Palworld 1.0 · 46 pals ranked

Best Watering Pals.

Shaolong leads at Watering 8, catchable at level 76-78.

Top rank Shaolong in Palworld #1 Shaolong Watering 8 Wild Lv 76–78 Jormuntide in Palworld #2 Jormuntide Watering 7 Wild Lv 55–80 Neptilius in Palworld #3 Neptilius Watering 7 Wild Lv 60–60
46 pals carry Watering top rank 8 1 at top rank 43 catchable

Shaolong tops all 46 Watering pals in Palworld 1.0 at Watering 8, and you catch it rather than breed it. The level band is the problem. It spawns at 76-78, so for most of a playthrough it is a poster on the wall. Surfent does the job from level 12, at Watering 3. That is a 5-rank gap, so whatever you staff now is a placeholder.

Watering feeds berry plantations and wheat farms, and tops up the cooling loop on refrigerators. It pairs with Planting and Gathering to make a farm run without you. Waterers idle a lot on a small base.

What is the best Watering pal in Palworld?

Shaolong is the best Watering pal in Palworld 1.0 at Watering 8, the highest Watering rank in the game.

Nothing else in the roster of 299 reaches Watering 8. Shaolong is catchable in the wild at level 76-78, so owning one takes no breeding chain at all.

The 10 best Watering pals, ranked

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

46 pals carry Watering, and these ten are the ones worth a base slot before you start reading the grid further down.

  1. Shaolong 8 Gathering 5 · wild Lv 76–78 · catch only Route →
  2. Jormuntide 7 wild Lv 55–80 · catch or breed Route →
  3. Neptilius 7 wild Lv 60–60 · catch only Route →
  4. Suzaku Aqua 6 wild Lv 42–80 · catch or breed Route →
  5. Faleris Aqua 6 Transporting 5 · wild Lv 56–80 · catch or breed Route →
  6. Ghangler 5 Transporting 2 · wild Lv 30–80 · catch or breed Route →
  7. Broncherry Aqua 5 wild Lv 30–80 · catch or breed Route →
  8. Whalaska 5 Cooling 6 · wild Lv 42–80 · catch or breed Route →
  9. Ophydia 5 Planting 7 · wild Lv 69–80 · catch or breed Route →
  10. Ghangler Ignis 5 Kindling 5, Transporting 2 · never in the wild · breed only Route →

If your waterer is standing around, plant more plots. A better waterer fixes nothing when the one you have is already idle.

The best Watering pal you can catch early

Surfent is the best Watering pal catchable before level 20, at Watering 3 from level 12.

The next rung up is Shaolong at Watering 8, which spawns from level 76. Take that as the swap and Shaolong as the ceiling.

5 of these ten also carry a second suitability at rank 3 or better, Shaolong, Faleris Aqua, Whalaska 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 Watering level actually does

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

Ranks run from 1 to 8 in the Palworld 1.0 data and Watering 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 passives only pay here once the plots outnumber the pal. On a base where the waterer already idles, Artisan buys you nothing. Plant more first, then breed for it.

All 46 Watering pals by level

All 46 Watering pals in Palworld 1.0 are grouped below by rank, from Watering 8 down to Watering 1. 43 of them are catchable in the wild.

Watering 8, the highest Watering rank in the game

One pal, and it is catchable.

Shaolong in Palworld Shaolong #192 DragonWater

Watering 7

2 pals, every one of them catchable.

Jormuntide in Palworld Jormuntide #121 DragonWater Neptilius in Palworld Neptilius #201 Water

Watering 6

2 pals, every one of them catchable.

Suzaku Aqua in Palworld Suzaku Aqua #122B Water Faleris Aqua in Palworld Faleris Aqua #188B Water

Watering 5

5 pals at this rank, 4 catchable in the wild.

Ghangler in Palworld Ghangler #97 DarkWater Ghangler Ignis in Palworld Ghangler Ignis #97B FireWater Broncherry Aqua in Palworld Broncherry Aqua #108B GrassWater Whalaska in Palworld Whalaska #151 IceWater Ophydia in Palworld Ophydia #175 GrassWater

Watering 4

5 pals, every one of them catchable.

Azurobe in Palworld Azurobe #41 WaterDragon Elphidran Aqua in Palworld Elphidran Aqua #63B DragonWater Skutlass in Palworld Skutlass #128 Water Solmora in Palworld Solmora #169 Water Solmora Lux in Palworld Solmora Lux #169B WaterElectric

Watering 3

3 pals, every one of them catchable.

Polapup in Palworld Polapup #72 IceWater Surfent in Palworld Surfent #75 Water Relaxaurus in Palworld Relaxaurus #94 DragonWater

Watering 2

16 pals at this rank, 14 catchable in the wild.

Fuack Ignis in Palworld Fuack Ignis #5B WaterFire Penking in Palworld Penking #18 WaterIce Penking Lux in Palworld Penking Lux #18B WaterElectric Turtacle in Palworld Turtacle #37 Water Turtacle Terra in Palworld Turtacle Terra #37B WaterGround Jelliette in Palworld Jelliette #45 Water Jellroy in Palworld Jellroy #46 WaterDark Gloopie in Palworld Gloopie #48 WaterDark Gloopie Primo in Palworld Gloopie Primo #48B WaterNeutral Gobfin in Palworld Gobfin #55 Water Munchill in Palworld Munchill #86 IceWater Finsider in Palworld Finsider #88 Water Finsider Ignis in Palworld Finsider Ignis #88B WaterFire Dumud in Palworld Dumud #109 GroundWater Dumud Gild in Palworld Dumud Gild #109B GroundWater Skutlass Ignis in Palworld Skutlass Ignis #128B WaterFire

Watering 1

12 pals, every one of them catchable.

Fuack in Palworld Fuack #5 Water Celaray in Palworld Celaray #7 Water Celaray Lux in Palworld Celaray Lux #7B WaterElectric Croajiro in Palworld Croajiro #9 Water Croajiro Noct in Palworld Croajiro Noct #9B WaterDark Teafant in Palworld Teafant #11 Water Pengullet in Palworld Pengullet #17 WaterIce Pengullet Lux in Palworld Pengullet Lux #17B WaterElectric Killamari in Palworld Killamari #30 DarkWater Killamari Primo in Palworld Killamari Primo #30B NeutralWater Kelpsea in Palworld Kelpsea #43 Water Amione in Palworld Amione #47 Water

The other stations

Kindling Planting Generate Electricity Handiwork Gathering Lumbering Mining Medicine Production Cooling Transporting Farming

Frequently asked

What is the best Watering pal in Palworld?
Shaolong is the best Watering pal in Palworld 1.0, at Watering 8, the highest Watering rank of the 46 pals that have it. It is catchable in the wild from level 76, and nothing else in the game reaches Watering 8. Surfent is the best one you can catch early.
How many pals have Watering in Palworld?
46 of the 299 pals in Palworld 1.0 have any Watering at all, and only one reaches rank 8. 43 of the 46 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. Watering runs from 1 to 8 across 46 pals.
What is the best early game Watering pal?
Surfent at Watering 3, catchable from level 12. Shaolong does not spawn until level 76, so Surfent is what staffs the plantation for most of a playthrough. 43 of the 46 Watering pals are catchable, so there are rungs between the two.

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