Best Palworld base locations and upgrades

Jan. 25, 2024

The best location to build your base in Palworld and what you need

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Setting up in the best Palworld base locations will help you gather resources quickly and efficiently, and survive raids. Getting your base of operations established can be a chore, but it’s essential if you want to survive and catch as many Pals as possible and keep them happy too. WhilePalworldlets you build a base pretty much anywhere, there are certainly some places that are better than others, and you’ll then want to consider focusing on particular upgrades to gather ore, food and resources without you even having to be around. With all that considered, I’ve explained the best base locations in Palworld below, as well as what you should build when you settle.

Best base location in Palworld

Palworld bases can be built anywhere by putting down a Palbox, but we found thatthe best location for a base in Palworld ison the Plateau to the West of the Fort Ruins. It matches all of the conditions we’ll mention below, and is pretty close to the game’s starting point, so new players will be able to reach it relatively easily.

That being said, there are many great places to build bases in Palworld. If you want to find your own location to build a base, we recommend keeping the following factors in mind:

There’s other factors to keep in mind, likeproximity to Settlements, Dungeons and Alpha Bosses, but most of those can be handled by just using thePalworld fast travelsystem to-and-from the relevant points. You can’t be close toeverythingin Palworld, so focus on the four points above as a priority and consider everything else to be a bonus.

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If you’ve already built a base,you can build another one once youupgrade your base to level 10, and a third base at level 15. Alternatively, if you want tomove your base,you can do so by dismantling the Palbox viaDisassembly Mode from the Build Menu - but this doesn’t transfer the whole thing.

The idea is that you basically shut down the base you have, then start a new one somewhere else. Sadly, it won’t bring all the facilities and constructions with you. You’ll have to start those anew, though if you dismantle all your creations too you’ll at least have the raw material to make them again at the new location.

When building your base in Palworld, your design should focus on making the most of what space you have, as well as providing for your workforce to make them self-sufficient and defending yourself accordingly. Here are your absolute essentials to focus on once your base is created, and the right order to prioritise them.

From that point on you have the essentials covered, and can start building a more elaborate or fun base to work from, adding non-essential things like Incubators, Breeding Farms and more besides.

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