Palworld Guide: How To Farm High Quality Pal Oil Without Going Broke
Stockpile Polymer and push past the mid-game crafting wall with these optimized farming routes
Quick Answer: Hunt Woolipops and Mammorests in the early game, or sweep the desert for Dumud and Digtoise once you level up. To passively farm High Quality Pal Oil, assign a Dumud to your Ranch. Alternatively, you can purchase it for 300 Gold each from the red-coated Wandering Merchant located in Duneshelter.
Crafting your first real firearm feels incredible right up until you check the Polymer requirements. Hitting the mid-game means your progression slams right into a massive chemical bottleneck. You suddenly need buckets of High Quality Pal Oil just to keep your assembly lines moving.
Wandering around the map blindly hoping to stumble across the right wildlife is a great way to waste your evening. You need a targeted strategy. Whether you want to actively hunt, passively farm, or just buy your way out of the problem, here is exactly how to build your stockpile.
Best Locations for Active Hunting
Grabbing your weapons and heading out into the wild is the fastest way to secure a massive chunk of oil in a short amount of time.
Early Game Targets
If you are still rocking primitive gear, you want to hunt Woolipops. Travel west from the Hill of Beginnings and cross the Ravine Entrance. The highlands in this area are absolutely packed with them. They are incredibly squishy, making them an easy target for low-level players.
Once you upgrade your arsenal, shift your attention to the Mammorests roaming that exact same area. They drop significantly more oil, but they will flatten you if you are not careful. Mammorests melt under fire damage. Bring a Tanzee Ignis or a crossbow loaded with Fire Arrows to burn through their massive health pools quickly.
Mid-Game Farming Loops
As your map opens up, you gain access to much denser spawn zones. Try looping through these specific coordinates:
- The Desert Dunes (-89, -123): Run laps around the Anubis Alpha Boss arena. This entire zone is crawling with Digtoise and Dumud, both of which drop the oil you need.
- Mount Obsidian Midpoint (-478, -392): The scorching lava pools in this volcanic region are home to large groups of Flambelle.
- Sealed Realm of the Thunder Dragon (-194, -352): This is the ultimate active farming spot. The area is infested with Relaxaurus. To maximize your yield, bring a Cryolinx in your active party. Its Dragon Hunter Partner Skill artificially boosts the amount of loot you get from killing Dragon-type Pals.
Passive Farming at the Base
Shooting dinosaurs is fun, but eventually, you want your base to do the heavy lifting for you.
Catch a Dumud or a Dumud Gild and assign them to your Ranch. They will passively dig up High Quality Pal Oil and drop it on the ground while you are out exploring. It is definitely slower than actively hunting, but it creates a completely automated supply chain. Try to capture a worker with the Work Slave trait to speed up their production rate. If you are struggling to get your facilities running efficiently, read our Palworld 1.0 Guide: How To Automate Your Ranch Without Going Insane to optimize your entire setup.
The Pay-to-Win Method
If you have a massive gold farm and deep pockets, you can just buy your materials and skip the grind entirely.
Make the long trek north to Duneshelter, a desert settlement filled with NPCs. Look around for the Wandering Merchant wearing a bright red coat. He sells an infinite supply of High Quality Pal Oil for 300 Gold a pop.
That price tag gets brutal fast, but it works in a pinch. If you despise fast-traveling back and forth just to go shopping, toss a high-tier Pal Sphere at his head. Once captured, you can deploy the merchant directly inside your base for instant, on-demand transactions.
Where Your Oil Supply Actually Goes
You need an absolute mountain of this stuff to craft the gear required for late-game survival. Once you finally have a healthy stash, remember to use the hold F toggle setting to bulk-craft your Polymer so you don’t ruin your keyboard.
Here is a breakdown of what demands High Quality Pal Oil:
| Category | High-End Craftable Items |
| Advanced Weaponry | Handguns, Muskets, Makeshift Assault Rifles, Legendary Weapon Variants |
| Armor & Saddles | Legendary Plasteel Armor, V1 Armor, Mammorest Saddle, Grizzbolt’s Minigun, Mossanda’s Grenade Launcher |
| Base Infrastructure | Weapon Assembly Line, Witch Cauldron, Large Fishing Pond |
| Consumables & Materials | Polymer, Various Elixirs, High Quality Recovery Meds |
