Palworld: Best Passive Skills for Pals and How to Get Them

Passive Skills in Palworld are innate abilities that the different Pals you obtain throughout your adventure can have. They increase specific stats for each creature, such as its Attack or Work Speed. It is important to pay attention to these traits, as they can eventually make the difference between an average Pal and a truly outstanding one. You will want the best Pals to have the best Passive Skills, just as you will want them to learn the best Active Skills.

That is why, in this section of our guide, we will show you which Passive Skills are the best for the Pals in your game across several different categories. We will also explain how to obtain these abilities and how Pals can inherit them.

Best Passive Skills for combat Pals

If you are looking for the best Passive Skills for combat, you should focus on those that increase your Pals' Attack and Defense. Skills that boost one of these stats at the expense of Work Speed can also be useful, since these Pals will presumably be used for battles rather than working at your base.

These are the best combat Passive Skills:

• Legend: Increases Attack by +20%, Defense by +20%, and Movement Speed by +15%.
• Musclehead: Increases Attack by +30%, but reduces Work Speed by -50%.
• Musclehead: Increases Attack by +30%, but reduces Work Speed by -50%.
• Ferocious: Increases Attack by +20%.
• Burly Body: Increases Defense by +20%.
• Lucky: Increases Work Speed by +15% and Attack by +15%.
• Hooligan: Increases Attack by +15%, but reduces Work Speed by -10%.
• Brave: Increases Attack by +10%.
• Vanguard: Increases the player's Attack by +10%.
• Stronghold Strategist: Increases the player's Defense by +10%.

Best elemental Passive Skills for combat

In addition to the Passive Skills listed above, there is also one that increases the damage dealt by attacks belonging to each of the game's elements/types. These can also be useful for your Pal, provided it knows moves of the corresponding element and can take advantage of the bonus:

• Fragrant Foliage: Increases the damage of Grass-type attacks by +10%.
• Blood of the Dragon: Increases the damage of Dragon-type attacks by +10%.
• Capacitor: Increases the damage of Electric-type attacks by +10%.
• Zen Mind: Increases the damage of Neutral-type attacks by +10%.
• Power of Gaia: Increases the damage of Ground-type attacks by +10%.
• Hydromaniac: Increases the damage of Water-type attacks by +10%.
• Pyromaniac: Increases the damage of Fire-type attacks by +10%.
• Coldblooded: Increases the damage of Ice-type attacks by +10%.
• Veil of Darkness: Increases the damage of Dark-type attacks by +10%.

Best Passive Skills for base Pals

The Pals you put to work at your base should definitely have Passive Skills that increase Work Speed instead of abilities that benefit them in combat. You can even use skills that reduce a Pal's Attack or Defense, provided they improve its Work Speed.

These are the best Passive Skills for working at your base:

• Artisan: Increases Work Speed by +50%.
• Work Slave: Increases Work Speed by +30%, but reduces Attack by -30%.
• Motivational Leader: Increases the player's Work Speed by +25%.
• Serious: Increases Work Speed by +20%.
• Lucky: Increases Work Speed by +15% and Attack by +15%.
• Conceited: Increases Work Speed by +10%, but reduces Defense by -10%.

Best Passive Skills for Pal mounts

We have not forgotten about the best Passive Skills for your Pal mounts, meaning the Pals you will use to travel around the world more quickly. These creatures can have Passive Skills that increase their Movement Speed even further.

These are the best Passive Skills for mounts:

• Swift: Increases Movement Speed by +30%.
• Runner: Increases Movement Speed by +20%.
• Legend: Increases Attack by +20%, Defense by +20%, and Movement Speed by +15%.
• Nimble: Increases Movement Speed by +10%.

How to obtain and inherit Passive Skills

Passive Skills are a special type of attribute that every Pal you capture can have. Once you have caught a Pal, you can see which Passive Skills it knows on its information screen. For example, if you open the Palbox at your base and select a Pal, its Passive Skills will appear in the bottom-right corner of the information screen, beneath its Active Skills—its moves and attacks:

Each Pal can have one or more Passive Skills, but these are always randomly assigned when you capture it. This means you cannot directly choose which Passive Skills a Pal will have. The only way to obtain specific ones is to capture the same Pal species repeatedly until you eventually find one with the best skills for your needs.

However, Palworld also allows you to use breeding at your base so that Pals hatched from Eggs can inherit their parents' Passive Skills.

In other words, you can place two parent Pals in a Breeding Farm so that they can pass one or more of their Passive Skills on to their offspring. Although this method does not guarantee that Passive Skills will be transferred between Pals and achieving the desired results may take some time, it is still useful to know that the option is available.

Finally, another way to obtain Pals with the Passive Skills you want is by purchasing Pals from the Pal Merchants and Black Marketeers you encounter around the world. Before buying one of these creatures, you can check which Passive Skills it has. The Pals available for sale rotate over time, so check these NPCs' inventories every now and then in case one catches your eye.