How to get
Dark Radiant Gem.

What drops Dark Radiant Gem in Palworld

13 pals drop Dark Radiant Gem, and not one of them spawns as a normal wild pal you can farm early. Helzephyr pays the most at ×10-20 per kill, so this is a trip you gear up for rather than a route you run.

Dark Radiant Gem is the Dark radiant gem. Electric Radiant Gem and Grass Radiant Gem do the same job off the same dropper, so check which one a recipe asked for before you spend it.

Helzephyr ×10-20 Dark Starryon ×10-20 Dark Helzephyr Lux ×10-20 DarkElectric Lyleen Noct ×10-20 Dark Shadowbeak ×10-20 Dark Splatterina ×10-20 Dark Selyne ×10-20 DarkNeutral Dandilord ×1-3 GrassDark Majex ×1-3 · 50% DarkFire Smokie Cryst ×1-3 · 50% DarkIce Dualith Noct ×1-3 · 50% GroundDark Loomen ×1-3 · 50% DarkFire

Every source of Dark Radiant Gem, with drop rates

All 13 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. Level-gated rows are flagged too.

Pal	Per kill	Found
Helzephyr	×10-20	wild Lv 24-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Starryon	×10-20	wild Lv 42-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Helzephyr Lux	×10-20	wild Lv 47-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Lyleen Noct	×10-20	wild Lv 49-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Shadowbeak	×10-20	wild Lv 50-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Splatterina	×10-20	wild Lv 52-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Selyne	×10-20	wild Lv 76-80 ☾ night · from Lv 80+ pals
Dandilord	×1-3	breed or catch from alphas · alpha only · from Lv 70+ pals
Majex	×1-3 · 50% chance	wild Lv 35-77 ☾ night · from Lv 70+ pals
Smokie Cryst	×1-3 · 50% chance	wild Lv 62-64 ☾ night · from Lv 70+ pals
Dualith Noct	×1-3 · 50% chance	wild Lv 70-77 ☾ night · from Lv 70+ pals
Loomen	×1-3 · 50% chance	wild Lv 75-77 ☾ night · from Lv 70+ pals
Celesdir Noct	×1-3 · 50% chance	wild Lv 79 ☾ night · from Lv 70+ pals

Amounts are per kill or capture. Open any pal's page for its spawn zones and level bands.

Where Dark Radiant Gem actually comes from

1 of the 13 droppers pay out only as alphas, flagged "alpha only" on this page. Killing a normal wild one of the same species gets you nothing. Every row is level-gated: the pal has to be at least Lv 70 for the drop to appear, so a low-level kill of the right species still pays nothing. Dandilord has no wild spawn at all, which is the one case where breeding is the answer rather than the hunt.

Helzephyr drops 3 other things on the same kill: Decayed Ancient Relic at ×30-50, Dormant Ancient Relic at ×10-20, Gorgeous Ancient Relic at ×4-8. Worth knowing before you decide the trip is only about Dark Radiant Gem. Helzephyr's densest spawn is Scorched Hill, 147 points at level 62-64. Killing pals is not the only route: Dark Radiant Gem is in the elemental chest loot pool at about 33% per chest, and the expedition loot pool at about 11% per expedition, and the field chest loot pool at about 6.5% per chest.

Processed, it releases what the game calls the hidden power of Dark pals, so it only ever matters if you are building around that one element. A box with no Dark in it has no use for the stack.

How much Dark Radiant Gem you get per kill

Dark Radiant Gem comes in ×1 to ×20 per kill: Helzephyr pays the top ×10-20 and Dandilord the bottom ×1-3. Capturing counts the same as killing for drops, so a sphere and a finishing hit pay identically.

Dark Radiant Gem farming FAQ

What drops Dark Radiant Gem in Palworld?

13 pals drop Dark Radiant Gem in Palworld 1.0. The best single source is Helzephyr at ×10-20 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 Dark Radiant Gem used for in Palworld?

Dark Radiant Gem is for unlocking the hidden power of Dark pals. It is the Dark radiant gem, which is worth knowing before you commit to the farm: 13 pals roll it, the best of them Helzephyr at ×10-20 per kill every time.

How do you farm Dark Radiant Gem fast in Palworld?

Kill the highest-amount dropper you can survive. Helzephyr gives ×10-20 per kill against the ×1 at the bottom of the list, so one trip to the top of the table beats several to the bottom of it once you can fight it. Capturing pays the same as killing.

Do alpha pals drop Dark Radiant Gem?

Yes, and for 1 of the 13 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. Dandilord is the first of them.

What else to farm alongside Dark Radiant Gem

Helzephyr drops 8 other items on the same kill as Dark Radiant Gem, 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

8 other materials in Palworld 1.0 do the same job as Dark Radiant Gem, 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.