Palworld is an openworld survival crafting game that lets you befriend and collect enigmatic creatures "Pals" which serve as a source of help. The Pals might fight, build, farm and even work for your benefit in factories. You can even trade them among your fellow players or even to sell them via the black market. Although, some may be illegal and may set off a response from the authorities or rival factions.
Ingame activities Palworld will offer also includes being able to farm ore. Ore is also a valuable resources which you may use in crafting weapons, armor, tools and other items while playing. You may apply it as a currency regarding its value and could trade ore on the market for money so that ores should be sold or used as exchange goods in the game activities. However, farming ore won't be as easy as you'll need to explore dangerous areas and face hostile Pals and humans, not to mention the environmental hazards. In this tutorial, we will tell you how to farm ore in Palworld, which Pals are the best for farming, and what benefits and risks are associated with it.
How to find ore in Palworld
According to the setting, Palworld is majorly set into the orefilled Palpagos Islands. It seems to be all over on these islands. However, some places have a lot of ore while other places do not have much of it. Again, there are those kinds of ores that are difficult to find. The most common types of ore are iron, copper and coal, which can be found in almost any biome. Nevertheless, if you want to find more precious types of ore, like gold, silver, or platinum, then you have to explore more dangerous places, such as mountains, caves, and even volcanoes.
To find ore, it's necessary to look for stones of a color or texture that differ from neighboring relief. To break such stones, you will need either a pickaxe or some Pal capable of digging. One can also use explosives or firearms to break rocks much faster but be careful not to harm yourself or your Pals in the process. Breaking a rock will contribute to your acquisition of some ore which you can stack up either in your inventory or in your base.
Using Pals on farming stones
The Pals are the ones helping you farm for stones in Palworld. Besides their ability to help you in fighting off enemies and fall upon danger in your stead, they can be of service in mining and carrying of ores. Some Pals have such special abilities as digging, flying or lifting that would be ideal for the task. Here are some examples of Pals that are useful for farming ore:
- Digger: This buddy looks like a mole with very strong claws to dig any land or rock. It is capable of looking after the underground ore deposit, and if it exists, it will give you a sign. You can definitely use Digger if you are mining ore where there is a cave or underground tunnel.
- Flyer: This Pal looks like a bird with wings which makes possible can fly in the air. It has talons for things carrying or its big beak. Scout ores from higher place or transport ores into another place, Flyer is great.
- Lifter: This Pal is similar to an elephant in appearance, possessing a trunk that can lift heavy weights. It also has the ability to carry cargo on its back or tusks. A large amount of ore can be transported from the site of mining to your base or the market, with the help of Lifter.
How to benefit from farming ore
Farming ore in Scalacube
Palworld hosting can bring you many benefits, such as:
- Crafting: From ore you craft miscellaneous things helping your survival in Palworld. You can craft weapons to combat better and pieces of armors to protect yourself, tools either to do farm work or build more effectively, decoration options to make your base comfortable and goodlooking.
- Trading: You would either sell ore for cash or you would trade ore with another player or NPC for other items. For instance, at the marketplace you might sell iron ore for an equivalent of cash, up the pasture there in the farm one could trade copper ore for food, down the bank downtown several are willing to swap gold ore with rare Pals from the black market.
- Quests: Quests, in which you will gain money or items, and sometimes also reputation, with ore as a reward. For example, the player can deliver ore to the faction leader for an access mode in a certain territory at their disposition, resources or allies.
How to avoid risks from farming ore
Farming ore in Palworld can also bring you many risks, such as:
- Enemies: This could be hostile Pals or humans who will want to take your ore away from you, or kill you for it. For example, you can have bandits who will attack you on the road as they waylay you, raiders attacking your base, or soldiers arresting you for illegal mining.
- Hazards: You will encounter environmental hazards that might be harmful to either your health or your gear. For instance, you could stumble into lava flows that would burn you alive, heavy caveins that would bury you alive, or powerful storms that would blow things away.
- Morality: You'll make morality choices that will bring either questions to your ethics or your sanity. E.g., you may choose either to save your Pal or your ore, either to exploit your Pal or treat it well, either to join one fraction or stay independent.
Conclusions
Mining ore in Palworld could be a profitable yet highly risky activity, which requires skills, strategies and luck. Identifying ores, deploying Pals, profiting from ores, and dodging their risks is all you need to know. All this you have to know if you want to mine ore more efficiently in Palworld.
You can craft a pickaxe at the crafting station using some wood and iron ore. You can also purchase a pickaxe in the shop or find one either inside a chest or a loot drop.
Ore from this mine will go in your inventory or a storage container in the base. If you want your Pals to carry it for you attention. Overloading them makes them tired or unhappy.
You can upgrade it via smelting your ore through furnace. It requires coal or wood to curve the mould and also fuel up the furnace. You could also have Pals that will help you smelt like a Fire Pals that would heat up the furnace or Water Pals that would cool down your ore.
You will be able to trade ore with another player or NPC at different places such as markets, farms, or even black markets. Of course, you will have to bargain on the price of ore and the needed quantity of ore and make sure that another player or NPC did not knock you down on your feet at any moment.