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Best Base Pals for Every Work Type

Every base job in Palworld, with the Pals that do it best — ranked straight from in-game work-suitability levels rather than opinion. Pick a job to see the full ranking, which structures need it, and each Pal's other skills.

TransportingBest Transporting Pals

Carries finished goods from production spots into storage chests.

140 Pals · max Lv 7
HandiworkBest Handiwork Pals

Builds structures and crafts items at workbenches — the most widely used base task.

109 Pals · max Lv 8
GatheringBest Gathering Pals

Harvests ripe crops and collects resources around the base.

109 Pals · max Lv 8
LumberingBest Lumbering Pals

Chops trees and works logging sites for wood.

63 Pals · max Lv 8
MiningBest Mining Pals

Breaks ore, stone and coal nodes, and works quarries.

57 Pals · max Lv 8
WateringBest Watering Pals

Waters crops in plantations and refills anything that needs water.

46 Pals · max Lv 8
PlantingBest Planting Pals

Sows seeds in berry, wheat and other plantations.

45 Pals · max Lv 8
KindlingBest Kindling Pals

Lights furnaces, campfires and cooking pots, and powers anything that needs heat.

44 Pals · max Lv 8
Medicine ProductionBest Medicine Production Pals

Produces medicine at clinics and tends injured Pals.

43 Pals · max Lv 8
CoolingBest Cooling Pals

Chills food boxes and coolers, and keeps eggs and produce fresh.

38 Pals · max Lv 8
FarmingBest Farming Pals

Works ranches, producing eggs, wool, milk and other ranch drops.

29 Pals · max Lv 4
Generating ElectricityBest Generating Electricity Pals

Runs power generators to electrify your base.

25 Pals · max Lv 8

Want a whole base planned at once? Try the Palworld work suitability optimizer, or see the base worker tier list for overall work output.