Best workers
Best Mining Pals
57 Pals in Palworld 1.0 can do Mining. Here they are ranked by level, then work speed, with what each one eats and where to find it.
Mining Pals break stone, ore and coal nodes and work mining sites. Metal ingots, refined materials and most mid-game buildings all start with what your miners dig up.
Top picks
- Best overall: Aegidron with Mining level 8.
- Early game: Mammorest (Lv 4, from area Lv 13), Tombat (Lv 3, from area Lv 13).
- Best all-rounders: Dualith (5 jobs), Dualith Noct (5 jobs), Penking (5 jobs). Good when base slots are tight.
- Specialists: Aegidron, Tetroise Primo, Pierdon only do Mining, so they never wander off to other tasks.
Tips
- Mining is one of the jobs where level matters most: high-level miners clear nodes far faster.
- Place your base near natural ore if you can. Pals mine nearby nodes as well as built sites.
- 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 Mining Pals
| Pal | Lv | Work speed | Food | Other jobs | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AegidronDRGGRD | 8 | 100 | 9 | — | Alpha: Lacrymal Shoal Lv 79 |
 BlazamutFIRE | 7 | 100 | 9 | Kindling 6 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 Blazamut RyuDRGFIRE | 7 | 100 | 9 | Kindling 6 | Breeding (special combo) |
 AstegonDRKDRG | 7 | 100 | 9 | Handiwork 3 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 KnocklemGRD | 7 | 100 | 9 | Transporting 7, Gathering 4 | No. 3 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 50+) |
 Knocklem IgnisFIRE | 7 | 100 | 9 | Transporting 7, Kindling 5 | Breeding (special combo) |
 AnubisGRD | 6 | 100 | 6 | Handiwork 6, Transporting 4 | Alpha: Twilight Dunes Lv 55 |
 Menasting TerraGRD | 6 | 100 | 7 | Lumbering 3 | No. 3 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 50+) |
 DualithGRSGRD | 6 | 100 | 8 | Transporting 6, Lumbering 5, Gathering 3, Planting 3 | Alpha: Isle of Circular Ruins Lv 55 |
 Dualith NoctDRKGRD | 6 | 100 | 8 | Transporting 6, Lumbering 5, Gathering 3, Planting 3 | Alpha: Glacial Memento Islet Lv 70 |
 Tetroise PrimoNEU | 6 | 100 | 8 | — | Gilded City |
 PaladiusNEU | 6 | 100 | 9 | Lumbering 6 | Alpha: Desiccated Desert Lv 60 |
 NecromusDRK | 6 | 100 | 9 | Lumbering 6 | Alpha: Desiccated Desert Lv 60 |
 PalumbaGRS | 5 | 100 | 5 | Gathering 4, Planting 4 | Desiccated Dunes |
 MenastingDRKGRD | 5 | 100 | 6 | Lumbering 3 | Desiccated Dunes |
 Warsect TerraGRD | 5 | 100 | 6 | Transporting 5, Handiwork 2 | Crystalized Ancient Tree +2 |
 BastigorICE | 5 | 100 | 6 | Cooling 8, Lumbering 6 | Breeding (special combo) |
 ReptyroFIREGRD | 5 | 100 | 7 | Kindling 5 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 Reptyro CrystGRDICE | 5 | 100 | 7 | Cooling 5 | Astral Mountains |
 Cryolinx TerraGRD | 5 | 100 | 7 | Lumbering 6, Transporting 4, Handiwork 2 | Deserted Ash Plateau +3 |
 MoldronFIREGRD | 5 | 100 | 8 | Kindling 5 | Mount Obsidian |
 Moldron CrystGRDICE | 5 | 100 | 8 | Cooling 5 | Breeding (special combo) |
 PierdonGRD | 5 | 100 | 8 | — | Alpha: Flamepulse Islet Lv 50 |
 Pierdon CrystICE | 5 | 100 | 8 | Cooling 6 | Sunreach |
 Polapup TerraGRDICE | 4 | 100 | 4 | Cooling 4 | Breeding (special combo) |
 Incineram NoctDRK | 4 | 100 | 4 | Handiwork 3, Transporting 3 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 40+) |
 QuivernDRG | 4 | 100 | 4 | Transporting 5, Gathering 3, Handiwork 2 | Astral Mountains +1 |
 DigtoiseGRD | 4 | 100 | 5 | — | Desiccated Dunes +1 |
 MaraithDRK | 4 | 100 | 5 | Gathering 4 | Astral Mountains +2 |
 BulldosuGRD | 4 | 100 | 6 | Transporting 3 | Breeding |
 XenogardDRG | 4 | 100 | 7 | — | Breeding (special combo) |
 MammorestGRSGRD | 4 | 100 | 8 | Lumbering 4, Planting 4 | Isle of Silence +3 (area Lv 13+) |
 Mammorest CrystGRDICE | 4 | 100 | 8 | Cooling 5, Lumbering 5 | Astral Mountains |
 TetroiseGRD | 4 | 100 | 8 | — | Alpha: Desiccated Dunes Lv 55 |
 TombatDRK | 3 | 100 | 2 | Gathering 2, Transporting 2 | Autumn Rocks +5 (area Lv 13+) |
 Turtacle TerraGRDWTR | 3 | 100 | 3 | Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian |
 Gorirat TerraGRD | 3 | 100 | 3 | Transporting 3, Handiwork 2 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 PenkingICEWTR | 3 | 100 | 4 | Transporting 3, Cooling 2, Handiwork 2, Watering 2 | No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 25+) |
 Penking LuxELCWTR | 3 | 100 | 4 | Generating Electricity 3, Transporting 3, Handiwork 2, Watering 2 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 IncineramDRKFIRE | 3 | 100 | 4 | Kindling 3, Handiwork 2, Transporting 2 | Mount Obsidian |
 Quivern BotanDRGGRS | 3 | 100 | 4 | Planting 5, Gathering 4, Transporting 4, Handiwork 2 | Wild (see spawn map) |
 SnuglooICE | 3 | 100 | 5 | Cooling 3, Handiwork 2, Transporting 2 | Frostbound Mountains |
 BralohaGRSGRD | 3 | 100 | 7 | Gathering 5, Planting 5 | Desiccated Dunes |
 SootseerDRKFIRE | 3 | 100 | 7 | Handiwork 3, Kindling 3, Farming 2, Gathering 2 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 40+) |
 SekhmetGRD | 3 | 100 | 7 | Handiwork 6, Transporting 2 | Breeding |
 Elgrove CrystICE | 3 | 100 | 8 | Cooling 5, Lumbering 3, Transporting 3 | Breeding (special combo) |
 DumudGRDWTR | 2 | 100 | 3 | Watering 2, Farming 1, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian +1 |
 Dumud GildGRDWTR | 2 | 100 | 3 | Farming 4, Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian |
 LovanderDRK | 2 | 100 | 4 | Handiwork 3, Medicine Production 3, Transporting 2 | Desiccated Dunes +1 |
 LapironGRD | 2 | 100 | 4 | Gathering 4, Handiwork 3, Transporting 1 | Sunreach |
 ElgroveGRS | 2 | 100 | 8 | Lumbering 3, Planting 3, Transporting 3, Gathering 2 | No. 1 Wildlife Sanctuary (area Lv 25+) |
 CattivaNEU | 1 | 100 | 1 | Gathering 1, Handiwork 1, Transporting 1 | Eastern Wild Island +6 (area Lv 13+) |
 DepressoDRK | 1 | 100 | 1 | Farming 1, Handiwork 1, Transporting 1 | Autumn Rocks +7 (area Lv 13+) |
 RushoarGRD | 1 | 100 | 1 | — | Eastern Wild Island +4 (area Lv 13+) |
 FuddlerGRD | 1 | 100 | 2 | Handiwork 1, Transporting 1 | Desiccated Dunes +1 |
 KikitGRD | 1 | 100 | 2 | — | Wild (see spawn map) |
 TurtacleWTR | 1 | 100 | 3 | Watering 2, Transporting 1 | Mount Obsidian |
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.