Palworld is an open-world survival game that takes inspiration from a variety of games, including Nintendo's Pokemon with its wild creatures known as Pals.
The game's world is filled with these mysterious and powerful monsters that players can catch, tame, and put to work in their goal of uncovering the mystery of the Palpagos Islands. One of the core features of the game is catching these so-called Pals using what are known as Pal Spheres.
Guide To Catching Pals in Palworld
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A player's chances of catching Pals in the open world depends on several factors, including the type of Pal, its level, and how much health it has left. Additionally, there is a higher chance of catching Pals if the Pal Sphere is thrown at a creature's back. The success rate of the capture can be seen when the player prepares to throw the Pal Sphere and hovers over the Pal.
Attempting to catch a Pal and failing means that the Pal Sphere is destroyed and another is needed to make a new attempt at capturing the monster. But if players succeed in catching the Pal, it is added to their party and provides them with experience points, according to GamesRadar.
The way to make sure that players have the highest chance of catching a Pal is by making the monster's health go as low as it can without killing them. A Pal that is afflicted with a status effect, such as paralyze, burn, or freeze also makes it more likely to be caught. While it may seem obvious, using higher-quality Pal Spheres will have a significant increase in the chances of catching a Pal.
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Using a Pal Sphere and hitting a Pal at the back is another way of raising the chances of successfully capturing the monster. On top of these, players can also use a Statue of Power to raise Capture Power using rare items known as Lifmunk Effigies that can be found scattered around the world.
There are many benefits to catching as many Pals as you can, including a bonus experience for capturing 10 of the same monster. Additionally, Pals can be assigned to various jobs at the base which makes the player's life much easier.
How Craft Pal Spheres
In order to catch Pals in Palworld, players need to craft Pal Spheres, which can be crafted on a workbench. There are several qualities of Pal Spheres that players will unlock throughout the game as they progress and level up, said IGN.
Other than Pals, players can also capture human beings in Palworld, which is something that many people probably did not expect the game to allow them to do. There are many humans in the world of Palworld that players will encounter through their adventures. Capturing them is the same with Pals, which means weakening them, potentially applying a status, and using a Pal Sphere.
One of the main differences between catching Pals and humans is that the latter has a much lower chance of succeeding. While this is an available feature, the game lets players know that catching humans is inhumane.
Additionally, humans are not able to perform all of the same services that Pals can at player-made bases. The only thing that humans can do is work on crafting benches to make various items. This makes them less than ideal compared to Pals as the latter are much easier to catch and much more available across the world, according to ScreenRant.
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