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Penking Cap

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Penking Cap is 87th of 202 head pieces by defense, at 60 against the 650 of Ancient Helm.

Wearing it also carries the effect Ice Damage Reduction Lv. 1, which matters more than the raw numbers in the biomes that punish you for the wrong outfit.

This is where the crafting chain ends — nothing downstream consumes it, so a stockpile earns you nothing.

Details

Gold Value1000
Weight4
Max Stack1
defense60
hp180
durability900
Ice Damage Reduction Lv. 1

It does not stack, so every spare copy costs an inventory slot.

Penking Cap Crafting Recipe

Work: 80000

Crafting it takes 15 materials across 1 type.

Where to Find Penking Cap

Penking Cap is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.

Every Tier of Penking Cap

The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: defense runs 20 to 80, a 4x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.

RarityItemDefenseHPDurability
0Penking Cap2060300
1Penking Cap3090450
2Penking Cap45135600
3Penking Cap (this one)60180900
4Penking Cap802401200

Schematics That Unlock Penking Cap

Penking Cap is not learned from the Technology tree — you need a schematic for it. One schematic grants the recipe, and they are world loot — chests, boss Pals and the late-game pools — rather than anything you research. Higher-rarity copies of the same schematic raise the quality of what you end up crafting.

SchematicRarityWhere it comes from
Penking Cap Schematic 43★

Alternatives and Upgrades

Long-Eared Headband matches it exactly at 60 defense — those two differ in what they resist and what they weigh, not in raw defense, so picking between them is a swap rather than an upgrade. The next real step is Metal Helm at 65; below it is Tocotoco Cap at 60.

Other head pieces at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:

Penking Cap (3★) — How to Get & Uses | Palworld Database