How to craft Pal Gear in Palworld: Best early unlocks

Joaquín Frere
A player and its Pals in Palworld.

To get the most out of your Pals, you will need to equip them with the best Pal Gear there is. These equipment pieces can be crafted, so let’s take a look at how to do it and unlock the Pal Gear Workbench.

Palworld has many features that players need to learn as they go through the game’s Early Access. From crafting equipment for the main character to capturing Pals and getting them to start working back at the base, there’s much to learn in Pocketpair’s latest release.

One of the most important items in the game is Pal Gear, which helps further improve the experience in Palworld and brings up most of your Pal’s hidden potential. So, here’s what Pal Gear is about and how you can start crafting your own.

Palworld: Pal Gear explained

Pal Gear in Palworld are special craftable pieces of equipment that you can craft on the Pal Gear Workbench using your Technology Points. These are one-time unlocks for each Pal type and serve as the means to unlock every Pal’s hidden abilities.

Depending on which Pal players catch, the Pal Gear Workbench will update itself with new items to unlock every time you bring a new creature home.

Pal Gear Workbench in Palworld.
To craft Pal Gear in Palworld, you need to unlock the Workbench.

How to unlock Pal Gear Workbench in Palworld

To unlock Pal Gear in Palworld and bring the best out of your creatures, you will need to reach level 6 and craft the Pal Gear Workbench using 10 Paldium Fragments, 30 pieces of Wood, and 2 of Cloth.

Like with all workbenches in Palworld, approach it and open the crafting menu to see which recipes are available, based on captured Pals and available resources.

Best Pal Gear early unlocks in Palworld

Depending on which Pals you bring along with you in Palworld, the “best” Pal Gear to craft early will vary, but there are a few in-game mechanics that can only be obtained by crafting certain Pal Gear.

Here are a few of the best unlocks in Palworld for some early catches to start your adventures on the right foot:

  • Gliding: Surfent can unlock its Saddle to obtain its gliding ability.
  • Long-range Pal Attacks: Besides the guns players can carry, unlocking Lifmunk’s Submachine Gun will net players a good long-range attack option.
  • Short-range Pal Attacks: Catching Daedream early and unlocking its Necklace in the Pal Gear Workbench will turn it into a nice short-range attack Pal.
  • Mounting: Players can craft a Saddled Harness for Direhowl to unlock it as a mount.

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