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A player riding a dragon-like Pal in Palworld. This image is part of an article about how and where to find the Black Marketeer in Palworld.

All Passive Skills in Palworld & What They Do, Listed

When you’re breeding your Pals, you want to make sure they reproduce with the the best possible traits. Here is a list of all Passive Skills in Palworld, as well as an explanation as to what they do.

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All Passive Skills in Palworld & What They Do, Listed

A Pal holding a gun. This image is part of an article about all passive skills in Palworld and what they do, listed.

In Palworld, every Pal you encounter comes equipped with a Passive Skill. As the name implies, these abilities are always quietly impacting how that creature operates and determines how it should best be used. Some Passive Skills make a Pal better suited to battling opponents, while others make it a more efficient workhorse around camp. You can’t select the Passive Skill a Pal comes with when you initially capture it, but when you begin breeding your captures, you’ll have a much steadier hand when it comes to controlling what skills are inherited by the offspring of the mating Pals.

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There are MANY Passive Skills in Palworld, so don’t be discouraged if you can’t remember what they all are. Here’s a handy list, presented in alphabetical order, of all the Passive Skills in the game and what they mean for your Pals:

  • Abnormal: 10% decrease to incoming Neutral damage
  • Aggressive: Attacks are 10% stronger, Defence is 20% lower
  • Artisan: Work Speed is increased by 50%
  • Blood of the Dragon: 10% damage increase to all Dragon-Type attacks
  • Botanical Barrier: All incoming Grass-Type attacks are 10% weaker
  • Bottomless Stomach: Hunger decreases 15% faster than normal
  • Brave: Attack is increased by 10%
  • Brittle: Defence is decreased by 20%
  • Burly Body: Defence is increased by 20%
  • Capacitor: 10% damage increase to all Electric-Type attacks
  • Celestial Emperor: 20% damage increase to all Neutal-Type attacks
  • Cheery: All incoming Dark-Type attacks are 10% weaker
  • Clumsy: Work Speed is 10% slower than normal
  • Coldblooded: 10% damage increase to all Ice-Type attacks
  • Conceited: Work Speed is 10% faster, Defence is 20% lower
  • Coward: 10% decrease to all attacks
  • Dainty Eater: Hunger level decreases 10% slower than normal
  • Destructive: Sanity decreases 15% faster than normal
  • Diet Lover: Hunger Level dropping due to completed tasks is 15% less likely to occur.
  • Divine Dragon: 20% damage increase to all Dragon-Type attacks
  • Downtrodden: Defence is 10% lower than normal
  • Dragonkiller: All incoming Dragon-Type attacks hit for 10% less damage
  • Earth Emperor: 20% damage increase to all Ground-Type attacks
  • Earthquake Resistant: Ground-Type attacks hit for 10% less damage
  • Ferocious: 20% increase to attack
  • Flame Emperor: 20% damage increase to all Fire-Type attacks
  • Fragrant Foliage: Grass-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage
  • Glutton: Hunger Level decreases 10% faster than normal
  • Hard Skin: Defence is 10% higher than normal
  • Heated Body: All incoming Ice-Type attacks hit for 10% less damage
  • Hooligan: Attack is 15% higher than normal, Work Speed is 10% lower than normal
  • Hydromaniac: All Water-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage
  • Ice Emperor: 20% damage increase to all Ice-Type attacks
  • Insulated Body: Electric-Type attacks hit for 10% less damage

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  • Legend: Attack is 20% higher than normal, Defence is 20% higher than normal, Movement Speed is 15% higher than normally.
  • Lord of the Underworld: Dark-Type attacks hit for 20% more damage
  • Lord of Lightning: Electric-Type attacks hit for 20% more damage
  • Logging Foreman: Player logging speed increased by 25%
  • Lord of the Sea: Water-Type attacks hit for 20% more damage
  • Lucky: Attack is 15% higher than normal, Work Speed is 15% higher than normal
  • Masochist: Attack is 15% lower than normal, Defence is 15% higher than normal
  • Mine Foreman: Player mining speed increased by 25%
  • Motivational Leader: Player movement speed increased by 25%
  • Musclehead: Attack is 30% higher than normal, Work Speed is 50% lower than normal
  • Nimble: Movement Speed is 10% higher than normal
  • Pacifist: Attack is 20% lower than normal
  • Positive Thinker: Sanity decreases 10% slower than normal
  • Power of Gaia: Ground-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage
  • Pyromaniac: Fire-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage
  • Runner: Movement Speed is 20% higher than normal
  • Sadist: Attack is 15% higher than normal, Defence is 15% lower than normal
  • Serious: Work Speed is 20% higher than normal
  • Slacker: Work Speed is 30% lower than normal
  • Spirit Emperor: Grass-Type attacks hit for 20% more damage
  • Stronghold Strategist: Player Defence is 10% higher than normal
  • Suntan Lover: All incoming Fire-Type damage is reduced by 10%
  • Swift: Movement Speed is 30% higher than normal
  • Unstable: Sanity decreases 10% faster than normal
  • Waterproof: All incoming Water-Type damage is reduced by 10%
  • Workaholic: Sanity decreases 15% slower than normal
  • Work Slave: Attack is 30% lower than normal, Work Speed is 30% higher than normal
  • Vanguard: Player attack is increased by 10%
  • Veil of Darkness: Dark-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage
  • Zen Mind: Neutral-Type attacks hit for 10% more damage

And those are all of the Passive Skills in Palworld and what they do.

Palworld Early Access is available now.


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