Best Attack Passive Skills In Palworld

The fundamental point of Palworld is to keep catching Pals in order to improve one’s collection. However, once players catch their first Pal, they will notice that it is just the type of Pal that matters. Each individual Pal can be greatly buffed or nerfed depending on the condition of its passive skills. Players should note that each Pal has 0-4 passive skills ranked on a tier scale system that can make or break that Pal.

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Palworld: 6 Best Defense Passive Skills, Ranked

Passive Skills can be especially helpful for Palworld players looking for extra buffs. For those prioritizing defense, here are the best options.

Finding a Pal with 4 passive skills that are all tier 3 can turn an ordinary creature into a potent one. Although there are myriad bonuses on offer – defense, work speed, and resistance – the most fun and useful buffs come from the act of improving a player’s abilities in combat. Normal Pals can be turned into unstoppable warriors if players manage to group some of the following skills.

Updated on February 7, 2025, by Mehrdad Khayyat:

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Lord of the Underworld

For Attacks Against Neutral Pals

• Tier: 3
• Effect: 20% increase in Dark Attack Damage

With Neutral Pals making up a significant portion of the creatures that can be found on the Palpagos Islands, it is important to be ready to fight and catch them. Dark damage Pals are strongest against these types and are only further enhanced with this passive skill.

Lord of the Underworld grants a major bonus to the attack of Dark pals and will be useful against all types of foes, especially neutral Pals that players may run across. This skill is natural on Necromus

and secures its place as one of the best creatures in the game.

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Lord of the Sea

Great Against Fire Pals

• Tier: 3
• Effect: 20% increase in Water Attack Damage

As players progress further and further into Palworld, they will start to come across more and more fire Pals. Having a water Pal at the ready will be crucial to exploit their weakness to water damage and ensure players secure the catch. Lord of the Sea further exacerbates that weakness with a 20% buff.

Players will find that powerful Pals like Jormuntide have this as a natural passive skill. A Pal like this will prove to be a powerful ally against fire Pals if it can be tamed.

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Hooligan

For A Riskier Approach

• Tier: 1
• Effect: 15% increase in Attack and 10% Decrease in Work Speed

Hooligan is for those who are willing to take a trade in order to increase the general attack speed. A tier 1 passive skill, this will be easier to come across than many others and can be just as useful if found or bred onto Pals who are already poor workers anyway.

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Palworld: Complete Passive Skills List

Passive Skills in Palworld can be helpful during combat and labor. For those curious, here’s a list of all of them and descriptions of what they do.

Gorirat

comes with this as a natural skill, and when combined with some of his active skills like Power Bomb or Pal Bomb, it can be a very effective Pal in combat.

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Vanguard

Pals Don’t Just Help Themselves

• Tier: 3
• Effect: 10% increase in Player Attack

Rather than granting bonuses to Pals, Vanguard provides a 10% increase to all attacks carried out by the player against all enemies. If combined with defensive passive skills like Stronghold Strategist, players will become very effective in difficult boss fights.

To accomplish this, players will almost certainly have to breed their Pals, as finding two particular tier 3 passives on a Pal is very unlikely to happen.

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Lucky

Boosts To Attack & Work Speed

• Tier: Rainbow
• Effect: 15% increase in Attack and 15% Increase in Work Speed

When exploring the game world, players may encounter Pals that make an unusual sound and emit a shiny glow. These are ‘lucky’ Pals that all come with the Lucky passive skill. They are more difficult to catch due to this, but it is worth the time and effort.

This skill will grant a significant bonus to attack without any drawbacks to other skills. Lucky Pals will also have a random active skill equipped, and this may boost their attacking capabilities even further.

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Ferocious

Simple & Effective

• Tier: 3
• Effect: 20% increase in Attack

The Ferocious passive skill is the best attacking passive skill in Palworld if the player is unwilling to accept any drawbacks in other skills. Offering a 20% bonus to all attacks can turn a fairly ordinary Pal into an extremely useful one.

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This usefulness extends the battlefield, so players should make sure to look after any Pal with this skill to use them for breeding. A rare find like this ought to be passed on to as many Pals as possible.

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Musclehead

A Major Attacking Bonus With A Downside

• Tier: 2
• Effect: 30% increase in Attack and a -50% in Work Speed

Offering the best attacking increase available in Palworld, Musclehead is perfect for Pals who just want to focus entirely on combat. Players will not want to put too much hope on these Pals whilst they are working the conveyor belts.

However, the 30% increase in Attack is too good a bonus to pass up. It is a price worth paying and will make the affected Pal an incredibly effective tool out in the wild.

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Invader

Best Skill To Get For Dark/Dragon Element Pals

• Tier: Rainbow
• Effect: 30% increase in Dark Attack Damage and 30% in Dragon Attack Damage

As a Rainbow tier passive skill, the expectations are high from Invader, and it indeed delivers a good set of buffs to the Pals who own it and want to take part in battles. The skill comes with two 30% boosts for Dark and Dragon damage rates, both of which are amazing.

Getting this specific passive skill for Pals like Astegon or Xenolord, who belong to both Dark and Dragon elements could turn them into real beasts on the battlefield. However, it’s not that easy to get those Pals with perfect roles without a heavy grind.

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Legend

Three Great Buffs Packed In One Skill

• Tier: Rainbow
• Effect: 20% increase in Attack, 20% increase in Defense, and 15% increase in Movement Speed

While it may not increase the attack power as much as Invader, Legend does not limit its buff to certain elements. Aside from providing a 10% boost to the attack, the skill also comes with a 15% increase in movement speed, which is just as useful as an attack, and let’s not forget about the 20% boost in defense.

Legend is just a jack-of-all-trades skill that can really elevate Pal’s performance on the battlefield, especially if it already comes with impressive base stats. If it wasn’t an attack-focused list, Legend could’ve taken the top spot for the best passive skill in the game.

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Demon God

Significant Boost In Attack Without Penalty

• Tier: Rainbow
• Effect: 30% increase in Attack and 5% increase in Defense

Demon God stands on top of Legend as the best attack-focused passive skill, as it gives the biggest attack boost without a penalty. With a 30% increase in attack, every Pal can become a big fighter, even those that may suffer from poor base stats in dealing damage.

Added with the Feybreak update, Demon God also provides a very small dose of Defense buff, which is an unwanted welcome gift. The fact that the boost is not tied to any element, makes Demon God a very popular passive skill in Palworld.

Open-World

Shooter

Survival

Systems

Released

January 19, 2024

Developer(s)

Pocket Pair, Inc.

OpenCritic Rating

Fair