Pals in Palworld have two sets of skills – active and passive. Active skills are mostly used in combat scenarios, while passive skills are randomized traits that can either buff or debuff your Pal’s actions in work or combat.
Note: Palworld features over 60 passive skills, and they are completely randomized when you capture a Pal. This means you will have a completely different set of passive skills even for two same Pals.
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Best Passive Skills For Work In Palworld
Diet Lover
Hunger is a big marker that affects the well-being of your Pals in the game. If you let some Pals go hungry, they might stop working. You have to keep feeding them to prevent them from starving or getting sick.
As you have to feed the Pals yourself, this process can be easily forgotten while you are away from your base, battling enemies, or exploring. The Diet Lover passive skill comes in handy for those early game exploration phases. This tier 3 skill decreases the chances of your Pals becoming hungry by 15%.
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Swift and Motivational Leader
Swift is an excellent tier 3 passive skill that increases your Pal’s movement speed by 30%. Movement speed is extremely important in Palworld – in both combat as well as work. I have placed this particular skill in work because it doesn’t offer any attack or defense capabilities.
Motivational Leader, also a tier 3 skill, increases the player’s movement speed by 25%. This skill can be helpful in both combat and work. An extra dose of agility for your playable character around the base can ensure that you get most of the work done in a jiffy, making you free for exploration and new challenges.
Workaholic
Apart from hunger, another crucial thing you have to be mindful about your worker Pals is their Sanity. If their sanity drops below the desired point, they will stop working. Workaholic, a tier 3 passive skill in Palworld makes the Sanity drop 15% slower, ensuring the best mental health for your hardworking companions. This skill will enable your Pals to work more before ultimately taking a rest in their respective Palboxes.
Logging and Mining Foreman
Logging and Mining Foreman are both excellent passive skills to have. They are both tier 3 skills and work by increasing the logging and mining capabilities of your worker Pals by 25%. This means your Pals will have to work less but their mining and logging yield will ultimately increase.
Artisan
Artisan is the best work-related passive skill in Palworld. This tier 3 skill grants a 50% increase in Pal’s work speed. It’s an astoundingly high bonus, making your Pal’s lives easier. If combined with other passive skills, like Diet Lover and Workaholic, you will start noticing highly productive base work and excellent results.
Best Passive Skills For Combat In Palworld
Lucky
Lucky is a strong tier 3 passive skill that is uniquely versatile. It offers a 15% increase to both work speed as well as attack power. This is the only passive skill in Palworld that is best suited for your versatile Pals, and you can benefit from it on both ends – your base as well as the battlefield.
Musclehead
Musclehead is a tier 3 passive skill that grants an unbelievable 30% increase to your Pal’s attacks. However, this passive skill is useful for your combat-only Pals. If you place the Pals with this skill at your base, they will suffer from a 50% decrease in work speed.
Ferocious and Burly Body
These two passive skills in Palworld come in extremely handy in combat. Ferocious adds a 20% increase to your Pal’s attacks, while Burly Body increases 20% defense. These passive skills, although tagged as tier 2, can prove to be very strong depending on how you use them in combat.
Type-Based Damage Increase
Many passive skills in Palworld can fit this bill. The following table illustrates all the Passive skills that boost your Pal’s elemental attack power by 20%. What you will get depends upon the type of Pal and the passive skill you have at hand.
| Passive Skill | Effect | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Flame Emperor | 20% increase in Ground attack damage | 3 |
| Earth Emperor | 20% increase in Water attack damage | 3 |
| Lord of the Sea | 20% increase to Water attack damage | 3 |
| Spirit Emperor | 20% increase in Dragon attack damage | 3 |
| Lord of Lightning | 20% increase in Water attack damage | 3 |
| Celestial Emperor | 20% increase in Electric attack damage | 3 |
| Lord of the Underworld | 20% increase in Neutral attack damage | 3 |
| Ice Emperor | 20% increase in Dark attack damage | 3 |
| Divine Dragon | 20% increase in Ice attack damage | 3 |
Legend
Legend is the best passive skill in Palworld for combat. This tier 3 skill grants grants you the following benefits when used in combat:
- 20% increase in attack power
- 20% increase in defense
- 15% increase in movement speed
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