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
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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