Base Design & Work Pal Assignments (1.0): Layout, Work Pals, Building Techniques
Complete Palworld 1.0 base design guide: optimal layout principles, work pal recommendation table by task, compact farm and void storage building techniques, Ancient Civilization generator and new structures, defense considerations.
Layout Principles
- Workbenches central, raw material storage adjacent
- Production lines straight to shorten transport distance
- Ranch on the edge to avoid pal pathing jams
- Monitoring Stand central for easy priority management
- Warp point near the entrance
- Cluster hot springs and beds in a SAN maintenance zone
Workflow
- Quarry → storage → electric furnace → ingot storage
- Berry farm → storage → kitchen → food storage
- Breeding farm → eggs → incubator
Work Pal Assignment Table
Best pals and counts by work task. Single-task pals focus stars on one skill; multi-task pals cover multiple stations to save slots.
| Task | Best Pals | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Kindling (furnace/kitchen) | Blazamut (Kindling 7, single-task, 3-star to 10) | 2-3 |
| Watering (farm/generator cooling) | Surfent; Elphidran + Aqua Man (same-base watering boost) | 2-3 |
| Planting+Gathering (farm cycle) | Springe (Planting 3/Gathering 2, faster growth); Melream (more harvest) | 3-4 |
| Generating | Sparky Dog (Generating 4 single, max 4→8); Thunderbird (Generating 4/Transport 5) | 1-2 |
| Handiwork | Anubis (Handiwork 6); Boss Sekhmet + Anubis (partner skill +200%~400%); Bellaraise (Handiwork 6/Medicine 7) | 2-3 |
| Lumbering | Shadowbeak/Cryolinx (Dark high lumber); Eikthyrdeer (same-base lumber +1 aura) | 2-3 |
| Mining | Digtoise (Mining 4 single, max 4→8, same-base mining +1 aura) | 3-4 |
| Cooling (fridge/preservation) | Frost Fox (Cooling 4); Frostallion/Frostfang (furnace cooling); Frostallion (Cool 10 + work passives = infinite preservation) | 1-2 |
| Transporting | Wangcai (small, Transport 2); Wixen (fast runner) | 2-3 |
| Medicine | Bellaraise (Medicine 7, Ancient workbench); Springe/Melream (assign via Monitoring Stand) | 1 |
Building Techniques
Compact Farms
- Build a wooden foundation on flat ground
- Place a farm to find the center, put a Wooden Bench on the center as stacking anchor
- Add Wooden Pillars (~3 high) to climb and adjust the Z-axis
- Use C to toggle placement mode, place a farm, climb down and remove a bench
Note: blueprint farms cap at 10; placing more than 10 before finishing makes the top one disappear. PS5 cannot stack benches.
Void Storage / Void Feed Box
- When pals cannot path to a chest, items teleport directly in, skipping movement
- Raise chests 2-3 stories + item filters = fully automatic sorting
- Just drop items on the ground for auto-storage
Stacked Storage Boxes
- Square wooden boxes match metal storage height; place on top with Ctrl alignment
- Build a tidy storage vault; later use the grappling hook on the ceiling for fast traversal
1.0 New Base Mechanics
- <strong>Work suitability cap 10</strong>: first three condense stars each raise one skill +1, max stars raise all +1
- <strong>Four-star needs 48 same-species pals</strong> (was 116), condense cost greatly reduced
- <strong>Ancient Civilization generator</strong>: needs Generating+Watering pals, Mambo Emperor runs solo (Gen 6/Water 4), +1 Watering helper vs old model but +17%/s efficiency
- <strong>Ancient Civilization workbench</strong>: dual-attribute machines need one pal each to activate (e.g. Ancient Kitchen), requires Handiwork+Medicine pals
- <strong>Pal Souls</strong>: boost work speed up to +60%
- <strong>Job book sources</strong>: airdrops, Pal coin exchange, slate battles, Ancient Relic Converter after level 74
Ranch Passives & Food Preservation
- Max stars + 20 souls: Artisan + Nocturnal + Craftsman + Workaholic = 44 output/5min (highest)
- With enough books pick work-speed passives; without, either work or ranch passives work
- Max cooling + work passives (Frostallion Cool 10 + Craftsman + Serious + Workaholic) = no decay, infinite preservation
Defense Considerations
- Assign combat pals to defend raids; Monitoring Stand can designate non-working defense pals
- Keep key facilities (generator, incubator) innermost; set up a defensive perimeter outside
- Feed progression: Berries → Roasted Berries → Salad → Pizza (late-game high SAN)
Frequently Asked Questions
How to lay out a base efficiently?
Workbenches central, raw material storage adjacent; production lines straight (quarry→storage→furnace→ingot storage) to shorten transport; ranch on the edge to avoid pal pathing jams; Monitoring Stand central for priority management; cluster hot springs and beds in a SAN maintenance zone.
What is the 1.0 work suitability cap and how do stars raise it?
1.0 raises the work suitability cap to 10. The first three condense stars each raise a single work suitability +1, and max stars raise all +1. Four-star requires 48 same-species pals (down from 116). Pal Soul upgrades boost work speed up to +60%.
Which pal for the Ancient Civilization generator?
Mambo Emperor is the best choice. The new generator needs both Generating and Watering pals—Mambo Emperor runs it solo (Generating 6 / Watering 4), adds one extra Watering helper vs Orserk but yields 17%/s more power, is breedable, and eats less.
How do I build compact farms?
Build a wooden foundation on flat ground, place a farm to find the center, put a Wooden Bench on the center as the stacking anchor, add Wooden Pillars (~3 high) to climb and adjust the Z-axis. Use C to toggle placement mode, place a farm, climb down, remove a bench. Note: blueprint farms cap at 10—if you place more than 10 before finishing, the top one disappears.
What is a void storage?
If a pal cannot path to a chest in the base, it skips movement and items teleport directly into the chest. Raise chests 2-3 stories high with item filters to achieve fully automatic sorting. Just drop items on the ground and they auto-sort.