Building
As an open-world survival game, building various structures is a significant part of Palworld. All of the factories and Farming structures must be built in a Base. All buildings/structures are unlocked with Technology points.
Palbox
Building will typically revolve around your Palbox. Anything built outside of the area of the Palbox (Designated with a faint blue outline) will slowly deteriorate. Some buildings, such as the Ranch have to be built within this boundary. Pals will also try and stick to this boundary, actively avoiding fights and items that aren't inside.
The Palbox itself is able to level up when the player meets the requirements for each level. This will often require the player to build certain buildings that are typically relevant to the progression of the game, such as: Primitive Furnace or an abundance of Straw Pal Beds. Upon leveling up the Palbox, you will be allowed to use more pals within your base, up to a maximum of 15 (20 with adjusted world settings). You will also be granted the ability to build an extra 2 "Bases" alongside the first. This is important for Farming, quick transport or specific material farms (Such as an Ore farm).
Construction
Pals can be used as the labor in construction in large numbers. Labor laws are not expected to apply to Pals.
Certain Pals can be used for building and assisting in various construction tasks. These Pals are essentially creatures in the game that have unique abilities or traits that make them suitable for helping players construct buildings, gather materials, or perform other construction-related activities.
Pals like Lifmunk will keep you stocked with wood, while Fuddler can collect stone and ore. Set them to automated gathering mode.
Types
Buildings come in multiple types.
Production
These structures are used for resource gathering (such as logs or stone) or creating compound resources (such as ingots or nails). Items in this category include things like workbenches, mills, furnace, logging camps, etc.
- Primitive Workbench
- Repair Bench
- Pal Gear Workbench
- Crusher
- Primitive Furnace
- High Quality Workbench
- Medieval Medicine Workbench
- Mill
Pal
Structures related to Pals go here. These include ranching, breeding, condensing, directing, hatching, sphere assembly, etc.
- Palbox – The heart of a base; requiring one paldium fragment, eight wood, and three stone to build. You may initially place one Palbox, which will display a circle around it showing the designated area of your base. Base Level will determine the number of Palboxes that can be placed by your guild in the world. Within this circle, Pals may be assigned to perform work, and you may use resources from your base inventory for crafting and building. If you have a Pal in your party summoned, it will also perform work in the base area. Palboxes may not be placed too close to another existing base. The palbox is used to access Palbox Management to assign Pals to your party, or to your base to perform work. When assigned to work at the base, Pals will spawn behind the Palbox. It is best to leave the area clear so that Pals may walk from behind the Palbox to the rest of the base. Base Pals will need basic amenities to remain healthy to perform work. Pal storage is linked between all Palboxes. Each base will have its own list of assigned base Pals, but you may access stored Pals from any Palbox. Pals must be in storage and not be working at another base to be assigned to a base. The Palbox can also be used to fast travel between other Palboxes and fast travel points, and to upgrade your Base Level. Base Level applies across all bases.
- Ranch
- Egg Incubator
- Statue of Power
- Sphere Workbench
- Breeding Farm
- Monitoring Stand
Storage
A wide variety of buildings used to store other items, from chests to cabinets to containers. This includes all the possible storage items unlocked via furniture sets. On top of being decorative, these allow one to store items in them.
Food
These structures are all about food generation and processing. These include plantations, campfires, and cooking pots.
Infrastructure
These structures include things like beds for both the pals and yourself as well as heating and cooling elements to make your base run smoothly no matter where you set up.
- Shoddy Bed
- Straw Pal Bed
- Hot Spring
- Heater
- Cooler
- Power Generator
- Fluffy Pal Bed
- Fine Bed
- High Quality Hot Spring
Lighting
This includes all the possible lighting items unlocked via furniture sets. These items provide a variety of lighting functions for one's base. These structures include things like torches and lamps to light up your base.
Foundations
These structures are used for building houses and walls around your base. These include the structure sets, gates, and defensive walls.
- Wooden Foundation
- Wooden Wall
Defenses
These structures include things like the alarm bell and traps to keep your pals on high alert or to catch small pals when they invade.
Other
These structures include a bunch of production boosting items that you can place around your base (such as a silo for planting or a mining cap and helmet for mining).
Furniture
These structures are for sprucing up your home and bedazzling it to make it the way you want it, things like the tavern furniture set and house plants reside here. This includes all the possible decorative furniture unlocked via furniture sets. These don't have any function other than to be purely aesthetic.
- Square Table
- Round Table
History
- 0.2.0.6
- Building and building piece placement rules have been relaxed.
- You can now connect stairs facing upwards.
- Roof pieces can now directly connect to foundations.
- Triangular walls can now be connected to stairs.
- You can now connect stairs facing downwards when holding Alt.
- Building and building piece placement rules have been relaxed.