Pal skills are perhaps the most important mechanic you will encounter inPalworld.In a world quite literally run by Pals, it’s virtually impossible to get anything done without some Pal assistance. Pal’s come equipped with at least one skill when you capture them, but as your time on the continent progresses, you’ll be able to teach your Pals new skills to help you on your adventure.

There are a few different kinds of Pal skills at your disposal, all applicable in different situations. Whether you’re looking to diversify your base Pals' work portfolios or beef up your Boss Battle team, here are a few ways to teach your Pals new skills.

Palworld: An image of Flambelle’s Pal Stats in the Pal Party screen.

What Are Skill Types?

Pal skills are organized intwomain ways. First, all Pal combat (or Active) skills are categorized byElement Type. Second, Pal skills are broken into three types of skills:Partner,Active, andPassive.

Not all skill types can be taught, as some arerandomly generatedwhen the Pal spawns into the world file.

Palworld: An image of all of Teafant’s Skills in the Party Menu

What Are Partner Skills?

Partner Skillsare skills that your Pal can use while they are summoned to your side. Some Partner Skills take effectautomatically, others have to betriggered manually, and still othersrequire special Pal Equipmentbefore they can be used.

Examples of Partner Skills includeTeafant’s Soothing Showerability, which can be triggered manuallyto heal you, andFlambelle’s Magma Tearsability, which allows it topassively produce Flame Organwhen assigned to theRanch.

Palworld: An image of the Element Type Chart in the Survival Guide menu

Youcan’t teach Pals new Partner Skills, but you can plan your Pal party and Pal setup at your base to utilize different abilities than the Pal’s default.

For example, if you needFlambelle to utilize the Kindling abilityinstead of its Magma Tears ability, you canadd more Fire Element Palsto your base team, orfill the Ranch with other Palsso Flambelle is forced to use Kindling, instead.

Palworld: An image of Penking’s skill menu with the Passive Skill Diet Lover highlighted on the bottom left

What Are Active Skills?

ConsiderActive Skillssynonymous withCombat Skills. A Pal’s Active Skills are the moves and abilities that they use when in combat.

Each of a Pal’s Active Skills are categorized byElement Type, andPals can learn Active Skills of any Element Type, even if it is at odds with the Pal’s base type. For instance, if you wanted to, you couldteach a Fire Element Pal a Water Element move.

Palworld: An image of the player character looking at an Electric Skill Fruit on the ground

What Are Passive Skills?

Passive Skillsare Skills that affect your Pal’s stats, personality, work ethic, and abilitiespassively.

You can’t teach Pal’s new Passive Skills,as they are assigned randomly when the Pal generates into the world. However, you should keep a close eye on what Passive Skills your Pals have as they willaffect Pal efficiencydepending on the task they are given.

Palworld: An image of purchasable Skill Fruits in a Merchant’s inventory

Some Passive Skills, likeBottomless Stomach,decrease efficiency, while others, likePositive Thinker,improve Pal efficiency.

Some Pals will have several Passive Skills while others may not have any. Usually, Pals will spawn with at least one, but the rare skill-less Pal does exist.

Palworld: An image of the player character standing beside a barren Skill Fruit Tree

Keep these stats in mindwhen assigning Pals tasks. You don’t want a Pal who’s Sanity decreases rapidly to be in charge of an arduous base task.

How To Teach Pals New Skills

Pal’s can’t learn new Passive or Partner Skills, butthey can learn new Active Skills. There are two ways to teach your Pals new active Skills: usingSkill Fruitsandleveling up.

How To Find And Use Skill Fruits

Skill Fruitsare Fruits that you canfeed your Palsto teach themnewActive Abilities.

Like Active Pal Skills, Skill Fruits are broken down byElement Type, and every Element Type has acorresponding Skill Fruitthat you may feed your Pals.

Palworld: An image of the level up notification on the top left of the screen while the player stands in front of a Skill Fruit Tree in the center of the image

These elemental fruits will resemble the Element Move Type that they teach. For instance, Electric Skill Fruits will look like prickly yellow fruits while Water Skill Fruits will look more like little raindrops.

Each Skill Fruitteaches a specific skillwithin that Element Type. In that way, no two Water Skill Fruits are the same. While they may look the same, one Water Skill Fruit may teach your PalBubble Blast, while another may teach itAqua Gun. This will be specified in the Skill Fruit description.

Palworld: An image of Flambelle’s stat menu screen with the swap-skill bar open

Merchantswill sometimes sell you Skill Fruits. The price of each Skill Fruit depends on the rarity of the move being taught, but usually, Skill Fruits cost around3,000 to 5,000 Gold. Some Skill Fruits may cost more or less than that range.

you may find Skill Fruits a few different ways, but the most reliable way to find Skill Fruits is to harvest them fromSkill Fruit Trees.

Skill Fruit Trees areglowing blue trees that growthree Skill Fruits each. Skill Fruits can be harvested from these trees, and will eventuallyregrowas time goes on. Keep checking the Skill Fruit Trees you find for the best chances at finding every move possible.

Use themarker categorieson your in-game Map to mark where you find Skill Fruit Trees and chests, so you can go back and see if they have respawned or if more Skill Fruits have grown.

You may also find the occasional Skill Fruit on the ground asrandom loot, or find them inchests. Explore thoroughly and loot everything!

A good way to ensure you’re grabbing high-value loot from the ground is tolook for the tell-tale sparkles. Valuable loot will sparkle.

Leveling Up

As you gain EXP on your adventure,so do your Pals. Over time, yourPals will level upand learnnew Active Skills.

You’ll get a notification on theleft side of your screen every time a Pal of yours levels up and learns a new skill. Pals don’t learn new skills from every single level, but once they’ve hitcertain level milestones, they’ll learn new moves.

If you don’t automatically see the new skill in your Pal’s Active Skills list, don’t panic, it’s still there. You canswap Active Skillsin the Active Skills menu for any other moves that your Pal knows.

How To Change Pal Skills

If your Pal has learned more skills than you’re able to equip at one time, you canswap out any of their Active Skills

for a different oneany timeyou want.

To swap out a Pal’s Active Skills, enter theirPal Menu in the Party taband select the Active Skill you’d like to replace from the menu bar on the left side of the screen.

From here, you’ll see a list of all of the other moves that Pal knows.Select the move you’d like to swapfor, and your Pal will now have that move equipped instead of the previous one.

This mechanic incentivizes teaching your favorite Pals adiverse move set. If you take your Chillet with you everywhere you go, but need it to know more than just Ice and Dragon Element moves, you canteach it other Element Type Skill Fruitsand save those skills for a rainy day.

When preparing forBoss Fights or Syndicate Towers, swap out your Pals' Active Skills for skills of theright Element Typeto defeat the boss. If you’re fightingZoe and Grizzbolt, swap your Pal skills for Ground Element moves.