Here’s the Full Palworld Passive Skills List

This list will go through all passive skills in Palworld, explain their effects, and showcase how to get them if they’re Pal-exclusive.

There are various passives in the game, and some are exclusive to certain Pals. However, you can transfer them to Pals of your choice via breeding.

Let’s go through everything you need to know about passives in detail.

All Palworld Passive Skills & How to Get Them

All passive skills in Palworld. — This Foxparks has two Normal, one Negative, and one Rare passive skill.

Passive Skills are categorized into three sections:

Negative: These passives have debuffs, and I recommend avoiding Pals with these if you can.
Normal: Normal passives offer small buffs that are helpful but not game-changing.
Rare: Rare passives offer extremely strong buffs, but most of them are gained only from specific Pals.

Negative Passives

Negative passives are debuffs that hinder your Pal in some way. I recommend avoiding Pals with these skills since they’ll put you at a disadvantage. All these skills are obtained randomly, so there’s nothing you can do to avoid them.

Skill	Effect
Brittle	-20% Defense
Pacifist	-20% Attack
Slacker	-30% Work Speed
Bottomless Stomach	15% faster reduction in Satiety (food consumption)
Destructive	15% faster reduction in Sanity
Clumsy	-10% Work Speed
Coward	-10% Attack
Downtrodden	-10% Defense
Glutton	10% faster reduction in Satiety (food consumption)
Unstable	10% faster reduction in Sanity

Normal Passives

Normal passives offer some solid effects but nothing worth going out of your way to get. At least they aren’t debuffs!

Similarly to negative skills, all normal skills are obtained randomly, and you can’t do anything specific to get them other than breeding.

Skill	Effect
Abnormal	Receive 10% less Neutral damage
Aggresive	+10% Attack but -10% Defense
Blood of the Dragon	+10% Dragon attack damage
Botanical Barrier	Receive 10% less Grass damage
Brave	+10% Attack
Capacitor	+10% Electric attack damage
Cheery	Receive 10% less Dark damage
Coldblooded	+10% Ice attack damage
Conceited	+10% Work Speed but -10% Defense
Dainty Eater	10% slower reduction in Satiety (food consumption)
Dragonkiller	Receive 10% less Dragon damage
Earthquake Resistant	Receive 10% less Ground damage
Fragnant Foliage	+10% Grass attack damage
Hard Skin	+10% Defense
Heated Body	Receive 10% less Ice damage
Hooligan	+15% Attack but -10% Work Speed
Hydromaniac	+10% Water attack damage
Insulated Body	Receive 10% less Electric damage
Masochist	+15% Defense but -15% Attack
Nimble	+10% Movement Speed
Positive Thinker	10% lower reduction in Sanity
Power of Gaia	+10% Ground attack damage
Pyromaniac	+10% Fire attack damage
Sadist	+15% Attack but -15% Defense
Suntan Lover	Receive 10% less Fire damage
Veil of Darkness	+10% Dark attack damage
Waterproof	Receive 10% less Water damage
Work Slave	+30% Work Speed but -30% Attack
Zen Mind	+10% Normal damage

Rare Passives

These skills are rare to find and offer amazing bonuses overall. They are all Tier 3 and some of them are only obtainable by catching certain Pals and breeding them.

Skill	Effect	How to Get
Musclehead	+30% Attack but -50% Work Speed	–
Runner	+20% Movespeed	–
Serious	+20% Work Speed	–
Artisan	+50% Work Speed	–
Burly Body	+20% Defense	–
Celestial Emperor	+20% Normal attack damage	Paladius
Diet Lover	15% slower reduction in Satiety (food consumption)	–
Divine Dragon	+20% Dragon attack damage	Jetdragon
Earth Emperor	+20% Ground attack damage	Anubis
Ferocious	+20% Attack	–
Flame Emperor	+20% Fire attack damage	Blazamut
Ice Emperor	+20% Ice attack damage	Frostallion
Legend	+20% Attack, +20% Defense, and +15% Movement Speed	All Legendary Pals
Logging Foreman	+25% increase in Logging	–
Lord of Darkness	+20% Dark attack damage	Necromus
Lord of Lightning	+20% Electric attack damage	Orserk
Lord of the Sea	+20% Water attack damage	Jormuntide
Lucky	+15% Work Speed	–
Mine Foreman	+25% increase in Mining	–
Motivational Leader	+25% increase to player speed	–
Spirit Emperor	+20% Grass attack damage	Lyleen
Stronghold Strategist	+10% player Defense	–
Swift	+30% Movement Speed	–
Vanguard	+10% player Attack	–
Workaholic	15% slower reduction in Sanity	–

Specifically for the Swift passive, combine it with the best flying mounts in Palworld to traverse the map extremely fast.

How to Transfer Passive Skills via Breeding

When breeding, offsprings have a random chance to inherit 0-4 traits from the parents. This is completely random, and there’s no way to increase your chances.

If you want to pass down a skill to a specific Pal, your best bet is to make sure one or both parents have that skill.

And then, keep making eggs until one hatches into the Pal you want with the skill of your choice.

Also, did you know there are exclusive Pals that can only be obtained via breeding? For instance, here’s how to breed Frostallion Noct in Palworld.

Wrapping up

In conclusion, these are all the passive skills in Palworld, how to get them, and their exact effects.

While it’s random, you can pass these down to offsprings via breeding. Parents have a small chance of passing down 0-4 of their passive skills to the offspring.

Which skills do you consider essential for your Pals? Do you focus on offensive and combat skills, or prefer exploration/utility options? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.

Before leaving, if you want to get your hands on rare Pals, check out our guide on how to find Huge Dragon Eggs in Palworld.

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