All Palworld best starters to catch first

Jan. 18, 2024

The best Pal for a beginner in Palworld is Daedream, for its versatile powers and type advantage.

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The best Palworld starter isn’t given to you, but one you’ll have to go and catch yourself. That means that technically a starter Pal could be anything, depending on how ambitious you’re feeling, but the reality is that you need to catch from the pool of available Pals in the starting area - though that’s still a pretty broad spectrum of options. Whatever the case, once you havePalworld Pal Spheres and Paldium Fragments, here’s the best options for a starter pal in Palworld and what you should catch as early as possible.

The best starter Pal in Palworld is Daedream

The best starting Pal in Palworld for you to catch early isDaedream, the floating dark spirit. Daedreamonly show up at night, but they appear frequently around the map and their glowing purple heads mean that they stand out at a distance. Keep your eyes peeled when the sun goes down.

The reason that Daedream is such a great starter is that it’s ultimately a really versatile, useful Pal in combat (though less so as a base worker). It uses ranged attacks that rarely miss, and its typing means that it does increased damage against the vast majority of starting, low-level Pals you’ll come across, making quick victories and EXP farming faster to do. You can also craft a special Necklace for it later that means it can even fire projectiles while simply in your party - a massive advantage.

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As asecond place option, we also recommend getting Foxparks. These also stand out from a distance with their fiery tails, though you might have to go a little further afield for them, looking in forests. Again, they tend to have type advantages in those early phases of the game, and range means that they tend to take less damage or get stuck on world geography inPalworld.

Finally, we recommend you catch aTanzee,the green Monkey, as it’s not only a serviceable early-game fighter, but Tanzees have a wide range of skills that make them really helpful as base workers, especially if you need a farmer.

Of course, if you need a refresher onhow to catch Pals in Palworld, our guide will help you out!

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