Best Mining Pals in Palworld
Here are the best Palworld Mining Pals to catch
Want a list of the best Palworld Mining Pals? Mining Ore is an important aspect of Palworld life 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.
In this guide:
- Best Palworld Mining Pals
- Pals with level 2 Mining: Best for beginners
- All Palworld Mining Pals listed
- How to speed up Mining in Palworld
Best Palworld Mining Pals
Here are our rankings of the best Mining Pals in Palworld:
| Tier | Pal |
|---|---|
| S-tier | Astegon, Digtoise |
| A-tier | Anubis, Blazamut |
| B-tier | Menasting, Reptyro, Reptyro Cryst |
| C-tier | Dumud, Mammorest, Necromus, Paladius, Penking, Quivern, Tombat |
Astegon is the all-time best Mining Pal in Palworld, with a Mining Work Suitability of Level 4, which is the maximum. This Dark, Dragon Pal is an elusive catch, however, and most players are likely to only have a chance to capture Astegon at Level 48 in the Destroyed Mineshaft.
Due to a recent patch, the Digtoise is a new rival for the spot for best Mining pal. Although the Digtoise has a Mining 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 include Anubis and Blazamut. Both of these are great choices for getting lots of tasks done at your base, since Blazamut also made our list of the best Pals for Kindling, while Anubis topped our guide to the best 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.
Pals with level 2 Mining: Best for beginners
If you're looking for miners in Palworld's early to mid game, Penking, Dumud, Tombat, and Mammorest are all solid options and fairly obtainable early on. Each possess a Level 2 Mining score.
Mammorest Cryst, Quivern, Paladius and Necromus all have a level 2 Mining skill also but are usually late-game captures.
I recommend recruiting a Dumud as early as possible. These hard workers are common east of the Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant waypoint, which is a map level of 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 full interactive map for all cage locations. Dumud Pals are also proficient in Watering and Transporting, 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 just Cattiva, Fuddler, and Rushoar, all of whom are very accessible Pals at the start of Palworld.
All Palworld Mining Pals listed
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 of Palworld's map.
| Pal | No. | Skill Level | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattiva | 002 | 1 | Plateau of Beginnings Grassy Behemoth Hills Sealed Realm of the Frozen Wings |
| Penking | 011 | 2 | No.1 Wildlife Sanctuary Sealed Realm of the Frozen Wings |
| Depresso | 017 | 1 | Islandhopper Coast Marsh Island Church Ruins Natural Bridge |
| Rushoar | 020 | 1 | Small Settlement Sealed Realm of the Frozen Wings Small Cove |
| Fuddler | 022 | 1 | Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant Deep Sand Dunes PIDF Tower Entrance |
| Incineram | 040 | 1 | Eternal Pyre Tower Entrance Beach of Everlasting Summer |
| Incineram Noct | 040b | 1 | No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Dumud | 043 | 2 | Sealed Realm of Winged Tyrant |
| Maraith | 066 | 1 | Pristine Snow Field Land of Absolute Zero Unthawable Lake |
| Digtoise | 067 | 3 | Deep Sand Dunes Sacred Realm of the Winged Tyrant |
| Tombat | 068 | 2 | Fort Ruins Small Settlement Bridge of the Twin Knights |
| Lovander | 069 | 1 | Sand Dunes Entrance Duneshelter Deep Sand Dunes |
| Reptyro | 088 | 3 | Ruined Fortress City Mount Obsidian Midpoint Eternal Pyre Tower Entrance |
| Reptyro Cryst | 088b | 3 | Sacred Mountain Cavern |
| Mammorest | 090 | 2 | Plateau of Beginnings Desolate Church Bridge of the Twin Knights |
| Mammorest Cryst | 090b | 2 | Unthawable Lake Pristine Snow Field Land of Absolute Zero |
| Quivern | 095 | 2 | No.2 Wildlife Sanctuary Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant |
| Blazamut | 096 | 4 | Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 3 Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Astegon | 098 | 4 | No.3 Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Menasting | 099 | 3 | No.2 Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Anubis | 100 | 3 | Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant |
| Paladius | 108 | 2 | Deep Sand Dunes |
| Necromus | 109 | 2 | Deep Sand Dunes |
How to speed up Mining in Palworld
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 worth moving your base to a location near these natural resources. See our best base locations guide 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 unlocked Palworld breeding.
As such, these are the key Passive Skills to look out for and breed into Mining Pals:
- Artisan: Work speed increases by 50%.
- Serious: Work speed increases by 20%.
- Conceited: Work Speed increases by 10% and defense decreases by 10%.
- Work Slave: Work Speed increases by 30% and attack decreases by 30%.
- Lucky: Work Speed increases by 15% and attack increases by 15%. (Note that this Passive Skill can only be possessed by Lucky Pals).
Another way to increase Mining productivity at your base is by building a Pickaxe and Helmet. This is a structure that unlocks when you reach Technology Level 30 and 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 our complete 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 the best Pals for Lumbering, the best Pals for Cooling, and finally the best Pals for Kindling. May your base grow strong, and may your miners bring you lots of ore!