If you have just started playing Palworld, you may have encountered the 4 passive skills at the bottom of the Pal Stats. Despite having different passive skills that do not all come in handy all the time, some have some advantages over others, and some work best when combined. Within the Pal Stats stats, the different passive skills are indicated as 1, 2, or 3 with their relative impacts on the directions.
Passive skills may not clearly indicate what they are, but they play a crucial role in the game, especially when you are playing a high-level, wilful boss. To become good at a game, you need to understand how to skill, and you need to understand what all these skills are. Today, I will share a guide on the Palworld Passive Skills and their effects in this article. Without further ado, let’s take a closer look at this.
What is a passive skill in Palworld?
In the Palworld, there are more than 100 pals; however, no two pals are alike, even if they are from the same specific group. This is because every pal in the game has four passive abilities.
These skills help players reduce incoming damage, boost, or increase or boost stats. Each has positive and negative skills, which counterbalance when you combine the pals with powerful skills to make a super baby pal through breeding.
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In addition, there are some lucky and long-term passive skills, which are the only exceptions. You can obtain these passive skills through breeding. To check your pal’s passive skill, you can
- Head over to the Pal box.
- Then open the Pal box management; from there, choose Pal.
- After that, it will show the characteristics of the pal, and on the bottom-left, you will see the stats of the passive skills of the pals.
You can also pass down the passive skills with breeding; using two pals, you can get the desired passive skills, but there is always a high chance that offspring will inherit the parent’s passive skills. However, unlike active skills, passive skills can be debuffed and buffed to certain traits, so let’s check all the major passive skills lists that you may want to know.
How Passive Skill Works in Palworld
Passive skills range from positive to negative depending on the player’s focus. Passive skills range from Tier 3, considered a very negative passive skill, to Tier 3, a very positive passive skill. Based on the passive skills your pals have, they do impact building and combat skills.
There are four main categories of passive skills: gathering, crafting, movement, and crafting. Below is a detailed list of each category of passive skills.
What are the best passive skills in Palworld?
In general, there are a lot of great pals with passive skills; however, you can also breed to get what you are looking for in pals in terms of passive skills.
- Legned: Shadowbeak is among those who offer Legned’s passive skills; it’s good at attacking, defending, and also moving fast.
- Lucky: Some Shiny pals are useful for working at the base and protecting, having good work speed, and attacking.
- Motivational LeadeR: These can be found in lower-level pals with good movement speed and can travel across the map faster.
The Best Passive Skills for Combat
- Lucky: It’s best due to its versatility. It’s best for both COMBAT and work.
- Musclehead: It’s very strong and good for combat but won’t be helpful with dealing with high damage.
- Ferocious and Burly Body: It increases defence; it’s good for combat if you know how to use your ability on attack and defence.
- Type-Based Damage: These offer better damage while remaining great for strategic planning. Some pals would be Flame Emperor, Earth Emperor, Ice Emperor, Celestial Emperor, Spirit Emperor, Lord of the Sea, Lord of Lightning, Lord of the Underworld, and Divine Dragone.
- Legend: These are good with attack, defence, and mobile speed. These are rare among others, but they are the obvious best choice.
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The Best Passive Skills for Work
- Diet Lover: Definitely adverse effect of hunger. To prevent your pals from being able to work, diet and passive work help decrease hunger.
- Swift: The movement speed is great, which is important for working.
- Workaholics: These are productivity pals. Hunger is key; by making them healthy, your pals can work longer before resting in their palbox.
- Logging Mining Foreman: Mining and logging are great passive skills that offer the bonus of miming efficiently.
- Artisan: It has an increase in work speed; by doing so, productivity increases and the Workholic is the best of all but has the least strength to tackle.
Best Combat and Group Passive Skill
- Swift: These can increase movement speed, ideal for running skills.
- Big Guy: These have the best combat, boosting attacking but also the speed of work. In groups of friends, it can perform well.
- Lover of Dieting: It is good for reducing hunger.
- Avangard: It improves the players’ charts and increases player attacks.
List of Palworld Passive Skills
In total, there are 60 of these abilities in the Palworld. Below, we have listed all the in-progress passive skills with the help of IGN and the Palworld Wiki.
| Negative Passive Skill | Effect | Neutral Passive Skill | Column 4 |
| Coward | Attack -10% | Masochist | Defense +15%, Attack -15% |
| Downtrodden | Defense -10% | Sadist | Attack +15%, Defense -15% |
| Clumsy | Work Speed -10% | Work Slave | Work Speed +30%, Attack -30% |
| Glutton | Satiety drops 10% faster | Hooligan | Attack +15%, Work Speed -10% |
| Unstable | Sanity drops 10% faster | Conceited | Work Speed +10%, Defense -10% |
| Destructive | Sanity drops 15% faster | ||
| Bottomless Stomach | Satiety drops 15% faster | ||
| Pacifist | Attack -20% | ||
| Brittle | Defense -20% | ||
| Slacker | Work Speed -30% |
Positive Passive Skills
| Passive Skill | +Attack% |
| Pyromaniac | 10% increase to Fire attack damage |
| Hydromaniac | 10% increase to Water attack damage |
| Zen Mind | 10% increase to Neutral attack damage |
| Fragrant Foliage | 10% increase to Grass attack damage |
| Blood of the Dragon | 10% increase to Dragon attack damage |
| Veil of Darkness | 10% increase to Dark attack damage |
| Capacitor | 10% increase to Lightning attack damage |
| Power of Gaia | 10% increase to Earth attack damage |
| Coldblooded | 10% increase to Ice attack damage |
| Passive Skill | -Damage% |
| Suntan Lover | 10% decrease to incoming Fire damage |
| Waterproof | 10% decrease to incoming Water damage |
| Abnormal | 10% decrease to incoming Neutral damage |
| Botanical Barrier | 10% decrease to incoming Grass damage |
| Dragonkiller | 10% decrease to incoming Dragon damage |
| Cheery | 10% decrease to incoming Dark damage. |
| Insulated Body | 10% decrease to incoming Lightning damage |
| Earthquake Resistant | 10% decrease to incoming Earth damage |
| Heated Body | 10% decrease to incoming Ice damage |
| Passive | Other Effects |
| Dainty Eater | Satiety drops 10% slower |
| Brave | Attack +10% |
| Positive Thinker | Sanity drops +10% slower |
| Runner | 20% increase to movement speed |
| Serious | Work Speed +20% |
| Musclehead | Attack +30%, Work Speed -50% |
| Diet Lover | Decrease in Hunger is less likely by +15% |
| Workaholic | Sanity drops 15% slower |
| Vanguard | 10% increase to Player Attack |
| Motivational Leader | 25% increase to Player Work Speed |
| Logging Foreman | 25% increase to Player Logging Efficiency |
| Burly Body | Defense +20% |
| Lucky | Work Speed +15%, Attack +15% |
| Ferocious | Attack +20% |
| Artisan | Work Speed +50% |
| Stronghold Strategist | 10% increase to Player Defense. |
So these are all the abilities in Palworld. Currently, the game is still in early development, so it may get more abilities with the future update or have a slight adjustment to effects. Capturing pals helps with base and fight but also gives an extra advantage with extra benefits.
Each pal plays a fundamental role in the game, possessing unique powers and abilities essential to carry out the task within the game.