Best Gathering Pals.

What is the best Gathering pal in Palworld?

Jetragon is the best Gathering pal in Palworld 1.0 at Gathering 8, the highest Gathering rank in the game.

Nothing else in the roster of 299 reaches Gathering 8. Jetragon is catchable in the wild at level 60-70, so owning one takes no breeding chain at all.

The 10 best Gathering pals, ranked

These ten are ordered by Gathering level first and then by how early one spawns, so the top of the list is reachable rather than only correct.

111 pals carry Gathering, which makes this a filtering problem rather than a hunt. The ten below are the page, and the full grid further down is reference.

1. Jetragon 8 wild Lv 60–70 · catch only Route →
2. Frostallion Noct 7 wild Lv 65–65 · catch or breed Route →
3. Starryon Primo 7 wild Lv 74–76 · catch or breed Route →
4. Hartalis 7 Lumbering 7 · never in the wild · two of itself only Route →
5. Lyleen Noct 6 Medicine Production 7, Handiwork 5 · wild Lv 49–80 · catch or breed Route →
6. Lyleen 6 Planting 7, Handiwork 5 · wild Lv 58–80 · catch only Route →
7. Venusa 6 Handiwork 6, Medicine Production 5 · wild Lv 75–77 · catch or breed Route →
8. Braloha 5 Planting 5, Mining 3 · wild Lv 33–80 · catch or breed Route →
9. Verdash 5 Handiwork 5, Planting 4 · wild Lv 35–53 · catch or breed Route →
10. Starryon 5 wild Lv 42–80 · catch or breed Route →

Check the gatherer first when food runs short. A farm with no gatherer looks fine right up until nothing is in the box.

The best Gathering pal you can catch early

Grintale is the best Gathering pal catchable before level 20, at Gathering 3 from level 17.

The next rung up is Jetragon at Gathering 8, which spawns from level 60. Take that as the swap and Jetragon as the ceiling.

6 of these ten also carry a second suitability at rank 3 or better, Hartalis, Lyleen Noct, Lyleen among them. A slot filled by a pal that covers two jobs is a slot you do not have to fill twice.

Passives are inheritable, so a bred worker beats a caught one of the same species. Read the passive inheritance odds per egg, then let the planner route to any pal on this page from the box you already own.

What Gathering level actually does

A higher Gathering rank makes a pal finish Gathering work faster rather than take on more of it at once.

Ranks run from 1 to 8 in the Palworld 1.0 data and Gathering uses the whole scale, which is why one rank-8 worker on a station that draws a single pal at a time beats three rank-2 ones.

Work speed shortens the burst rather than the wait, so rank matters more than passives until the farm is large. Artisan on a gatherer with two plots is a wasted egg.

All 111 Gathering pals by level

All 111 Gathering pals in Palworld 1.0 are grouped below by rank, from Gathering 8 down to Gathering 1. 107 of them are catchable in the wild.

Gathering 8, the highest Gathering rank in the game

One pal, and it is catchable.

Jetragon #202 Dragon

Gathering 7

3 pals at this rank, 2 catchable in the wild.

Starryon Primo #130B Neutral Hartalis #197 Neutral Frostallion Noct #200B Dark

Gathering 6

3 pals, every one of them catchable.

Venusa #178 Dark Lyleen #186 Grass Lyleen Noct #186B Dark

Gathering 5

11 pals at this rank, 10 catchable in the wild.

Braloha #110 GrassGround Starryon #130 Dark Omascul #150 Dark Verdash #152 Grass Gildane #154 Ground Lapure #170 Neutral Tropicaw #173 Grass Roujay #177 Dark Renjishi #183 Fire Shaolong #192 DragonWater Dandilord #194 GrassDark

Gathering 4

13 pals at this rank, 12 catchable in the wild.

Elizabee #68 Grass Palumba #106 Grass Maraith #117 Dark Quivern Botan #124B DragonGrass Carnibora #136 Grass Nyafia #143 Dark Celesdir #157 Neutral Celesdir Noct #157B Dark Knocklem #159 Ground Lapiron #165 Ground Mycora #179 Grass Solenne #182 DarkNeutral Silvance #193 Grass

Gathering 3

20 pals, every one of them catchable.

Vaelet #66 Grass Beegarde #67 Grass Grintale #70 Neutral Tarantriss #71 Dark Surfent Terra #75B Ground Robinquill #76 Grass Robinquill Terra #76B GrassGround Petallia #89 Grass Petallia Ignis #89B GrassFire Leafan #90 Grass Needoll #100 Grass Needoll Noct #100B DarkGrass Chillet Ignis #103B FireDragon Shroomer #118 Grass Shroomer Noct #118B GrassDark Quivern #124 Dragon Dualith #138 GroundGrass Dualith Noct #138B GroundDark Dogen #155 Neutral Dynamoff #172 Electric

Gathering 2

29 pals at this rank, 28 catchable in the wild.

Kingpaca #21 Neutral Kingpaca Cryst #21B Ice Sweepa #36 Ice Hangyu Cryst #38B Ice Ribbuny Botan #44B Grass Galeclaw #49 Neutral Nitewing #51 Neutral Tombat #52 Dark Bristla #60 Grass Cinnamoth #61 Grass Flopie #77 Grass Elgrove #81 Grass Lunaris #82 Neutral Beakon #96 Electric Beakon Cryst #96B Ice Frostplume #114 Ice Dazemu #123 Ground Lullu #125 Grass Yakumo #127 Neutral Skutlass Ignis #128B WaterFire Sootseer #135 DarkFire Prixter #141 DarkGround Prixter Lux #141B ElectricGround Prunelia #147 GrassDark Smokie #149 Dark Smokie Cryst #149B DarkIce Valentail #162 Neutral Shadowbeak #189 Dark Xenolord #196 DarkDragon

Gathering 1

31 pals, every one of them catchable.

Cattiva #2 Neutral Chikipi #3 Neutral Lifmunk #4 Grass Vixy #6 Neutral Cremis #8 Neutral Croajiro #9 Water Croajiro Noct #9B WaterDark Herbil #10 GrassNeutral Pupperai #13 Ground Clovee #14 GrassNeutral Hoocrates #19 Dark Daedream #22 Dark Tanzee #23 Grass Nox #24 Dark Mau #27 Dark Killamari #30 DarkWater Killamari Primo #30B NeutralWater Direhowl #33 Neutral Swee #35 Ice Hangyu #38 Ground Ribbuny #44 Neutral Tocotoco #53 Neutral Leezpunk #73 Dark Leezpunk Ignis #73B Fire Bushi #85 Fire Bushi Noct #85B FireDark Chillet #103 IceDragon Skutlass #128 Water Mimog #144 Neutral Cave Bat #10009 Neutral Illuminant Bat #10010 Neutral

Frequently asked

What is the best Gathering pal in Palworld?

Jetragon is the best Gathering pal in Palworld 1.0, at Gathering 8, the highest Gathering rank of the 111 pals that have it. It is catchable in the wild from level 60, and nothing else in the game reaches Gathering 8. Grintale is the best one you can catch early.

How many pals have Gathering in Palworld?

111 of the 299 pals in Palworld 1.0 have any Gathering at all, and only one reaches rank 8. 107 of the 111 are catchable in the wild, and the rest have to be bred. Every one has a breeding route on its own page.

How do work suitability levels work in Palworld?

A higher work suitability rank makes a pal finish that job faster. Ranks run from 1 to 8 in the game data, and several stations draw from one pal at a time, so one rank-8 worker beats three rank-2 ones. Gathering runs from 1 to 8 across 111 pals.

What is the best early game Gathering pal?

Grintale at Gathering 3, catchable from level 17. Jetragon does not spawn until level 60, so Grintale is what staffs the plantation for most of a playthrough. 107 of the 111 Gathering pals are catchable, so there are rungs between the two.