Last updated: May 10, 2026. This guide covers every resource type in Palworld, where to find it, how to farm it efficiently, and which Pals are best for gathering each material. See also: Base Building Guide, Pal Locations Guide.
Resource Categories Resources in Palworld fall into several categories:
Category Examples Primary Use Basic Building Wood, Stone, Fiber Structures, tools, early crafting Ores and Metals Ore, Coal, Refined Ingot, Pal Metal Tools, weapons, armor, crafting stations Spheres and Capture Paldium Fragment, Pal Sphere Capturing Pals (entire sphere line) Fuel and Energy Wood, Coal, High Quality Pal Oil Powering furnaces, generators Food and Farming Berries, Wheat, Milk, Egg, Honey Feeding Pals, crafting cakes, cooking Mechanical Polymer, Carbon Fiber, Circuit Board Endgame weapons, armor, technology Organic Pal Fluids, Leather, Organ, Horn Crafting, spheres, medicine Ancient Ancient Civilization Parts Ancient Technology, high-tier items Ranch Wool, Milk, Egg, Honey, Pal Fluids Passive production from Pals Special Lifmunk Effigy, Ruby, Technical Manual Permanent upgrades, selling Basic Building Resources Wood Detail Information Found by Chopping trees (anywhere), Ranch (some Pals), Lumbering Pals at base Best farming method Assign a Lumbering Pal (Warsect, Mossanda, Wumpo, Gorirat) to your base Best farming location Any forested area – the base itself is the best farm Uses Structures, tools, campfire, charcoal production Weight 0.5 per unit Stack size 999 Optimal Wood farming: Assign a Pal with Lumbering level 3+ (Warsect, Wumpo, or Cryolinx) to a base in a forested area. A single lumbering Pal produces 500+ wood per hour passively.
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