Passive Skills boost specific aspects of your Pals, like Attack and Work Speed. Read on to learn the Best Passives and how to get them!
List of Contents
- Best Passive Skills
- How to Get
- Related Guides
Best Passive Skills in Palworld
- Best Early Game Passive Skills
- Best Combat Passive Skills
- Best Work Pal Passive Skills
- Best Mount Pal Movement Speed Passive Skills
- Best Versatile Passive Skills
- Best Elemental Passive Skills
Best Early Game Passive Skills
Best Early Game Resource Gathering Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Positive Effect | Negative Effect | Tier |
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| Logging Foreman | 25% increase to Player Logging Efficiency |
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| Mine Foreman | 25% increase to Player Mining Efficiency |
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Consider bringing Pals with either skills in your party to increase the stones and wood you can gather.
Best Early Game Work Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Positive Effect | Negative Effect | Tier |
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| Workaholic | SAN drops +15% slower |
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| Motivational Leader | 25% increase to Player Work Speed. |
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| Artisan | Work Speed +50% |
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| Diet Lover | Decrease in Hunger is less likely by +15% |
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Workaholic and Diet Lover helps your working Pals by lowering hunger and sanity drain, while Artisan increase their work speed.
A Pal with Motivational Leader buffs your Working Speed stat, allowing you to craft and build much faster.
Best Early Game Pal Catching Passive Skill
| Passive Skill | Positive Effect | Negative Effect | Tier |
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| Mercy Hit | Pacifist. Will not reduce the target's health below 1. |
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The Mercy Hit passive is a useful skill for one of your party Pals to have as it gives you a better chance of catching Pals successfully by preventing wild Pals from being knocked out.
Best Combat Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Effect | Ranking |
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 Legend | Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% | ★★★★★ |
 Musclehead | Attack +30%Work Speed -50% | ★★★★★ |
| Ferocious | Attack +20% | ★★★★☆ |
| Burly Body | Defense +20% | ★★★☆☆ |
| Lucky | Work Speed +15% and Attack +15% | ★★★☆☆ |
 Hooligan | Attack +15%Work Speed -10% | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Brave | Attack +10% | ★☆☆☆☆ |
For Pals assigned for combat, it is recommended to have a Passive skill that increases a Pal's attack and defense.
Best Pals for Combat Tier
Best Passive Skill Combos for Combat Pals
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| Attack +70% Elemental Damage +70% Defense +20% Movement Speed +15% | |||||
| Best Combat Pal Examples | |||||
| Frostallion | Necromus | Paladius | |||
| Astegon | Jetragon | ||||
Best Work Pal Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Effect | Ranking |
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| Artisan | Work Speed +50% | ★★★★★ |
| Work Slave | Work Speed +30%Attack -30% | ★★★★☆ |
| Serious | Work Speed +20% | ★★★☆☆ |
| Swift | 30% increase to movement speed | ★★★☆☆ |
| Lucky | Work Speed +15% and Attack +15% | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Conceited | Work Speed +10%Defense -10% | ★☆☆☆☆ |
These passive skills increase your Pals' productivity by increasing work speed, or decreasing work downtime.
Best Passive Skill Combos for Work Pals
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| Work Speed +100% Movement Speed +30% | |||||
| Best Work Pal Examples | |||||
| Jormuntide Ignis | Jormuntide | Anubis | |||
| Astegon | Frostallion Noct | ||||
The best Passive Skills to focus on should be boosting work speed and movement speed for Pals assigned to bases.
Best Base Pals
Best Mount Pal Movement Speed Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Effect | Ranking |
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| Swift | 30% increase to movement speed | ★★★★★ |
| Legend | Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% | ★★★★★ |
| Runner | 20% increase to movement speed | ★★★★☆ |
| Nimble | 10% increase to movement speed | ★★★☆☆ |
Take note that Motivational Leader increases player Work speed, not Movement speed for the Player or Pals.
Passive Skills that increase Pal movement speed are recommended for Pals that can be mounted.
How to Mount and Ride Pals
Best Passive Skill Combo for Mounts
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| Movement Speed +75% Attack +20% Defense +20% | |||||
| Best Mount Pal Examples | |||||
| Suzaku Aqua | Suzaku | Helzephyr | |||
| Ragnahawk | Beakon | ||||
Best Versatile Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Positive Effect | Negative Effect | Tier |
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| Lucky | Work Speed +15% and Attack +15% |
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| Legend | Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% |
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Versatile and Lucky are good passive skills for Pals that you want to be generalists.
Legend provides a healthy balance of stats, and Lucky gives Pals boosts to combat and work.
Lucky Hunting Guide: How to Hunt Shiny Lucky Pals
Best Elemental Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Effect | Pals |
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| Celestial Emperor | 20% increase to Neutral attack damage | Paladius |
| Divine Dragon | 20% increase to Dragon attack damage | Jetragon |
| Earth Emperor | 20% increase to Ground attack damage | Anubis |
| Flame Emperor | 20% increase to Fire attack damage | Blazamut |
| Ice Emperor | 20% increase to Ice attack damage | Frostallion |
| Lord of Lightning | 20% increase to Electric attack damage | Orserk |
| Lord of the Sea | 20% increase to Water attack damage | Jormuntide |
| Lord of the Underworld | 20% increase to Dark attack damage | Necromus |
| Siren of the Void | 20% increase to Dark attack damage, 20% increase to Ice attack damage | Bellanoir Libero |
| Spirit Emperor | 20% increase to Grass attack damage | Lyleen |
Each of the 9 elemental types in Palworld has a passive skill that boosts the damage of that type by 20%. These are exclusive to certain Pals but can be passed on through breeding.
All Exclusive Elite Passive Skills
How to Get the Best Passive Skills
- Keep Catching Pals
- Breed 2 Pals of the Opposite Gender
- Obtain from Pal Merchant of Black Marketeer
Keep Catching Pals
Early in the game, you can only 'choose' a particular Pal's passive skill by catching more copies of it.
As passive skills are randomized, you can keep catching until you get a desired passive skill for your Pal.
How to Catch Pals
Pals with Exclusive Elite Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | Effect | Pals |
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| Celestial Emperor | 20% increase to Neutral attack damage | Paladius |
| Divine Dragon | 20% increase to Dragon attack damage | Jetragon |
| Earth Emperor | 20% increase to Ground attack damage | Anubis |
| Flame Emperor | 20% increase to Fire attack damage | Blazamut |
| Ice Emperor | 20% increase to Ice attack damage | Frostallion |
| Legend | Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% | Frostallion Jetragon Necromus Paladius |
| Lord of Lightning | 20% increase to Electric attack damage | Orserk |
| Lord of the Sea | 20% increase to Water attack damage | Jormuntide |
| Lord of the Underworld | 20% increase to Dark attack damage | Necromus |
| Siren of the Void | 20% increase to Dark attack damage, 20% increase to Ice attack damage | Bellanoir Libero |
| Spirit Emperor | 20% increase to Grass attack damage | Lyleen |
Some Pals have exclusive Passive Skills that can't be found on other caught Pals. These skills can be passed on through breeding.
Palworld Breeding Combos Calculator
Breed 2 Pals of the Opposite Gender
Child Pals Can Inherit Passive Skills
Child Pals can inherit passive skills from their parents. You can place two Pals in a Breeding Farm to pass one or more of their passive skills to a child Pal.
However, this is not a surefire way of passing the best skill to another Pal, and can take some time.
Child Pals Can Learn New Passive Skills
Aside from their inherited skills, child Pals can also learn new Passive Skills. Make sure to check what skills a child Pal gets when its newly hatched.
Palworld Breeding Combos Calculator
Chain Breed to Pass Rare Skills
| Legend Inheritance Steps | |
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| ① Catch and prepare a Legendary Pal② Breed the Legendary Pal Ⓐ with any Parent to make Legendary Pal Ⓑ③ Breed Legendary Pal Ⓑ with another Parent to make Legendary Pal Ⓒ | |
| ① | Parent Ⓐ: Paladius (Legend) Parent Ⓑ: Foxparks ┗ Child Ⓐ: Rayhound |
| ② | Child Ⓐ (as Parent): Rayhound (Legend) Parent Ⓒ: Mossanda ┗ Child Ⓑ: Grizzbolt (Legend) |
Above is an example of chain breeding Pals with the Legend Passive Skill.
You can control the pool of what skills get passed on to Pal children via chain breeding. This means selecting the child with the desired skill to be bred until you have obtained a Pal with the desired skills down the chain.
How to Chain Breed Passive Skills
Obtain from Pal Merchant or Black Marketeer
You can examine Passive Skils of the Pals sold at the Pal Merchant or Black Marketeer, making it a convenient way to obtain skills for breeding.
Stocks change on every spawn or world load of the seller, meaning you can reroll its stocks by returning to the main menu or by respawning the caught merchant from the Pal Box.
All Black Marketeer Pals
How to Capture Merchants for the Base
| Human Capture Guide |
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| ① Capture a Pal Merchant or a Black Marketeer. |
| ② Spawn them at your base via the Pal Box. |
| ③ Check their stocks for available Pals. |
| ④ Determine if there is a Pal with a Passive Skill you want to obtain. |
| ⑤ If not, recall the Pal Merchant or Black Marketeer to the Pal Box and restart from step ②. └ This will refresh their Pal stocks. |
| ⑥ Once you have found your desired Passive Skill, buy the Pal. |
You make checking Pal Merchant and Black Marketeer stocks for new Pals easier by catching them and spawning them in your base via the Pal Box. Every respawn of these merchants via the Pal Box will cause their Pal stocks to change.
Take note that humans have a lower catch rate, and this is significantly apparent when trying to catch the Black Marketeer at a lower level (their minimum ioLevel 40)
How ot Catch and Sell Humans
Passive Skills Unavailable at Merchants
| Passive Skill | Positive Effect | Negative Effect | Tier |
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| Lucky | Work Speed +15% and Attack +15% |
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| Flame Emperor | 20% increase to Fire attack damage |
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| Earth Emperor | 20% increase to Ground attack damage |
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| Lord of the Sea | 20% increase to Water attack damage |
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| Spirit Emperor | 20% increase to Grass attack damage |
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| Lord of Lightning | 20% increase to Electric attack damage |
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| Legend | Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15% |
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| Celestial Emperor | 20% increase to Neutral attack damage |
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| Ice Emperor | 20% increase to Ice attack damage |
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| Divine Dragon | 20% increase to Dragon attack damage |
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The element-boosting Passive Skills listed above can also be passed down to the child via breeding.
Passive Skills exclusive to rare Pals, such as Legend or Lucky, cannot be found at merchants. Fortunately, they are passable via breeding once you have obtained a Pal with those skills.
You will have to look for them carefully out in the world, catch them, and then pair them with another parent Pal to have possibility of passing the rare Passive Skill to a child.
List of Rare Pals
Palworld Related Guides
List of All Skills
All Skill Types
| All Skill Types | ||
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| Partner Skills | Active Skills | Passive Skills |
Best Skills per Type
| All Skill Types | ||
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| Best Partner Skills | Best Active Skills | Best Passive Skills |
Skill Related Guides
- All Exclusive Elite Passive Skills
- All Drop Rate Boosting Partner Skills
- All Player Attack Boosting Partner Skills
- All Pal Attack Boosting Partner Skills
- All Player Defense Boosting Partner Skills
- All Pal Defense Boosting Partner Skills
- All Element Type Changing Partner Skills
- List of Skills Not Available as Skill Fruits
- Best Skill Fruits Tier List
