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Must-Have Pals for the Palworld 1.0 Release That Help You Progress Faster 🚀
Palworld 1.0 is the perfect time to start fresh, rebuild your team, and focus on Pals that actually help you progress. The strongest combat Pal is not always the most useful one. Some Pals save time, speed up farming, improve movement, boost breeding, or make your base much easier to manage.
If you want a smoother start for the Palworld 1.0 release, these are must-have Pals worth catching early and keeping around.
You can also use the Palworld interactive map at palworld.gg/map to check Pal spawn points, resources, dungeons and other useful locations while planning your route.
Rushoar: Early mining made easier ⛏️
Rushoar is one of the best early Pals for resource farming. Its harness unlocks early, and its charge attack can break through ore and Paldium nodes much faster than most early mining setups.
This is especially useful when setting up your first ore base. Place a small chest nearby, break a bit of ore manually, then use Rushoar’s charge to clear multiple nodes quickly. Once your inventory is full, deposit everything into the chest and keep going.
Even though Rushoar only has basic mining suitability, its active ability makes it much better than it looks on paper.
Chillet: Early travel, combat and utility 🐉
Chillet is usually one of the first Alpha Pals players run into, and it stays useful for a long time.
It helps with travel, combat, and survival in hot areas. Chillet is also surprisingly good for crossing water, even though it still uses stamina while swimming. Just be careful not to push it too far.
In combat, Chillet is strong because of its Dragon and Ice typing. Dragon damage is useful against Dark Pals, while Ice attacks can freeze targets. Freezing a Pal can also make captures easier.
When mounted, Chillet changes your attacks to Dragon damage and gives the player a strong damage boost. That makes it useful far beyond the early game.
Jelliette: Better fishing rewards 🎣
Jelliette is useful because of its partner skill, which improves loot from fishing.
Fishing is one of the best early and mid-game activities because it gives you several rewards at once. You can catch Pals, farm useful items, earn money, and find valuable resources. With multiple Jelliettes in your party, the rewards become even better.
Another nice bonus is that Jelliette can help with experience food. The item it drops can be used for food that increases XP gain, making it a good pick for players who want to level faster.
Hangyu: Fast map movement 🪂
Hangyu is simple but extremely useful. Its partner skill makes it one of the best tools for moving across the map.
The trick is to combine Hangyu’s gliding with sliding or grapple movement. Instead of holding the glide the whole time, cancel and reuse it to keep momentum. Done correctly, this can launch you across huge distances.
For exploring, traveling between bases, or reaching awkward terrain, Hangyu is one of the most useful Pals you can carry.
Mimog: Dog Coins, manuals and free chest unlocks 🪙
Mimog is worth hunting because it drops Dog Coins, which are used for important upgrades like extra accessory slots. Those slots are a big deal for player progression.
Mimog can also drop XP manuals, which are useful for leveling bred Pals quickly. If you plan to breed a lot, farming Mimog can save time later.
Its partner skill is also handy because it can unlock chests automatically. That means you do not need to carry keys around, freeing up inventory space.
Yakumo: Better passives from wild Pals 🧬
Yakumo is one of the best progression Pals because it can pass its passive traits to wild Pals you catch.
This is extremely useful when trying to build strong base workers, combat Pals, or travel Pals. Instead of relying only on breeding, you can use Yakumo to improve your odds while catching Pals in the wild.
The important part is to keep it focused. A Yakumo with one good passive is usually better than one with several passives, because the chance of passing multiple traits drops heavily. If you want consistent results, use one key passive at a time.
For base workers, traits like better crafting speed or work efficiency are especially valuable.
Braloha: Faster breeding 🥚
Brolaha is valuable for players who want to breed seriously.
It has strong base work suitability, especially for planting and gathering, but the real reason to use it is its partner skill. While assigned to your base, it can reduce the time needed for Pals to produce eggs.
Combined with good breeding passives, this can speed up egg production by a lot. If breeding is part of your progression plan, Brolaha is worth adding to your base.
Smokie: Easier Chromite farming 💎
Smokie helps with Chromite, which becomes important later in progression.
Its partner skill can locate Chromite without needing a metal detector. When active, it also increases the amount of Chromite you get from each node. With no upgrades, it can already double the yield. Fully condensed, the rewards become even better.
Until you have a fully optimized expedition setup, Smokie is one of the better ways to farm Chromite directly.
Jellroy: Better salvage rewards ⚓
Jellroy is useful for salvage activities, especially in the late game.
Basic salvaging is not always worth the time compared to fishing, but endgame salvaging can be very rewarding. With the right setup, it can provide Dog Coins, Pal Souls, rare materials, schematics, and work suitability books.
Those books are especially useful because they can improve a Pal’s work level. This lets you keep using favorite Pals even when you reach later stages of the game.
If you are deep into progression, Jellroy can make salvage runs much more rewarding.
Beegarde: Honey for breeding 🍯
Beegarde is on the list for one very simple reason: honey.
When placed in a ranch, Beegarde produces honey. Honey is needed for cake, and cake is required for breeding. If you want to breed Pals, you need a steady honey supply.
That makes Beegarde one of the most important utility Pals in the game. It may not look exciting, but without honey, your breeding setup stops immediately.