Best Passive Skills For Work In Palworld

Highlights

  • Luck plays a crucial role in finding Pals with beneficial passive skills that boost work speed and efficiency in Palworld.
  • Obtaining passive skills like Artisan, Serious, and Lucky can greatly enhance work capabilities and the overall game experience.
  • Players should prioritize breeding Pals with useful passive skills like Work Slave, Logging Foreman, and Mine Foreman for optimal efficiency.



Working is a fundamental part of Palworld and can take up a surprising amount of players’ time. Each Pal species is granted a specific type of work that they are able to do. The range of work that a Pal can be suitable for is wide, from planting and watering to gathering and mining. Thankfully, each Pal comes with a random chance of acquiring passive skills that make the process far more efficient.

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Each Pal is assigned 0 to 4 passive skills ranked on a scale of -3 to 3. Plenty of these skills help to improve that particular Pal and the controlling player in the realm of work. Although seemingly the dullest, increasing work speed will be especially handy for players seeking to complete work quickly and move on to the next project. Therefore, players should ensure they have a healthy amount of Pals with the following passive skills available at any given moment.



7 Conceited

A Small Boost

Cattiva Pal

  • Tier: 1
  • Effect: A 10% Increase in Work Speed and a 10% Decrease in Defense

Although not particularly eye-catching, Conceited offers up a good increase in work speed in return for a decrease in defensive capabilities. A tier 1 skill, players may find themselves coming across Conceited more than others on this list.

As such, players should hope to get lucky and get this passive skill on Pals with poorer combat capabilities or spend some time breeding early in the game to acquire this skill on various creatures.

6 Lucky

Keep An Eye Out For Shiny Pals

Palworld How to Get Lucky Pals


  • Tier: 3
  • Effect: A 15% Increase in Work Speed and a 15% Increase in Attack

A Lucky Pal is guaranteed to have this very effective skill. A very healthy increase of 15% in work speed will speed up whatever project the Pal is engaging in without the need to sacrifice any other capabilities in return.

Palworld players should keep a lookout for Lucky Pals when possible. They have an aura surrounding them and make a distinct sparkling sound. It’s a good idea to catch one whenever one is found, as Lucky is a great passive to have whilst working.

5 Serious

A Rare But Effective Skill

A screenshot from Pocket Pair's Palworld, showing an in-game base with several Pals working.

  • Tier: 2
  • Effect: A 20% Increase in Work Speed


One of only three tier 2 passive skills in Palworld (alongside Musclehead and Runner), Serious is an extremely useful skill that increases a Pal’s work rate by 20%. Additionally, no other sacrifices are necessary to make use of this buff.

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Serious will remain useful to players throughout the entirety of their time in Palworld from the start to the end and should be a skill prioritized for breeding when it is found.

4 Work Slave

Perfect For Combat-Adverse Pals

Palworld Pals working at base

  • Tier: 1
  • Effect: A 30% Increase in Work Speed and a 30% Decrease in Attack

The Work Slave passive skill is perfect for those seeking to use certain Pals solely in a working capacity. A 30% increase in work speed is a very high boost for a tier 1 skill, but it does come with a major nerf to attacking prowess.


Getting Work Slave on certain Pals will be key here. Early-game Pals like Cattiiva and Tanzee, who have a wide range of work suitabilities, will become useful for far longer if gamers can get this skill onto them.

3 Logging Foreman

A Passive Skill That Directly Benefits The Player

Palworld: Logging Site

  • Tier: 3
  • Effect: A 25% Increase in Player Logging Efficiency

Pals can also use their passive skills to help the player work at the best possible speed. Logging Foreman on a Pal will increase the logging rate of the controlling player by 25% if in the active party.

This can greatly decrease the time and effort spent on collecting the resources players need to complete the next part of the base or factory and means that they can move on to more exciting ventures far more quickly.


2 Mine Foreman

Base-Building Can’t Be Done Without Stone

Palworld character about to mine an ore

  • Tier: 3
  • Effect: A 25% Increase in Player Mining Efficiency

As soon as players hit level 7, they should start to think about setting up mining facilities. Among other resources, stone will then be able to be produced in greater quantities to be used for everything from an alarm clock to a base.

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Finding a Pal with the Mine Foreman skill will also greatly enhance the player’s ability to mine and collect stones as well as other items. Players will receive the efficiency bonus in both the open world and specific facilities like a Stone Pit (provided the relevant Pal is in the active party).


1 Artisan

Turn Pals Into Workaholics

A screenshot from Palworld showing a player and an in-game base, showing multiple Pals working including Penking and Tombat.

  • Tier: 3
  • Effect: A 50% Increase in Work Speed

Artisan is not only the best passive skill for work in Palworld, but it also provides the biggest buff of any passive skill in the entire game. Artisan, if lucky enough to have it, can turn fairly ordinary Pals into working machines that will greatly improve the overall experience of the game.

Getting Artisan on a late-level high-quality working Pal like Petallia or Wumpo will allow players to effectively reach the maximum limit on how fast resources can be gathered and projects can be completed.

Palworld

Palworld

Released
January 19, 2024

Developer(s)
Pocket Pair, Inc.