Best Passive Skills In Palworld

Players looking for the very best Pals will want to take a look at their Passive Skills. Any Pal caught in the wild has a random chance to have up to 4 Passive Skills from the table below, except for Legend, which can only be found on Legendary Pals. Passive Skills can then be passed on to offspring via breeding.

All Passives

Passive Skill	Effect
Abnormal	10% reduced incoming Neutral damage
Aggressive	10% increased attack damage, 20% decreased Defence
Artisan	50% increased Work speed
Blood of the Dragon	10% damage increase to all Dragon attacks
Botanical Barrier	10% reduced incoming Grass damage
Bottomless Stomach	Hunger depletes 15% faster
Brave	10% increased Attack
Brittle	20% decreased Defence
Burly Body	20% increased Defence
Capacitor	10% damage increase to all Electric attacks
Celestial Emperor	20% damage increase to all Neutral attacks
Cheery	10% reduced incoming Dark damage
Clumsy	10% decreased Work speed
Coldblooded	10% damage increase to all Ice attacks
Conceited	10% increased Work speed, 20% decreased Defence
Coward	10% decrease to all attacks
Dainty Eater	Hunger depletes 10% slower
Destructive	Sanity depletes 15% faster
Diet Lover	Hunger depletion due to completed tasks is 15% less likely to occur
Divine Dragon	20% damage increase to all Dragon attacks
Downtrodden	10% decreased Defence
Dragonkiller	10% reduced incoming Dragon damage
Earth Emperor	20% damage increase to all Ground attacks
Earthquake Resistant	10% reduced incoming Ground damage
Ferocious	20% increased Attack
Flame Emperor	20% damage increase to all Fire attacks
Fragrant Foliage	10% damage increase to all Grass attacks
Glutton	Hunger depletes 10% faster
Hard Skin	10% increased Defence
Heated Body	10% reduced incoming Ice damage
Hooligan	15% increased Attack, 10% decreased Work speed
Hydromaniac	20% damage increase to all Water attacks
Ice Emperor	20% damage increase to all Ice attacks
Insulated Body	10% reduced incoming Electric damage
Legend	20% increased Attack, 20% increased Defence, 15% increased Movement speed
Lord of the Underworld	20% damage increase to all Dark attacks
Lord of Lightning	20% damage increase to all Electric attacks
Logging Foreman	25% increase to Player Logging speed
Lord of the Sea	20% damage increase to all Water attacks
Lucky	15% increased Attack, 15% increased Work speed
Masochist	15% decreased Attack, 15% increased Defence
Mine Foreman	15% increase to Player Mining speed
Motivational Leader	25% increase to Player Work speed
Musclehead	30% increased Attack, 50% decreased Work speed
Nimble	10% increased Movement speed
Pacifist	20% decreased Attack
Positive Thinker	Sanity depletes 10% slower
Power of Gaia	10% damage increase to all Ground attacks
Pyromaniac	10% damage increase to all Fire attacks
Runner	20% increased Movement speed
Sadist	15% increased Attack, 15% decreased Defence
Serious	20% increased Work Speed
Slacker	30% decreased Work Speed
Spirit Emperor	20% damage increase to all Grass attacks
Stronghold Strategist	10% increase to Player Defence
Suntan Lover	10% reduced incoming Fire damage
Swift	30% increased Movement speed
Unstable	Sanity depletes 10% faster
Waterproof	10% reduced incoming Water damage
Workaholic	Sanity depletes 15% slower
Work Slave	30% decreased Attack, 30% increased Work Speed
Vanguard	10% increase to Player Attack
Veil of Darkness	10% damage increase to all Dark attacks
Zen Mind	10% damage increase to all Neutral attacks

Best Movement Passives for Pals

The best Passive Skills for movement in Palworld that you will want for your mount to traverse the world faster are:

Swift: 30% increased Movement speed
Runner: 20% increased Movement speed
Nimble: 10% increased Movement speed
Legend: 20% increased Attack, 20% increased Defence, 15% increased Movement speed

Best Working Passives for Pals

The best Passive Skills for working faster in Palworld are:

Artisan: 50% increased Work speed
Work Slave: 30% decreased Attack, 30% increased Work Speed
Serious: 20% increased Work Speed
Lucky: 15% increased Attack, 15% increased Work speed

Best Attacking Passives for Pals

Legend: 20% increased Attack, 20% increased Defence, 15% increased Movement speed
Musclehead: 30% increased Attack, 50% decreased Work speed
Ferocious: 20% increased Attack
Lucky: 15% increased Attack, 15% increased Work speed or Hooligan: 15% increased Attack, 10% decreased Work speed

Alternatively, players can opt for an elemental damage boost, Flame Emperor for a fire-type Pal as an example, as that would provide a 20% increase to damage.