Gaming Guide

Palworld 1.0: Hard Mode Lily & Lyleen 1-Shot Build

Stack Fire damage and attack pendants to drop the Free Pal Alliance tower boss during the hard rematch.

Stack Fire damage and attack pendants to drop the Free Pal Alliance tower boss during the hard rematch.

Lily & Lyleen is the second tower boss in Palworld, sitting inside the Tower of the Free Pal Alliance at map coordinates (36, -311). The normal fight is a low-level warm-up, but the hard rematch turns the same Grass boss into a sponge with roughly half a million HP that shrugs off most incoming damage. Beating it quickly comes down to one thing: pushing raw single-target damage through her Fire weakness before her defenses and healing matter.

Quick answer: Field a Fire Pal, equip two single-shot rifles and stack Attack Pendants, then weapon-swap between the rifles to skip reloads while a Fire attacker holds the boss. Fire hits her for x1.5, and a fully buffed loadout can drain the hard-mode health bar in well under a minute.

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Why the hard rematch is so tanky

Tower bosses use the base Pal’s stats with arena multipliers pulled from the game files. Lily & Lyleen starts from a base HP stat of 110, but the hard rematch multiplies that into a massive pool and slashes the damage you deal. In practice, players see the boss enter the arena with around 380,000 to 494,000 HP depending on scaling, so a mistimed or off-element build simply runs out of clock.

ModifierNormal fightHard rematch
Boss HP multiplierx25x100
Damage dealt to youx1x10
Damage taken by bossx1x0.12
Skill cooldownsx2x3
Base HP stat110110

The x0.12 damage-taken value is the important number. Every hit you land counts for a fraction of its normal value, which is why type advantage and stacked attack buffs are not optional here. On top of that, her hits land for ten times their usual power, so getting caught by a big move can end your run instantly.

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Damage type and best Fire counters

Lyleen is a pure Grass Pal, so Fire attacks are the correct answer. Fire deals x1.5 to her, and Fire Pals also take reduced damage from most of what she throws back. Ground attacks are resisted at x0.66, and everything else lands for x1, so anything that is not Fire wastes your limited damage window.

The strongest picks are ranged Fire attackers that can stay on the boss without eating melee counters.

PalElementWhy it works
Bushi NoctFire / DarkStrong ranged Fire pressure
Ghangler IgnisFire / WaterReliable ranged damage
BlazamutFireHigh burst Fire output
BushiFireConsistent ranged attacker
MoldronFire / GroundHeavy Fire damage
FlaracleFireRanged Fire coverage

A Fire Pal with a stat-boost skill works well as the anchor. In practice, a leveled Knocklem Ignis triggering Iron Guardian Mode stacks its own attack repeatedly, and its Fire hits register as highly effective against Lily & Lyleen for extra chip damage.

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The fast-kill weapon build

The quickest clears lean on human weapons rather than Pal skills, because attack accessories and food buffs stack directly onto your gun damage. A full glass-cannon setup can push single-shot rifle crits into the 2,300 to 2,680 range and delete the health bar in about fifteen seconds.

SlotRecommended piece
Primary weaponsTwo Single-shot Rifles (for swap firing)
Extra weaponsRocket Launcher, Lily’s Spear
AccessoriesTwo Attack Pendant +2, one Attack Pendant +1
HeadPal Metal Helm
BodyCold Resistant Pal Metal Armor
ShieldHyper Shield
Food buffRoast Rushoar (attack food)
Before entering, eat or feed an attack-boosting dish. Roast Rushoar keeps your damage inflated for the whole fight, and Mammorest Curry works well to buff your party Pals at the same time.
Enter through the tower door and hold to begin the boss battle. Two Free Pal Alliance minions spawn on either side of the boss at the start, so open with the Rocket Launcher to clear them before they crowd you.
Summon your Fire Pal immediately so it starts stacking its attack buff and drawing aggro while you focus fire.
Fire one single-shot rifle, then instantly switch to the second and fire again. Swapping weapons cancels the reload animation, so alternating between two rifles gives you a near-continuous stream of high crits instead of waiting on a reload.
Keep the boss centered and repeat the swap-fire loop until the bar hits zero. Do not throw Spheres at her. Lily & Lyleen is immune to capture, so any Ancient Sphere returns a 0.00% capture rate and only wastes time.
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Hard-mode moves to avoid

The hard rematch swaps in a heavier moveset with far higher power values. Because her damage is multiplied by ten, a single big hit can end your run, so recognize the dangerous skills and keep moving. Grass Tornado is the standout threat because it passes straight through the arena pillars, so sprint out of its path rather than hiding behind cover.

Skill Element Power
Wind Burst Grass 600
Geyser Gush (melee) Water 600
Crosswind Grass 500
Solar Blast Grass 450
Raid Cutter Grass 400
Circle Vine Grass 300
Curtain Splash Water 300
Torrential Blast Water 250
Poison Shower Dark 160

She also carries a healing skill on a 300-second cooldown. That long timer is exactly why the fast-kill approach matters. If your burst is high enough, the fight ends before the heal ever becomes relevant.


How to confirm the win and what you get

When the health bar empties, “BOSS ELIMINATED” flashes across the screen and you are teleported back to the top of the tower. The hard rematch drops a Lily Hat, a Training Crystal, and a Life Lotus (L), which appear in your inventory once the reward screen closes.

If the fight stalls out, the cause is almost always damage type. Non-Fire builds barely dent the x0.12 defense, so a Grass or neutral loadout will hit the timer no matter how long you shoot. The other common failures are eating a full-power move like Wind Burst or Grass Tornado in the open, or wasting Spheres on a boss that cannot be captured. Fix your element, respect the pillars, and keep the swap-fire loop going, and the hard rematch folds fast.