Crop farming keeps you and your Pals fed without relying on wild berry bushes near every base. It runs on plantations, and each plantation grows one crop from its matching seed while assigned Pals plant, water, and harvest on a loop. Once the cycle is running, a single base can produce a near-constant supply of food and cooking ingredients.
Quick answer: You can start crop farming at level 5 with the Berry Plantation. The rest unlock in order — Wheat (15), Tomato (21), Lettuce (25), Potato (28), Carrot (32), and Onion (36) — and every plantation needs three of its own seeds plus wood, stone, and (from Tomato onward) Aquatic Pal Fluids.
All Palworld plantations, unlock levels, and build costs
Every plantation is unlocked from the Technology tab by spending Technology Points as you level up. Each crop only grows on its own plantation, so Berry Seeds go into a Berry Plantation and nowhere else. Here is what each one costs to build.
| Plantation | Unlock level | Build cost |
|---|---|---|
| Berry | 5 | 3 Berry Seeds, 10 Wood, 10 Stone |
| Wheat | 15 | 3 Wheat Seeds, 15 Wood, 15 Stone |
| Tomato | 21 | 3 Tomato Seeds, 70 Wood, 50 Stone, 5 Aquatic Pal Fluids |
| Lettuce | 25 | 3 Lettuce Seeds, 100 Wood, 70 Stone, 10 Aquatic Pal Fluids |
| Potato | 28 | 3 Potato Seeds, 30 Wood, 20 Stone, 3 Aquatic Pal Fluids |
| Carrot | 32 | 3 Carrot Seeds, 30 Wood, 20 Stone, 1 Aquatic Pal Fluids |
| Onion | 36 | 3 Onion Seeds, 30 Wood, 20 Stone, 2 Aquatic Pal Fluids |
If a plantation refuses to appear in your build menu, you almost certainly haven’t reached its unlock level yet. Building the Berry Plantation is also tied to a base mission, so getting it up early keeps your progression moving.
How the farming loop runs in your base
A plantation does nothing on its own. It needs Pals with three work suitabilities to keep the cycle going, and you’ll want at least one of each assigned to the base.
- Planting — sows the seeds. Early options include Lifmunk and Tanzee (usually Grass Pals).
- Watering — waters the growing crops. Fuack and Pengullet work well early (usually Water Pals).
- Gathering — collects the harvest. Cattiva and Chikipi are solid starters (usually Neutral Pals).
Place a chest near the plantation so gatherers have somewhere to drop the harvest, and set up beds and tubs nearby so tired Pals can rest instead of stalling the farm. Higher-level versions of these traits appear on later Pals and speed up each stage.
Tip: Tame a Vaelet from No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary and place it in your Ranch. It periodically drops seeds on its own, which cuts down how often you need to hunt or buy them.
Where to find every seed
Seeds come from two main sources. You can defeat or capture certain Pals that drop them, or buy them from Wandering Merchants at settlements, Duneshelter, and Fisherman’s Point. Berry Seeds are also easy to gather straight from Red Berry Bushes scattered around the starting area.
| Seed | Where to get it |
|---|---|
| Berry | Red Berry Bushes, Lifmunk, Gumoss; Wandering Merchants (Small Settlement) |
| Wheat | Flopie, Dinossom, Bristla, Cinnamoth, Robinquill, Robinquill Terra; merchants |
| Tomato | Broncherry, Mossanda, Dinossom Lux, Vaelet, Wumpo Botan; merchants at Duneshelter and Fisherman’s Point |
| Lettuce | Bristla, Cinnamoth, Broncherry Aqua, Wumpo Botan; merchants at Duneshelter and Fisherman’s Point |
| Potato | Flopie, Robinquill, Robinquill Terra, Broncherry, Broncherry Aqua, Ribbuny Botan; merchants |
| Carrot | Bristla, Dinossom, Dinossom Lux, Wumpo Botan, Prunelia; Caravan Leaders |
| Onion | Cinnamoth, Vaelet, Mossanda, Palumbra, Broncherry, Broncherry Aqua; merchants |
Many seed-dropping Pals are Grass types and take extra damage from Fire, so a Fire Pal like Blazehowl makes hunting them faster. You only need a small handful of seeds to build a plantation, and the farm produces more crops than the seeds you spend.
What each crop is used for
Raw crops can go straight into a Feed Box for Pals to eat, but cooking them at a campfire or cooking pot restores far more hunger and keeps everyone full longer. Each crop also unlocks specific recipes worth planning around.
| Crop | Main uses |
|---|---|
| Berries | Feeding Pals; the basic Cake recipe |
| Wheat | Flour, plus bread-based dishes like the Mozzarina Hamburger |
| Tomato | Salads and soups such as Dumud Chowder |
| Lettuce | Salads, sandwiches, and Grilled Lamball |
| Potato | Stir-Fried Vegetables, French Fries, Gratin, Minestrone, Mammorest Curry, Nutrient Tonic |
| Carrot | Alluring and Deluxe Bait, Broncherry Fried Noodles, Galeclaw Nikujaga, Minestrone |
| Onion | Pal Research upgrades, Extravagant Vegetable Cake, and many Carrot recipes |
Onions are worth prioritizing later on, since Pal Labor Research upgrades can ask for 100 to 300 at a time. To keep any crop from spoiling before you use it, store the surplus in a Cooler Box, and cook in bulk so you spend more time exploring and less time worrying about hungry Pals.
