Base work changed a lot in the full release of Palworld. Work Suitability now climbs to much higher levels, and a handful of Pals can raise the work levels of every other worker standing in your base. That makes the right lineup a real force multiplier, letting you automate mining, farming, crafting, and cooking while you explore. Below is the fastest way to staff each job, from your first workers to your endgame factory.
Quick answer: Put Astegon on Mining, Jormuntide on Watering, Orserk on Electricity, Prunelia on Planting, Anubis on Handiwork, Celesdir Noct on Lumbering, Jormuntide Ignis on Kindling, and Beegarde on Honey. Then add Cinnamoth and Clovee to buff the rest of your base for free.
Best Pal for every base job in Palworld 1.0
Each job has a clear top pick and a solid early option you can catch long before the endgame. Nocturnal Pals matter more than they look, since they keep working through the night without breaking for sleep.
| Job | Top pick | Notes and early option |
|---|---|---|
| Mining | Astegon | Mining 4 and naturally nocturnal, so it barely stops. Tombat (Mining 3, nocturnal) is the best early miner. |
| Watering | Jormuntide | Watering 4. Jellroy and Jelliette together get a big watering speed bonus that grows each star. Shaolong offers Watering 8. |
| Electricity | Orserk | High Electricity plus Transporting 4 and Handiwork 3, so it stays busy when power demand is met. Helzephyr Lux is a nocturnal alternative. |
| Planting | Prunelia | Its Partner Skill raises harvest yield, beating raw Planting level. Broncherry (Planting 5) is the strongest early farmer. |
| Handiwork | Anubis | Handiwork 4 with Mining 3 as a strong secondary. Wispaw (Crafting 3, nocturnal) automates crafting early. |
| Kindling | Jormuntide Ignis | Kindling 4 and easy to breed with good passives. Blazamut Ryu also mines when it isn’t firing furnaces. Arsox handles early smelting. |
| Lumbering | Celesdir Noct | Lumbering 8 plus Gathering keeps timber flowing. Mammorest is a strong early wood and ore worker. |
| Gathering | Frostallion Noct | Gathering 4 and nocturnal. Braloha adds Planting 4 alongside its Gathering. |
| Cooling | Bastigor | Cooling 4 with Mining and Lumbering behind it. Whalaska works too; Vanwyrm Cryst is a budget nocturnal freezer worker. |
| Transporting | Jormuntide | Its huge size gives a wide pickup range, moving goods faster than smaller runners. Knocklem and Eye of Cthulhu also reach Transporting 4. |
| Medicine | Lullu | Medicine 2 with Planting and Handiwork support. Prunelia covers Medicine 3 if you want fewer Pals. |
Tip: Use the Monitoring Stand to lock a Pal onto a single task. This stops a versatile worker from wandering off to a job you’d rather someone else handle.
Aura Pals that boost your whole base
Some Pals do their most valuable work simply by being deployed. Their passive skills add a full work level to every other worker or cut a shared cost like hunger. Cinnamoth is the standout, since its Farming boost raises the output of your Ranch Pals too.
| Pal | Base-wide effect |
|---|---|
| Cinnamoth | Farming +1 for all workers, which also lifts Ranch yields |
| Ribbuny | Handiwork +1 |
| Eikthyrdeer Terra | Lumbering +1 |
| Clovee | Gathering +1 (also has Planting and Gathering itself) |
| Puffolt | Grants all base Pals level 1 Generating Electricity |
| Woolipop | Reduces base-wide hunger depletion by 10%, improving with star level or a Lucky variant |
| Shroomer Noct | Reduces SAN loss for nearby workers while adding Handiwork |
Ranch Pals for passive resources
Ranch Pals produce materials over time instead of forcing you to hunt for them. Honey from Beegarde is the one you’ll always need, since it feeds Cake production for breeding. Keep milk and eggs in a Cooler Box, and don’t overproduce perishables you can’t carry.
| Resource | Pal |
|---|---|
| Honey (Cake ingredient) | Beegarde |
| Milk | Mozzarina |
| Eggs | Chikipi |
| Wool | Lamball, Cremis, or Melpaca |
| Leather | Surfent (also a good early Watering Pal) |
| Bones | Vixy or Cawgnito |
| Pal Spheres, Gold, Arrows | Vixy |
| High Quality Pal Oil | Dumud |
| Electric Organs | Sparkit |
| Aquatic Pal Fluids (for Cement) | Kelpsea |
| Flame Organs | Flambelle or Rooby |
| Ice Organs | Foxcicle |
| Venom Glands | Caprity Noct |
Early-game workers to catch first
Before you can breed the top specialists, a few common Pals from the Windswept Hills and Ascetic Falls will carry your base. Aim for a mix that covers ore, wood, crafting, and farming so production never stalls.
- Mammorest — level 4 Planting, Mining, and Lumbering, the best early wood and ore worker.
- Tombat — Mining 3, Transporting 2, and nocturnal, ideal for a mining base.
- Wispaw — Crafting 3 and nocturnal, so it automates crafting around the clock.
- Penking — a flexible generalist with Mining 3, Transporting 3, plus Watering, Handiwork, and Cooling.
- Arsox — Kindling 3 and Lumbering 2 to keep furnaces and smelters running.
- Broncherry — Planting 5, the highest early Planting level for a Grass-type.
Endgame all-rounders worth breeding
A few Pals stretch across several jobs and can replace two or three narrow workers. Lyleen handles both farming and bench production once you raise her Handiwork and Medicine, and Dandilord is a faster upgrade that adds Transporting so goods reach storage on their own. Renjishi runs an Ancient Technology kitchen with high Kindling and Handiwork, while Wumpo mixes Transporting 6 with Cooling and Lumbering for large bases. Shroomer Noct earns a slot on any crowded base because it trims SAN loss for everyone working nearby, meaning fewer breaks and fewer sick Pals.
Build around dedicated specialists for your heaviest jobs, then layer in the aura Pals so every worker gains an extra level for nothing. That combination keeps mining pits, plantations, and crafting benches full while you focus on exploring the new areas and crafting the recipes that made an automated base worth building in the first place.
