Here are the best Palworld Mining Pals to catch

Want a list of the best Palworld Mining Pals?Mining Ore is an important aspect ofPalworldlife and as such, requires a healthy workforce of Pals proficient in the Mining skill to work at your bustling Stone Pits.

Below, we’ve listed all Pals with Mining levels and also cherry-picked the best of the bunch that you should prioritise catching for both early and late game levels. We also have a few insider tricks to help speed along Mining at your base if you want maximum productivity.

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Best Palworld Mining Pals

Best Palworld Mining Pals

Here are our rankings of the best Mining Pals inPalworld:

Astegonis the all-timebest Mining Palin Palworld, with a Mining Work Suitability ofLevel 4, which is the maximum. ThisDark,DragonPal is an elusive catch, however, and most players are likely to only have a chance to capture Astegon at Level 48 in theDestroyed Mineshaft.

Due to a recent patch, theDigtoiseis a new rival for the spot for best Mining pal. Although the Digtoise has aMining level 3, unlike the Astegon which also has a level in Handiwork, the Digtoise has no other skill proficiencies. This means it cannot be tempted away to perform other tasks at your base. Instead, the Digtoise will have one single focus - to mine ores.

Other endgame Mining Pals includeAnubisandBlazamut. Both of these are great choices for getting lots of tasks done at your base, since Blazamut also made our list of thebest Pals for Kindling, while Anubis topped our guide to thebest Pals for Handiwork.Likewise, the Blazamut is also a level 4 Mining Pal and has Fire, Ground and Neutral attacks, making it a well-rounded Pal to recruit if you’re later into your playthrough. For the best Mining Pals for earlier levels, see below.

If you’re looking for miners in Palworld’s early to mid game,Penking,Dumud,Tombat, andMammorestare all solid options and fairly obtainable early on. Each possess aLevel 2 Miningscore.

Mammorest Cryst, Quivern, Paladius and Necromus all have a level 2 Mining skill also but are usually late-game captures.

I recommend recruiting aDumudas early as possible. These hard workers are common east of theSealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant waypoint, which is amap levelof around 10-25. I found luck capturing one in a cage at a bandit camp, so remember to investigate these areas when you come across them for a chance for rare Pals. See our fullinteractive mapfor all cage locations. Dumud Pals are also proficient inWateringandTransporting, but excel the most in Mining.

If you’re not able to capture any of the Pals listed above, you can still mine a lot of ore with justCattiva,Fuddler, andRushoar, all of whom are very accessible Pals at the start of Palworld.

Refer to the table below for a complete list of all Pals with the Mining Work Suitability in Palworld. The table shows the name of the Pal, their number in the Paldeck, their Mining Work Suitability skill level, and some of the key locations where you can find them spawning in the close vicinity. These locations are the names of Great Eagle Statues, which you’ll use for Fast Travel throughout the game. In some cases for rarer Pals, the name corresponds to an area, such as the various Wildlife Sanctuaries scattered throughout the corners ofPalworld’s map.

Collecting Pals that are proficient in Mining is just one step to increasing Ore production. Along with working at Stone Pits, Pals will naturally harvest Ore around your base. For this reason, it’s worthmoving your baseto a location near these natural resources. See ourbest base locationsguide for our top picks.

Additionally, you can speed up Mining by recruiting Pals to your base with useful Passive skills that increase work productivity. Although these skills are allocated randomly, you can pass these on to offspring. A useful mechanic if you have already unlockedPalworld breeding.

As such, these are the key Passive Skills to look out for and breed into Mining Pals:

Another way to increase Mining productivity at your base is by building aPickaxe and Helmet. This is a structure that unlocks when you reach TechnologyLevel 30and requires 50 Wood, 50 Stone and 50 Ingots to make. After it is created and placed at your base, the Mining efficiency of working Pals will improve.

That finishes our guide to the best Pals with the ever important Mining skill. For additional details on which pals possess what Work Suitability skills, head over to ourcomplete list of all Pals in Palworld. For more specific guidance on the most important early game base building skills, you should begin with our guide to thebest Pals for Lumbering, thebest Pals for Cooling, and finally thebest Pals for Kindling. May your base grow strong, and may your miners bring you lots of ore!