As you playPalworld, you’ll invest a significant amount of time catching Pals and gathering resources to survive the open world. Your base becomes the central hub for all tasks and crafting, requiring a variety of materials. Some materials are challenging to obtain, necessitating dedicated farming.

Ancient Civilization Partsare among the multiple materials crucial for crafting advanced items in the game, but, they’re not easily acquired. This guide will show you how to obtain these materials and provide a method to help you acquire more of them.

Ancient Civilization Parts in the inventory of the player Palworld

Palworld is in Early Access, meaning that the details below are liable to change over the course of development.

Updated June 05, 2025 by Emre Pala:We have added the connection between Lucky Pals and Ancient Civilization Parts to this article. Additionally, we included information on how to obtain Ancient Civilization Cores. We also detailed the connection of both parts and cores to expeditions. Furthermore, we created tables showing which technologies require these resources.

Alpha Pal icons are displayed on the map in Palworld.

How To Get Ancient Civilization Parts

Before you start farmingAncient Civilization Parts, it’s essential to know where and how to obtain them. This material is primarilydropped by the Alpha Pals, which are bosses, in the game, and facing these bosses is one of the most challenging aspects of the game.

Therefore, it’s crucial to bewell-preparedwith thebest equipmentandPals in optimal conditionbefore attempting these encounters.

The player is standing in front of the Alpha Boss, Sweepa in Palworld.

There are two main types of bosses in the game that drop Ancient Civilization Parts:

Open-world bosses are relatively easier to locate on the map. As you uncover the map,their pal icons and levels become visible, enabling you to choose bosses that match your level.

Player defeated a pal boss and aquired Ancient Civilization Parts Palworld

On the other hand,dungeon bosses, or dungeons in general,are not displayed on the map, havea limited spawn time, and are scattered throughout the game world.

After youdefeat or capturethese bosses, you will get a number of Ancient Civilization Parts, and fortunately,they respawn after a certain period, allowing you to farm them.

A circle on the map showing the location of both Sweepa and Gunmoss pal boss fight Palworld

Another way to obtain Ancient Civilization Parts is bysending your Pals on expeditions.No matter which expedition destination you send your Pals to, there is a chance they will obtain Ancient Civilization Parts. To shorten the duration of the expeditions, ensure toexceed the required firepowerfor the expedition destinations by sending many powerful Pals.

How To Farm Ancient Civilization Parts

As of the time of writing this article, the most effective method we’ve discovered for farming Ancient Civilization Parts involvesselecting low-level open-world bossesthat are lower in level than you. You canrepeatedly fight with these bossesby moving back and forth between them sincethey do respawn.

After capturing or defeating Alpha Bosses, they will respawn; however, it takes 1 hour of real-time for them to respawn.

The player is checking a lucky Lamball inside the Palbox in Palworld.

During the early levels, two accessible and easier-to-defeat pal bosses areSweepaandGumoss, both locatedsouthwest of the starting point in the game.

These bosses are not only low-level;both are at level 11, but they are convenientlylocated close to each other. Therefore, anyoneabove level 15with a robust pal and good equipment should be well-equipped to defeat them.

The player is checking the Egg Incubator’s recipe in Palworld.

Afterdefeating or capturingboth bosses, continue your in-game journey as usual. When nightfall approaches,return to your base,sleep, and thenrevisit the bosses' location. They should have respawned and be ready for another round of farming.

Obtain Ancient Civilization Parts From Lucky Pals

Another method of obtaining Ancient Civilization Parts is through Lucky Pals.By catching or killing these Pals, you will acquire the parts. Distinguishing features of these Pals include:

Unfortunately, there is no exact method to find Lucky Pals. However, if youincrease the Pal Appearance Rate to threetimes through the World Settings, you will see more Pals, and your chances of encountering a Lucky Pal will increase as well. Additionally, since Lucky Pals glow,searching for them at nightwill make it easier to spot them.

The player defeat the raid boss, Xenolord in Palworld.

Also, don’t forget to turn on the game’s sound so you’re able to easily detect them.

Technologies Requiring Ancient Civilization Parts

In the table below, you can view which technologies require Ancient Civilization Parts, their levels, and how many of them you will need:

7

The player is checking the recipe of the Ability Glasses in Palworld.

2

12

1

14

5

15

10

16

17

4

19

22

23

27

28

31

8

33

36

37

39

40

43

30

20

44

3

47

48

55

50

56

57

60

80

How To Get Ancient Civilization Cores

Additionally, some technologies in the later stages of the game will require Ancient Civilization Cores. The main way to obtain these is by defeating the tough raid bosses in the game. When you defeat these bosses, you will receive Ancient Civilization Cores as loot. Currently, there are a total of four Raid Bosses:

You have a chance to obtain Ancient Civilization Cores from the expedition destinations listed in the table below:

286,000

375,000

476,000

Technologies Requiring Ancient Civilization Cores

Below is a table showing which technologies require Ancient Civilization Cores, along with their levels and the quantities needed: