Palworld 1.0 Ore & Mining Guide
1.
Chromite
What it's for: Chromite is a late-game material and the gateway to Hexolite — the advanced ingredient behind many of the strongest weapons, armor, and tech in 1.0. You'll burn through a lot of it, so a reliable farm matters.
Where: Chromite is found on Feybreak Island — mainly in its caves and dungeons. It's a late-game zone, so come geared.
The detection mechanic (this is the important part)
Chromite stays underground and doesn't appear as a normal ore rock until it's revealed. Two ways to reveal it:
- Metal Detector — surfaces hidden Chromite deposits as you move through a cave or dungeon.
- Smokie — its partner skill, "Dig, Smokie! Dig!", sniffs out and digs up nearby Chromite, and while it fights alongside you it raises your Chromite yield by +110%. For a dedicated Chromite run, Smokie is the pal to bring.
2.Every ore & where to farm it
The core progression ores plus the late-game materials, with the region each is reliably found in. Treat listed coordinates as community-reported starting points — worth confirming in-game; the region is the part that's consistent across sources.
| Ore | Where (region) | Used for / notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ore (iron) | Verdant Brook and other early hill zones — dense deposits near ~(189, -38) | Ingots — the backbone of almost all crafting. Best first mining base. |
| Coal | Alongside the Verdant Brook ore field; desert edges | Refined ingots, gunpowder line, carbon. |
| Sulfur | Volcano peak behind the Tower of the Brothers of the Eternal Pyre ~(-594, -525) | Gunpowder & ammo. Bring heat resistance / a Fire pal. |
| Pure Quartz | Astral Mountain ~(-212, 249) — 9+ nodes | Circuit boards & electronics. Cold zone: cold-resist gear or a Fire pal. |
| Paldium Fragment | Blue-glowing nodes near water, early areas | Spheres and early tech. |
| Chromite | Feybreak Island caves/dungeons (detect it — see §1) | Hexolite → top-tier weapons/armor/tech. |
| Hexolite Quartz | Feybreak Island (with Chromite) | Late-game high-tech crafting. |
| Soralite | Sunreach — Farcry Marsh (NE), a tidy bunch of ~6 nodes | Sunreach-region tech and gear. |
| Paloxite | Late-game regions (World Tree / endgame) | Endgame crafting. |
Not sure what a specific structure or item needs to craft? The Tech Finder lists every buildable's level, cost, and materials.
3.Best mining pals
Mining any ore needs a pal with Mining Lv 2+. Early on, Tombat and Penking do the job. But a good mining team is three roles working together:
| Role | Pal | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Vein-breaker (the star) | Digtoise | Its partner skill crashes into ore veins — destroys them fast and grants a big pile of extra ore. The single best mining pal. |
| Yield boost | Fuddler | Increases the amount of ore you get from each node. |
| Weightless hauling | Reptyro / Turtacle | Their partner skills make mined ore weigh (almost) nothing, so you're not stuck over-encumbered. |
| Chromite detection | Smokie | Digs up buried Chromite on Feybreak (see §1). |
| High base miners | Anubis · Astegon · Knocklem | Endgame Mining suitability for a permanent base mining crew. |
4.Automate it: the mining base
The real answer to "how do I farm ore" is don't — let a base do it. Build a base directly on top of an Ore + Coal node cluster (the Verdant Brook field is the classic first pick), drop a crew of high-Mining pals on it, add a hauler and a chest, and it self-mines while you're off doing anything else.
For a full, slot-by-slot mining/breeding/production base roster, see The 3-Base Setup, and pair it with the best mid-game workers for each job.
See the 3-base setup →Accuracy note: ore regions and Chromite's detection mechanic are consistent across sources. Exact coordinates are community-reported and can vary, so they're marked as starting points to confirm in-game — we won't state a spot as gospel we can't verify. Spot something off after a patch? Tell us.