Unlock the full potential of your Pals in Palworld with Pal Souls—essential items for maximizing stats and conquering every challenge.

As a dedicated Palworld player, I can tell you that facing down the formidable Alpha Pals, conquering treacherous dungeons, and finally taking on the toughest bosses requires more than just a collection of strong-looking Pals. It demands optimization. I’ve learned through countless adventures that the true power of my companions lies not just in their base stats, but in how I can enhance them. This is where Pal Souls come into play. These elusive items are the key to unlocking the ultimate potential of your team, boosting their Maximum HP, Attack, Defense, and even their Work Speed back at the base. Without them, your journey hits a ceiling. If you're wondering how to consistently gather these vital resources, let me share the strategies and routes that have become second nature to me in my journey through Palworld.

What Exactly Are Pal Souls?

In my experience, Pal Souls are items that enhance the stats of your Pals. You can find them in chests scattered across the map, or as drops from capturing, defeating, or butchering specific Pals. I've even stumbled upon them lying on the ground or looted them from human enemies during raids. They come in three distinct tiers, each more potent than the last:

• Small Pal Soul - The foundational currency for early upgrades.

• Medium Pal Soul - Required for mid-tier stat boosts.

• Large Pal Soul - The rarest and most powerful, used for final enhancements.

To actually use these souls, you need to build a Statue of Power. I remember unlocking its recipe at level six and gathering the 20 Stone and 10 Paldium Fragments to craft my first one. This statue is a dual-purpose marvel; it can increase your capture rate using Lifmunk Effigies, but more importantly for power-leveling, it's the conduit for sacrificing Pal Souls to permanently boost your Pals' stats.

Here’s the full upgrade cost and benefit breakdown for a single Pal's stat line (HP, Attack, or Defense):

Level	Required Pal Souls	Stat Increase	Reset Cost (Gold)
One	1 Small Pal Soul	+3%	1,000
Two	2 Small Pal Souls	+6%	3,000
Three	3 Small Pal Souls	+9%	6,000
Four	4 Small Pal Souls	+12%	10,000
Five	1 Medium Pal Soul	+15%	15,000
Six	2 Medium Pal Souls	+18%	21,000
Seven	3 Medium Pal Souls	+21%	28,000
Eight	1 Large Pal Soul	+24%	36,000
Nine	2 Large Pal Souls	+27%	45,000
Ten	3 Large Pal Souls	+30%	55,000

Total for one maxed stat: 10 Small, 6 Medium, 6 Large Pal Souls (or 30 Small + 21 Medium + 21 Large for all three combat stats).

🎯 My Strategies for Farming Small Pal Souls

Small Souls are your initial grind. To max out a single combat stat for one Pal, you'll need 30 Small Pal Souls. After much trial and error, I've found the most efficient source is the nocturnal Pal, Nox. It boasts a generous 40% drop rate for Small Souls.

My method is a two-step process that feels as methodical as a watchmaker assembling gears:

1. Capture, Don't Kill: At night (bring a light!), find Nox in locations like Windswept Hills, Marsh Island, or Sea Breeze Archipelago. Focus on capturing it. This gives you the initial 40% chance for a soul.

2. The Butcher's Bonus: After capture, I use a Meat Cleaver on the captured Nox. This often yields another soul, making the process far more efficient than just defeating them in the wild.

To supercharge this farm, I tweak my World Settings:

• Day Time Speed: 5 (Days fly by)

• Night Time Speed: 0.1 (Nights last forever for hunting)

• Pal Capture Rate: 2 (Easier captures)

• Pal Appearance Rate: 3 (Pals, including Nox, spawn in groups of three)

This turns the world into a nocturnal hunting preserve, making soul collection incredibly efficient. Additionally, I've mapped out chest routes on islands like Marsh Island and Verdant Brook. Opening these daily provides a steady, passive income of Small Souls.

🔥 Mastering the Medium Pal Soul Hunt

Once you graduate from Small Souls, you'll need 21 Medium Pal Souls per maxed combat stat (and 7 for Work Speed). While a Pal named Helzephyr can drop them, the drop rates are low. My go-to method is chest farming routes.

The best hunting grounds are the scorching Dessicated Desert and Mount Obsidian. Remember, venturing here without Heat Resistant armor and accessories is like trying to fry an egg on the pavement—you'll just get burned (and lose HP).

Focus on Grade One chests, which shine with a distinctive golden yellow hue. In these zones, they have about a 70% chance to contain a Medium Pal Soul. I plot a course between clustered chests, and the yield is reliable. For a more condensed route, the Wildlife Sanctuary islands are fantastic for both Small and Medium Souls due to their small size.

❄️ Conquering the Large Pal Soul Grind

Large Pal Souls are the final hurdle, requiring 21 per maxed combat stat. The environment for these is the opposite of the desert: the freezing Astral Mountains. Cold Resistant gear is non-negotiable here unless you want to turn into a Popsicle.

Again, Grade One golden chests are your best friends, holding a ~70% chance for a Large Soul. I create a flight path between chest locations using a fast Flying Pal, making the collection process smooth.

However, there's a Pal-based method that's even more direct: Anubis. The incredible news is that Anubis has a 100% drop rate for Large Pal Souls. You can find it in the Twilight Dunes northeast of Bamboo Graves (coordinates: -135, -92). My strategy is to capture it and then use the Meat Cleaver. To make it respawn quickly, I again adjust the Day/Night speed in World Settings.

If battling a high-level Anubis is too tough, or waiting for respawns is tedious, breeding is your secret weapon. The most accessible combo I use is Penking + Bushi, which yields a Huge Rocky Egg that hatches into Anubis. The breeding possibilities are wonderfully diverse:

First Pal	Second Pal
Quivern	Chillet
Ragnahawk	Tombat
Mossanda	Katress
Incineram	Surfent
...and many more!

By building multiple Egg Incubators, you can establish an Anubis ranch. Hatch them, butcher them with the Meat Cleaver, and you have a renewable, controlled source of Large Pal Souls. It's a system that transforms your base into a soul-forging factory, as efficient and purposeful as a colony of ants building their mound. With these methods, powering up your ultimate Pal team from fledgling fighters to legendary champions is not just a dream—it's a very achievable farming routine.