How to get high quality Pal oil in Palworld

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Beware that Relaxaurus hit pretty hard, so you’ll need to come prepared. The only reason why we prefer Relaxaurus over the desert Pals is because there’s a fast travel spot (Ascetic Falls) conveniently where they spawn, unlike the desert Pals.

You’ll get high quality Pal oil as a drop whether you catch or kill them. If you really want to min-max, you should catch the Pals to get the initial drop and then butcher them to get an additional oil drop. To butcher Pals, you’ll need to unlock the meat cleaver at level 12.

How to farm high quality Pal oil in Palworld

Although it drops from the enemies listed in the previous section, you can also farm high-quality Pal oil by assigning a Dumud to your ranch. You can do so by lifting a Dumud and placing it inside the ranch. In our experience, this sluggish, giant brown fish produced two high-quality Pal oil flasks about five minutes after we had assigned it.

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In case you need a large amount of this material quickly, hunting the Pals is the best option. However, by keeping at least one Dumud in your ranch, you will have an infinite supply of high-quality Pal oil in Palworld. To maximize the production, it’s possible to assign more than one Dumud.

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If you don’t have a Dumud or want to add one to your workforce, here’s where you can get them. Mid-game, a good spot to find them is on the north of the Windscream Valley, northwest of the starting area. It’s possible to find some Dumuds patrolling the area.

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Another spot is on the Isle of Murmurs, on the northwestern side of the map, where you find a level-14 Dumud boss. If you’re just starting the game and don’t have a flying mount, then reaching this location is a difficult task. At the same time, since this is a boss fight, it’s guaranteed that you will find one in the location shown on the map.

High quality Pal oil recipes in Palworld

You need high quality Pal oil to make early-game guns, like the musket (25 ingots, 5 high quality Pal oil, 3 wooden boards) and makeshift handgun (35 ingots, 10 high quality Pal oil, 30 fiber). You also need it to make the weapons assembly line (100 ingots, 20 wooden boards, 20 nails, and 10 high quality Pal oil). Notably, you need high quality Pal oil to craft polymer (two high quality Pal oil, one sulfur), which you need tons of to make advanced guns.

There are a few other things like circuit boards (two pure quartz and one polymer), the refrigerator (50 refined ingots, 20 polymer, 10 cryogenic coolant, and 5 circuit boards), and the electric furnace (50 refined ingots, 4 bio battery, 20 polymer, and 10 cryogenic coolant) that also require polymer and thus high quality Pal oil.

For more Palworld guides, we’ve got you covered. If you’re just starting out, we’ve got a beginner’s guide, a list of all Pals, and a type chart. We also have explainers on breeding, eggs, and a rundown of how multiplayer works.

On the hunt for resources? Check out our guides on how to get ore, coal, polymer, leather, sulfur, wheat seeds, pure quartz, Ancient Technology Points, and ancient civilization parts. For advanced players, consult our lists of all tower boss locations, all passive skills, all flying mounts, and the best base locations.