Best Ways To Make Money Passively

Making money (AKA Gold) in Palworld is relatively easy, but the money goes just as fast as it came in. Buying any Materials, Recipes, Ammo, Weapons, and so on costs a whole lot of Gold, and spending those resources to kill a Pal typically leaves you in the red as far as money is concerned.

Thankfully, there are quite a few ways to make ridiculous amounts of Gold in Palworld, and some of these methods are way more passive than active. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most premiere ways players can generate Gold as a byproduct of an activity or even ways Gold will passively generate when they’re not even doing anything at all.

Method 1: Mau & Mau Cryst

These Pals Literally Dug Up Money

For the first method (and arguably the best passive method) let’s look at two pals by the name of Mau and its elemental variant found in the Astral Mountains called Mau Cryst. Both of these Pals have the Partner Skill called Gold Digger that causes them to occasionally dig up Gold Coins whenever they’re assigned to any Ranch in a base (considering that their only other Work Suitability is Cooling unless you’ve got a Cooler in your base both the Mau and Mau Cryst will default to the Ranch anyway).

While each batch of coins they dig up is only about 10, they dig them up pretty often, so much so that if you set about 3-5 Mau’s to work and leave them alone for about an hour while you go and explore the map, you’ll come back to multiple ranches full of Gold Coins. Of course, once you grab all these coins it’ll only add up to between 2-4k Gold at most, but 4k Gold every hour without having to do anything yourself is more than work the Pal Slots at one of your three bases. Just make sure to keep them fed and happy, and if possible breed the Mau to have beneficial work Passives such as Artisan or Work Slave. Also, don’t worry about catching Mau Crysts over regular Mau as there doesn’t seem to be any real difference in the amount of Gold they dig up.

Method 2: Relaxaurus’ Breeding

Apparently, These Goofy-Looking Dinosaurs Are Pretty Valuable

Breeding different Pal Eggs in Palworld is a pretty lucrative business. Not only is this a good way to create the perfect Pal with optimal damage or speed Passives, but it’s also a great way to fill out your Paldeck challenges and get extra Pals to sell to the Black Marketeer. The science behind what exactly determines the ‘value’ of a Pal to the Black Market Dealer is pretty hard to parse, but Dungeon Boss and Alpha Pals always seem to sell for more.

However, one Pal that always sells for at least 2k are Relaxaurus, and there are good number of different Pal Combinations that create Relaxaurus eggs (Huge Dragon Eggs). To figure out which Pals combine to make Relaxaurus eggs, we recommend looking up a ‘Palworld Breeding Calculator’ as fans have already made a few of these. Once you know how to make them, simply create a couple of Breeding Farms with one specialized in Relaxaurus’ and the others specialized in Pals you actually want to Breed, and you’ll be able to passively generate Gold just by hatching some extra eggs on the side.

Method 3: Clearing Dungeons & Alpha Pals

Boss Materials Will Always Sell For A Lot

This next method is relatively similar to method 2, but the passive Gold earned comes from two different sources. Farming Dungeons and Alpha Pal fights in Palworld is worth your time for a multitude of reasons. These are great for Pal EXP, good for catching new Pals, great for filling up your Paldeck challenges, are a great way to get extra Tech Points and Items (in Dungeons specifically), and are of course a great way to get extra Gold.

To be more specific about how these activities lead to Gold gain when you defeat a Dungeon Boss or Pal they’ll always drop some amount of Ancient Civilization Parts as well as any number of items that are purely meant to be sold to Merchants for Gold. So these are already a naturally occurring money-making side effect of these activities, and that’s not even including the Gemstones from the chests after a Dungeon Boss that are also sold for quite a lot of Gold (Sapphires, Diamonds, and so on). So, while this isn’t as ‘passive’ as the other methods on here, most people are grinding these activities for Pals, EXP, and Tech Points, and the money made from it is just a nice little bonus.

Method 4: Nail Crafting

Nails Are Even More Valuable Than Diamonds In This Setting

And for the last method, let’s go over something you can actually craft that sells for quite a lot of Gold. The value of different items (outside of the Precious items, of course) in Palworld feels pretty random, and it can be hard to tell at a glance if an item is going to sell for a little or a lot. Luckily, that’s exactly what this guide is for, as we’re here to tell you that Nails specifically are absolutely worth farming the ore just in order to craft and sell them. Once you have a few good Ore Vein spots marked on the map to farm, it can be very easy (still tedious, however) to farm Ore/Ingots, which is exactly what you’ll need to make Nails. But, if you just put in about 20 minutes of work max to farm some Ore Veins, you’ll find that the Gold return will be more than worth the effort.

Just one Nail sells for 160 Gold at any Merchant, and every single basic Ingot makes 2 of them. So, that means that farming just 50 Ingots and turning them all into Nails will get you about 16K Gold, which is just hilariously absurd considering you’d have to sell handfuls of Diamonds to make anywhere near that much. We can easily see Pocketpair changing the value of Nails in a future Palworld patch, as once you learn about how much they sell for, money is no longer anything you need to worry about.

Palworld

Released

January 19, 2024

Developer(s)

Pocket Pair, Inc.

Publisher(s)

Pocket Pair, Inc.