Starting out in the captivating monster-taming survival game Palworld and constructing a solid squad of Pals should be priority one. Among the many creative creatures that inhabit its world, these pals stand out as top-tier Palworld Pals to target during initial hours.
Note: The Pals listed below reflect what worked best for us early on, and your experience may differ. But all of these Pals have great utility that makes them very useful pickups early in the game.
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List of Palworld Best Pals to Catch Early
There is the list of best pals in Palworld and there locations.
🐲 Quivver
The dragon-type Pal Quivver hits ridiculously hard right from early levels. While not very durable, Quivver’s extreme offensive presence quickly dominates battles when supported properly.
Quivver Location: Quivver can be found in the southeastern mountains.
Key Stats:
- 💥 High attack
- ❤️ Low health/defense
🪲 Warsect
Warsect is built like a stone wall, with health and defence ratings each exceeding 400. It also passively boosts your own defence and applies 🔥 fire damage to your attacks. Accompanying moves include strong 🍃 Grass and 🟤 Ground attacks.
Warsect Location: Warsect spawns in forest and plains biomes.
Key Stats:
- ❤️❤️ High health
- 🛡️🛡️🛡️ High defense
- 🔥 Adds fire damage
- 🍃 Powerful grass attacks
🦇 Nightwing
Obtaining a Nightwing grants the invaluable ability to take to the skies for transportation, scouting, and aerial combat/bombing. While decent fighters on their own, their flight capability lets you reach new heights early on. Nightwings spawn even near the starting Plateau.
Nightwing Location: Nightwings appear all over the map, even early game.
Key Stats:
- 🚁 Flight
- 💣 Aerial bombing
🐕 Rayhound
Rayhound is arguably the best non-flying mount, with excellent speed and a double jump ability to bypass obstacles while riding. You can quickly traverse almost any terrain with Rayhound.
Rayhound Location: Rayhound appears in multiple biomes.
Key Stats:
- ⚡ Extreme speed
- 🦘 Double jump
- 🏃♂️ Great for traveling
🦌 Eikthyrdeer
Serving as both an offensively capable fighter and rideable mount, Eikthyrdeer is ideal for exploring unknown areas, providing damage potential plus escape utility if overwhelmed.
Eikthyrdeer Location: Eikthyrdeer inhabits forest and plains.
Key Stats:
- 💥 Good attacker
- 🚗 Rideable mount
- 🏃♂️ Fast movement
🐱 Katress
A jack-of-all-trades, Katress wields well-rounded attacks that prove consistently reliable. But the best thing about her is the passive ability which makes Neutral Pals drop more 🔮 resources when defeated.
Katress Location: Katress spawns randomly in multiple biomes.
Key Stats:
- 💥 Reliable fighter
- 💰 Increased loot drops
🐘 Teafant
While no damage-dealer itself, the cute Teafant provides a super valuable 💧 Soothing Shower healing ability that restores health to itself and you mid-fight. Sustaining through battles is critical early on.
Teafant Location: Search shorelines and beaches for Teafants.
Key Stats:
- 💉 Soothing Shower Heal
- 🛡️ Keeps you alive
Why Focus on Early Game Pals in Palworld?
As mentioned initially, concentrating efforts on picking up a set of solid all-around Pals early on sets the stage for everything else you’ll do in Palworld afterwards.
🧭 Exploration
Having airborne scouts like 🦇 Nightwing or speedy ground mounts like 🐕 Rayhound lets you safely survey more dangerous areas of the map where better resources and new Pals await. It also makes traversing to complete various missions quicker.
🪵 Resource Gathering
Effective Pals like 🐲 Quivver can easily wipe out enemies guarding valuable mining spots, chopping sites, fishing holes, etc for you to harvest materials. This snowballs all crafting efforts.
🏯 Base Building
A squad of powerful Pals clears space for constructing bases/settlements and defends them from invasion. They also boost productivity of Purop citizens assigned to operate crafting stations.
💰 Wealth Gain
Generating more resources and efficiently processing them with robust Pals raises profits tremendously. This enables purchasing other Pals from Purop traders that perfectly complement your team.
Final Words – January 21, 2024
Constructing a balanced squad covering different key roles gives you the tools to overcome obstacles, gather precious resources, and begin building an empire within the world of Palworld.
