How to Farm High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld for Firearms and Gear
In Palworld, progressing from melee tools to firearms is a big mid-game milestone—and it hinges on one resource in particular: High Quality Pal Oil. If you want to craft guns and other advanced gear, you’ll need a reliable way to get this oil, which specific Pals can produce it, and how base farming changes the grind. Here’s a full breakdown of how to farm, unlock what you need, and which recipes are tied to High Quality Pal Oil and Polymer.
Key takeaways
- High Quality Pal Oil is the key ingredient for crafting Polymer, which then unlocks many advanced items.
- You can farm High Quality Pal Oil at your base after the April 2024 v0.2.0.6 update.
- Assigning Dumud to ranch work is one of the best home-base methods for producing High Quality Pal Oil.
- Player Level 33 plus 2 Technology Points are required to unlock the Polymer recipe.
- Nine Pals from the original Paldeck can drop High Quality Pal Oil, spanning multiple elemental types.
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The big draw of playing Palworld is leveling up until you can craft and carry firearms alongside your Pals to face tougher threats. To do that, you’ll need a dependable stream of High Quality Pal Oil.
This guide covers everything you need to know about obtaining High Quality Pal Oil, including what it’s used for, which Pals can drop it, the best ways to farm it, and how the process has changed since the v0.2.0.6 Patch released in April 2024.
How to Farm High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld
The most effective methods for getting High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld are:
- Put Dumud to work in your Ranch setup
- Get it by capturing or defeating Pals
If you’re looking for a specific part of the process, you can jump ahead to the sections below.
- How to unlock the Polymer recipe
- How to farm High Quality Pal Oil at your base
- Which Pals drop High Quality Pal Oil
- Which recipes need Polymer
How to Get High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld
There’s an old myth that real-world oil is made from dinosaur remains—and yes, it’s false. Palworld appears to lean into a similar idea anyway, because some of its strongest and most dangerous Pals can produce High Quality Pal Oil when you capture them or defeat them.
High Quality Pal Oil’s main purpose is crafting Polymer. Polymer is then used to build a wide range of advanced equipment, and by the time you hit mid-game, you’ll be burning through it fast.
How to Unlock the Recipe for Polymer
To unlock Polymer, you must first reach Player Level 33. After that, spend 2 Technology Points to add the Polymer recipe via the Technology tab.
If you’re not at that level yet, focus on early- and mid-game Pal options to speed up progress. Also, take advantage of the XP gain you get by catching 10 of each Pal, and follow a leveling route designed to get you to Level 33.
How to Farm High Quality Pal Oil at Your Base
Starting with the April 2024 v0.2.0.6 Patch, Palworld trainers can produce High Quality Pal Oil directly at their bases. That means less time chasing down or killing large numbers of Pals in the wild, which is a welcome quality-of-life improvement.
- Transporting
- Watering
- Mining (level 2)
- Farming
- Dumud meat
- High-quality Pal oil
Dumud is a strong mining Pal for the mid-game, and it now generates High Quality Pal Oil when assigned to farming tasks at your base. You can find Dumud in desert regions, specifically the area south of Mount Obsidian and the area west of Mount Flopie. There’s also a Level 14 Alpha Pal version located on Ice Wind Island.
If your goal is High Quality Pal Oil specifically, it’s worth capturing several Dumuds until you find one with a passive trait that provides work-related boosts.
Which Pals Drop High Quality Pal Oil
From the original Paldeck, nine Pals can drop High Quality Pal Oil. They come from different elemental categories. If you prefer the classic approach—hunting Pals by capturing or defeating them—here’s the list in Paldeck order, along with each Pal’s habitat information where it’s available.
Woolipop (034)
- Farming
- Cotton Candy
- High-quality Pal oil
Dumud (043)
- Transporting
- Watering
- Mining (level 2)
- Dumud meat
- High quality Pal oil
Grintale (052)
- Gathering (level 2)
- High-quality Pal oil
Digtoise (067)
- Mining (level 3)
- Ore
- High-quality Pal oil
Flambelle (070)
- Kindling
- Handiwork
- Transporting
- Farming
- Flame organ
- High quality Pal oil
Elphidran (080)
- Lumbering (level 2)
Relaxaurus (085)
- Watering (level 2)
- Transporting
- High-quality Pal oil
- Ruby
Mammorest (090)
- Planting (level 2)
- Lumbering (level 2)
- Mining (level 2)
- Leather
- High-quality Pal oil
- Mammorest meat
Quivern (095)
- Handiwork
- Gathering (level 2)
- Mining (level 2)
- Transporting (level 3)
- High Quality Pal Oil
Jormuntide Ignis (101B)
- Kindling (level 4)
- High Quality Pal Oil
- Flame organ
Xenogard (126)
- Mining (level 3)
- Meteorite Fragment
- High Quality Pal Oil
Which Recipes Require High Quality Pal Oil?
- Musket
- Makeshift Handgun
- Mossanda Lux’s Grenade Launcher
- Handgun
- Production Assembly Line II
- Witch Cauldron
- Polymer
- Mammorest Cryst Saddle
Which Recipes Require Polymer?
- Circuit Board
- Single-Shot Rifle
- Refrigerator
- Double-Barreled Shotgun
- Pump-Action Shotgun
- Emergency Exit Sign
- Electric Furnace
- Relaxaurus’ Missile Launcher
- Assault Rifle
- Traffic Control Set
- Rocket Launcher
- Scatter Sphere Launcher
- Decal Gun Set
- Hyper Grappling Gun
- Homing Sphere Launcher
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