With its full 1.0 release, Palworld has plenty of new options for building your party of Pals. Many of these come from the list of new passives, giving extra variety and niche uses to even the smallest Pal.
We’ll be going over all the new passive skills added in Palworld 1.0, their tiers, and even where you need to go to find some of the more exotic options.
How do Passives Work in Palworld
In Palworld, passives are constantly active effects that randomly roll when a Pal is first spawned. These passives, alongside the Pal’s unique Partner Skills, help define their role either on your team or in your base.
Desired passives can be passed down to new Pals through Breeding, allowing you to min-max the best possible setup if you’re patient enough to start rolling. Passives aren’t all positive, and even certain powerful options can come with downsides. You’ll need to always keep your Pal’s passives in mind as you play. Even if they’re not super explosive, they can make or break a build.
All New Passive Skills
We’ll split the new selections into sections, between the largely obtainable early tiers, the rarer Rainbow tier, and the few skills unique to Pals born in the World Tree.
Tier 1~3 Skills
| Name | Effects | Tier |
| Night Owl | Pal prefers to sleep during the day and will work through the night | 1 |
| Whopper | 5% Increase to Water Damage, Ice Damage, and a 5% Increase to Defense | 3 |
| Reload Master | Increases Player reload speed while in the party by 4% | 3 |
| Healing Coach | Auto health regen is sped up by 5% | 3 |
| Service-Minded | You gain 50% more drops while this Pal is in the party | 3 |
| Farmhand | Gains +1 Farm Work Suitability | 3 |
| Wellness Watcher | All Player actions consume 5% less stamina | 3 |
| Heavyweight | Pal gains a 20% increase to defense and can’t be knocked back. | 3 |
Rainbow Skills
| Name | Effects |
| Skymarcher | Pal gains +2 aerial jumps while mounted |
| Immortality | Pal gains 5% Lifesteal, +15% Attack Damage, and +100% Passive Health Regen |
| Lightfooted | The pal gains +1 jump while mounted |
| Lavish Hospitality | While the Pal is in your party, all drops are increased by +100% |
| Ranch Master | Gains +2 Farm Work Suitability |
| Heavily Armored | The Pal gains immunity to explosive damage |
| Babysitter | While the Pal is stationed at a Base, all eggs withing the Base will have their incubation and production speed increased by 30% |
World Tree Exclusive Skills
Note that all World Tree Passives stop World Tree resources (Paloxite and Mythical Wood) from despawning as you approach.
| Name | Effects |
| Twin-Edged Holy Blade | +50% Damage Boost, -30% Defense |
| World Tree Seabed | Hunger drops 50% slower, -20% HP |
| God of Destruction | +40% Damage Boost, +20% Defense |
| Hermit Sage | Sanity lowers 50% slower, -20% Work Speed |
| Demon’s Hand | Work Speed +90%, Sanity lowers +15% faster |
| Dimensional Leap | +50% Pal Movement Speed, Hunger drops +15% Faster |
