How to get
Carbon Fiber.

What drops Carbon Fiber in Palworld

2 pals drop Carbon Fiber in Palworld 1.0, and one pal both pays the most and is the easiest to reach: Shadowbeak, ×2-3 per kill, wild from level 50. Nothing on the list pays more, so there is no upgrade to work toward.

Carbon Fiber is a processed material rather than a raw one. Hexolite and Plasteel and Polymer do the same job off the same dropper, so check which one a recipe asked for before you spend it. Shadowbeak is Dark-type with 120 attack, wild between level 50-80, and one parent pair breeds one if hatching it beats hunting it. Shadowbeak's alpha row carries it as well, so an alpha kill pays the same item as an ordinary one.

Every source of Carbon Fiber, with drop rates

Both droppers, with the per-kill amount, the roll chance where the drop is not guaranteed, and the wild level band each pal spawns in. Alpha-only rows are flagged, and a normal wild pal of that species pays nothing. Where a row reads "chance unlisted" the game's drop table carries no roll number for it, which happens on alpha rows whose item the ordinary row also drops.

Pal	Per kill	Found
Shadowbeak	×2-3	wild Lv 50-80 ☾ night
Neptilius	×5 · chance unlisted	wild Lv 60 · alpha only

Amounts are per kill or capture. See Shadowbeak's spawn points on the live map, or open any pal's page for its spawn zones and level bands.

Where to farm Carbon Fiber early

Shadowbeak is the earliest source that pays reliably: ×2-3 per kill, wild from level 50, which puts it only once you are into the endgame. One of them, Shadowbeak, only comes out at night, so it is off the table in daylight. Shadowbeak's band runs all the way to level 80, so you never outlevel the farm and never have to switch off it.

Shadowbeak drops 3 other things on the same kill: Decayed Ancient Relic at ×30-50, Dark Radiant Gem at ×10-20, Dormant Ancient Relic at ×10-20. Worth knowing before you decide the trip is only about Carbon Fiber. Shadowbeak's densest spawn is Wildlife Sanctuary 3, 6 points at level 50-55.

You can craft it at the Production Assembly Line rather than only kill for it, which makes the drop a shortcut past a production chain instead of the only supply. What it goes into is armor and other equipment.

How much Carbon Fiber you get per kill

Carbon Fiber comes in ×2 to ×5 per kill: Neptilius pays the top ×5 and Shadowbeak the bottom ×2-3. Capturing counts the same as killing for drops, so a sphere and a finishing hit pay identically.

Carbon Fiber farming FAQ

What drops Carbon Fiber in Palworld?

2 pals drop Carbon Fiber in Palworld 1.0. The best single source is Shadowbeak at ×2-3 per kill every time. Every dropper, its amount and the wild level band it spawns in is listed in the table on this page, taken from the game's own drop data.

What is Carbon Fiber used for in Palworld?

Carbon Fiber is for armor and other equipment. It is a processed material rather than a raw one, which is worth knowing before you commit to the farm: 2 pals roll it, the best of them Shadowbeak at ×2-3 per kill every time.

Where can I farm Carbon Fiber early?

Shadowbeak is both the earliest source and the best one: ×2-3 per kill, wild from level 50, after dark. Nothing further down the table pays more, so the early farm is also the endgame farm and there is nothing to graduate to.

How do you farm Carbon Fiber fast in Palworld?

Stay on Shadowbeak and clear faster. It is the highest-paying dropper at ×2-3 per kill every time and also the most accessible, so there is no better target to unlock and no reason to move. Capturing pays the same as killing, so spheres are not wasted attempts.

Do alpha pals drop Carbon Fiber?

Yes, and for 1 of the 2 droppers the alpha is the only version that pays. Those rows are flagged "alpha only" on this page, which means a normal wild pal of the same species drops nothing however many you kill. Neptilius is the first of them.

What else to farm alongside Carbon Fiber

Shadowbeak drops 8 other items on the same kill as Carbon Fiber, so a trip for one pays for all 9. Each of them is its own page with its own droppers and rates.

Other Palworld materials to farm next

7 other materials in Palworld 1.0 do the same job as Carbon Fiber, listed here with how many pals drop each. A recipe that asked for one of them will not take the others, so check the name before you spend an hour on one.