has one of the highest natural work levels in the game for planting. It is limited to the World Tree region of the map, so you will need to travel there to capture one, but the payoff is a single Pal that covers most of your farm needs at once.
| Work Suitability | Dandilord | Petallia | Prunelia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planting | Level 8 | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| Handiwork | Level 6 | Level 3 | Level 1 |
| Gathering | Level 5 | Level 3 | Level 2 |
| Medicine Production | Level 6 | Level 4 | Level 3 |
| Transporting | Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 |
Petallia is the early-game pick and easy to capture around Sakurajima. Its partner skill raises the Planting Work Suitability of every base Pal by +1, so it keeps helping long after you have stronger farmers assigned.
Prunelia is the yield booster. While it is assigned to the base, it increases your harvest by 18–35%. That extra output applies to every crop you pull in, which keeps a steady flow of raw food for meals, breeding cakes, and crafting. Even in an optimized base, more harvest is always useful.
Tip: Petallia and Prunelia stack cleanly. Petallia raises the planting level, Prunelia multiplies what you harvest, and neither cancels the other out.
Keeping the base running: Shroomer Noct and Braloha
Managing sanity, or SAN, is one of the harder parts of running a busy base. When SAN drops, Pals slow down, stop working, and can act out. Shroomer Noct is the only Pal that directly slows this. Its spores lower the SAN depletion rate of all base Pals by 10–15% while it is assigned there, which keeps your workforce productive through long crafting sessions. It also chips in with Level 3 Planting, Level 3 Handiwork, Level 3 Gathering, and Level 2 Lumbering.
Braloha targets breeding. Hatching eggs is the best route to higher-quality Pals, but the wait can drag. Braloha speeds up egg production by 20% while assigned to the base, and it still works as a solid farm hand with Level 5 Planting, Level 5 Gathering, and Level 3 Mining.
How to get the most out of these Pals
Skillbooks can push any Pal’s Work Suitability higher, so the buff carriers on this list stay relevant even if their raw stats look low. Slot the base-wide boosters first, then let your specialists fill the remaining jobs. A single base that runs Ribbuny for Handiwork, Petallia and Prunelia for farms, Shroomer Noct for sanity, Braloha for breeding, and Anubis for crafting and mining covers the effects that matter most, with Dandilord ready when you reach the World Tree.
The reason these seven stand out is simple. They do not just complete tasks faster for themselves. They lift the output of everything else you have already built, which is exactly what an endgame base needs.
