Best workers
Best Handiwork Pals
109 Pals in Palworld 1.0 can do Handiwork. Here they are ranked by level, then work speed, with what each one eats and where to find it.
Handiwork speeds up crafting at workbenches and assembly stations: weapons, armour, spheres, building parts and more. Nearly everything you craft passes through a Handiwork Pal, which makes it one of the most valuable jobs in the game.
Top picks
- Best overall: Solenne with Handiwork level 8.
- Early game: Dupin (Lv 5, from area Lv 13), Amione (Lv 2, from area Lv 13), Wispaw (Lv 2, from area Lv 13).
- Best all-rounders: Beegarde (7 jobs), Vaelet (6 jobs), Robinquill (6 jobs). Good when base slots are tight.
- Specialists: Loupmoon only do Handiwork, so they never wander off to other tasks.
Tips
- Put your best Handiwork Pal in your main crafting base. Its speed applies to almost every recipe.
- Plenty of Pals combine Handiwork with Transporting or Gathering, so they stay useful when the workbench is idle.
- Passive skills like Artisan (+50% work speed) stack on top of a Pal's level. See the passive skills guide for breeding them on.
All Handiwork Pals
| Pal | Lv | Work speed | Food | Other jobs | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 100 | 9 | Gathering 4, Transporting 2 | Breeding | |
| 7 | 100 | 2 | Medicine Production 6, Transporting 3 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 6 | 100 | 2 | Medicine Production 5, Lumbering 3, Transporting 2 | Feybreak Island +1 | |
| 6 | 100 | 4 | Medicine Production 7, Transporting 4 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 6 | 100 | 5 | Medicine Production 6, Transporting 1 | Alpha: Sunreach Lv 66 | |
| 6 | 100 | 6 | Mining 6, Transporting 4 | Alpha: Twilight Dunes Lv 55 | |
| 6 | 100 | 6 | Gathering 6, Medicine Production 5, Transporting 2 | Breeding | |
| 6 | 100 | 7 | Mining 3, Transporting 2 | Breeding | |
| 6 | 100 | 7 | Gathering 5 | Sunreach | |
| 6 | 100 | 8 | Kindling 7, Transporting 2 | Alpha: Sunreach Lv 68 | |
| 6 | 100 | 8 | Kindling 8, Gathering 5, Transporting 5 | Alpha: Corroded Hollow Lv 78 | |
| 6 | 100 | 9 | Medicine Production 8, Planting 6, Gathering 4, Transporting 2 | Alpha: Shinespore Root Lv 78 | |
| 6 | 100 | 9 | Planting 8, Medicine Production 6, Gathering 5, Transporting 3 | Alpha: Rotmist Root Lv 78 | |
| 5 | 100 | 3 | Cooling 5, Medicine Production 4, Transporting 2 | Astral Mountains | |
| 5 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 5, Planting 4, Lumbering 3, Transporting 3 | Crystalized Ancient Tree +1 | |
| 5 | 100 | 4 | Medicine Production 5, Transporting 4 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 5 | 100 | 6 | Medicine Production 4, Transporting 2 | Breeding | |
| 5 | 100 | 8 | Kindling 4, Medicine Production 3, Transporting 2 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 40+) | |
| 5 | 100 | 8 | Kindling 7, Medicine Production 4, Transporting 2 | Windswept Hills (area Lv 13+) | |
| 5 | 100 | 8 | Planting 7, Gathering 6, Medicine Production 5 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 5 | 100 | 8 | Medicine Production 7, Gathering 6 | Alpha: Sakurajima Lv 59 | |
| 4 | 100 | 3 | Cooling 4 | Astral Mountains +3 | |
| 4 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 4, Transporting 3, Lumbering 2 | Feybreak Island +1 | |
| 4 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 2 | Feybreak Island +2 | |
| 4 | 100 | 4 | Gathering 2, Transporting 2 | Astral Mountains +2 (area Lv 25+) | |
| 4 | 100 | 4 | Gathering 3, Lumbering 3, Transporting 3, Medicine Production 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 4 | 100 | 5 | Kindling 4, Transporting 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 4 | 100 | 6 | Planting 3, Transporting 2 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 4 | 100 | 7 | Gathering 4, Medicine Production 4, Planting 4, Lumbering 3 | Verdant Brook | |
| 4 | 100 | 7 | Planting 6, Gathering 4, Transporting 2 | No. 3 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 50+) | |
| 4 | 100 | 7 | Medicine Production 6, Planting 6, Gathering 4 | Alpha: The World Tree Lv 78 | |
| 4 | 100 | 7 | Kindling 4, Medicine Production 4 | Breeding | |
| 4 | 100 | 7 | Generating Electricity 5, Transporting 5, Lumbering 3 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 1 | Transporting 3, Cooling 2, Gathering 2 | Astral Mountains | |
| 3 | 100 | 2 | Medicine Production 3, Planting 3, Gathering 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 3, Medicine Production 3, Planting 3, Farming 2, Transporting 2 | No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 25+) | |
| 3 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 3, Lumbering 2, Planting 2, Transporting 2, Medicine Production 1 | Moonless Shore | |
| 3 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 3, Lumbering 2, Medicine Production 2, Transporting 2 | Desiccated Dunes | |
| 3 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 3, Planting 3, Lumbering 2 | Frozen Coral Hill | |
| 3 | 100 | 4 | Medicine Production 3, Mining 2, Transporting 2 | Desiccated Dunes +1 | |
| 3 | 100 | 4 | Gathering 3, Medicine Production 2, Transporting 2 | Feybreak Island +1 | |
| 3 | 100 | 4 | Medicine Production 3, Transporting 2 | Astral Mountains +1 | |
| 3 | 100 | 4 | Mining 4, Transporting 3 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 40+) | |
| 3 | 100 | 4 | Gathering 4, Mining 2, Transporting 1 | Sunreach | |
| 3 | 100 | 5 | Kindling 3, Transporting 2 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 3 | 100 | 5 | Kindling 3, Medicine Production 3, Transporting 2 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 3 | 100 | 5 | Generating Electricity 4, Lumbering 4, Transporting 4 | Alpha: Eastern Wild Island Lv 31 | |
| 3 | 100 | 5 | Medicine Production 4, Transporting 2 | Sunreach | |
| 3 | 100 | 6 | Medicine Production 4, Planting 4, Gathering 3, Transporting 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 6 | Kindling 4, Medicine Production 4, Gathering 3, Transporting 2 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 3 | 100 | 6 | Transporting 5, Lumbering 4, Planting 3 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 7 | Gathering 3, Planting 3, Transporting 2 | Breeding | |
| 3 | 100 | 7 | Cooling 4, Lumbering 4, Transporting 4 | Astral Mountains | |
| 3 | 100 | 7 | Kindling 3, Mining 3, Farming 2, Gathering 2 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 40+) | |
| 3 | 100 | 7 | Generating Electricity 8, Transporting 4 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 8 | Transporting 6, Cooling 5, Lumbering 5 | Astral Mountains | |
| 3 | 100 | 8 | Transporting 6, Lumbering 5, Planting 3 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 3 | 100 | 9 | Mining 7 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 2, Planting 2, Transporting 1 | Crystalized Ancient Tree +3 | |
| 2 | 100 | 2 | Gathering 1, Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 2 | Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 2 | 100 | 2 | Kindling 2, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 2 | 100 | 2 | Gathering 2, Medicine Production 2, Planting 2, Transporting 1 | Moonless Shore | |
| 2 | 100 | 2 | Generating Electricity 3, Transporting 2 | Twilight Dunes | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Sunreach +1 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 2, Watering 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 2, Watering 2 | Sunreach | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | — | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Farming 3, Gathering 3, Lumbering 2, Medicine Production 2, Planting 2, Transporting 2 | Verdant Brook | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 1, Transporting 1 | Desiccated Dunes +1 | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Kindling 2, Gathering 1, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Lumbering 3, Transporting 3 | Verdant Brook | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Mining 3, Transporting 3 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Gathering 2, Planting 2, Medicine Production 1, Transporting 1 | Moonless Shore | |
| 2 | 100 | 3 | Farming 3, Gathering 3, Planting 3, Lumbering 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Mining 3, Transporting 3, Cooling 2, Watering 2 | No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 25+) | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Generating Electricity 3, Mining 3, Transporting 3, Watering 2 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Lumbering 3, Kindling 2, Transporting 2, Gathering 1 | Astral Mountains +3 (area Lv 50+) | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Kindling 3, Mining 3, Transporting 2 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Transporting 5, Mining 4, Gathering 3 | Astral Mountains +1 | |
| 2 | 100 | 4 | Planting 5, Gathering 4, Transporting 4, Mining 3 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 5 | Lumbering 5, Kindling 2, Transporting 2, Gathering 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 2 | 100 | 5 | Lumbering 4, Transporting 4, Planting 3 | Verdant Brook | |
| 2 | 100 | 5 | Cooling 3, Mining 3, Transporting 2 | Frostbound Mountains | |
| 2 | 100 | 6 | Lumbering 1, Medicine Production 1, Transporting 1 | Windswept Hills (area Lv 13+) | |
| 2 | 100 | 6 | Mining 5, Transporting 5 | Crystalized Ancient Tree +2 | |
| 2 | 100 | 7 | Lumbering 6, Mining 5, Transporting 4 | Deserted Ash Plateau +3 | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Farming 1, Transporting 1 | Eastern Wild Island +6 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Mining 1, Transporting 1 | Eastern Wild Island +6 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Lumbering 1, Medicine Production 1, Planting 1 | Isle of Silence +3 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Autumn Rocks +6 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Kindling 2, Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Farming 1, Mining 1, Transporting 1 | Autumn Rocks +7 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Cooling 1, Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Eastern Wild Island +3 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Transporting 1 | Autumn Rocks +4 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Lumbering 1, Planting 1, Transporting 1 | Eastern Wild Island +3 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Kindling 1, Lumbering 1, Transporting 1 | Breeding (special combo) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Transporting 2, Gathering 1 | Windswept Hills (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Farming 1, Generating Electricity 1, Transporting 1 | Autumn Rocks +1 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Transporting 1 | Eastern Wild Island +1 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 2 | Gathering 1, Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Eastern Wild Island +5 (area Lv 13+) | |
| 1 | 100 | 2 | Generating Electricity 2, Transporting 1, Watering 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 1 | 100 | 2 | Farming 1, Kindling 1, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian | |
| 1 | 100 | 2 | Mining 1, Transporting 1 | Desiccated Dunes +1 | |
| 1 | 100 | 2 | Transporting 2, Generating Electricity 1, Medicine Production 1 | Emberstone Plateau +2 | |
| 1 | 100 | 3 | Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 1 | 100 | 3 | Watering 2, Medicine Production 1, Transporting 1 | Wild (see spawn map) | |
| 1 | 100 | 3 | Medicine Production 3, Planting 3, Gathering 2, Transporting 1 | Feybreak Island +1 | |
| 1 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 1 | Sunreach |
Food is how much the Pal eats (higher means hungrier). Area levels are the recommended level of the area where the Pal lives, a rough guide to how early you can catch it.