In Palworld, passive skills play a vital role in determining a Pal's effectiveness in various tasks, from combat to base management. This guide provides a detailed overview of passive skills, focusing on the Diet Lover skill and optimal skill combinations for different Pal roles. To get the perfect combination of any four chosen skills, you will most likely need to jump into Pal breeding.
List of Passive Skills
Passive skills are attributes or natures that Pals can have. They are obtained randomly in the wild and can also be passed down through breeding. A Pal can have up to four Passive Skills at a time, but it is not possible to have multiple copies of the same Passive Skill on one Pal.
Here is a comprehensive list of passive skills in Palworld, categorized by their tier and effect:
Tier 3
- Artisan: Work Speed +50%
- Burly Body: Defense +20%
- Celestial Emperor: 20% increase to Normal attack damage.
- Diet Lover: Decrease in Hunger is less likely by +15%.
- Divine Dragon: 20% increase to Dragon attack damage.
- Earth Emperor: 20% increase to Earth attack damage.
- Flame Emperor: 20% increase to Fire attack damage.
- Ferocious: Attack +20%
- Ice Emperor: 20% increase to Ice attack damage.
- Legend: Attack +20%, Defense +20%, Movement Speed +15%
- Logging Foreman: 25% increase to Player Logging Efficiency.
- Lord of Lightning: 20% increase to Lightning attack damage.
- Lord of the Sea: 20% increase to Water attack damage.
- Lord of the Underworld: 20% increase to Dark attack damage.
- Lucky: Work Speed +15%, Attack +15%
- Mine Foreman: 25% increase to Player Mining Efficiency.
- Motivational Leader: 25% increase to Player Work Speed.
- Spirit Emperor: 20% increase to Grass attack damage.
- Stronghold Strategist: 10% increase to Player Defense.
- Swift: 30% increase to Movement Speed.
- Vanguard: 10% increase to Player Attack.
- Workaholic: SAN drops +15% slower.
Tier 2
- Musclehead: Attack +30%, Work Speed -50%
- Runner: 20% increase to Movement Speed.
- Serious: Work Speed +20%
Tier 1
- Abnormal: 10% decrease to incoming Neutral Damage
- Aggressive: Attack +10%, Defense -10%
- Blood of the Dragon: 10% increase to Dragon attack damage.
- Botanical Barrier: 10% decrease to incoming Grass damage.
- Brave: Attack +10%
- Capacitor: 10% increase to Lightning attack damage.
- Cheery: 10% decrease to incoming Dark damage.
- Coldblooded: 10% increase to Ice attack damage.
- Conceited: Work Speed +10%, Defense -10%
- Dainty Eater: Satiety drops +10% slower.
- Dragonkiller: 10% decrease to incoming Dragon damage.
- Earthquake Resistant: 10% decrease to incoming Earth damage.
- Fragrant Foliage: 10% increase to Grass attack damage.
- Hard Skin: Defense +10%
- Heated Body: 10% decrease to incoming Ice damage.
- Hooligan: Attack +15%, Work Speed -10%
- Hydromaniac: 10% increase to Water attack damage.
- Insulated Body: 10% decrease to incoming Lightning damage.
- Masochist: Defense +15%, Attack -15%
- Nimble: 10% increase to Movement Speed.
- Positive Thinker: SAN drops +10% slower.
- Power of Gaia: 10% increase to Earth attack damage.
- Pyromaniac: 10% increase to Fire attack damage.
- Sadist: Attack +15%, Defense -15%
- Suntan Lover: 10% decrease to incoming Fire damage.
- Vanguard: 10% increase to Player Attack.
- Veil of Darkness: 10% increase to Dark attack damage.
- Waterproof: 10% decrease to incoming Water damage.
- Work Slave: Work Speed +30%, Attack -30%
- Zen Mind: 10% increase to Neutral attack damage.
Tier -1
- Clumsy: Work Speed -10%
- Coward: Attack -10%
- Downtrodden: Defense -10%
- Glutton: Satiety drops +10% faster.
- Unstable: SAN drops +10% faster.
Tier -2
- Bottomless Stomach: Satiety drops +15% faster.
- Destructive: SAN drops +15% faster.
Tier -3
- Brittle: Defense -20%
- Pacifist: Attack -20%
- Slacker: Work Speed -30%
Understanding the "Diet Lover" Passive Skill
The Diet Lover passive skill is a Tier 3 skill that decreases the likelihood of hunger by 15%. This means that Pals with this skill will need to eat less frequently, increasing their productivity by reducing the time spent seeking out food. While the wording of the skill description may seem confusing, it essentially means that the Pal's hunger meter decreases more slowly.
Best Passive Skills for Worker Pals
For worker Pals, the primary focus should be on maximizing work speed and minimizing downtime. A good combination of passive skills for worker Pals is:
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- Artisan: Work Speed +50%
- Work Slave: Work Speed +30%, Attack -30%
- Serious: Work Speed +20%
- Lucky: Work Speed +15%, Attack +15%
This combination results in a +115% Work Speed increase for your Pals.
Other noteworthy skills for worker Pals include:
- Diet Lover: Decrease in Hunger is less likely by +15%.
- Workaholic: SAN drops +15% slower.
While a full Work Speed focus is generally preferred, Diet Lover and/or Workaholic might be worth considering in some situations, such as for Transporting jobs or possibly Cooling.
Best Passive Skills for Riding Pals (Mounts)
For riding Pals, the focus should be on maximizing movement speed. A good combination of passive skills for a mount is:
- Swift: Movement Speed +30%
- Runner: Movement Speed +20%
- Legend: Movement Speed +15%, Attack +20%, Defense +20%
- Nimble: Movement Speed +10%
This combination results in a +75% Movement Speed increase for your Pals.
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Best Passive Skills for Fighting Pals
For fighting Pals, the focus should be on maximizing attack damage and survivability. There are two main approaches: Attack Focus and Defense Focus.
Attack Focus
This combination results in a +90% Attack damage increase for a specific element with +70% attack damage increase to others and, +20% Defense and +15% Movement Speed increase.
- Musclehead: Attack +30%, Work Speed -50%
- Legend: Attack +20%, Defense +20%, Movement Speed +15%
- Ferocious: Attack +20%
- One of the Elemental attack damage modifiers: 20% increase to element attack damage.
Defense Focus
This combination results in +5% Attack damage, +65% Defense and +15% Movement Speed increase.
- Legend: Defense +20%, Attack +20%, Movement Speed +15%
- Burly Body: Defense +20%
- Masochist: Defense +15%, Attack -15%
- Hard Skin: Defense +10%
Best Passive Skills to Boost Player Stats
Some passive skills boost the player's stats when the corresponding Pals are in the active party. These skills do not require the Pals to be summoned.
- Logging Foreman: 25% increase to Player Logging Efficiency.
- Mine Foreman: 25% increase to Player Mining Efficiency.
- Motivational Leader: 25% increase to Player Work Speed.
- Stronghold Strategist: 10% increase to Player Defense.
- Vanguard: 10% increase to Player Attack.
The bonuses from these skills stack from each Pal, meaning with the same skill on all five of your active Pals, you can get up to five times the benefit. This is extremely helpful, especially in the early game.
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Obtaining Specific Passive Skills
Some passive skills can only be obtained in a certain way, although they can be passed down via breeding.
- Legend: Obtained from Paladius, Necromus, Frostallion and Jetragon.
- Lucky: Obtained by capturing any Lucky Pal.
Elemental Attack Damage Modifiers are obtained by capturing the strongest Alpha Pals in their respective elements.
- Celestial Emperor: Paladius
- Divine Dragon: Jetragon
- Earth Emperor: Anubis
- Flame Emperor: Blazamut
- Ice Emperor: Frostallion
- Lord of Lightning: Orserk
- Lord of the Sea: Jormuntide
- Lord of the Underworld: Necromus
- Spirit Emperor: Lyleen
Breeding for Passive Skills
To get passive skills in Palworld through breeding, pair two opposite-gendered pals in the Breeding Farm with the desired combination of skills and keep breeding until you get a Pal with the desired passive skills, as success isn't guaranteed in every attempt.
Alpha Pals have certain passive skills that cannot be found elsewhere, so you will need to breed those with other Pals if want to pass them along.
You cannot pass down the Legend or Lucky passive skills, however, as these are only found in Pals caught from the wild.