If you wish to obtain maximum performance from your Pals, improving their abilities in Palworld 1.0 must be prioritized. There are various mechanisms for upgrading Pals such as raising their stats and Partner Skills or revealing their hidden Potential. Here is everything you need to know about how to upgrade your Pals in Palworld.
Pal Essence Condenser Overview
An effective method of improving your Pal is by upgrading it. An upgraded Pal possesses improved Health, Attack and Defense stats, and improved Work Suitability. The beginning of the upgrade process requires you to unlock the Pal Essence Condenser with Ancient Technology.
Unlock the Pal Essence Condenser & Collect Duplicate Pals
In order to evolve any Pal into a four-star Pal, the Pal Essence Condenser is an essential Ancient Technology since it is a must-have upgrade for your Pals.
To make use of the Pal Essence Condenser, pick any Pal you want to upgrade. Then you will need to have duplicates of that specific Pal to go through this process.
If you wish to gather many duplicates, breed two identical Pals and hatch the eggs in an egg incubator until you get sufficient copies. Do not discard any Pals with valuable passive abilities as they can be useful for breeding combinations in the future.
Pal Condensation Requirements
You’ll need duplicate Pals of the same species for each star level:
- 1 Star: 4 duplicate Pals
- 2 Stars: 8 duplicate Pals
- 3 Stars: 12 duplicate Pals
- 4 Stars: 24 duplicate Pals
In total, you’ll need 48 Pals to fully upgrade one Pal to 4 stars. The number of Pals required for condensation has also been reduced by around 60%, making the process much easier than before.
After fully condensing your Pal, level it up to Level 80 to further improve its performance.
Increase a Pal’s Potential
You can enhance your Pal by improving its underlying Potential stats. Higher potential implies that your Pal’s final stats will also be improved while leveling up.
Before consuming any Fruits, make sure to craft the Ability Glasses that will make your Pal’s Potential values apparent to you. This will help you select the stat that needs to be improved. Below is a list of different Fruits which improve each of the Potential stats:
- Power Fruit: Increases Attack Potential.
- Life Fruit: Increases HP Potential.
- Stout Fruit: Increases Defense Potential.
Since these Fruits are difficult to obtain, it’s best to use them on your final upgraded Pal.
Enhance Your Pal with Pal Souls
Use Pal Souls to enhance your Pal’s:
- HP
- Attack
- Defense
- Work Speed
If needed, you can use the Crusher to convert smaller Pal Souls into larger ones before enhancing your Pal.
Raise Partner Skill and Trust
When you condense a Pal completely, you also raise its Partner Skill to Level 5. There are additional ways to upgrade your Pal, such as building its Trust which is an indicator of the relationship you have with your Pal and it positively impacts key characteristics such as HP, Attack, and Defense. Trust increases while you spend time with your Pal, or you can get a special item called the Ring of Trust that helps you in raising Trust. You can use Kingship Pitch to enhance the Trust level as well.
Benefits of Upgrading a Pal
An upgraded 4-star Pal comes with improved Health, Attack, and Defense, and is at least two levels higher in some Work Suitability skills like Watering and Gathering. An upgraded Pal that has reached Level 80 can provide as much as 180,000 Firepower, or even more if it has good stats, making it significantly more effective in combat.
