🔬 Palworld Tech Tree: Must-Get / Recommended / Skip

How the Tech Tree Works: Level + Materials

Palworld has 587 techs split into Structures and Items. Each tech requires both an unlock level (Ancient Technology Points) and materials.

Ancient Technology Points come from: killing bosses, opening map chests, and catching certain Pals. Early game, Penking is the best farm - it gives 3-5 points per kill.

Must-Get: Levels 1-10 (10 Techs You Cannot Skip)

These 10 techs are the foundation of the early game. Skipping any of them makes life painful:

1. Primitive Workbench - tools and Spheres
2. Palbox - store Pals, swap team
3. Global Palbox (Lv 7) - fast travel between bases
4. Wooden Structure Set - basic building
5. Ranch - breeding
6. Pal Sphere series - upgrade to Mega Sphere
7. Repair Bench - fix gear
8. Campfire - cooking
9. Straw Pal Bed - Pal sleep recovery
10. Pal Dressing Facility - Pal skins, stat boosts

Recommended: Levels 11-20 Key Upgrades

Mid-game essentials that affect combat and progression speed:

• Cloth series: Cloth Outfit - upgrade leather to cloth armor
• Metal tools: Improved Workbench + iron pickaxe, 2x mining speed
• Sphere upgrades: Giga Sphere series, needed for high-rarity catches
• Weapon Bench: Weapon Workbench II - muskets and bows
• Large Palbox: Large Palbox - 60 Pal storage

Skip: Techs You Can Postpone

Unless you specifically need them, these can wait:

• Furniture Sets: pure decoration, the furniture series can wait
• Vehicle upgrades: advanced glider fuel, not needed until late game
• Advanced clothes: Cold Outfit and similar, wait until you reach Sakurajima
• Neon lights / signs: pure decoration

Optimal Route: First 50 Levels

1. Lv 1-7: must-get 10 techs, lay the foundation
2. Lv 8-15: Cloth Outfit + Weapon Workbench II + breeding techs
3. Lv 16-25: Giga Sphere upgrade + Cold Outfit prep for Sakurajima
4. Lv 26-40: Metal Armor + Advanced Weapon, ready for boss fights
5. Lv 41-50: Feybreak entry kit, neon furniture sets

Want to check what materials each tech needs? Visit the full Tech Tree with all 587 techs, descriptions, materials, and unlock levels.

Ancient Tech Point Farming Tips

Ancient Tech Points are the most scarce early resource. The 3 most effective sources:

• Kill bosses: Penking and Kingpaca are easy farms, 3-5 points each
• Map chests: open all chests within 200m of your base
• Catch boss-tier Pals: rarity 8+ catches give 1-2 points